{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"machines-section-now-requires-an-extra-condition","canonical_anchor":"machines-section-now-requires-an-extra-condition","heading":"The Machines part of Claude's instructions now has an extra condition","tier":"internal","area":"System Prompt","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/machines-section-now-requires-an-extra-condition","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### The Machines part of Claude's instructions now has an extra condition\n\nThe Machines section of Claude's standing instructions now appears only when two conditions both hold, instead of one\n\n**Unclear.** What the two checks test is not stated, so who still gets the Machines section is unknown.\n\n**What**\n\nThe system prompt is the set of standing instructions Claude Code gives Claude at the start of a session. One part of it is a section headed \"Machines\", about working across more than one machine. That section used to appear when a single check passed. It now appears only when two checks both pass.\n\n**Why**\n\nFewer sessions will include the Machines section in Claude's instructions.\n\n- Area: System Prompt\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}