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>
Add settingSources to SDK options to load plugins
2026-01-23 15:04:13 +08:00 · 2025-12-06 16:21:16 -08:00 · 2025-12-06 16:20:33 -08:00 · 2025-12-06 16:09:03 -08:00
25 changed files with 367 additions and 1251 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-claude-code-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-claude-code-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+name: Bump Claude Code Version
+
+on:
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [bump_claude_code_version]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Claude Code version to bump to"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  bump-version:
+    name: Bump Claude Code Version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get version from event payload
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          # Get version from either repository_dispatch or workflow_dispatch
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "repository_dispatch" ]; then
+            NEW_VERSION="${CLIENT_PAYLOAD_VERSION}"
+          else
+            NEW_VERSION="${INPUT_VERSION}"
+          fi
+
+          # Sanitize the version to avoid issues enabled by problematic characters
+          NEW_VERSION=$(echo "$NEW_VERSION" | tr -d '`;$(){}[]|&<>' | tr -s ' ' '-')
+
+          if [ -z "$NEW_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "Error: version not provided"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          INPUT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          CLIENT_PAYLOAD_VERSION: ${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}
+
+      - name: Create branch and update base-action/action.yml
+        run: |
+          # Variables
+          TIMESTAMP=$(date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
+          BRANCH_NAME="bump-claude-code-${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}-$TIMESTAMP"
+
+          echo "BRANCH_NAME=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          # Get the default branch
+          DEFAULT_BRANCH=$(gh api repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} --jq '.default_branch')
+          echo "DEFAULT_BRANCH=$DEFAULT_BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          # Get the latest commit SHA from the default branch
+          BASE_SHA=$(gh api repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs/heads/$DEFAULT_BRANCH --jq '.object.sha')
+
+          # Create a new branch
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs \
+            -f ref="refs/heads/$BRANCH_NAME" \
+            -f sha="$BASE_SHA"
+
+          # Get the current base-action/action.yml content
+          ACTION_CONTENT=$(gh api repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/contents/base-action/action.yml?ref=$DEFAULT_BRANCH --jq '.content' | base64 -d)
+
+          # Update the Claude Code version in the npm install command
+          UPDATED_CONTENT=$(echo "$ACTION_CONTENT" | sed -E "s/(npm install -g @anthropic-ai\/claude-code@)[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/\1${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}/")
+
+          # Verify the change would be made
+          if ! echo "$UPDATED_CONTENT" | grep -q "@anthropic-ai/claude-code@${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}"; then
+            echo "Error: Failed to update Claude Code version in content"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Get the current SHA of base-action/action.yml for the update API call
+          FILE_SHA=$(gh api repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/contents/base-action/action.yml?ref=$DEFAULT_BRANCH --jq '.sha')
+
+          # Create the updated base-action/action.yml content in base64
+          echo "$UPDATED_CONTENT" | base64 > action.yml.b64
+
+          # Commit the updated base-action/action.yml via GitHub API
+          gh api \
+            --method PUT \
+            repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/contents/base-action/action.yml \
+            -f message="chore: bump Claude Code version to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}" \
+            -F content=@action.yml.b64 \
+            -f sha="$FILE_SHA" \
+            -f branch="$BRANCH_NAME"
+
+          echo "Successfully created branch and updated Claude Code version to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        run: |
+          # Determine trigger type for PR body
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "repository_dispatch" ]; then
+            TRIGGER_INFO="repository dispatch event"
+          else
+            TRIGGER_INFO="manual workflow dispatch by @${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+          fi
+
+          # Create PR body with proper YAML escape
+          printf -v PR_BODY "## Bump Claude Code to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}\n\nThis PR updates the Claude Code version in base-action/action.yml to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}.\n\n### Changes\n- Updated Claude Code version from current to \`${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}\`\n\n### Triggered by\n- $TRIGGER_INFO\n\n🤖 This PR was automatically created by the bump-claude-code-version workflow."
+
+          echo "Creating PR with gh pr create command"
+          PR_URL=$(gh pr create \
+            --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
+            --title "chore: bump Claude Code version to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}" \
+            --body "$PR_BODY" \
+            --base "${DEFAULT_BRANCH}" \
+            --head "${BRANCH_NAME}")
+
+          echo "PR created successfully: $PR_URL"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
+          DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ env.DEFAULT_BRANCH }}
+          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
--- a/.github/workflows/claude.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/claude.yml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ jobs:
          anthropic_api_key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
          claude_args: |
            --allowedTools "Bash(bun install),Bash(bun test:*),Bash(bun run format),Bash(bun typecheck)"
-            --model "claude-opus-4-5"
+            --model "claude-opus-4-1-20250805"
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-base-action.yml
+++ b/.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
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -120,16 +120,13 @@ outputs:
    value: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.execution_file }}
  branch_name:
    description: "The branch created by Claude Code for this execution"
-    value: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.CLAUDE_BRANCH }}
+    value: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.CLAUDE_BRANCH }}
  github_token:
    description: "The GitHub token used by the action (Claude App token if available)"
-    value: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    value: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.github_token }}
  structured_output:
    description: "JSON string containing all structured output fields when --json-schema is provided in claude_args. Use fromJSON() to parse: fromJSON(steps.id.outputs.structured_output).field_name"
    value: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.structured_output }}
-  session_id:
-    description: "The Claude Code session ID that can be used with --resume to continue this conversation"
-    value: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.session_id }}

 runs:
  using: "composite"
@@ -143,66 +140,24 @@ 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
      shell: bash
-      env:
-        PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}
      run: |
-        # Install main action dependencies
        cd ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}
        bun install

-        # Install base-action dependencies
-        echo "Installing base-action dependencies..."
-        cd ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/base-action
-        bun install
-        echo "Base-action dependencies installed"
-        cd -
-
-        # Install Claude Code if no custom executable is provided
-        if [ -z "$PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE" ]; then
-          CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION="2.0.74"
-          echo "Installing Claude Code v${CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION}..."
-          for attempt in 1 2 3; do
-            echo "Installation attempt $attempt..."
-            if command -v timeout &> /dev/null; then
-              timeout 120 bash -c "curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- $CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION" && break
-            else
-              curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- "$CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION" && break
-            fi
-            if [ $attempt -eq 3 ]; then
-              echo "Failed to install Claude Code after 3 attempts"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            echo "Installation failed, retrying..."
-            sleep 5
-          done
-          echo "Claude Code installed successfully"
-          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-        else
-          echo "Using custom Claude Code executable: $PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE"
-          # Add the directory containing the custom executable to PATH
-          CLAUDE_DIR=$(dirname "$PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE")
-          echo "$CLAUDE_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-        fi
-
-    # Unified step: prepare + setup + run Claude
-    - name: Run Claude Code
-      id: claude-code
+    - name: Prepare action
+      id: prepare
      shell: bash
      run: |
-        bun run ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/src/entrypoints/run.ts
+        bun run ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/src/entrypoints/prepare.ts
      env:
-        # Action configuration
-        CLAUDE_CODE_ACTION: "1"
        MODE: ${{ inputs.mode }}
        PROMPT: ${{ inputs.prompt }}
        TRIGGER_PHRASE: ${{ inputs.trigger_phrase }}
@@ -224,16 +179,67 @@ runs:
        CLAUDE_ARGS: ${{ inputs.claude_args }}
        ALL_INPUTS: ${{ toJson(inputs) }}

+    - name: Install Base Action Dependencies
+      if: steps.prepare.outputs.contains_trigger == 'true'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "Installing base-action dependencies..."
+        cd ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/base-action
+        bun install
+        echo "Base-action dependencies installed"
+        cd -
+
+        # Install Claude Code if no custom executable is provided
+        if [ -z "${{ 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..."
+            if command -v timeout &> /dev/null; then
+              timeout 120 bash -c "curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- $CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION" && break
+            else
+              curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- "$CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION" && break
+            fi
+            if [ $attempt -eq 3 ]; then
+              echo "Failed to install Claude Code after 3 attempts"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Installation failed, retrying..."
+            sleep 5
+          done
+          echo "Claude Code installed successfully"
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+        else
+          echo "Using custom Claude Code executable: ${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}"
+          # Add the directory containing the custom executable to PATH
+          CLAUDE_DIR=$(dirname "${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}")
+          echo "$CLAUDE_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+        fi
+
+    - name: Run Claude Code
+      id: claude-code
+      if: steps.prepare.outputs.contains_trigger == 'true'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+
+        # Run the base-action
+        bun run ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/base-action/src/index.ts
+      env:
        # Base-action inputs
+        CLAUDE_CODE_ACTION: "1"
+        INPUT_PROMPT_FILE: ${{ runner.temp }}/claude-prompts/claude-prompt.txt
        INPUT_SETTINGS: ${{ inputs.settings }}
-        INPUT_CLAUDE_ARGS: ${{ inputs.claude_args }}
+        INPUT_CLAUDE_ARGS: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.claude_args }}
        INPUT_EXPERIMENTAL_SLASH_COMMANDS_DIR: ${{ github.action_path }}/slash-commands
+        INPUT_ACTION_INPUTS_PRESENT: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.action_inputs_present }}
        INPUT_PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.path_to_claude_code_executable }}
        INPUT_PATH_TO_BUN_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.path_to_bun_executable }}
        INPUT_SHOW_FULL_OUTPUT: ${{ inputs.show_full_output }}
        INPUT_PLUGINS: ${{ inputs.plugins }}
        INPUT_PLUGIN_MARKETPLACES: ${{ inputs.plugin_marketplaces }}

