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Anthropic adds shared group budgets to Claude Code

Original title: Claude Code 2.1.316

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What it is: Anthropic released an update to Claude Code, version 2.1.316, which introduces shared group budgets, new settings, and various bug fixes. It also deprecates the fast mode for the Opus 4.8 model.
How it works: Group administrators can set a shared monthly budget for members using the spend limits admin API. Users can also disable the ultrathink keyword using a new environment variable.
Where it is available: The updates apply to Claude Code, the Claude apps gateway, VSCode integration, cloud sessions, and Claude Tag in Slack.
Example: A team can share a single monthly budget on the Claude apps gateway on top of each member's individual limit.

What it is: Claude Code version 2.1.316 introduces the CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_ULTRATHINK environment variable, pooled group budgets for the Claude apps gateway, and deprecates fast mode for Opus 4.8. It also includes multiple bug fixes for shell commands, bash scripts, and cloud sessions.
How it works: Administrators can configure pooled budgets using the pooled_budget parameter on the spend limits admin API. Developers can set subagent effort levels using CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_EFFORT and disable looped cross-certificates with CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_LOOPED_CROSS_CERT_DROP.
Where it is available: These changes apply to Claude Code, Claude apps gateway, VSCode extension, Amazon Bedrock upstreams, and cloud sessions.
Example: Developers can use the CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_ULTRATHINK environment variable to turn off the ultrathink keyword in their environment.

The headline and explanation on this page are based on Anthropic's post. The full details are in the original.

Claude Code 2.1.316