Orca v1.4.247 lets plugins block or rewrite Claude Code's tool calls

Orca plugins can now stop a Claude Code tool call before it runs. A plugin can refuse a risky shell command or rewrite it, while other agents stay watch-only. A rewrite still asks for your approval.

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Orca plugins can now block or rewrite Claude Code’s tool calls before they run

Claude Code

on macOS and Linux, a plugin can deny a call or rewrite its input

Other agents

plugins can watch their tool calls, but not stop them

SSH and WSL

agents running there are not hooked yet

A rewritten call still goes through your normal approval prompt.

Orca plugins can also rewrite or block agent launches, prompts and terminal sends, and show their own status bar items. One known bug: a plugin replacing a built-in command can run it twice.

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Plugins can also change or block agent launches, prompts and terminal sends

Known issue: a plugin that replaces a built-in command can make that action run twice.

Orca's phone app now shows GitHub review threads under their lines, with Reply and Resolve. The pull request tab opens on what blocks the merge, and bot findings get Ask agent to fix.

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Orca’s phone app shows GitHub review threads under the lines they are about

Diff

jump between files, reply, resolve, or comment on a line

PR tab

opens on what is blocking the merge

Bots

a bot’s finding gets Ask agent to fix

A chat stopped by a usage limit can now restart itself. With the new setting on, Orca sends Continue where you left off, once, just after the reset. It's off by default.

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A chat stopped by a usage limit can now continue on its own when the limit resets

Off by default. Don’t continue cancels it for one chat.

Three chat fixes: unsent terminal text follows you into chat, Claude chats on Full access stop asking for approval, and no reply is lost while saving is busy. Saved chat history still grows on disk.

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Drafts

text you typed in a terminal moves into the chat composer

Approvals

Claude chats on Full access stop asking for approval

Replies

every reply and tool result is kept while saving is busy

Known issue: saved chat history keeps using more disk space, with no automatic compaction yet.

Orca now ships GitHub and VS Code themes, and imports your Ghostty or Kitty config. Ghostty light and dark pairs import as one theme per mode, and font pickers preview each font in its own typeface.

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Orca ships GitHub and VS Code themes, and imports Ghostty and Kitty configs

Ghostty light and dark pairs import as one theme per mode, and font pickers preview each font in its own typeface.

The experimental Orchestration panel is switched off until its app-wide lag is fixed, and orchestration commands still work. If you run Claude Code in Orca, I'd update for the tool-call hooks.

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The experimental Orchestration panel is off while Orca fixes its lag

Orchestration

commands still work without the panel

Speed

offscreen spinners pause, and unused diff models are released

Running Claude Code in Orca? Update for the hooks.

Every change is in Orca’s release notes on GitHub