+        # Model configuration
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        NODE_VERSION: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
        DETAILED_PERMISSION_MESSAGES: "1"

@@ -273,33 +279,32 @@ runs:
        ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL: ${{ env.ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL }}

    - name: Update comment with job link
-      if: steps.claude-code.outputs.contains_trigger == 'true' && steps.claude-code.outputs.claude_comment_id && always()
+      if: steps.prepare.outputs.contains_trigger == 'true' && steps.prepare.outputs.claude_comment_id && always()
      shell: bash
      run: |
        bun run ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/src/entrypoints/update-comment-link.ts
      env:
        REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
        PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number || github.event.pull_request.number }}
-        CLAUDE_COMMENT_ID: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.claude_comment_id }}
+        CLAUDE_COMMENT_ID: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.claude_comment_id }}
        GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
        TRIGGER_COMMENT_ID: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-        CLAUDE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.CLAUDE_BRANCH }}
+        CLAUDE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.CLAUDE_BRANCH }}
        IS_PR: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request != null || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' }}
-        BASE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.BASE_BRANCH }}
+        BASE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.BASE_BRANCH }}
        CLAUDE_SUCCESS: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.conclusion == 'success' }}
        OUTPUT_FILE: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.execution_file || '' }}
        TRIGGER_USERNAME: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login || github.event.issue.user.login || github.event.pull_request.user.login || github.event.sender.login || github.triggering_actor || github.actor || '' }}
-        PREPARE_SUCCESS: ${{ steps.claude-code.outcome == 'success' }}
-        PREPARE_ERROR: ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.prepare_error || '' }}
+        PREPARE_SUCCESS: ${{ steps.prepare.outcome == 'success' }}
+        PREPARE_ERROR: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.prepare_error || '' }}
        USE_STICKY_COMMENT: ${{ inputs.use_sticky_comment }}
        USE_COMMIT_SIGNING: ${{ inputs.use_commit_signing }}
        TRACK_PROGRESS: ${{ inputs.track_progress }}

    - name: Display Claude Code Report
-      if: steps.claude-code.outputs.contains_trigger == 'true' && steps.claude-code.outputs.execution_file != ''
+      if: steps.prepare.outputs.contains_trigger == 'true' && steps.claude-code.outputs.execution_file != ''
      shell: bash
      run: |
        # Try to format the turns, but if it fails, dump the raw JSON
@@ -316,12 +321,12 @@ runs:
        fi

    - name: Revoke app token
-      if: always() && inputs.github_token == '' && steps.claude-code.outputs.skipped_due_to_workflow_validation_mismatch != 'true'
+      if: always() && inputs.github_token == '' && steps.prepare.outputs.skipped_due_to_workflow_validation_mismatch != 'true'
      shell: bash
      run: |
        curl -L \
          -X DELETE \
          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-          -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ steps.claude-code.outputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+          -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
          -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
          ${GITHUB_API_URL:-https://api.github.com}/installation/token
--- a/base-action/action.yml
+++ b/base-action/action.yml
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ outputs:
  structured_output:
    description: "JSON string containing all structured output fields when --json-schema is provided in claude_args (use fromJSON() or jq to parse)"
    value: ${{ steps.run_claude.outputs.structured_output }}
-  session_id:
-    description: "The Claude Code session ID that can be used with --resume to continue this conversation"
-    value: ${{ steps.run_claude.outputs.session_id }}

 runs:
  using: "composite"
@@ -104,12 +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
@@ -120,11 +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="2.0.74"
+        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..."
@@ -142,9 +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

--- a/base-action/bun.lock
+++ b/base-action/bun.lock
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 {
  "lockfileVersion": 1,
-  "configVersion": 0,
  "workspaces": {
    "": {
      "name": "@anthropic-ai/claude-code-base-action",
      "dependencies": {
        "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
-        "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.74",
+        "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.52",
        "shell-quote": "^1.8.3",
      },
      "devDependencies": {
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@

    "@actions/io": ["@actions/io@1.1.3", "", {}, "sha512-wi9JjgKLYS7U/z8PPbco+PvTb/nRWjeoFlJ1Qer83k/3C5PHQi28hiVdeE2kHXmIL99mQFawx8qt/JPjZilJ8Q=="],

-    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": ["@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.1.74", "", { "optionalDependencies": { "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "^0.33.5" }, "peerDependencies": { "zod": "^3.24.1 || ^4.0.0" } }, "sha512-d6H3Oo625WAG3BrBFKJsuSshi4f0amc0kTJTm83LRPPFxn9kfq58FX4Oxxt+RUD9N3QumW9sQSEDnri20/F4qQ=="],
+    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": ["@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.1.52", "", { "optionalDependencies": { "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "^0.33.5" }, "peerDependencies": { "zod": "^3.24.1" } }, "sha512-yF8N05+9NRbqYA/h39jQ726HTQFrdXXp7pEfDNKIJ2c4FdWvEjxBA/8ciZIebN6/PyvGDcbEp3yq2Co4rNpg6A=="],

    "@fastify/busboy": ["@fastify/busboy@2.1.1", "", {}, "sha512-vBZP4NlzfOlerQTnba4aqZoMhE/a9HY7HRqoOPaETQcSQuWEIyZMHGfVu6w9wGtGK5fED5qRs2DteVCjOH60sA=="],

--- a/base-action/package.json
+++ b/base-action/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
-    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.74",
+    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.52",
    "shell-quote": "^1.8.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
--- a/base-action/src/lib.ts
+++ b/base-action/src/lib.ts
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Library exports for the base-action.
- * These functions can be imported directly by the main action
- * to avoid file/output-based communication between steps.
- */
-
-export { runClaudeWithSdk, runClaudeWithSdkFromFile } from "./run-claude-sdk";
-export type { RunClaudeResult, PromptInput } from "./run-claude-sdk";
-export { setupClaudeCodeSettings } from "./setup-claude-code-settings";
-export { installPlugins } from "./install-plugins";
-export { parseSdkOptions } from "./parse-sdk-options";
-export type { ClaudeOptions } from "./run-claude";
-export type { ParsedSdkOptions } from "./parse-sdk-options";
--- a/base-action/src/parse-sdk-options.ts
+++ b/base-action/src/parse-sdk-options.ts
@@ -12,79 +12,12 @@ export type ParsedSdkOptions = {
 };

