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Anthropic’s Claude Code 2.1.69 adds a new /claude-api skill, plugin hot-reload, richer agent/hooks metadata, expanded voice/STT language support, and a macOS setting to make Go tools work behind corporate MITM proxies.
The official v2.1.69 release notes highlight practical upgrades: the new /claude-api skill to jumpstart apps with the Claude API and Anthropic SDK, a /reload-plugins command for activating changes without restarts, and an includeGitInstructions toggle (plus an env var) to strip built-in commit/PR guidance from the system prompt. There’s better UX and agent telemetry too—custom session titles via /remote-control, visible effort level, agent name in terminal titles, and new hook fields (agent_id/agent_type, worktree) with an InstructionsLoaded event.
Voice gets attention as well: speech-to-text now supports 10 more languages (20 total) per the release, while a limited “voice mode” for spoken coding commands is rolling out to a subset of users, with details and broader availability still emerging according to Digital Watch Observatory.
For managed environments, a macOS-only sandbox.enableWeakerNetworkIsolation setting lets Go-based tools like gh, gcloud, and terraform validate TLS behind a custom httpProxyPort MITM proxy—useful for enterprise networks—plus a pluginTrustMessage and other managed settings to inject org-specific context, as noted in the changelog. If you’re rolling Claude out to teams, Anthropic’s academy page offers rollout guidance and model overviews Claude for work.