[BUG] Claude Code Desktop always shows Powershell tool calls as "Using Powershell" instead of showing provided description
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- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
When Claude (regardless of model used) makes a tool call involving Powershell, the Claude Code Desktop app on Windows always shows the tool's headline/summary as "Using Powershell" or "Used Powershell":
<img width="1476" height="421" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c60f3f7-fabc-40d4-aea9-6d6350ec30e1" />
This is always the case, regardless of the description field that Claude has provided in the tool call:
<img width="1489" height="375" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/56690800-9e0e-4778-a589-23373f810a08" />
What Should Happen?
Tool headlines should show the Claude-provided headline, like when Claude uses Bash:
<img width="1471" height="167" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/185276ed-e6d7-42a7-8afd-293b686163e9" />
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
- Launch the Claude Code Desktop app on Windows
- Open a New session in a project which allows the Powershell tool
- Ask Claude to use Powershell and run
Get-Datewith a description "Frobnicating thingamajigs" - Observe how tool call headline says "Using Powershell" instead of "Frobnicating thingamajigs": <img width="839" height="457" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/16d982bf-e5b5-430a-9532-12e0e877e26c" />
To verify the Bash claim, ask Claude to do the same (except run date instead of Get-Date) in a project allowing the Bash tool and observe how the title is "Ran Frobnicating thingamajigs":
<img width="816" height="460" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/99cbbb69-8d49-4bb5-9dbb-79e0ad319cf5" />
Claude Model
Not sure / Multiple models
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
Claude Code version: 2.1.197 (commit c8fd8048f30950a21d28734718275aa7e97f5143, built 2026-06-29); Desktop app package: 1.18286.0.0 (Windows MSIX)
Platform
Other
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
Other
Additional Information
In case it's relevant:
- I am running Claude Code Desktop on Windows 11, build 26200
- The Powershell tool is using
pwsh.exewith Powershell version 7.6.0, PSEdition Core - it's not using the built-in Powershell - I have not confirmed whether this also happens in the Claude Code CLI - this report is only about the Desktop app
- I have not confirmed whether this also happens on the recently released Linux version of the Desktop app - this report is only about the Windows version of Claude Code Desktop
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