You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
4Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ProjectsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.310,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear what switches this reminder on or who supplies its configuration.
What
Claude Code can now send Claude an urgent system reminder when it has gone quiet for a set length of time in a Projects session. The reminder is controlled by a configuration with three parts:
seconds: how long the silence lasts before the reminder, from 1 to 86400 (one day)
visible_tools: which tools are taken into account
text: what the reminder says
This configuration is sent remotely rather than set on your computer. Two related changes: when an interrupted turn resumes, the reminder now carries the current time, and Claude Code keeps track of when the oldest tool activity happened and whether a reminder was already sent.
Why
This changes how Claude behaves during long stretches of a Projects session where it is not using tools, nudging it to speak up rather than stay silent.
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 switches this reminder on or who supplies its configuration.
