Desktop Code tab system prompt still lists /doctor as unavailable, but it is a bundled skill and runs there
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.205
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 19, 2026
The Claude desktop app (Code tab) injects this into the model's system prompt:
Terminal-dialog slash commands such as/permissions,/config,/doctor, and/hooksopen an interactive terminal panel and are not available in this session — do not tell the user to run them here.
Including /doctor in that list is outdated. Since v2.1.205, /doctor is a bundled skill (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills#bundled-skills, changelog 2.1.205), and typing /doctor in the Code tab runs it.
A fresh claude -p session on the same machine also lists doctor in slash_commands and skills.
Result: the model tells users /doctor is not available in the app and sends them to the terminal.
Expected: remove /doctor from that list in the desktop system prompt.
Related: #64507 (pre-2.1.205 behavior, closed), #90848 (shows /doctor running in Desktop).
Environment
- Claude desktop app: 2.2553.1 (latest)
- Claude Code: 2.1.278 (latest)
- Model: Opus 5
- OS: macOS
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