Handbook updates
Claude Code: Recent handbook structure improvements with links to dated release coverage and audit records.
Written and reviewed by Eric Han · Co-founder & CTO, reopt
2026-10-23
Official command baseline: Claude Code 2.1.308, also npm latest/next/stable.
- Added
/claude-api api-version,managed-agents-secure, and/design consent/revoke; the official slash table now has 120 rows. - Updated current guidance and both advanced editions for
-p/SDK permission defaults, pre-expansion hooks, idle compaction, fork subagents, and MCP policies. - Adapted validation to bold changelog version headings and multiple declarations of one command.
Detailed v2.1.299–308 coverage and sources
2026-10-10
Official-command review baseline: Claude Code 2.1.296.
- Reflected the Haiku 5.5 release (v2.1.293):
haikuon the Anthropic API now resolves to Haiku 5.5, with amediumdefault effort. /model adds the provider resolution and a Haiku 5.5 baseline, including the pricing split at 100,000 prompt tokens, and /effort is updated. - Corrected the Sonnet 5.5 prompt cache read price to $0.10/MTok. From v2.1.296,
/cost, the status line, and--max-budget-usduse that figure too (/cost). - Raised the invocation forms in the CLI reference from 34 to 36 (
claude daemon logs,claude daemon run), and added the--max-budget-usdheadroom note and how flags ahead of adaemonsubcommand are handled. - Added default negotiation of protocol revision 2026-07-28 for claude.ai connectors to /mcp (v2.1.295), quoted-text copying to /copy (v2.1.295), the
←and Ctrl+C changes to /background, andCLAUDE_CODE_WORKFLOW_SUBAGENT_MODELto /workflows (v2.1.296). - The official slash table still has 119 rows; only three descriptions changed. All v2.1.293–v2.1.296 changes are recorded in dated release coverage.
2026-10-07
Official-command review baseline: Claude Code 2.1.292.
- Reflected the Sonnet 5.5 release (v2.1.284):
sonneton the Anthropic API now resolves to Sonnet 5.5, with amediumdefault effort. /model adds the provider resolution and a Sonnet 5.5 baseline, and /effort is updated. - Ultracode is now a toggle separate from the effort level (v2.1.284). /effort covers
/effort ultracode [on|off]and the earlier behavior. - Added the rows new to the official slash table,
/artifact-capabilities,/artifact-diagramming,/claude-in-chrome,/plugin-authoring, and/slides, to the complete command list (114 to 119 rows). - Aligned
reconnect allin /mcp (v2.1.284),--max-findingsin /code-review (v2.1.288),preserved-thinking-migrationin /claude-api, and the /doctorprompt-auditsyntax now listed in the official table. - Added
--desktop(v2.1.285),claude purge(v2.1.288, formerlyclaude project purge), session names forclaude attachandclaude logs(v2.1.290),claude plugin configure, andclaude plugin install --marketplaceto the CLI reference. - Added the permission-mode default and the changed behavior of
/hooks,/tasks,/recap, and/resumeto the cautions of those commands, and recorded all v2.1.284–v2.1.292 changes in dated release coverage.
2026-09-26
Official-command review baseline: Claude Code 2.1.283.
- Reflected the Opus 5.5 release (v2.1.280):
opusanddefaultnow resolve to Opus 5.5, and Pro and Team Standard default to Opus. /model adds a provider resolution table anddeniedModels/availableModelsMatch(v2.1.283). - Updated /effort for Opus 5.5's
mediumdefault and the scope of top-leveleffortLevel, and /fast for the Opus 5.5 default and $8/$40 pricing. - Documented the /doctor
prompt-auditsubcommand (v2.1.283). - Added combined text and file system-prompt flags (v2.1.283) and
--agentsJSON file paths (v2.1.281) to the CLI reference, andmaxProseWidthand"attribution": falseto /config. - Recorded command-relevant v2.1.280–v2.1.283 changes in dated release coverage.
2026-09-22
Official-command review baseline: Claude Code 2.1.278.
- Reorganized the start page by task and labeled command type and availability in the complete list.
- Aligned detail guides as purpose, availability, examples, effects and persistence, cautions, and official sources.
- Made syntax, aliases, availability, and sources shared so both editions and their lists stay aligned.
- Separated dated records from current guidance while preserving existing command URLs.
Earlier records
Dated release coverage · Earlier verification records · Command change history
See current verification scope for coverage and review limits.