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title: Claude Code 2.1.300 adds virtualText to prompt decorations and an AWS advisor
description: "Claude Code 2.1.300 adds prompt virtual text, split cache-write metrics, an agent-transcript view API, and AWS /advisor."
date: 2026-10-15T03:36:19.589Z
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# Claude Code 2.1.300 adds virtualText to prompt decorations and an AWS advisor

> Claude Code 2.1.300 adds prompt virtual text, split cache-write metrics, an agent-transcript view API, and AWS /advisor.

Claude Code 2.1.300 was published on October 14, 2026, at 18:24:25 UTC. The release adds `virtualText` to a mod's prompt decorations, and it adds `$.ui.view({ agentId })` to show an agent transcript. The `agent.spawn` hook can now rewrite a workflow agent's prompt and model. OpenTelemetry `api_request` events split cache writes by lifetime, and `/advisor` is available on Claude Platform on AWS.

## virtualText that never enters the prompt

`virtualText` is text drawn in the prompt box that never enters the draft or the submitted prompt. It was added to a mod's prompt decorations.

A `dir` prop on a mod's `Text` supports right-to-left text. On Windows and in VS Code's terminal, its rows read in that direction and sit flush right.

The `prompt.change` mod hook is raised when the prompt box's text changes without a typed edit: a recalled history entry, a clear, an undo, or a plugin's fill.

## An agent transcript view, and a spawn hook that can rewrite

`$.ui.view({ agentId })` shows an agent's transcript in the main view when you ask. `$.ui.view({})` goes back.

The `agent.spawn` mod hook can rewrite a workflow agent's `prompt` and `model`. Before this, the hook could only refuse workflow agents.

## An advisor that stays idle

`/advisor` is available on Claude Platform on AWS. No advisor runs until you pick one with `/advisor`, `advisorModel` or `--advisor`. `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_ADVISOR_TOOL=1` turns it off.

## Finer cache and span fields

OpenTelemetry `api_request` events now include `cache_creation_5m_tokens` and `cache_creation_1h_tokens`, splitting cache writes by lifetime.

Trace spans now include OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic-convention attributes, such as `gen_ai.provider.name`, `gen_ai.conversation.id`, `gen_ai.tool.name` and `error.type`.

In VS Code, `claudeCode.attachSelection` stops text selected in the editor from being added to your messages.

Read the v2.1.300 release notes before you call `$.ui.view` or rely on the updated `agent.spawn` hook. If you decorate prompts, try `virtualText` on a session you already run. On Claude Platform on AWS, leave the advisor unset until you choose one with `/advisor`.

## Sources

- [Claude Code v2\.1\.300](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.300)