Default systemPrompt to claude_code preset

Without an explicit systemPrompt, the SDK would use no system prompt.
Now it defaults to the claude_code preset to match CLI behavior.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/sync-base-action.yml

@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ jobs:
           echo "✅ Successfully synced \`base-action\` directory to [anthropics/claude-code-base-action](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-base-action)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "- **Source commit**: [\`${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}\`](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/commit/${GITHUB_SHA})" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- **Triggered by**: $GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- **Actor**: @$GITHUB_ACTOR" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- **Triggered by**: ${{ github.event_name }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- **Actor**: @${{ github.actor }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

action.yml

@@ -140,12 +140,10 @@ runs:
     - name: Setup Custom Bun Path
       if: inputs.path_to_bun_executable != ''
       shell: bash
-      env:
-        PATH_TO_BUN_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.path_to_bun_executable }}
       run: |
-        echo "Using custom Bun executable: $PATH_TO_BUN_EXECUTABLE"
+        echo "Using custom Bun executable: ${{ inputs.path_to_bun_executable }}"
         # Add the directory containing the custom executable to PATH
-        BUN_DIR=$(dirname "$PATH_TO_BUN_EXECUTABLE")
+        BUN_DIR=$(dirname "${{ inputs.path_to_bun_executable }}")
         echo "$BUN_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
     - name: Install Dependencies
@@ -184,8 +182,6 @@ runs:
     - name: Install Base Action Dependencies
       if: steps.prepare.outputs.contains_trigger == 'true'
       shell: bash
-      env:
-        PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}
       run: |
         echo "Installing base-action dependencies..."
         cd ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/base-action
@@ -194,8 +190,8 @@ runs:
         cd -
 
         # Install Claude Code if no custom executable is provided
-        if [ -z "$PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE" ]; then
-          CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION="2.0.62"
+        if [ -z "${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}" ]; then
+          CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION="2.0.60"
           echo "Installing Claude Code v${CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION}..."
           for attempt in 1 2 3; do
             echo "Installation attempt $attempt..."
@@ -214,9 +210,9 @@ runs:
           echo "Claude Code installed successfully"
           echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
         else
-          echo "Using custom Claude Code executable: $PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE"
+          echo "Using custom Claude Code executable: ${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}"
           # Add the directory containing the custom executable to PATH
-          CLAUDE_DIR=$(dirname "$PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE")
+          CLAUDE_DIR=$(dirname "${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}")
           echo "$CLAUDE_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
         fi
 

base-action/action.yml

@@ -101,12 +101,10 @@ runs:
     - name: Setup Custom Bun Path
       if: inputs.path_to_bun_executable != ''
       shell: bash
-      env:
-        PATH_TO_BUN_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.path_to_bun_executable }}
       run: |
-        echo "Using custom Bun executable: $PATH_TO_BUN_EXECUTABLE"
+        echo "Using custom Bun executable: ${{ inputs.path_to_bun_executable }}"
         # Add the directory containing the custom executable to PATH
-        BUN_DIR=$(dirname "$PATH_TO_BUN_EXECUTABLE")
+        BUN_DIR=$(dirname "${{ inputs.path_to_bun_executable }}")
         echo "$BUN_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
     - name: Install Dependencies
@@ -117,11 +115,9 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Install Claude Code
       shell: bash
-      env:
-        PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}
       run: |
-        if [ -z "$PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE" ]; then
-          CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION="2.0.62"
+        if [ -z "${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}" ]; then
+          CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION="2.0.60"
           echo "Installing Claude Code v${CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION}..."
           for attempt in 1 2 3; do
             echo "Installation attempt $attempt..."
@@ -139,9 +135,9 @@ runs:
           done
           echo "Claude Code installed successfully"
         else
-          echo "Using custom Claude Code executable: $PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE"
+          echo "Using custom Claude Code executable: ${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}"
           # Add the directory containing the custom executable to PATH
-          CLAUDE_DIR=$(dirname "$PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE")
+          CLAUDE_DIR=$(dirname "${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}")
           echo "$CLAUDE_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
         fi
 

base-action/src/run-claude-sdk.ts

@@ -75,15 +75,28 @@ export async function runClaudeWithSdk(
   }
 
   console.log(`Running Claude with prompt from file: ${promptPath}`);
-  // Log SDK options without env (which could contain sensitive data)
-  const { env, ...optionsToLog } = sdkOptions;
-  console.log("SDK options:", JSON.stringify(optionsToLog, null, 2));
+  console.log(
+    "[DEBUG] Prompt content (first 2000 chars):",
+    prompt.substring(0, 2000),
+  );
+  console.log("[DEBUG] Prompt length:", prompt.length);
+  console.log(
+    "[DEBUG] sdkOptions passed to query():",
+    JSON.stringify(sdkOptions, null, 2),
+  );
 
