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Claude Code v2.1.66 ·

Output Efficiency System Upgraded [Gradual Rollout]

Entry
JSON All of v2.1.66
EntryKind: in v2.1.66,
ChangesSection of the release

The output brevity system has been upgraded from a single on/off toggle (tengu_sotto_voce) to a three-tier system (tengu_swann_brevity) with modes:

  • strict: Extremely concise — "Use the fewest words necessary. Omit preamble, filler, pleasantries."
  • focused: Extra concise — "Lead with the answer or action, not the reasoning."
  • polished: Balanced — "Concise and polished. Never omit important information."
Evidence

Output efficiency modes (search for "tengu_swann_brevity")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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Feature flag
tengu_sotto_voce On for this account, and not off by default

The 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 v2.1.66: no gate table built for this version

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.

tengu_swann_brevity Not enough to say

Nothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.

This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.66: no gate table built for this version

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 v2.1.66. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

What has happened since
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns on for tengu_sotto_voce, read as this account. A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns nothing at all, having stopped carrying it for tengu_sotto_voce, read as this account. A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.

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