Unclear It is not clear whether this is switched on for users or where a connector card appears.
What
Connectors are MCP servers, outside services that give Claude tools. Permission rules decide which tools may run without asking you. This release adds a new piece of permission state:
connectorCardAllows: a new field in the permission state. It is not saved between sessions (not_serialized), and it is cleared when command rules are stripped.- Allowed from a card: connector tools allowed from a card are honoured in the session's rules, unless the tool is destructive. Permission answers sent back by apps built on the SDK update this allowance.
- Ask rules: the permission check gains a step for ask rules that are specific to MCP tools.
- Poll events: one check that delivers poll events now also requires
connectorCardAllowsto be unset.
One finding also noted a new startup timing checkpoint, remote_mcp_servers_search, and a new bashTeachesHeredocOnStdin field among the agent tooling flags.
Why
This changes when you see permission prompts for connector tools. A tool you allowed from a card can run for the rest of the session without asking again. Tools that are destructive are still not allowed this way.
It is not clear whether this is switched on for users or where a connector card appears.