Week 20 · May 11–15, 2026
Manage every Claude Code session from one screen with agent view, keep Claude working toward a goal until a condition holds, and run fast mode on Opus 4.7 by default.
Releases v2.1.139 → v2.1.142 3 features · May 11–15
Agent view research preview
claude agents opens one screen for every Claude Code session: what's running, what's blocked on your input, and what's done. Dispatch a bug fix, a pull request review, and a flaky-test investigation as three rows, keep working in another window, and step in only when a row needs you. Attach to any row to drop into its full conversation, then press ← to return to the list. Each background session keeps running without a terminal attached.
Open the dashboard from your shell:
claude agents
/goal v2.1.139
Set a completion condition and Claude keeps working toward it across turns without you prompting each step. After every turn, a fast model checks whether the condition holds; if not, Claude starts another turn instead of handing control back. Useful for substantial work with a verifiable end state, like migrating a module until every call site compiles and tests pass. The goal clears once the condition is met, and works in interactive, -p, and Remote Control.
Set a goal and let Claude run until it holds:
> /goal all tests in test/auth pass and the lint step is clean
Fast mode on Opus 4.7 research preview
/fast now runs on Opus 4.7 by default instead of Opus 4.6. Fast mode is a high-speed Opus configuration: the same model quality at about 2.5x the speed for a higher per-token cost, useful for rapid iteration and live debugging. Pricing is unchanged at $30/$150 per MTok, the same as Opus 4.6 fast mode. To pin fast mode to Opus 4.6, set CLAUDE_CODE_OPUS_4_6_FAST_MODE_OVERRIDE=1.
Toggle fast mode, now running on Opus 4.7:
> /fast
Other wins
claude agents gained dispatch flags (--add-dir, --settings, --mcp-config, --plugin-dir, --permission-mode, --model, --effort, --dangerously-skip-permissions) to configure background sessions, and claude agents --cwd <path> scopes the session list to a directoryNew hook args: string[] exec form spawns the command directly without a shell, so path placeholders never need quotingNew continueOnBlock config option for PostToolUse hooks feeds the hook's rejection reason back to Claude and continues the turn instead of ending itNew terminalSequence field in hook JSON output lets hooks emit desktop notifications, window titles, and bells without a controlling terminalThe Rewind menu added "Summarize up to here" to compress earlier context while keeping recent turns intactRemote Control, /schedule, claude.ai MCP connectors, and notification preferences are now disabled when ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, apiKeyHelper, or ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN is set, even alongside a claude.ai login; unset the API key to use these featuresMCP stdio servers now receive CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR in their environment, matching hooks, and plugin configs can reference ${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR} in commandsclaude plugin details <name> shows a plugin's component inventory and projected per-session token cost, and the /plugin details pane now also lists the LSP servers a plugin providesPlugins with a root-level SKILL.md and no skills/ subdirectory are now surfaced as a skill/feedback can now include recent sessions from the last 24 hours or 7 days for issues spanning more than the current sessionAgent tool subagent_type now matches case- and separator-insensitively, so "Code Reviewer" resolves to code-reviewer