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Claude Code v2.1.301 ·

System prompt gains an alternate layout that is not yet in use

Claude Code's system prompt can now be built in an alternate layout with extra sections, but the prompt sent in ordinary use is unchanged

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JSON All of v2.1.301
Nothing to try yetTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
4Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
System PromptArea: what it touches
In DevelopmentKind: in v2.1.301,
What probably matters to youSection of the release

Unclear It is not clear what turns the alternate system prompt layout on.

What

The system prompt is the set of instructions Claude Code sends to the model at the start of every conversation. The part of Claude Code that assembles it can now build an alternate layout. In that layout:

  • a section describing where Claude Code is running is added
  • a section about system messages is added
  • some sections use different wording
  • the paragraph naming the model has a different form

In the setups checked, the prompt Claude Code sends is unchanged, so this layout does not appear to be in use yet.

Why

This looks like preparation for a different version of the instructions for some particular way of running Claude Code.

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tengu_silent_harbor Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.301: off

These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.

tengu_slate_bittern Not enough to say

Nothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.

This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.301: on

These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.301. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

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 turns the alternate system prompt layout on.

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