{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"tool-search-citations-flag-passed-when-re-declaring-deferre","canonical_anchor":"tool-search-citations-flag-passed-when-re-declaring-deferre","heading":"Tools loaded on demand now carry a search-citation option when sent again","tier":"internal","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/tool-search-citations-flag-passed-when-re-declaring-deferre","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### Tools loaded on demand now carry a search-citation option when sent again\n\nWhen Claude Code re-sends tools it loads on demand, it now also passes along whether the request asks for search citations\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what passing the citation option changes in Claude's answers.\n\n**What**\n\nSome tools are deferred: Claude Code only describes them to the model when they are needed. When it sends the description of a kept deferred tool again, it now also passes along whether the request asks for search citations (sources attached to search results). Before, only two other options were passed.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes how tool descriptions are put together in requests to the model.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}