Unclear It is not clear where this list passes the variable to, so it is unclear which parts of Claude Code now honour it.
CLAUDE_AX_SCREEN_READER is the environment variable for Claude Code's screen-reader mode. It has been added to a list of environment variables Claude Code passes along, next to CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS and CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_SOURCE_ALIVE.
The remote switch for screen-reader mode read on for this site's account and for a signed-out check, in readings taken before this release.
This is accessibility work: your screen-reader choice is kept in more places Claude Code runs.
tengu_ax_screen_reader On for this account, and not off by defaultThe flag server returned on for the one account this site reads, and nothing in this release compiles it off by default. The compiled default is shown below, and says which it is when we cannot read one: a fifth of gates compile in a string or a number rather than on or off, and most published releases have no gate table behind them at all. No client can see what the server returns for your account.
This account: on · anonymous baseline: on · compiled default in v2.1.321: not a boolean we can read
These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.
Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.321. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you
The code path no longer asks a flag before it runs.
The code path no longer asks a flag before it runs.
It is not clear where this list passes the variable to, so it is unclear which parts of Claude Code now honour it.
New in this build: tengu_ax_screen_reader