 // Flags that should accumulate multiple values instead of overwriting
-// Include both camelCase and hyphenated variants for CLI compatibility
-const ACCUMULATING_FLAGS = new Set([
-  "allowedTools",
-  "allowed-tools",
-  "disallowedTools",
-  "disallowed-tools",
-  "mcp-config",
-]);
-
-// Delimiter used to join accumulated flag values
-const ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER = "\x00";
-
-type McpConfig = {
-  mcpServers?: Record<string, unknown>;
-};
-
-/**
- * Merge multiple MCP config values into a single config.
- * Each config can be a JSON string or a file path.
- * For JSON strings, mcpServers objects are merged.
- * For file paths, they are kept as-is (user's file takes precedence and is used last).
- */
-function mergeMcpConfigs(configValues: string[]): string {
-  const merged: McpConfig = { mcpServers: {} };
-  let lastFilePath: string | null = null;
-
-  for (const config of configValues) {
-    const trimmed = config.trim();
-    if (!trimmed) continue;
-
-    // Check if it's a JSON string (starts with {) or a file path
-    if (trimmed.startsWith("{")) {
-      try {
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(trimmed) as McpConfig;
-        if (parsed.mcpServers) {
-          Object.assign(merged.mcpServers!, parsed.mcpServers);
-        }
-      } catch {
-        // If JSON parsing fails, treat as file path
-        lastFilePath = trimmed;
-      }
-    } else {
-      // It's a file path - store it to handle separately
-      lastFilePath = trimmed;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // If we have file paths, we need to keep the merged JSON and let the file
-  // be handled separately. Since we can only return one value, merge what we can.
-  // If there's a file path, we need a different approach - read the file at runtime.
-  // For now, if there's a file path, we'll stringify the merged config.
-  // The action prepends its config as JSON, so we can safely merge inline JSON configs.
-
-  // If no inline configs were found (all file paths), return the last file path
-  if (Object.keys(merged.mcpServers!).length === 0 && lastFilePath) {
-    return lastFilePath;
-  }
-
-  // Note: If user passes a file path, we cannot merge it at parse time since
-  // we don't have access to the file system here. The action's built-in MCP
-  // servers are always passed as inline JSON, so they will be merged.
-  // If user also passes inline JSON, it will be merged.
-  // If user passes a file path, they should ensure it includes all needed servers.
-
-  return JSON.stringify(merged);
-}
+const ACCUMULATING_FLAGS = new Set(["allowedTools", "disallowedTools"]);

 /**
 * Parse claudeArgs string into extraArgs record for SDK pass-through
 * The SDK/CLI will handle --mcp-config, --json-schema, etc.
- * For allowedTools and disallowedTools, multiple occurrences are accumulated (null-char joined).
- * Accumulating flags also consume all consecutive non-flag values
- * (e.g., --allowed-tools "Tool1" "Tool2" "Tool3" captures all three).
+ * For allowedTools and disallowedTools, multiple occurrences are accumulated (comma-joined).
 */
 function parseClaudeArgsToExtraArgs(
  claudeArgs?: string,
@@ -104,25 +37,13 @@ function parseClaudeArgsToExtraArgs(

      // Check if next arg is a value (not another flag)
      if (nextArg && !nextArg.startsWith("--")) {
-        // For accumulating flags, consume all consecutive non-flag values
-        // This handles: --allowed-tools "Tool1" "Tool2" "Tool3"
-        if (ACCUMULATING_FLAGS.has(flag)) {
-          const values: string[] = [];
-          while (i + 1 < args.length && !args[i + 1]?.startsWith("--")) {
-            i++;
-            values.push(args[i]!);
-          }
-          const joinedValues = values.join(ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER);
-          if (result[flag]) {
-            result[flag] =
-              `${result[flag]}${ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER}${joinedValues}`;
-          } else {
-            result[flag] = joinedValues;
-          }
+        // For accumulating flags, join multiple values with commas
+        if (ACCUMULATING_FLAGS.has(flag) && result[flag]) {
+          result[flag] = `${result[flag]},${nextArg}`;
        } else {
          result[flag] = nextArg;
-          i++; // Skip the value
        }
+        i++; // Skip the value
      } else {
        result[flag] = null; // Boolean flag
      }
@@ -147,23 +68,12 @@ export function parseSdkOptions(options: ClaudeOptions): ParsedSdkOptions {
  // Detect if --json-schema is present (for hasJsonSchema flag)
  const hasJsonSchema = "json-schema" in extraArgs;

-  // Extract and merge allowedTools from all sources:
+  // Extract and merge allowedTools from both sources:
  // 1. From extraArgs (parsed from claudeArgs - contains tag mode's tools)
-  //    - Check both camelCase (--allowedTools) and hyphenated (--allowed-tools) variants
  // 2. From options.allowedTools (direct input - may be undefined)
  // This prevents duplicate flags being overwritten when claudeArgs contains --allowedTools
-  const allowedToolsValues = [
-    extraArgs["allowedTools"],
-    extraArgs["allowed-tools"],
-  ]
-    .filter(Boolean)
-    .join(ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER);
-  const extraArgsAllowedTools = allowedToolsValues
-    ? allowedToolsValues
-        .split(ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER)
-        .flatMap((v) => v.split(","))
-        .map((t) => t.trim())
-        .filter(Boolean)
+  const extraArgsAllowedTools = extraArgs["allowedTools"]
+    ? extraArgs["allowedTools"].split(",").map((t) => t.trim())
    : [];
  const directAllowedTools = options.allowedTools
    ? options.allowedTools.split(",").map((t) => t.trim())
@@ -172,21 +82,10 @@ export function parseSdkOptions(options: ClaudeOptions): ParsedSdkOptions {
    ...new Set([...extraArgsAllowedTools, ...directAllowedTools]),
  ];
  delete extraArgs["allowedTools"];
-  delete extraArgs["allowed-tools"];

-  // Same for disallowedTools - check both camelCase and hyphenated variants
-  const disallowedToolsValues = [
-    extraArgs["disallowedTools"],
-    extraArgs["disallowed-tools"],
-  ]
-    .filter(Boolean)
-    .join(ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER);
-  const extraArgsDisallowedTools = disallowedToolsValues
-    ? disallowedToolsValues
-        .split(ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER)
-        .flatMap((v) => v.split(","))
-        .map((t) => t.trim())
-        .filter(Boolean)
+  // Same for disallowedTools
+  const extraArgsDisallowedTools = extraArgs["disallowedTools"]
+    ? extraArgs["disallowedTools"].split(",").map((t) => t.trim())
    : [];
  const directDisallowedTools = options.disallowedTools
    ? options.disallowedTools.split(",").map((t) => t.trim())
@@ -195,17 +94,6 @@ export function parseSdkOptions(options: ClaudeOptions): ParsedSdkOptions {
    ...new Set([...extraArgsDisallowedTools, ...directDisallowedTools]),
  ];
  delete extraArgs["disallowedTools"];
-  delete extraArgs["disallowed-tools"];
-
-  // Merge multiple --mcp-config values by combining their mcpServers objects
-  // The action prepends its config (github_comment, github_ci, etc.) as inline JSON,
-  // and users may provide their own config as inline JSON or file path
-  if (extraArgs["mcp-config"]) {
-    const mcpConfigValues = extraArgs["mcp-config"].split(ACCUMULATE_DELIMITER);
-    if (mcpConfigValues.length > 1) {
-      extraArgs["mcp-config"] = mergeMcpConfigs(mcpConfigValues);
-    }
-  }

  // Build custom environment
  const env: Record<string, string | undefined> = { ...process.env };
@@ -249,18 +137,10 @@ export function parseSdkOptions(options: ClaudeOptions): ParsedSdkOptions {
    extraArgs,
    env,

-    // Load settings from sources - prefer user's --setting-sources if provided, otherwise use all sources
-    // This ensures users can override the default behavior (e.g., --setting-sources user to avoid in-repo configs)
-    settingSources: extraArgs["setting-sources"]
-      ? (extraArgs["setting-sources"].split(
-          ",",
-        ) as SdkOptions["settingSources"])
-      : ["user", "project", "local"],
+    // Load settings from all sources to pick up CLI-installed plugins, CLAUDE.md, etc.
+    settingSources: ["user", "project", "local"],
  };

-  // Remove setting-sources from extraArgs to avoid passing it twice
-  delete extraArgs["setting-sources"];
-
  return {
    sdkOptions,
    showFullOutput,
--- a/base-action/src/run-claude-sdk.ts
+++ b/base-action/src/run-claude-sdk.ts
@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ import type { ParsedSdkOptions } from "./parse-sdk-options";

 const EXECUTION_FILE = `${process.env.RUNNER_TEMP}/claude-execution-output.json`;

-/**
- * Result of running Claude via SDK
- */
-export type RunClaudeResult = {
-  success: boolean;
-  executionFile: string;
-  conclusion: "success" | "failure";
-  structuredOutput?: string;
-  sessionId?: string;
-  error?: string;
-};
-
 /**
 * Sanitizes SDK output to match CLI sanitization behavior
 */
@@ -69,31 +57,13 @@ function sanitizeSdkOutput(
 }

