You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Slash CommandsArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.299,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
A slash command is a command you type starting with /. Two changes affect how they behave in the prompt:
/btw, which asks a side question about the current session without adding it to the conversation, is now marked keepsScrollPosition. Asking a side question should not move your place in the main conversation.
Commands that open a dialog and carry keepsScrollPosition no longer jump the view back to the bottom when you submit them.
Argument completions, the suggestions shown for what to type after a command name, no longer make typing wait. If they are slow to arrive, out-of-date suggestions are cleared and the new ones appear once ready. Before, Claude Code waited for the suggestions directly.
Why
The prompt should feel more responsive while you type a command. You can also ask a quick side question without losing your place in a long conversation.
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 /btw, on Changelog.* Changed `/btw` in local sessions to open a side chat in a pane beside the session, with a tab for each side chat (not yet in third-party deployments).cowork/changelogsee the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /btw, on Changelog.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed /btw jumping the transcript to the bottom when asked while scrolled up in fullscreen
