Claude Code v2.1.285 · 29 Sep 2026
Apps that host Claude Code can ask it to list a directory
A new list_directory request lets an app that hosts or controls Claude Code ask it to list a folder's contents
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Apps that host Claude Code, such as an editor, can send it control requests. A new list_directory request was added to the requests Claude Code handles, and to its set of requests that mostly only read information.
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A host app can ask Claude Code to list a folder.
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Names in the bundle list_directory
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The writer flagged doubt Which apps send this request and what, if anything, limits it is not known.
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