CLAUDE CODE 2.1.142 GIVES REAL CLI CONTROL OVER BACKGROUND AGENTS AND REMOVES THE HIDDEN 60S MCP CAP
Claude Code 2.1.142 makes background agents fully configurable from the CLI and fixes a 60s cap on MCP tool calls. Per the [2.1.142 release](https://github.com...
Claude Code 2.1.142 makes background agents fully configurable from the CLI and fixes a 60s cap on MCP tool calls.
Per the 2.1.142 release, you can now dispatch agents with explicit flags for model, permissions, plugins, settings, and MCP config, while Fast mode moves to Opus 4.7 by default. A long‑standing bug that limited remote HTTP/SSE MCP tool calls to 60s is fixed, plus a batch of stability fixes for daemon restarts, sleep/wake, and Windows network drives.
If your team skipped recent updates, the prior cycle delivered the agents view and the /goal command that runs to a condition. For a quick look at the new flags in practice, see this short walkthrough: Claude Code v2.1.142 — Full Control Over Background Agents.
Teams can run unattended, multi-hour agent workflows with proper permissions and models pinned from CI or dev shells.
The MCP timeout fix unblocks long-running tools (HTTP/SSE) without brittle workarounds or silent failures.
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Dispatch a background agent with --permission-mode, --model, and --mcp-config, then verify behavior persists across sleep/wake and daemon restarts.
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Run an MCP tool that exceeds 60s (e.g., large crawl or long SQL) and confirm the request obeys your configured MCP_TOOL_TIMEOUT.
Legacy codebase integration strategies...
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Update existing scripts/Makefiles to pass new claude agents flags instead of ad hoc env vars; remove custom keepalive hacks.
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Re-test Windows network-drive workdirs and macOS sleep/wake flows to ensure sessions survive without manual recovery.
Fresh architecture paradigms...
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Design pipelines around unattended agents: define /goal conditions, set --permission-mode, and lock --model for reproducibility.
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Standardize MCP configs per repo with --mcp-config and expose LSP servers via plugins for richer in-repo assistance.
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