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Claude Code v2.1.285 ·

Tool budget now records which shell tool is in use

Claude Code now records the name of the shell tool it is serving when it works out the tool budget

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Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ToolsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.285,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

When Claude Code works out the budget for its tools, it now also records the name of the shell tool being used, the tool that runs commands.

Why

This is a minor internal change with no visible effect described.

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 doubtIt is not clear what the recorded shell tool name is used for.

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