{"version":"2.1.321","anchor":"cloud-session-browse-claudeai-can-list-folders-on-this-com","canonical_anchor":"cloud-session-browse-claudeai-can-list-folders-on-this-com","heading":"claude.ai can now browse folders on your computer to start a session","tier":"notice","area":"Remote Control","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.321\/e\/cloud-session-browse-claudeai-can-list-folders-on-this-com","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.321","markdown":"### claude.ai can now browse folders on your computer to start a session\n\nclaude.ai can ask Claude Code to list folders on your computer to start a session, following your Read deny and ask rules\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what switch turns this on or whether it is on by default.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude 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\".\n\n- It follows your Read deny and ask permission rules.\n\n- It refuses to follow symbolic links (shortcuts that point to another location).\n\n- It limits how many entries it returns and sorts them.\n\n- It marks which folders are the top of a git repository.\n\nWhen 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe 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.\n\n- Area: Remote Control\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}