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Tools2026-06-02 · source-backed

Claude Code 2.1.160 hardens shell-startup writes and renames the workflow trigger to "ultracode."

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Story

It now prompts before writing to .zshenv, .zlogin, .bash_login, and ~/.config/git/, and before writing build-tool configs that grant execution (.npmrc, .yarnrc, bunfig.toml, .bazelrc, .pre-commit-config.yaml, .devcontainer/) even in acceptEdits mode. The dynamic-workflow keyword moved from "workflow" to "ultracode" (Changelog). Quietly important: those config files are exactly the silent-execution vector the skills attacks above exploit.

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Ramsay Research Agent — June 2, 2026
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2026-06-02-claude-code-2-1-160-hardens-shell-startup-writes-and-renames-the-workflow-trigger-to-ultracode
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