Claude docs changes for July 19th, 2026 [diff]

Executive Summary

• Claude Code 2.1.215: Claude no longer runs the /verify and /code-review skills automatically on its own — invoke them explicitly with /verify or /code-review when you want them.
• The Claude Apps Gateway deployment guide now warns that the gateway's stderr, audit log, and debug files can contain developer identities and hook/MCP output, and to redact them before posting to a public issue.
• GitHub MCP setup docs (CLI and VS Code) clarify that claude mcp add accepts a placeholder personal access token without validating it — check /mcp for a connected vs. failed status to confirm the server actually works.
• troubleshoot-install now explains what a 403 (proxy/network filter or regional block) or 5xx (temporary service issue) response means when checking connectivity to downloads.claude.ai, instead of only covering total connection failures.
• The VS Code extension's documented minimum VS Code version is corrected from 1.98.0 down to 1.94.0 in both the installation requirements and the "extension won't install" troubleshooting section.

New Claude Code versions

2.1.215

Existing feature improvements

• Claude no longer runs the /verify and /code-review skills on its own; invoke them with /verify or /code-review when you want them

Claude Code changes

Changed documents

artifacts [Source]

• The "Settings > Claude Code > Capabilities", "Settings > Roles", and "Settings > Data & privacy controls" references for managing artifacts are now clickable links to the corresponding claude.ai admin pages instead of plain text. [line 207] [line 219] [Source]

Claude Apps Gateway deployment [Source]

• New warning that the gateway's stderr includes the audit event stream, the audit log records developer identities, and the debug file records hook/MCP server output from the developer's machine — review and redact these before posting to a public issue. [line 204] [Source]

Claude Code on the web [Source]

• The "Settings > Claude Code > Sharing settings" reference for requiring repository access or hiding your name from shared sessions is now a clickable link. [line 706] [Source]

index, overview [Source]

• The cd your-project quick-start snippet now clarifies that your-project should be replaced with the path to a project directory on your machine. [line 57] [Source]
• The /desktop bullet is reworded from "hand off a terminal session to the Desktop app" to "continue your current terminal session in the Desktop app," and now notes it's available on macOS and x64 Windows. [line 157] [Source]

MCP [Source]

• New note on the GitHub MCP setup example: claude mcp add saves the configuration without validating credentials, so a placeholder YOUR_GITHUB_PAT value is accepted but the server later fails to connect; run /mcp and check for connected vs. failed to verify. [line 441] [Source]

routines [Source]

• The "Settings > Connectors" reference for managing connectors outside the routine form is now a direct link to claude.ai/customize/connectors. [line 298] [Source]
• Turning on usage credits now links to claude.ai/settings/usage, and notes that on Team/Enterprise plans an admin turns them on for the organization at claude.ai/admin-settings/usage — previously this pointed only to a generic "Settings > Billing." [line 341] [Source]

troubleshoot-install [Source]

• The three connectivity-check steps now explain that a 403 response usually means a proxy/network filter or that Claude Code isn't available in the region, and a 5xx response usually means a temporary service issue to retry later, rather than only covering total connection failures. [lines 53-58] [lines 329-332] [lines 408-410] [Source]

Troubleshooting [Source]

• Clarifies that the memory breakdown referenced when inspecting a heap snapshot in Chrome DevTools is the file ending in -diagnostics.json. [line 33] [Source]

VS Code [Source]

• The minimum required VS Code version is corrected from 1.98.0 to 1.94.0, in both the installation prerequisites and the "extension won't install" troubleshooting step. [line 11] [line 437] [Source]
• Same GitHub MCP placeholder-PAT note added as in mcp.md, telling readers to type /mcp in the chat panel and check for connected vs. failed. [line 346] [Source]

API changes

No substantive changes today — adaptive-thinking, extended-thinking, and files only had their obfuscated "contact us" email-protection links regenerated, with no content change.