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Claude Code v2.1.290 ·

Election info tool name, unattended tool call option and shorter shell error

Claude Code adds us_election_info to its web tool names, an allowUnattendedToolCalls option, and trims a shell error message

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What probably matters to youSection of the release

Unclear It is not clear what the web tool list or the allowUnattendedToolCalls option does.

What
  • us_election_info now appears in a list of web tool names alongside web_search, web_search_fast and web_fetch.
  • The command-line options gain allowUnattendedToolCalls.
  • An error about reading a shell command no longer ends with "which this reading does not follow".
Why

These may show up as a visible tool or option.

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 web tool list or the `allowUnattendedToolCalls` option does.

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