Claude docs changes for May 17th, 2026 [diff]

Executive Summary

  • Microsoft Foundry setup guide now includes a step-by-step "Run Claude Code" section, clarifying that Foundry has no interactive setup wizard (unlike Bedrock/Vertex AI)
  • Effort level settings clarified: effortLevel in settings files accepts low, medium, high, or xhigh; max is session-only and cannot be set in config
  • Skills substitution behavior documented: command placeholders are expanded once and output is not re-scanned for nested placeholders

Claude Code changes

Changed documents

claude-platform-on-aws [Source]

  • Removed the enterprise sales/pricing promotional banner from the top of the page.

microsoft-foundry [Source]

  • Added a new "5. Run Claude Code" section explaining how to start Claude Code after configuring environment variables, and noting that Foundry has no interactive setup wizard — environment variables are the only configuration path, unlike Bedrock and Vertex AI. [lines 96-104] [Source]

model-config [Source]

  • Clarified that the effortLevel settings file option accepts low, medium, high, or xhigh; the max level is session-only and is not accepted in settings files. [line 192] [Source]

skills [Source]

  • Added clarification that command substitution in skill prompts runs only once — command output is inserted as plain text and is not re-scanned for further placeholders, preventing nested placeholder expansion. [line 383] [Source]