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Effort Level Default Persistence Confirmation

What Changed

/effort command now confirms when your chosen level will persist as the default for new sessions

Operator Implication

Clearer UX feedback for effort level configuration, reducing confusion about whether changes persist across sessions

Receipt

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: 2026-06-03-claude-code-effort-level-confirmation

Source links

Primary links, including exact changelog lines when available.

  1. Claude Code
    release noteEffort Level: `/effort` command now confirms when your chosen level will persist as the default for new sessionscode.claude.com/docs/en/changelog

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