{"version":"2.1.318","anchor":"notification-tool-status-field-now-optional","canonical_anchor":"notification-tool-status-field-now-optional","heading":"Notification tool no longer requires a status value","tier":"internal","area":"Terminal UI","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318\/e\/notification-tool-status-field-now-optional","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318","markdown":"### Notification tool no longer requires a status value\n\nA notification tool's `status` field, which had to be \"proactive\", can now be left out\n\n**What**\n\nA tool is an action Claude can take, such as reading a file or sending a notification. In a notification tool, the `status` field used to be required and had to be \"proactive\". It is now optional. When it is given, it is still \"proactive\".\n\n**Why**\n\nA call to this tool that leaves `status` out no longer fails for a missing field.\n\n- Area: Terminal UI\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}