   const messages: SDKMessage[] = [];
   let resultMessage: SDKResultMessage | undefined;
 
   try {
+    console.log("[DEBUG] About to call query()...");
     for await (const message of query({ prompt, options: sdkOptions })) {
+      console.log(
+        "[DEBUG] Received message type:",
+        message.type,
+        "subtype:",
+        (message as any).subtype,
+      );
       messages.push(message);
 
       const sanitized = sanitizeSdkOutput(message, showFullOutput);
@@ -93,8 +106,16 @@ export async function runClaudeWithSdk(
 
       if (message.type === "result") {
         resultMessage = message as SDKResultMessage;
+        console.log(
+          "[DEBUG] Got result message:",
+          JSON.stringify(resultMessage, null, 2),
+        );
       }
     }
+    console.log(
+      "[DEBUG] Finished iterating query(), total messages:",
+      messages.length,
+    );
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("SDK execution error:", error);
     core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");

base-action/src/run-claude.ts

@@ -174,7 +174,15 @@ export async function runClaude(promptPath: string, options: ClaudeOptions) {
   );
 
   if (useAgentSdk) {
+    console.log(
+      "[DEBUG] Raw options passed to SDK path:",
+      JSON.stringify(options, null, 2),
+    );
     const parsedOptions = parseSdkOptions(options);
+    console.log(
+      "[DEBUG] Parsed SDK options:",
+      JSON.stringify(parsedOptions, null, 2),
+    );
     return runClaudeWithSdk(promptPath, parsedOptions);
   }
 

src/entrypoints/update-comment-link.ts

@@ -15,20 +15,6 @@ import { GITHUB_SERVER_URL } from "../github/api/config";
 import { checkAndCommitOrDeleteBranch } from "../github/operations/branch-cleanup";
 import { updateClaudeComment } from "../github/operations/comments/update-claude-comment";
 
-/**
- * Encodes a branch name for use in a URL, preserving forward slashes.
- * GitHub expects literal slashes in branch names (e.g., /tree/feature/branch)
- * but other special characters like parentheses need to be encoded.
- * Note: encodeURIComponent doesn't encode ( ) ! ' * ~ per RFC 3986,
- * but parentheses break markdown links so we encode them manually.
- */
-function encodeBranchName(branchName: string): string {
-  return encodeURIComponent(branchName)
-    .replace(/%2F/gi, "/")
-    .replace(/\(/g, "%28")
-    .replace(/\)/g, "%29");
-}
-
 async function run() {
   try {
     const commentId = parseInt(process.env.CLAUDE_COMMENT_ID!);
@@ -154,7 +140,7 @@ async function run() {
             const prBody = encodeURIComponent(
               `This PR addresses ${entityType.toLowerCase()} #${context.entityNumber}\n\nGenerated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)`,
             );
-            const prUrl = `${serverUrl}/${owner}/${repo}/compare/${encodeBranchName(baseBranch)}...${encodeBranchName(claudeBranch)}?quick_pull=1&title=${prTitle}&body=${prBody}`;
+            const prUrl = `${serverUrl}/${owner}/${repo}/compare/${baseBranch}...${claudeBranch}?quick_pull=1&title=${prTitle}&body=${prBody}`;
             prLink = `\n[Create a PR](${prUrl})`;
           }
         } catch (error) {

src/github/operations/branch-cleanup.ts

@@ -2,20 +2,6 @@ import type { Octokits } from "../api/client";
 import { GITHUB_SERVER_URL } from "../api/config";
 import { $ } from "bun";
 
-/**
- * Encodes a branch name for use in a URL, preserving forward slashes.
- * GitHub expects literal slashes in branch names (e.g., /tree/feature/branch)
- * but other special characters like parentheses need to be encoded.
- * Note: encodeURIComponent doesn't encode ( ) ! ' * ~ per RFC 3986,
- * but parentheses break markdown links so we encode them manually.
- */
-function encodeBranchName(branchName: string): string {
-  return encodeURIComponent(branchName)
-    .replace(/%2F/gi, "/")
-    .replace(/\(/g, "%28")
-    .replace(/\)/g, "%29");
-}
-
 export async function checkAndCommitOrDeleteBranch(
   octokit: Octokits,
   owner: string,
@@ -94,7 +80,7 @@ export async function checkAndCommitOrDeleteBranch(
               );
 
