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ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.304,
ImprovementsSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear whether what --tools default does also changed, or only the wording of its help text.
What
The --tools flag (an option you add to the claude command) limits which built-in tools Claude can use. Its help text used to say that "default" uses all tools. It now says "default" uses the default set.
Why
The help text is more accurate about what "default" gives you. If you relied on it meaning every tool, check which tools you actually get.
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 --tools, on Claude Code changelog.* Fixed every request failing on Vertex, Bedrock and other providers when the endpoint or a gateway rejects tool search, and behind gateways with ToolSearch disallowed or left out of `--tools` (a 2.1.304 regression): Claude Code now retrie…changelogsee the edit
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 whether what `--tools default` does also changed, or only the wording of its help text.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up --tools, on Claude Code changelog.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed claude --help text for --tools, --resume, --debug, --json-schema, --disable-slash-commands, --system-prompt-snapshot and claude update…
