Thursday, March 26, 2026

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#1 GOLDReleaseClaude Code Releases

v2.1.84

Windows users get a PowerShell tool as an opt-in preview — finally a native shell experience instead of relying on bash workarounds
If you've ever come back to a stale Claude Code session hours later and burned tokens re-caching context, a new idle-return prompt now nudges you to /clear after 75+ minutes away
New TaskCreated hook fires when a task spins up via TaskCreate — useful for logging, notifications, or triggering side effects in multi-agent workflows
WorktreeCreate HTTP hooks can now return the created worktree path, making it easier to integrate with external CI systems
MCP tool descriptions are now capped at 2KB, preventing OpenAPI-generated servers from stuffing your context with thousands of tokens of schema noise
Token counts ≥1M now display as '1.5m' instead of '1512.6k' — small detail, big improvement for readability in long agentic sessions

#2 SILVERReleaseGitHub anthropics/claude-code-action

The official Claude Code GitHub Action hits v1.0 GA — it's now the stable, supported way to wire Claude into your CI/CD pipelines
Mode detection is now automatic: no more manually setting 'interactive' vs 'automation'. The action figures it out from your setup
All prompts go through a single 'prompt' input now, and CLI options through 'claude_args' — simpler, more consistent with how you'd use the CLI directly
Ready-made examples cover automated PR review, CI failure fixes, issue triage, doc generation, and security scanning
Breaking changes from v0.x: if you're already using this action, check the migration guide before updating

#3 BRONZEReleaseGitHub anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-typescript

New 'taskBudget' option lets you tell the model upfront how many tokens it has for a task, so it paces tool use instead of going all-in on exploration and hitting limits mid-task
'enableChannel()' method and 'capabilities' field on McpServerStatus give you SDK-level control over which MCP channels are active