 /**
- * Input for runClaudeWithSdk - either a prompt string or file path
- */
-export type PromptInput =
-  | { type: "string"; prompt: string }
-  | { type: "file"; promptPath: string };
-
-/**
- * Run Claude using the Agent SDK.
- *
- * @param promptInput - Either a direct prompt string or path to prompt file
- * @param parsedOptions - Parsed SDK options
- * @param options - Additional options
- * @param options.setOutputs - Whether to set GitHub Action outputs (default: true for backwards compat)
- * @returns Result of the execution
+ * Run Claude using the Agent SDK
 */
 export async function runClaudeWithSdk(
-  promptInput: PromptInput,
+  promptPath: string,
  { sdkOptions, showFullOutput, hasJsonSchema }: ParsedSdkOptions,
-  { setOutputs = true }: { setOutputs?: boolean } = {},
-): Promise<RunClaudeResult> {
-  // Get prompt from string or file
-  const prompt =
-    promptInput.type === "string"
-      ? promptInput.prompt
-      : await readFile(promptInput.promptPath, "utf-8");
+): Promise<void> {
+  const prompt = await readFile(promptPath, "utf-8");

  if (!showFullOutput) {
    console.log(
@@ -104,22 +74,29 @@ export async function runClaudeWithSdk(
    );
  }

-  if (promptInput.type === "file") {
-    console.log(
-      `Running Claude with prompt from file: ${promptInput.promptPath}`,
-    );
-  } else {
-    console.log(`Running Claude with prompt string (${prompt.length} chars)`);
-  }
-  // 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(`Running Claude with prompt from file: ${promptPath}`);
+  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);
@@ -129,51 +106,39 @@ 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);
-    if (setOutputs) {
-      core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");
-    }
-    return {
-      success: false,
-      executionFile: EXECUTION_FILE,
-      conclusion: "failure",
-      error: String(error),
-    };
+    core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");
+    process.exit(1);
  }

  // Write execution file
  try {
    await writeFile(EXECUTION_FILE, JSON.stringify(messages, null, 2));
    console.log(`Log saved to ${EXECUTION_FILE}`);
-    if (setOutputs) {
-      core.setOutput("execution_file", EXECUTION_FILE);
-    }
+    core.setOutput("execution_file", EXECUTION_FILE);
  } catch (error) {
    core.warning(`Failed to write execution file: ${error}`);
  }

  if (!resultMessage) {
-    if (setOutputs) {
-      core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");
-    }
+    core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");
    core.error("No result message received from Claude");
-    return {
-      success: false,
-      executionFile: EXECUTION_FILE,
-      conclusion: "failure",
-      error: "No result message received from Claude",
-    };
+    process.exit(1);
  }

  const isSuccess = resultMessage.subtype === "success";
-  if (setOutputs) {
-    core.setOutput("conclusion", isSuccess ? "success" : "failure");
-  }
-
-  let structuredOutput: string | undefined;
+  core.setOutput("conclusion", isSuccess ? "success" : "failure");

  // Handle structured output
  if (hasJsonSchema) {
@@ -182,64 +147,26 @@ export async function runClaudeWithSdk(
      "structured_output" in resultMessage &&
      resultMessage.structured_output
    ) {
-      structuredOutput = JSON.stringify(resultMessage.structured_output);
-      if (setOutputs) {
-        core.setOutput("structured_output", structuredOutput);
-      }
+      const structuredOutputJson = JSON.stringify(
+        resultMessage.structured_output,
+      );
+      core.setOutput("structured_output", structuredOutputJson);
      core.info(
        `Set structured_output with ${Object.keys(resultMessage.structured_output as object).length} field(s)`,
      );
    } else {
-      const errorMsg = `--json-schema was provided but Claude did not return structured_output. Result subtype: ${resultMessage.subtype}`;
-      if (setOutputs) {
-        core.setFailed(errorMsg);
-        core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");
-      }
-      return {
-        success: false,
-        executionFile: EXECUTION_FILE,
-        conclusion: "failure",
-        error: errorMsg,
-      };
+      core.setFailed(
+        `--json-schema was provided but Claude did not return structured_output. Result subtype: ${resultMessage.subtype}`,
+      );
+      core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");
+      process.exit(1);
    }
  }

  if (!isSuccess) {
-    const errors =
-      "errors" in resultMessage && resultMessage.errors
-        ? resultMessage.errors.join(", ")
-        : "Unknown error";
-    core.error(`Execution failed: ${errors}`);
-    return {
-      success: false,
-      executionFile: EXECUTION_FILE,
-      conclusion: "failure",
-      error: errors,
-    };
-  }
-
-  return {
-    success: true,
-    executionFile: EXECUTION_FILE,
-    conclusion: "success",
-    structuredOutput,
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * Wrapper for backwards compatibility - reads prompt from file path and exits on failure
- */
-export async function runClaudeWithSdkFromFile(
-  promptPath: string,
-  parsedOptions: ParsedSdkOptions,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const result = await runClaudeWithSdk(
-    { type: "file", promptPath },
-    parsedOptions,
-    { setOutputs: true },
-  );
-
-  if (!result.success) {
+    if ("errors" in resultMessage && resultMessage.errors) {
+      core.error(`Execution failed: ${resultMessage.errors.join(", ")}`);
+    }
    process.exit(1);
  }
 }
--- a/base-action/src/run-claude.ts
+++ b/base-action/src/run-claude.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { unlink, writeFile, stat, readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { createWriteStream } from "fs";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import { parse as parseShellArgs } from "shell-quote";
-import { runClaudeWithSdkFromFile } from "./run-claude-sdk";
+import { runClaudeWithSdk } from "./run-claude-sdk";
 import { parseSdkOptions } from "./parse-sdk-options";

 const execAsync = promisify(exec);
@@ -124,36 +124,6 @@ export function prepareRunConfig(
  };
 }

-/**
- * Parses session_id from execution file and sets GitHub Action output
- * Exported for testing
- */
-export async function parseAndSetSessionId(
-  executionFile: string,
-): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    const content = await readFile(executionFile, "utf-8");
-    const messages = JSON.parse(content) as {
-      type: string;
-      subtype?: string;
-      session_id?: string;
-    }[];
-
-    // Find the system.init message which contains session_id
-    const initMessage = messages.find(
-      (m) => m.type === "system" && m.subtype === "init",
-    );
-
-    if (initMessage?.session_id) {
-      core.setOutput("session_id", initMessage.session_id);
-      core.info(`Set session_id: ${initMessage.session_id}`);
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    // Don't fail the action if session_id extraction fails
-    core.warning(`Failed to extract session_id: ${error}`);
-  }
-}
-
 /**
 * Parses structured_output from execution file and sets GitHub Action outputs
 * Only runs if --json-schema was explicitly provided in claude_args
@@ -197,15 +167,23 @@ export async function parseAndSetStructuredOutputs(
 }

 export async function runClaude(promptPath: string, options: ClaudeOptions) {
-  // Feature flag: use SDK path by default, set USE_AGENT_SDK=false to use CLI
-  const useAgentSdk = process.env.USE_AGENT_SDK !== "false";
+  // Feature flag: use SDK path when USE_AGENT_SDK=true
+  const useAgentSdk = process.env.USE_AGENT_SDK === "true";
  console.log(
    `Using ${useAgentSdk ? "Agent SDK" : "CLI"} path (USE_AGENT_SDK=${process.env.USE_AGENT_SDK ?? "unset"})`,
  );

  if (useAgentSdk) {
+    console.log(
+      "[DEBUG] Raw options passed to SDK path:",
+      JSON.stringify(options, null, 2),
+    );
    const parsedOptions = parseSdkOptions(options);
-    return runClaudeWithSdkFromFile(promptPath, parsedOptions);
+    console.log(
+      "[DEBUG] Parsed SDK options:",
+      JSON.stringify(parsedOptions, null, 2),
+    );
+    return runClaudeWithSdk(promptPath, parsedOptions);
  }

  const config = prepareRunConfig(promptPath, options);
@@ -398,9 +376,6 @@ export async function runClaude(promptPath: string, options: ClaudeOptions) {

    core.setOutput("execution_file", EXECUTION_FILE);

-    // Extract and set session_id
-    await parseAndSetSessionId(EXECUTION_FILE);
-
    // Parse and set structured outputs only if user provided --json-schema in claude_args
    if (hasJsonSchema) {
      try {
--- a/base-action/test/parse-sdk-options.test.ts
+++ b/base-action/test/parse-sdk-options.test.ts
@@ -108,48 +108,6 @@ describe("parseSdkOptions", () => {
      expect(result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["allowedTools"]).toBeUndefined();
      expect(result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["model"]).toBe("claude-3-5-sonnet");
    });
-
-    test("should handle hyphenated --allowed-tools flag", () => {
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: '--allowed-tools "Edit,Read,Write"',
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.allowedTools).toEqual(["Edit", "Read", "Write"]);
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["allowed-tools"]).toBeUndefined();
-    });
-
-    test("should accumulate multiple --allowed-tools flags (hyphenated)", () => {
-      // This is the exact scenario from issue #746
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs:
-          '--allowed-tools "Bash(git log:*)" "Bash(git diff:*)" "Bash(git fetch:*)" "Bash(gh pr:*)"',
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.allowedTools).toEqual([
-        "Bash(git log:*)",
-        "Bash(git diff:*)",
-        "Bash(git fetch:*)",
-        "Bash(gh pr:*)",
-      ]);
-    });
-
-    test("should handle mixed camelCase and hyphenated allowedTools flags", () => {
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: '--allowedTools "Edit,Read" --allowed-tools "Write,Glob"',
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      // Both should be merged - note: order depends on which key is found first
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.allowedTools).toContain("Edit");
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.allowedTools).toContain("Read");
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.allowedTools).toContain("Write");
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.allowedTools).toContain("Glob");
-    });
  });

  describe("disallowedTools merging", () => {
@@ -176,129 +134,19 @@ describe("parseSdkOptions", () => {
    });
  });

