--- title: "Claude code gets more opaque, devs want more transparency" url: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-gets-more-opaque-devs-want-more-transparency-0p8mq1ahk source_url: https://www.devclass.com/development/2026/02/16/claude-code-gets-more-opaque-devs-want-more-transparency/4091233 type: article source: "DEVCLASS" published: 2026-05-10T09:27:19.095Z updated: 2026-05-10T09:27:59.310Z tags: ["anthropic", "ai-coding", "claude-code"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claude code gets more opaque, devs want more transparency **[DEVCLASS](https://daily.dev/sources/devclass)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic updated Claude Code (v2.1.20) to collapse file-access output by default, hiding file names and search patterns behind a keyboard shortcut. Developers pushed back strongly, citing needs for security auditing, catching wrong-context mistakes early, and avoiding wasted tokens. Claude Code's creator Boris Cherny defended the change as UI simplification and repurposed verbose mode to show file paths, but this trade-off dissatisfied users who wanted full details. The condensed view remains the default, raising broader concerns about AI tool opacity and the risk of unnoticed mistakes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-is-being-dumbed-down-vtwgqoxoj) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-gets-more-opaque-devs-want-more-transparency-0p8mq1ahk)