Unclear It is not clear what switch turns this on or whether it is on by default.
What
Claude Code can now answer requests from claude.ai to list the folders on your computer, so you can pick one when starting a session from the website. While it does this it shows: "claude.ai is browsing the folders here to start a session; answering its requests".
- It follows your Read deny and ask permission rules.
- It refuses to follow symbolic links (shortcuts that point to another location).
- It limits how many entries it returns and sorts them.
- It marks which folders are the top of a git repository.
When it refuses a request, it says why, for example when the settings for a subfolder have not been loaded yet. A separate flow for registering this computer under a device ID was also added.
Why
The website can now see the names of folders on your computer, so it is worth knowing that your Read permission rules decide what it can list.
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It is not clear what switch turns this on or whether it is on by default.