-  describe("mcp-config merging", () => {
-    test("should pass through single mcp-config in extraArgs", () => {
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"server1":{"command":"cmd1"}}}'`,
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"]).toBe(
-        '{"mcpServers":{"server1":{"command":"cmd1"}}}',
-      );
-    });
-
-    test("should merge multiple mcp-config flags with inline JSON", () => {
-      // Simulates action prepending its config, then user providing their own
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"github_comment":{"command":"node","args":["server.js"]}}}' --mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"user_server":{"command":"custom","args":["run"]}}}'`,
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      const mcpConfig = JSON.parse(
-        result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"] as string,
-      );
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("github_comment");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("user_server");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers.github_comment.command).toBe("node");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers.user_server.command).toBe("custom");
-    });
-
-    test("should merge three mcp-config flags", () => {
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"server1":{"command":"cmd1"}}}' --mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"server2":{"command":"cmd2"}}}' --mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"server3":{"command":"cmd3"}}}'`,
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      const mcpConfig = JSON.parse(
-        result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"] as string,
-      );
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("server1");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("server2");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("server3");
-    });
-
-    test("should handle mcp-config file path when no inline JSON exists", () => {
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config /tmp/user-mcp-config.json`,
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"]).toBe(
-        "/tmp/user-mcp-config.json",
-      );
-    });
-
-    test("should merge inline JSON configs when file path is also present", () => {
-      // When action provides inline JSON and user provides a file path,
-      // the inline JSON configs should be merged (file paths cannot be merged at parse time)
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"github_comment":{"command":"node"}}}' --mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"github_ci":{"command":"node"}}}' --mcp-config /tmp/user-config.json`,
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      // The inline JSON configs should be merged
-      const mcpConfig = JSON.parse(
-        result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"] as string,
-      );
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("github_comment");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("github_ci");
-    });
-
-    test("should handle mcp-config with other flags", () => {
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"server1":{}}}' --model claude-3-5-sonnet --mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{"server2":{}}}'`,
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      const mcpConfig = JSON.parse(
-        result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"] as string,
-      );
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("server1");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("server2");
-      expect(result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["model"]).toBe("claude-3-5-sonnet");
-    });
-
-    test("should handle real-world scenario: action config + user config", () => {
-      // This is the exact scenario from the bug report
-      const actionConfig = JSON.stringify({
-        mcpServers: {
-          github_comment: {
-            command: "node",
-            args: ["github-comment-server.js"],
-          },
-          github_ci: { command: "node", args: ["github-ci-server.js"] },
-        },
-      });
-      const userConfig = JSON.stringify({
-        mcpServers: {
-          my_custom_server: { command: "python", args: ["server.py"] },
-        },
-      });
-
-      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
-        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config '${actionConfig}' --mcp-config '${userConfig}'`,
-      };
-
-      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
-
-      const mcpConfig = JSON.parse(
-        result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"] as string,
-      );
-      // All servers should be present
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("github_comment");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("github_ci");
-      expect(mcpConfig.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("my_custom_server");
-    });
-  });
-
  describe("other extraArgs passthrough", () => {
+    test("should pass through mcp-config in extraArgs", () => {
+      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
+        claudeArgs: `--mcp-config '{"mcpServers":{}}' --allowedTools "Edit"`,
+      };
+
+      const result = parseSdkOptions(options);
+
+      expect(result.sdkOptions.extraArgs?.["mcp-config"]).toBe(
+        '{"mcpServers":{}}',
+      );
+    });
+
    test("should pass through json-schema in extraArgs", () => {
      const options: ClaudeOptions = {
        claudeArgs: `--json-schema '{"type":"object"}'`,
--- a/base-action/test/structured-output.test.ts
+++ b/base-action/test/structured-output.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ import { describe, test, expect, afterEach, beforeEach, spyOn } from "bun:test";
 import { writeFile, unlink } from "fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "os";
 import { join } from "path";
-import {
-  parseAndSetStructuredOutputs,
-  parseAndSetSessionId,
-} from "../src/run-claude";
+import { parseAndSetStructuredOutputs } from "../src/run-claude";
 import * as core from "@actions/core";

 // Mock execution file path
@@ -38,19 +35,16 @@ async function createMockExecutionFile(
 // Spy on core functions
 let setOutputSpy: any;
 let infoSpy: any;
-let warningSpy: any;

 beforeEach(() => {
  setOutputSpy = spyOn(core, "setOutput").mockImplementation(() => {});
  infoSpy = spyOn(core, "info").mockImplementation(() => {});
-  warningSpy = spyOn(core, "warning").mockImplementation(() => {});
 });

 describe("parseAndSetStructuredOutputs", () => {
  afterEach(async () => {
    setOutputSpy?.mockRestore();
    infoSpy?.mockRestore();
-    warningSpy?.mockRestore();
    try {
      await unlink(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE);
    } catch {
@@ -162,66 +156,3 @@ describe("parseAndSetStructuredOutputs", () => {
    );
  });
 });
-
-describe("parseAndSetSessionId", () => {
-  afterEach(async () => {
-    setOutputSpy?.mockRestore();
-    infoSpy?.mockRestore();
-    warningSpy?.mockRestore();
-    try {
-      await unlink(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE);
-    } catch {
-      // Ignore if file doesn't exist
-    }
-  });
-
-  test("should extract session_id from system.init message", async () => {
-    const messages = [
-      { type: "system", subtype: "init", session_id: "test-session-123" },
-      { type: "result", cost_usd: 0.01 },
-    ];
-    await writeFile(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE, JSON.stringify(messages));
-
-    await parseAndSetSessionId(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE);
-
-    expect(setOutputSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("session_id", "test-session-123");
-    expect(infoSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Set session_id: test-session-123");
-  });
-
-  test("should handle missing session_id gracefully", async () => {
-    const messages = [
-      { type: "system", subtype: "init" },
-      { type: "result", cost_usd: 0.01 },
-    ];
-    await writeFile(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE, JSON.stringify(messages));
-
-    await parseAndSetSessionId(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE);
-
-    expect(setOutputSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  test("should handle missing system.init message gracefully", async () => {
-    const messages = [{ type: "result", cost_usd: 0.01 }];
-    await writeFile(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE, JSON.stringify(messages));
-
-    await parseAndSetSessionId(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE);
-
-    expect(setOutputSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  test("should handle malformed JSON gracefully with warning", async () => {
-    await writeFile(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE, "{ invalid json");
-
-    await parseAndSetSessionId(TEST_EXECUTION_FILE);
-
-    expect(setOutputSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(warningSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  test("should handle non-existent file gracefully with warning", async () => {
-    await parseAndSetSessionId("/nonexistent/file.json");
-
-    expect(setOutputSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(warningSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-});
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 {
  "lockfileVersion": 1,
-  "configVersion": 0,
  "workspaces": {
    "": {
      "name": "@anthropic-ai/claude-code-action",
      "dependencies": {
        "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
        "@actions/github": "^6.0.1",
-        "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.74",
+        "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.52",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.0",
        "@octokit/graphql": "^8.2.2",
        "@octokit/rest": "^21.1.1",
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@

    "@actions/io": ["@actions/io@1.1.3", "", {}, "sha512-wi9JjgKLYS7U/z8PPbco+PvTb/nRWjeoFlJ1Qer83k/3C5PHQi28hiVdeE2kHXmIL99mQFawx8qt/JPjZilJ8Q=="],

