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Claude Code v2.1.296 ·

Workflow script files are processed when loaded from disk

Workflow script text read from a file now passes through a processing step before Claude Code uses it

Under the hood Internal Changes
JSON All of v2.1.296
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
WorkflowsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.296,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

When Claude Code reads a workflow script from a file, it now passes the text through a processing step before using it. Before, it used the file's text exactly as read.

Why

The script text may be tidied on load, so what Claude Code runs may not be byte-for-byte what is in the file.

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