anthropics / anthropics/claude-code

Desktop Code tab system prompt still lists /doctor as unavailable, but it is a bundled skill and runs there

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Description

The Claude desktop app (Code tab) injects this into the model's system prompt:

Terminal-dialog slash commands such as /permissions, /config, /doctor, and /hooks open an interactive terminal panel and are not available in this session — do not tell the user to run them here.

Including /doctor in that list is outdated. Since v2.1.205, /doctor is a bundled skill (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills#bundled-skills, changelog 2.1.205), and typing /doctor in the Code tab runs it.
A fresh claude -p session on the same machine also lists doctor in slash_commands and skills.

Result: the model tells users /doctor is not available in the app and sends them to the terminal.

Expected: remove /doctor from that list in the desktop system prompt.

Related: #64507 (pre-2.1.205 behavior, closed), #90848 (shows /doctor running in Desktop).

Environment

  • Claude desktop app: 2.2553.1 (latest)
  • Claude Code: 2.1.278 (latest)
  • Model: Opus 5
  • OS: macOS

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Research direction

Search the repository for the quoted desktop system-prompt text and inspect the entry point that assembles it. Remove only /doctor from the unavailable-command list, then verify the generated prompt no longer directs Code-tab users to the terminal while /permissions, /config, and /hooks remain listed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
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Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
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