-    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": ["@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.1.74", "", { "optionalDependencies": { "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "^0.33.5" }, "peerDependencies": { "zod": "^3.24.1 || ^4.0.0" } }, "sha512-d6H3Oo625WAG3BrBFKJsuSshi4f0amc0kTJTm83LRPPFxn9kfq58FX4Oxxt+RUD9N3QumW9sQSEDnri20/F4qQ=="],
+    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": ["@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.1.52", "", { "optionalDependencies": { "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "^0.33.5", "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "^0.33.5" }, "peerDependencies": { "zod": "^3.24.1" } }, "sha512-yF8N05+9NRbqYA/h39jQ726HTQFrdXXp7pEfDNKIJ2c4FdWvEjxBA/8ciZIebN6/PyvGDcbEp3yq2Co4rNpg6A=="],

    "@fastify/busboy": ["@fastify/busboy@2.1.1", "", {}, "sha512-vBZP4NlzfOlerQTnba4aqZoMhE/a9HY7HRqoOPaETQcSQuWEIyZMHGfVu6w9wGtGK5fED5qRs2DteVCjOH60sA=="],

--- a/docs/cloud-providers.md
+++ b/docs/cloud-providers.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ You can authenticate with Claude using any of these four methods:
 3. Google Vertex AI with OIDC authentication
 4. Microsoft Foundry with OIDC authentication

-For detailed setup instructions for AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI, see the [official documentation](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/github-actions#for-aws-bedrock:).
+For detailed setup instructions for AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI, see the [official documentation](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/github-actions#using-with-aws-bedrock-%26-google-vertex-ai).

 **Note**:

--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  "dependencies": {
    "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
    "@actions/github": "^6.0.1",
-    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.74",
+    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.1.52",
    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.0",
    "@octokit/graphql": "^8.2.2",
    "@octokit/rest": "^21.1.1",
--- a/src/create-prompt/index.ts
+++ b/src/create-prompt/index.ts
@@ -841,78 +841,6 @@ f. If you are unable to complete certain steps, such as running a linter or test
  return promptContent;
 }

-/**
- * Result of generating prompt content
- */
-export type PromptResult = {
-  promptContent: string;
-  allowedTools: string;
-  disallowedTools: string;
-};
-
-/**
- * Generate prompt content and tool configurations.
- * This function can be used directly without side effects (no file writes, no env vars).
- */
-export function generatePromptContent(
-  mode: Mode,
-  modeContext: ModeContext,
-  githubData: FetchDataResult,
-  context: ParsedGitHubContext,
-): PromptResult {
-  // Prepare the context for prompt generation
-  let claudeCommentId: string = "";
-  if (mode.name === "tag") {
-    if (!modeContext.commentId) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `${mode.name} mode requires a comment ID for prompt generation`,
-      );
-    }
-    claudeCommentId = modeContext.commentId.toString();
-  }
-
-  const preparedContext = prepareContext(
-    context,
-    claudeCommentId,
-    modeContext.baseBranch,
-    modeContext.claudeBranch,
-  );
-
-  // Generate the prompt directly
-  const promptContent = generatePrompt(
-    preparedContext,
-    githubData,
-    context.inputs.useCommitSigning,
-    mode,
-  );
-
-  // Get mode-specific tools
-  const modeAllowedTools = mode.getAllowedTools();
-  const modeDisallowedTools = mode.getDisallowedTools();
-
-  const hasActionsReadPermission = false;
-  const allowedTools = buildAllowedToolsString(
-    modeAllowedTools,
-    hasActionsReadPermission,
-    context.inputs.useCommitSigning,
-  );
-  const disallowedTools = buildDisallowedToolsString(
-    modeDisallowedTools,
-    modeAllowedTools,
-  );
-
-  return {
-    promptContent,
-    allowedTools,
-    disallowedTools,
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * Create prompt and write to file.
- * This is the legacy function that writes files and sets environment variables.
- * For the unified step, use generatePromptContent() instead.
- */
 export async function createPrompt(
  mode: Mode,
  modeContext: ModeContext,
@@ -920,30 +848,66 @@ export async function createPrompt(
  context: ParsedGitHubContext,
 ) {
  try {
-    const result = generatePromptContent(
-      mode,
-      modeContext,
-      githubData,
+    // Prepare the context for prompt generation
+    let claudeCommentId: string = "";
+    if (mode.name === "tag") {
+      if (!modeContext.commentId) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `${mode.name} mode requires a comment ID for prompt generation`,
+        );
+      }
+      claudeCommentId = modeContext.commentId.toString();
+    }
+
+    const preparedContext = prepareContext(
      context,
+      claudeCommentId,
+      modeContext.baseBranch,
+      modeContext.claudeBranch,
+    );
+
+    await mkdir(`${process.env.RUNNER_TEMP || "/tmp"}/claude-prompts`, {
+      recursive: true,
+    });
+
+    // Generate the prompt directly
+    const promptContent = generatePrompt(
+      preparedContext,
+      githubData,
+      context.inputs.useCommitSigning,
+      mode,
    );

    // Log the final prompt to console
    console.log("===== FINAL PROMPT =====");
-    console.log(result.promptContent);
+    console.log(promptContent);
    console.log("=======================");

    // Write the prompt file
-    await mkdir(`${process.env.RUNNER_TEMP || "/tmp"}/claude-prompts`, {
-      recursive: true,
-    });
    await writeFile(
      `${process.env.RUNNER_TEMP || "/tmp"}/claude-prompts/claude-prompt.txt`,
-      result.promptContent,
+      promptContent,
    );

