Releasesby GlyphClaude Agent SDK 0.2.159
Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.281 Pinned default model for e2e tests to claude-opus-5 to work around CI failures with the CLI's new default model ( #1287 ) PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/claude-agent-sdk/0.2.159/ pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.159
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Claude Agent SDK 0.2.158
New Features verbatim_prompts option : Added ClaudeAgentOptions.verbatim_prompts (default False ). When True , user messages are delivered to the CLI exactly as written , no @path file expansion and no slash-command dispatch. This prevents untrusted text inlined into prompts from triggering unintended file reads or command execution.
Claude Agent SDK 0.2.160
Bug Fixes Fixed follow-up turns failing after background subagents: When using query() with hooks, can_use_tool, or SDK MCP servers, stdin was closed too early if a subagent finished just before the turn's result arrived. Follow-up turns would then fail with "Stream closed" and the model would report the tool as refused.
Claude Agent SDK 0.2.161
Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.284 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/claude-agent-sdk/0.2.161/ bash pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.161
Claude Agent SDK 0.2.156
Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.276 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/claude-agent-sdk/0.2.156/ pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.156
Claude Agent SDK 0.2.162
Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.285 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/claude-agent-sdk/0.2.162/ bash pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.162
Claude Agent SDK 0.2.155
Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.275 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/claude-agent-sdk/0.2.155/ pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.155
Claude Agent SDK 0.2.154
Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.274 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/claude-agent-sdk/0.2.154/ pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.154
Claude Agent SDK 0.2.163
Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.286 CI: pinned the model for issue triage to fix failures caused by the CLI's new default model PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/claude-agent-sdk/0.2.163/ bash pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.163