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The 2.1.142 changelog states:

Added new claude agents flags: --add-dir, --settings, --mcp-config, --plugin-dir, --permission-mode, --model, --effort, and --dangerously-skip-permissions to configure dispatched background sessions

However, all four profile-configuration flags (--mcp-config, --settings, --plugin-dir, --add-dir) are rejected with error: unknown option at launch.

Error Message

$ claude --version 2.1.142 (Claude Code)

$ claude agents --mcp-config /dev/null error: unknown option '--mcp-config'

$ claude agents --settings /dev/null error: unknown option '--settings'

$ claude agents --plugin-dir /tmp error: unknown option '--plugin-dir'

$ claude agents --add-dir /tmp error: unknown option '--add-dir'

Root Cause

The 2.1.142 changelog states:

Added new claude agents flags: --add-dir, --settings, --mcp-config, --plugin-dir, --permission-mode, --model, --effort, and --dangerously-skip-permissions to configure dispatched background sessions

However, all four profile-configuration flags (--mcp-config, --settings, --plugin-dir, --add-dir) are rejected with error: unknown option at launch.

Fix Action

Fix / Workaround

Added new claude agents flags: --add-dir, --settings, --mcp-config, --plugin-dir, --permission-mode, --model, --effort, and --dangerously-skip-permissions to configure dispatched background sessions

All eight flags listed in the changelog should be accepted by claude agents and forwarded to sessions dispatched from the agent view.

Code Example

$ claude --version
2.1.142 (Claude Code)

$ claude agents --mcp-config /dev/null
error: unknown option '--mcp-config'

$ claude agents --settings /dev/null
error: unknown option '--settings'

$ claude agents --plugin-dir /tmp
error: unknown option '--plugin-dir'

$ claude agents --add-dir /tmp
error: unknown option '--add-dir'
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Description

The 2.1.142 changelog states:

Added new claude agents flags: --add-dir, --settings, --mcp-config, --plugin-dir, --permission-mode, --model, --effort, and --dangerously-skip-permissions to configure dispatched background sessions

However, all four profile-configuration flags (--mcp-config, --settings, --plugin-dir, --add-dir) are rejected with error: unknown option at launch.

Steps to reproduce

$ claude --version
2.1.142 (Claude Code)

$ claude agents --mcp-config /dev/null
error: unknown option '--mcp-config'

$ claude agents --settings /dev/null
error: unknown option '--settings'

$ claude agents --plugin-dir /tmp
error: unknown option '--plugin-dir'

$ claude agents --add-dir /tmp
error: unknown option '--add-dir'

The flags that do work (--model, --permission-mode, --effort, --dangerously-skip-permissions) are accepted normally.

Expected behavior

All eight flags listed in the changelog should be accepted by claude agents and forwarded to sessions dispatched from the agent view.

Actual behavior

The four flags above exit immediately with error: unknown option <flag>.

Platform

  • macOS (Darwin 25.5.0)
  • Claude Code 2.1.142

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All eight flags listed in the changelog should be accepted by claude agents and forwarded to sessions dispatched from the agent view.

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