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Claude Code v2.1.281 ·

Placeholder device tools gain endsRelayOnCall, plus a new no-op 'Your computer' tool

Chrome, Browser and computer-use placeholder tools now record a device request during a relay, and a new request_computer tool points Claude to remote-device tools

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3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
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Internal ChangesSection of the release

What

In cloud (CCR) remote sessions, Claude sees placeholder tools for connecting "Claude in Chrome", "Browser" and "Computer use". They now take an endsRelayOnCall option, and a fourth placeholder was added.

  • endsRelayOnCall is true for "Claude in Chrome", "Browser" and "Computer use". When the main agent calls one of them while a relay is active, Claude Code records a device-tool request, or a repeated request when automation tools are on and the call repeats.
  • A new tool, request_computer, labelled "Your computer", does nothing when called. It is deferred and read-only and has endsRelayOnCall: !1, so it records no request.
  • Its description says it cannot connect a computer, and that tools whose names start with mcp__remote-devices__, if any, run on the user's computer.
  • A new result text tells Claude that the call did not connect a computer and no tool here can, to use mcp__remote-devices__ tools if present, and otherwise to carry on with its own tools and tell the user if the task needs their computer. That tool is enabled only in some sessions.

Why

Claude is steered toward remote-device tools, or to be honest with you, instead of claiming your computer is connected when nothing in the session can connect it. Calling a browser or computer placeholder can now end or hand off a relay.

How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say what the relay is or whether the call actually ends it.

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