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The Claude Code Changelog

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It feels like every day there's a new Claude Code update. This unofficial podcast, hosted by Lachlan and James (& powered by Jellypod AI), helps us stay up to date with everything Anthropic ships to Claude, from product updates, new workflows, and more. Each episode highlights what changed, how to use it, and why it matters.

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  • #96
    August 7 · 3 min

    Claude Code Sessions Can Message Each Other

    This episode explores how Claude Code sessions can message each other across terminals using ListAgents and SendMessage, making multi-repo workflows and handoffs far smoother. It also covers the security controls, new archive plugin installs, self-hosted

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  • #95
    August 6 · 3 min

    Claude Code 2.1.223: Context Limits and Security Fixes

    We unpack the latest Claude Code update, from automatic compaction for 1M-context models and clearer startup warnings to new safeguards for background agents and custom model gateways. The episode also covers a critical security fix for hidden Unicode Bas

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  • #94
    August 5 · 2 min

    Claude Code Patch Fixes Worktree Security Flaws

    This episode covers critical Claude Code security fixes, including tighter isolation for worktree subagents, stricter controls on repo-local settings, and global-only activation for Remote Control. It also touches on a token tracking bug and a SendMessage

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  • #93
    August 4 · 2 min

    Claude Code Mode Mask Protects Secrets in Sandboxes

    This episode dives into Claude Code’s new mode mask security feature, which protects secrets in sandboxed builds by using dummy credential files and proxying real values only on network egress. It also covers practical release upgrades like VS Code Focus

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  • #92
    August 3 · 2 min

    Claude Code Shell Fixes for MCP Login and Automation

    This episode covers new Claude Code shell improvements for automating MCP server authentication from the command line, including claude mcp login and logout. It also explores bash command response control, sandbox credential protections, remote dev box OA

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  • #91
    August 2 · 2 min

    Classifier-Driven Auto Mode Cuts Permission Fatigue

    This episode explores how classifier-driven auto mode reduces permission fatigue by handling ambiguous Bash actions contextually, while hard deny rules still enforce non-negotiable boundaries. It also covers the reset command, minor latency caveats, frien

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  • #90
    August 1 · 3 min

    Claude Code’s New Auto-Backgrounding and Workflow Upgrades

    We break down Claude Code’s new automatic MCP backgrounding for long-running tool calls, including the default 120,000 ms threshold, how to customize it with CLAUDE_CODE_MCP_AUTO_BACKGROUND_MS, and how setting it to 0 keeps workflows synchronous. The epis

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  • #89
    July 31 · 3 min

    Securing Claude Code with a Process Wrapper

    This episode breaks down how Claude Code’s process wrapper can keep enterprise AI tooling inside corporate security and telemetry controls, from launcher scripts and audit logging to avoiding runaway background daemons. It also covers practical gotchas li

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  • #88
    July 30 · 4 min

    Claude Code’s Windows Backslash Bug

    This episode breaks down a Windows bug in Claude Code where unescaped backslashes in file paths triggered Unicode parsing errors, causing crashes and garbled folder names. It also covers recent Windows-focused fixes, including safer Git Bash path handling

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  • #87
    July 29 · 4 min

    Claude Code 2.1.219: Nested Subagent Streaming Unlocked

    We break down how Claude Code v2.1.219 finally exposes nested subagent activity in headless mode, making it easier to debug streaming text, thinking blocks, and tool events in real time. The episode also covers new JSON fields, MCP init error reporting, a

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  • #86
    July 28 · 3 min

    Claude Code’s DirectoryAdded Hook for Monorepos

    This episode explores how Claude Code’s DirectoryAdded hook helps monorepos dynamically load the right environment for newly registered subdirectories, avoiding toolchain mix-ups like using npm in a bun workspace. It also covers workspace trust, hook exit

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  • #85
    July 27 · 4 min

    Lock Down Claude Code with Strict Network Allowlists

    Learn how Claude Code’s strict allowlist mode can help prevent prompt-fatigue mistakes by blocking unapproved network access by default. The episode also covers the config setup, common breakages like package installs, and why enterprise teams may still n

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  • #84
    July 26 · 4 min

    Claude Opus 5 Brings a Million-Token Context to the CLI

    We break down the latest Claude Code update, where Opus 5 becomes the default model and a native one million token context window changes how developers can work with huge codebases. The episode also covers the new pricing model, prompt caching benefits,

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  • #83
    July 25 · 4 min

    Claude Code v2.1.219: Depth 3 and Safety Valves

    The hosts unpack Anthropic’s return to depth 3 subagent nesting in v2.1.219, along with the new workflowSizeGuideline soft limit for keeping agent sprawl in check. They also cover practical CLI improvements like the network strict allowlist, the Directory

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  • #82
    July 24 · 4 min

    Claude Code v2.1.218: Background Skills and Safer Workflows

    This episode breaks down Claude Code v2.1.218’s new context: fork behavior, which runs custom skills asynchronously so you can keep coding while background analysis finishes. It also covers workspace trust protections, MCP diagnostics, cleaner agent namin

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  • #81
    July 23 · 4 min

    Claude Code v2.1.218: Background Reviews and Key Fixes

    This episode breaks down the latest Claude Code release, including how code reviews now run in an isolated background subagent to avoid bloating your prompt history. It also covers the breaking change for forked skills, Windows path and left-arrow fixes,

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  • #80
    July 22 · 2 min

    Claude Code v2.1.217 Stops Runaway Subagents

    We dig into Anthropic’s Claude Code v2.1.217 update, which slams the brakes on runaway nested subagents and adds real-time budget enforcement to stop surprise costs mid-task. Plus, a quick look at quality-of-life tweaks like emoji autocomplete, clickable

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  • #79
    July 21 · 3 min

    Claude Code v2.1.216: Safer Dev Containers, Faster Resumes

    This episode digs into Claude Code v2.1.216, including the new sandbox.filesystem.disabled setting that decouples filesystem isolation from network protections for safer dev-container workflows. It also covers faster resume times after quadratic slowdown

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  • #78
    July 20 · 3 min

    Cloud Swarms and Async AI Code Reviews

    Explore how cloud-based ultrareview offloads AI code reviews to a multi-agent swarm, handling branches and PRs asynchronously without clogging your local terminal. The episode also covers recent fixes for merge-base edge cases, smarter PR parsing, and tig

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  • #77
    July 19 · 3 min

    Claude Code Reins In Rogue Agent Drift

    We break down the latest Claude Code update that reins in autonomous behavior, making /verify and /code-review fully manual again. The episode also covers new workflow controls like /code-review --fix, remote reviewer fleets, progress heartbeats, and a Li

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