Claude docs changes for January 25th, 2026 [diff]

Executive Summary

  • Clarified that Bash(*) is equivalent to Bash and both syntaxes are interchangeable for permission matching
  • Updated contact email link formats in API documentation

Claude Code changes

Changed documents

IAM [Source]

  • Clarification that Bash(*) is equivalent to Bash and both can be used interchangeably to match all uses of the Bash tool. [line 78] [Source]

Settings [Source]

  • Clarification that Bash(*) is equivalent to Bash and matches all Bash commands, with both syntaxes being interchangeable. [line 201] [Source]

API changes

Changed documents

Extended thinking [Source]

  • Updated sales team contact link to use email protection URL format. [line 98] [Source]

Files [Source]

  • Updated contact link to use email protection URL format. [line 284] [Source]