-    // Set environment variables
-    core.exportVariable("ALLOWED_TOOLS", result.allowedTools);
-    core.exportVariable("DISALLOWED_TOOLS", result.disallowedTools);
+    // Set allowed tools
+    const hasActionsReadPermission = false;
+
+    // Get mode-specific tools
+    const modeAllowedTools = mode.getAllowedTools();
+    const modeDisallowedTools = mode.getDisallowedTools();
+
+    const allAllowedTools = buildAllowedToolsString(
+      modeAllowedTools,
+      hasActionsReadPermission,
+      context.inputs.useCommitSigning,
+    );
+    const allDisallowedTools = buildDisallowedToolsString(
+      modeDisallowedTools,
+      modeAllowedTools,
+    );
+
+    core.exportVariable("ALLOWED_TOOLS", allAllowedTools);
+    core.exportVariable("DISALLOWED_TOOLS", allDisallowedTools);
  } catch (error) {
    core.setFailed(`Create prompt failed with error: ${error}`);
    process.exit(1);
--- a/src/entrypoints/run.ts
+++ b/src/entrypoints/run.ts
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bun
-
-/**
- * Unified entry point for the Claude action.
- *
- * This combines the prepare and run phases into a single step,
- * passing data directly in-memory instead of via files and outputs.
- */
-
-import * as core from "@actions/core";
-import { setupGitHubToken } from "../github/token";
-import { checkWritePermissions } from "../github/validation/permissions";
-import { createOctokit } from "../github/api/client";
-import { parseGitHubContext, isEntityContext } from "../github/context";
-import { getMode } from "../modes/registry";
-import { prepare } from "../prepare";
-import { collectActionInputsPresence } from "./collect-inputs";
-import {
-  runClaudeWithSdk,
-  setupClaudeCodeSettings,
-  installPlugins,
-  parseSdkOptions,
-} from "../../base-action/src/lib";
-
-async function run() {
-  try {
-    // ============================================
-    // PHASE 1: PREPARE
-    // ============================================
-
-    collectActionInputsPresence();
-
-    // Parse GitHub context first to enable mode detection
-    const context = parseGitHubContext();
-
-    // Auto-detect mode based on context
-    const mode = getMode(context);
-
-    // Setup GitHub token
-    const githubToken = await setupGitHubToken();
-    const octokit = createOctokit(githubToken);
-
-    // Check write permissions (only for entity contexts)
-    if (isEntityContext(context)) {
-      const githubTokenProvided = !!process.env.OVERRIDE_GITHUB_TOKEN;
-      const hasWritePermissions = await checkWritePermissions(
-        octokit.rest,
-        context,
-        context.inputs.allowedNonWriteUsers,
-        githubTokenProvided,
-      );
-      if (!hasWritePermissions) {
-        throw new Error(
-          "Actor does not have write permissions to the repository",
-        );
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Check trigger conditions
-    const containsTrigger = mode.shouldTrigger(context);
-
-    // Debug logging
-    console.log(`Mode: ${mode.name}`);
-    console.log(`Context prompt: ${context.inputs?.prompt || "NO PROMPT"}`);
-    console.log(`Trigger result: ${containsTrigger}`);
-
-    // Set output for action.yml to check
-    core.setOutput("contains_trigger", containsTrigger.toString());
-
-    if (!containsTrigger) {
-      console.log("No trigger found, skipping remaining steps");
-      core.setOutput("GITHUB_TOKEN", githubToken);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Run mode.prepare() - returns prompt, commentId, branchInfo, etc.
-    const prepareResult = await prepare({
-      context,
-      octokit,
-      mode,
-      githubToken,
-    });
-
-    // Set outputs that may be needed by subsequent steps
-    core.setOutput("GITHUB_TOKEN", githubToken);
-    if (prepareResult.commentId) {
-      core.setOutput("claude_comment_id", prepareResult.commentId.toString());
-    }
-    core.setOutput(
-      "CLAUDE_BRANCH",
-      prepareResult.branchInfo.claudeBranch || "",
-    );
-    core.setOutput("BASE_BRANCH", prepareResult.branchInfo.baseBranch);
-
-    // Get system prompt from mode if available
-    let appendSystemPrompt: string | undefined;
-    if (mode.getSystemPrompt) {
-      const modeContext = mode.prepareContext(context, {
-        commentId: prepareResult.commentId,
-        baseBranch: prepareResult.branchInfo.baseBranch,
-        claudeBranch: prepareResult.branchInfo.claudeBranch,
-      });
-      appendSystemPrompt = mode.getSystemPrompt(modeContext);
-    }
-
-    // ============================================
-    // PHASE 2: SETUP
-    // ============================================
-
-    // Setup Claude Code settings
-    await setupClaudeCodeSettings(
-      process.env.INPUT_SETTINGS,
-      undefined, // homeDir
-    );
-
-    // Install Claude Code plugins if specified
-    await installPlugins(
-      process.env.INPUT_PLUGIN_MARKETPLACES,
-      process.env.INPUT_PLUGINS,
-      process.env.INPUT_PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE,
-    );
-
-    // ============================================
-    // PHASE 3: EXECUTE
-    // ============================================
-
-    // Get prompt content from prepare result
-    const promptContent = prepareResult.promptContent;
-    if (!promptContent) {
-      throw new Error("No prompt content generated by prepare phase");
-    }
-
-    console.log("===== PROMPT CONTENT =====");
-    console.log(`Prompt length: ${promptContent.length} chars`);
-    console.log("==========================");
-
-    // Build SDK options from environment and prepare result
-    const sdkOptions = parseSdkOptions({
-      claudeArgs: process.env.INPUT_CLAUDE_ARGS,
-      allowedTools:
-        prepareResult.allowedTools || process.env.INPUT_ALLOWED_TOOLS,
-      disallowedTools:
-        prepareResult.disallowedTools || process.env.INPUT_DISALLOWED_TOOLS,
-      maxTurns: process.env.INPUT_MAX_TURNS,
-      mcpConfig: process.env.INPUT_MCP_CONFIG,
-      systemPrompt: process.env.INPUT_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
-      appendSystemPrompt:
-        appendSystemPrompt || process.env.INPUT_APPEND_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
-      claudeEnv: process.env.INPUT_CLAUDE_ENV,
-      fallbackModel: process.env.INPUT_FALLBACK_MODEL,
-      model: process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL,
-      pathToClaudeCodeExecutable:
-        process.env.INPUT_PATH_TO_CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE,
-      showFullOutput: process.env.INPUT_SHOW_FULL_OUTPUT,
-    });
-
-    // Run Claude with prompt string directly
-    const execResult = await runClaudeWithSdk(
-      { type: "string", prompt: promptContent },
-      sdkOptions,
-      { setOutputs: true },
-    );
-
-    // Set additional outputs
-    core.setOutput("execution_file", execResult.executionFile);
-    core.setOutput("conclusion", execResult.conclusion);
-    if (execResult.structuredOutput) {
-      core.setOutput("structured_output", execResult.structuredOutput);
-    }
-
-    if (!execResult.success) {
-      core.setFailed(`Claude execution failed: ${execResult.error}`);
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-    core.setFailed(`Run step failed with error: ${errorMessage}`);
-    core.setOutput("prepare_error", errorMessage);
-    core.setOutput("conclusion", "failure");
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
-
-if (import.meta.main) {
-  run();
-}
--- a/src/github/operations/branch.ts
+++ b/src/github/operations/branch.ts
@@ -6,112 +6,13 @@
 * - For Issues: Create a new branch
 */

-import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
+import { $ } from "bun";
 import * as core from "@actions/core";
 import type { ParsedGitHubContext } from "../context";
 import type { GitHubPullRequest } from "../types";
 import type { Octokits } from "../api/client";
 import type { FetchDataResult } from "../data/fetcher";

-/**
- * Validates a git branch name against a strict whitelist pattern.
- * This prevents command injection by ensuring only safe characters are used.
- *
- * Valid branch names:
- * - Start with alphanumeric character (not dash, to prevent option injection)
- * - Contain only alphanumeric, forward slash, hyphen, underscore, or period
- * - Do not start or end with a period
- * - Do not end with a slash
- * - Do not contain '..' (path traversal)
- * - Do not contain '//' (consecutive slashes)
- * - Do not end with '.lock'
- * - Do not contain '@{'
- * - Do not contain control characters or special git characters (~^:?*[\])
- */
-export function validateBranchName(branchName: string): void {
-  // Check for empty or whitespace-only names
-  if (!branchName || branchName.trim().length === 0) {
-    throw new Error("Branch name cannot be empty");
-  }
-
-  // Check for leading dash (prevents option injection like --help, -x)
-  if (branchName.startsWith("-")) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot start with a dash.`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Check for control characters and special git characters (~^:?*[\])
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-  if (/[\x00-\x1F\x7F ~^:?*[\]\\]/.test(branchName)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot contain control characters, spaces, or special git characters (~^:?*[\\]).`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Strict whitelist pattern: alphanumeric start, then alphanumeric/slash/hyphen/underscore/period
-  const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9/_.-]*$/;
-
-  if (!validPattern.test(branchName)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names must start with an alphanumeric character and contain only alphanumeric characters, forward slashes, hyphens, underscores, or periods.`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Check for leading/trailing periods
-  if (branchName.startsWith(".") || branchName.endsWith(".")) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot start or end with a period.`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Check for trailing slash
-  if (branchName.endsWith("/")) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot end with a slash.`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Check for consecutive slashes
-  if (branchName.includes("//")) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot contain consecutive slashes.`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Additional git-specific validations
-  if (branchName.includes("..")) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot contain '..'`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (branchName.endsWith(".lock")) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot end with '.lock'`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (branchName.includes("@{")) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names cannot contain '@{'`,
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Executes a git command safely using execFileSync to avoid shell interpolation.
- *
- * Security: execFileSync passes arguments directly to the git binary without
- * invoking a shell, preventing command injection attacks where malicious input
- * could be interpreted as shell commands (e.g., branch names containing `;`, `|`, `&&`).
- *
- * @param args - Git command arguments (e.g., ["checkout", "branch-name"])
- */
-function execGit(args: string[]): void {
-  execFileSync("git", args, { stdio: "inherit" });
-}
-
 export type BranchInfo = {
  baseBranch: string;
  claudeBranch?: string;
@@ -152,19 +53,14 @@ export async function setupBranch(
        `PR #${entityNumber}: ${commitCount} commits, using fetch depth ${fetchDepth}`,
      );

-      // Validate branch names before use to prevent command injection
-      validateBranchName(branchName);
-
      // Execute git commands to checkout PR branch (dynamic depth based on PR size)
-      // Using execFileSync instead of shell template literals for security
-      execGit(["fetch", "origin", `--depth=${fetchDepth}`, branchName]);
-      execGit(["checkout", branchName, "--"]);
+      await $`git fetch origin --depth=${fetchDepth} ${branchName}`;
+      await $`git checkout ${branchName} --`;

      console.log(`Successfully checked out PR branch for PR #${entityNumber}`);

      // For open PRs, we need to get the base branch of the PR
      const baseBranch = prData.baseRefName;
-      validateBranchName(baseBranch);

      return {
        baseBranch,
@@ -222,9 +118,8 @@ export async function setupBranch(

      // Ensure we're on the source branch
      console.log(`Fetching and checking out source branch: ${sourceBranch}`);
-      validateBranchName(sourceBranch);
-      execGit(["fetch", "origin", sourceBranch, "--depth=1"]);
-      execGit(["checkout", sourceBranch, "--"]);
+      await $`git fetch origin ${sourceBranch} --depth=1`;
+      await $`git checkout ${sourceBranch}`;

      // Set outputs for GitHub Actions
      core.setOutput("CLAUDE_BRANCH", newBranch);
@@ -243,13 +138,11 @@ export async function setupBranch(

