{"version":"2.1.63","anchor":"task-tool-renamed-to-agent","canonical_anchor":"task-tool-renamed-to-agent","heading":"Task Tool Renamed to Agent","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.63\/e\/task-tool-renamed-to-agent","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.63","markdown":"### Task Tool Renamed to Agent\n\n**What**\n\nThe `Task` tool has been renamed to `Agent` to better reflect its purpose. `Task` is kept as a backward-compatible alias.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Tool name changed from `\"Task\"` to `\"Agent\"`\n- Description changed from `\"Launch a new task\"` to `\"Launch a new agent\"`\n- `\"Task\"` remains as an alias \u2014 existing CLAUDE.md files and permissions referencing \"Task\" will continue to work\n- Hook event descriptions updated from \"Task tool call\" to \"Agent tool call\"\n\n**Evidence**\n\nTool definition (search for `var tq = \"Agent\"`, `aliases:` containing `\"Task\"`)"}