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Claude Code 2.1.120 Update

·2026.04.25 11:55

Key point

Claude Code 2.1.120 updates guidelines related to the harness, memory, and browser tools.

Details

In Claude Code v2.1.120, several items in the system prompt and tool descriptions were updated.

  • Harness instructions were added, organizing guidelines for terminal markdown output, permission handling, <system-reminder>, compaction, tool use, and clickable code references.
  • Memory instructions were newly added, covering the frontmatter format for file-based memory, memory types, handling of duplicate or outdated memories, and reference validation rules.
  • A BrowserBatch tool description was added, allowing multiple browser actions to run sequentially in a single round trip, stopping immediately if an error occurs.
  • Write now requires reading an existing file first before overwriting it, and recommends using Edit for modifications.
  • Dream memory consolidation changed the recent log lookup path to the structure logs/YYYY/MM/DD/<id>-<title>.md.
  • The Security monitor and /security-review guidelines were also revised, adjusting the deny rule insertion point and the template variable for the allowed tools list.
  • The Managed Agents documentation's creation task limit was raised from 60 RPM → 300 RPM.
  • The current month variable in WebSearch was also changed to ${CURRENT_MONTH_YEAR}.

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