    // Fetch and checkout the source branch first to ensure we branch from the correct base
    console.log(`Fetching and checking out source branch: ${sourceBranch}`);
-    validateBranchName(sourceBranch);
-    validateBranchName(newBranch);
-    execGit(["fetch", "origin", sourceBranch, "--depth=1"]);
-    execGit(["checkout", sourceBranch, "--"]);
+    await $`git fetch origin ${sourceBranch} --depth=1`;
+    await $`git checkout ${sourceBranch}`;

    // Create and checkout the new branch from the source branch
-    execGit(["checkout", "-b", newBranch]);
+    await $`git checkout -b ${newBranch}`;

    console.log(
      `Successfully created and checked out local branch: ${newBranch}`,
--- a/src/modes/agent/index.ts
+++ b/src/modes/agent/index.ts
@@ -95,15 +95,16 @@ export const agentMode: Mode = {
      }
    }

-    // Generate prompt content - use the user's prompt directly
+    // Create prompt directory
+    await mkdir(`${process.env.RUNNER_TEMP || "/tmp"}/claude-prompts`, {
+      recursive: true,
+    });
+
+    // Write the prompt file - use the user's prompt directly
    const promptContent =
      context.inputs.prompt ||
      `Repository: ${context.repository.owner}/${context.repository.repo}`;

-    // Also write file for backwards compatibility with current flow
-    await mkdir(`${process.env.RUNNER_TEMP || "/tmp"}/claude-prompts`, {
-      recursive: true,
-    });
    await writeFile(
      `${process.env.RUNNER_TEMP || "/tmp"}/claude-prompts/claude-prompt.txt`,
      promptContent,
@@ -161,8 +162,6 @@ export const agentMode: Mode = {
        claudeBranch: claudeBranch,
      },
      mcpConfig: ourMcpConfig,
-      promptContent,
-      // Agent mode doesn't use the same allowed/disallowed tools mechanism as tag mode
    };
  },

--- a/src/modes/tag/index.ts
+++ b/src/modes/tag/index.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ import {
  fetchGitHubData,
  extractTriggerTimestamp,
 } from "../../github/data/fetcher";
-import {
-  createPrompt,
-  generateDefaultPrompt,
-  generatePromptContent,
-} from "../../create-prompt";
+import { createPrompt, generateDefaultPrompt } from "../../create-prompt";
 import { isEntityContext } from "../../github/context";
 import type { PreparedContext } from "../../create-prompt/types";
 import type { FetchDataResult } from "../../github/data/fetcher";
@@ -108,22 +104,13 @@ export const tagMode: Mode = {
      }
    }

-    // Create prompt
+    // Create prompt file
    const modeContext = this.prepareContext(context, {
      commentId,
      baseBranch: branchInfo.baseBranch,
      claudeBranch: branchInfo.claudeBranch,
    });

-    // Generate prompt content - returns data instead of writing file
-    const promptResult = generatePromptContent(
-      tagMode,
-      modeContext,
-      githubData,
-      context,
-    );
-
-    // Also write file for backwards compatibility with current flow
    await createPrompt(tagMode, modeContext, githubData, context);

    const userClaudeArgs = process.env.CLAUDE_ARGS || "";
@@ -201,9 +188,6 @@ export const tagMode: Mode = {
      commentId,
      branchInfo,
      mcpConfig: ourMcpConfig,
-      promptContent: promptResult.promptContent,
-      allowedTools: promptResult.allowedTools,
-      disallowedTools: promptResult.disallowedTools,
    };
  },

--- a/src/modes/types.ts
+++ b/src/modes/types.ts
@@ -97,10 +97,4 @@ export type ModeResult = {
    currentBranch: string;
  };
  mcpConfig: string;
-  /** Generated prompt content for Claude */
-  promptContent?: string;
-  /** Comma-separated list of allowed tools */
-  allowedTools?: string;
-  /** Comma-separated list of disallowed tools */
-  disallowedTools?: string;
 };
--- a/src/prepare/types.ts
+++ b/src/prepare/types.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ export type PrepareResult = {
    currentBranch: string;
  };
  mcpConfig: string;
-  /** Generated prompt content for Claude */
-  promptContent?: string;
-  /** Comma-separated list of allowed tools */
-  allowedTools?: string;
-  /** Comma-separated list of disallowed tools */
-  disallowedTools?: string;
 };

 export type PrepareOptions = {
--- a/test/modes/agent.test.ts
+++ b/test/modes/agent.test.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ describe("Agent Mode", () => {
        claudeBranch: undefined,
      },
      mcpConfig: expect.any(String),
-      promptContent: expect.any(String),
    });

    // Clean up
--- a/test/validate-branch-name.test.ts
+++ b/test/validate-branch-name.test.ts
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
-import { validateBranchName } from "../src/github/operations/branch";
-
-describe("validateBranchName", () => {
-  describe("valid branch names", () => {
-    it("should accept simple alphanumeric names", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("main")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature123")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("Branch1")).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should accept names with hyphens", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature-branch")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("fix-bug-123")).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should accept names with underscores", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature_branch")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("fix_bug_123")).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should accept names with forward slashes", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature/new-thing")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("user/feature/branch")).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should accept names with periods", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("v1.0.0")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("release.1.2.3")).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should accept typical branch name formats", () => {
-      expect(() =>
-        validateBranchName("claude/issue-123-20250101-1234"),
-      ).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("refs/heads/main")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("bugfix/JIRA-1234")).not.toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("command injection attempts", () => {
-    it("should reject shell command substitution with $()", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("$(whoami)")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch-$(rm -rf /)")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("test$(cat /etc/passwd)")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject shell command substitution with backticks", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("`whoami`")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch-`rm -rf /`")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject command chaining with semicolons", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch; rm -rf /")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("test;whoami")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject command chaining with &&", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch && rm -rf /")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("test&&whoami")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject command chaining with ||", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch || rm -rf /")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("test||whoami")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject pipe characters", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch | cat")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("test|grep password")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject redirection operators", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch > /etc/passwd")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch < input")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch >> file")).toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("option injection attempts", () => {
-    it("should reject branch names starting with dash", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("-x")).toThrow(
-        /cannot start with a dash/,
-      );
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("--help")).toThrow(
-        /cannot start with a dash/,
-      );
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("-")).toThrow(/cannot start with a dash/);
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("--version")).toThrow(
-        /cannot start with a dash/,
-      );
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("-rf")).toThrow(
-        /cannot start with a dash/,
-      );
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("path traversal attempts", () => {
-    it("should reject double dot sequences", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("../../../etc")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch/../secret")).toThrow(/'\.\.'$/);
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("a..b")).toThrow(/'\.\.'$/);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("git-specific invalid patterns", () => {
-    it("should reject @{ sequence", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch@{1}")).toThrow(/@{/);
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("HEAD@{yesterday}")).toThrow(/@{/);
-    });
-
-    it("should reject .lock suffix", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch.lock")).toThrow(/\.lock/);
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature.lock")).toThrow(/\.lock/);
-    });
-
-    it("should reject consecutive slashes", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature//branch")).toThrow(
-        /consecutive slashes/,
-      );
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("a//b//c")).toThrow(
-        /consecutive slashes/,
-      );
-    });
-
-    it("should reject trailing slashes", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature/")).toThrow(
-        /cannot end with a slash/,
-      );
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch/")).toThrow(
-        /cannot end with a slash/,
-      );
-    });
-
-    it("should reject leading periods", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName(".hidden")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject trailing periods", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch.")).toThrow(
-        /cannot start or end with a period/,
-      );
-    });
-
-    it("should reject special git refspec characters", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch~1")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch^2")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch:ref")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch?")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch*")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch[0]")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch\\path")).toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("control characters and special characters", () => {
-    it("should reject null bytes", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch\x00name")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject other control characters", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch\x01name")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch\x1Fname")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch\x7Fname")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject spaces", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch name")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature branch")).toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject newlines and tabs", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch\nname")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("branch\tname")).toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("empty and whitespace", () => {
-    it("should reject empty strings", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("")).toThrow(/cannot be empty/);
-    });
-
-    it("should reject whitespace-only strings", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("   ")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("\t\n")).toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("edge cases", () => {
-    it("should accept single alphanumeric character", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("a")).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("1")).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it("should reject single special characters", () => {
-      expect(() => validateBranchName(".")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("/")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => validateBranchName("-")).toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-});