Claude Code v2.1.288 release includes a new `$.ui.selection()` mod for selected text, buil

EXHIBIT 1822 · URGENT

Oct 2, 2026 20:21 UTC github_releases+npm anthropics/claude-code

Claude Code v2.1.288 release includes a new `$.ui.selection()` mod for selected text, built-in `gh api` for cloud sessions, and various bug fixes for prompt recovery, API timeouts, and conversation length.

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anthropic just shipped claude-code v2.1.288, adding a new $.ui.selection() mod to grab your selected text in fullscreen. could be super handy for mods!

big claude-code update (v2.1.288)! lots of bug fixes for long conversations, api timeouts, and prompt recovery. plus, built-in `gh api` for cloud sessions.

[MERGED across 2 sources: github_releases, npm] shared signal: claude-code --- npm :: @anthropic-ai/claude-code --- @anthropic-ai/claude-code 2.1.287 -> 2.1.288: +8 strings, -5 strings, 2 flagged as interesting [sentence] (2) + Failing this install so npm does not leave a non-working claude in place. + This happens with --omit=optional or when the download failed; re-run the install to fetch it. --- github_releases :: anthropics/claude-code --- anthropics/claude-code release: v2.1.288 name: v2.1.288 published: 2026-10-02T20:19:57Z url: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.288 ## What's changed - Added `$.ui.selection()` for mods: returns the text you last selected in fullscreen mode and, when the selection lies within one transcript row, that row - Added a built-in `gh api` to cloud sessions whose image has no GitHub CLI, and fixed the built-in sending control characters from file names, jq filters or GitHub errors to the terminal - Added recovery for a prompt cleared with Ctrl+C: pressing Up on the empty prompt brings the draft back, including pasted text and images - Added a re-authenticate prompt when an MCP server asks for more OAuth scope during a tool call - Added `--max-findings <n>|all` to /code-review to report more or fewer findings than the usual limit; the choice is reused until you pass `--max-findings default` - Added Ctrl+F to find a session by name and Alt+↑/↓ to jump between groups in the agents view; both, and rename, can be rebound in keybindings.json - Added a screen reader mode announcement of the new permission mode when you approve a plan, including with Shift+Tab - Fixed mid-response API timeouts failing the turn: non-interactive sessions and subagents now continue from the partial response, and thinking-only responses are retried - Fixed long conversations failing with "Prompt is too long" instead of auto-compacting when the last reply reported zero token usage - Fixed `--resume` sometimes dropping files and o