Tell HN: Claude Code now allows Anthropic to remotely inject system prompts

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Description

I often patch the system prompts on my Claude Code executable in order to make Claude more effective. Every time I upgrade, I ask Claude himself to dissect the new binary and look for problematic system prompts to modify. Was upgrading to v2.1.150 today and discovered something that's rather alarming: Claude Code now allows Anthropic to perform remote system prompt injection via the network. Two data sources. First, API call to api.anthropic.com/api/claude_cli/bootstrap a

Discovered

May 24, 2026

Added to Database

May 25, 2026

Notes

Discovered via hackernews search; 2 AI keyword matches; 1 startup keyword matches

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