CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AGENT_VIEW

Updated October 13, 2026 by Alex Sorokoletov

CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AGENT_VIEW is a Claude Code environment variable: Disables Agent View. Renamed successor to CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AGENTS_FLEET (removed this release). If you're managing Claude Code via policy config and aren't ready to roll out the Agent View research preview, this is the clean hold-back flag. The "Agents Fleet" naming is gone — update your configs accordingly. Added between v2.1.138 and v2.1.143 and still present in v2.1.294. It is listed in the official reference.

How to set it

For one session, export it in the shell that starts Claude Code:

export CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AGENT_VIEW=<value>
claude

To apply it to every session, add it to the env object of a settings file:

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "env": {
    "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AGENT_VIEW": "<value>"
  }
}

Release notes that mention it

• Claude Code v2.1.143 — 27 New Env Vars, /goal, Agent View, and a Free Model Upgrade
• Claude Code Version Tracker: Undocumented Env Vars, Feature Gates & Models

Related variables

• CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_DISABLE_BUILTIN_AGENTS: Disable built-in agent types.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AGENT_VIEW_RELAUNCH: Force-relaunches the Agent View UI component when it gets into a bad state.
• CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_DISABLE_MCP_MANIFESTS
• CLAUDE_AGENT: Short-form identifier for the current agent, used in inter-agent messaging and log attribution.
• CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_CLIENT_APP: Client application name.
• CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_MCP_NO_PREFIX: Don't prefix MCP tool names with server name.
• CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_VERSION: Agent SDK version sent in User-Agent header.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AGENT: Full agent descriptor passed into a spawned agent process — likely the agent's frontmatter (tools, allowed/disallowed lists, system prompt path) so the child can reconstruct its runtime without re-reading disk.

Frequently asked questions

All variables, searchable: Claude Code environment variables.