{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"bash-tool-can-start-outside-the-project","canonical_anchor":"bash-tool-can-start-outside-the-project","heading":"Bash commands that start outside the project keep their folder","tier":"notice","area":"Bash Tool","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/bash-tool-can-start-outside-the-project","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Bash commands that start outside the project keep their folder\n\nA Bash command marked as starting outside the project is no longer put back in the default working folder\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear when a command is marked as starting outside the project.\n\n**What**\n\nThe Bash tool runs shell commands for Claude. When a command had no working folder set, Claude Code used to put it in the default folder. It now skips that step for a command marked as starting outside the project.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes which folder some commands run in.\n\n- Area: Bash Tool\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}