               // Set branch link since we now have commits
-              const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${encodeBranchName(claudeBranch)}`;
+              const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${claudeBranch}`;
               branchLink = `\n[View branch](${branchUrl})`;
             } else {
               console.log(
@@ -105,7 +91,7 @@ export async function checkAndCommitOrDeleteBranch(
           } catch (gitError) {
             console.error("Error checking/committing changes:", gitError);
             // If we can't check git status, assume the branch might have changes
-            const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${encodeBranchName(claudeBranch)}`;
+            const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${claudeBranch}`;
             branchLink = `\n[View branch](${branchUrl})`;
           }
         } else {
@@ -116,13 +102,13 @@ export async function checkAndCommitOrDeleteBranch(
         }
       } else {
         // Only add branch link if there are commits
-        const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${encodeBranchName(claudeBranch)}`;
+        const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${claudeBranch}`;
         branchLink = `\n[View branch](${branchUrl})`;
       }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error comparing commits on Claude branch:", error);
       // If we can't compare but the branch exists remotely, include the branch link
-      const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${encodeBranchName(claudeBranch)}`;
+      const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${claudeBranch}`;
       branchLink = `\n[View branch](${branchUrl})`;
     }
   }

src/github/operations/comment-logic.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 import { GITHUB_SERVER_URL } from "../api/config";
 
-/**
- * Encodes a branch name for use in a URL, preserving forward slashes.
- * GitHub expects literal slashes in branch names (e.g., /tree/feature/branch)
- * but other special characters like parentheses need to be encoded.
- * Note: encodeURIComponent doesn't encode ( ) ! ' * ~ per RFC 3986,
- * but parentheses break markdown links so we encode them manually.
- */
-function encodeBranchName(branchName: string): string {
-  return encodeURIComponent(branchName)
-    .replace(/%2F/gi, "/")
-    .replace(/\(/g, "%28")
-    .replace(/\)/g, "%29");
-}
-
 export type ExecutionDetails = {
   total_cost_usd?: number;
   duration_ms?: number;
@@ -174,7 +160,7 @@ export function updateCommentBody(input: CommentUpdateInput): string {
       // Extract owner/repo from jobUrl
       const repoMatch = jobUrl.match(/github\.com\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\//);
       if (repoMatch) {
-        branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${repoMatch[1]}/${repoMatch[2]}/tree/${encodeBranchName(finalBranchName)}`;
+        branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${repoMatch[1]}/${repoMatch[2]}/tree/${finalBranchName}`;
       }
     }
 
@@ -186,9 +172,8 @@ export function updateCommentBody(input: CommentUpdateInput): string {
   }
 
   // Add PR link (either from content or provided)
-  // Use greedy match with end anchor to capture full URL even if it contains parentheses
   const prUrl =
-    prLinkFromContent || (prLink ? prLink.match(/\((.+)\)$/)?.[1] : "");
+    prLinkFromContent || (prLink ? prLink.match(/\(([^)]+)\)/)?.[1] : "");
   if (prUrl) {
     links += ` • [Create PR ➔](${prUrl})`;
   }

src/github/operations/comments/common.ts

@@ -12,26 +12,12 @@ export function createJobRunLink(
   return `[View job run](${jobRunUrl})`;
 }
 
-/**
- * Encodes a branch name for use in a URL, preserving forward slashes.
- * GitHub expects literal slashes in branch names (e.g., /tree/feature/branch)
- * but other special characters like parentheses need to be encoded.
- * Note: encodeURIComponent doesn't encode ( ) ! ' * ~ per RFC 3986,
- * but parentheses break markdown links so we encode them manually.
- */
-function encodeBranchName(branchName: string): string {
-  return encodeURIComponent(branchName)
-    .replace(/%2F/gi, "/")
-    .replace(/\(/g, "%28")
-    .replace(/\)/g, "%29");
-}
-
 export function createBranchLink(
   owner: string,
   repo: string,
   branchName: string,
 ): string {
-  const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${encodeBranchName(branchName)}`;
+  const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${branchName}`;
   return `\n[View branch](${branchUrl})`;
 }
 

test/comment-logic.test.ts

@@ -139,21 +139,6 @@ describe("updateCommentBody", () => {
       );
       expect(result).not.toContain("View branch");
     });
-
-    it("encodes special characters in branch names while preserving slashes", () => {
-      const input = {
-        ...baseInput,
-        branchName: "feature/fix(issue)-test",
-      };
-
-      const result = updateCommentBody(input);
-      // Branch name display should show the original name
-      expect(result).toContain("`feature/fix(issue)-test`");
-      // URL should have encoded parentheses but preserved slashes
-      expect(result).toContain(
-        "https://github.com/owner/repo/tree/feature/fix%28issue%29-test",
-      );
-    });
   });
 
   describe("PR link", () => {