# Claude Code v2.1.294

> Claude Code v2.1.294, released 8 Oct 2026 (2026-10-08). 5 entries read out of the shipped bundle. Unofficial, and not affiliated with Anthropic.

[Web version](https://changelogs.core-directive.com/v/2.1.294)

Hooks that ask a model to judge an action now treat its answer as a plain allow or block. An "ok" value of true lets the action go ahead, and false stops it. Prompt hooks now ask whether an action may go ahead, not whether a condition is met. Agent hooks must now always give a reason for their verdict. Both kinds are told to ignore instructions hidden in the content they check. The instructions Claude gets for the Monitor tool were also rewritten, and now say its script runs in the same shell environment as Bash.

New text was added to the instructions Claude gets for the SendMessage tool. It only appears under some account settings, so it is not switched on for most people yet. The added text includes an example of a message sent to a worker.

## Sections

Each section is its own markdown document of whole entries, in pages of about 40 KB. The whole release in one document is [full.md](https://changelogs.core-directive.com/v/2.1.294/full.md).

- [Improvements](https://changelogs.core-directive.com/v/2.1.294/improvements.md): 4 entries
- [In Development](https://changelogs.core-directive.com/v/2.1.294/in-development.md): 1 entry