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What
When the GitHub CLI (gh) is missing, Claude Code can supply its own limited gh for gh api calls. This release tightens how that stand-in decides which GitHub host a request goes to.
If GH_HOST or GH_REPO names a host other than the default, that variable is not used to pick a host in this session. A new message says to pass --hostname <host> on the command instead.
GH_REPO no longer accepts a host in front of the repository. The error now says to set GH_REPO=OWNER/REPO or spell the repository out in the endpoint, and a host in GH_REPO that is not a plain host name causes an error.
A host taken from a git remote now goes through a refusal check.
The help Claude sees when a repository has no default remote now says the remote chosen names the host the request goes to, and that GH_HOST and a host in GH_REPO pick no other host.
The help for --hostname <host> only mentions "as GH_HOST" in some cases; the text is now built when it is shown.
Why
If you rely on GH_HOST or a host in GH_REPO to reach a GitHub Enterprise server, those gh commands may now be refused. Add --hostname <host> to the command instead. Hosts are also no longer taken unchecked from repository remotes.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up GH_HOST, on Interactive mode.> * **A GitHub Enterprise host set as `GH_HOST`**: `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN`, or the token saved by `gh auth login --hostname <host>`. Without one, the footer shows the same hintsinteractive-modesee the edit
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Anthropic's release notes agreeChanged the built-in gh api in cloud sessions: a host other than github.com set in GH_HOST or GH_REPO is now refused (use --hostname or a…