What's New
Live Tool Activity Panel
During generation, a collapsible activity panel now appears inside assistant messages showing exactly what Claude Code is doing in real-time:
- Tool calls listed live — see each Read, Bash, Grep, Edit, etc. as it happens
- Brief input summary — file paths, commands, search patterns shown at a glance
- Collapsed by default — unobtrusive; click header to expand the list
- Expandable details — click any item to see full tool input (pretty-printed JSON)
- Pulsing indicator — animated dot shows generation is active
- Persists after completion — review what tools were used even after response is done
- Background tab support — tool log accumulates while tab is in background, restored on switch
Before
Just a spinning indicator with no visibility into what Claude Code was doing.
After
⚙ Activity · 12 header with expandable list of all tool operations and their inputs.
Full Changelog: v5.8.2...v5.9.0