Evidence record / claude-code

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Edit Tool Read Requirement Relaxation

What Changed

Edit tool no longer requires separate Read after grep; single-file grep/egrep/fgrep commands satisfy read-before-edit check

Operator Implication

Workflows no longer need explicit Read tool calls when grep is used to locate content before editing, simplifying tool chains

Receipt

Edit Tool: No longer requires separate Read after grep; single-file grep/egrep/fgrep commands satisfy read-before-edit check

Finding metadata

Confidence: high
Actionability: test
Accessibility impact: low

Run: 2026-06-03-weekly-digest-2026-05-28_2026-06-03-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-06-02-claude-code-edit-tool-grep-consistency

Source links

Primary links, including exact changelog lines when available.

Claude Code
release noteEdit Tool: No longer requires separate Read after grep; single-file grep/egrep/fgrep commands satisfy read-before-edit checkcode.claude.com/docs/en/changelog

Versioned source: run artifact