{"version":"2.1.285","anchor":"list-directory-added-to-the-idehost-control-request-set","canonical_anchor":"list-directory-added-to-the-idehost-control-request-set","heading":"Apps that host Claude Code can ask it to list a directory","tier":"use","area":"SDK","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285\/e\/list-directory-added-to-the-idehost-control-request-set","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285","markdown":"### Apps that host Claude Code can ask it to list a directory\n\nA new `list_directory` request lets an app that hosts or controls Claude Code ask it to list a folder's contents\n\n**Unclear.** Which apps send this request and what, if anything, limits it is not known.\n\n**What**\n\nApps 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nA host app can ask Claude Code to list a folder.\n\n- Area: SDK\n- Names: `list_directory`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}