Using the @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk, you want to programmatically narrow the set of tools available to…

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Using the @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk, you want to programmatically narrow the set of tools available to a specific query loop to prevent the agent from making unintended modifications. Which configuration is used to restrict tools in the SDK?

Accepted Answer

A. Pass the allowedTools: ["Read", "Glob"] array inside the options object of the query() function.

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B. Inject a permissions: read-only tag into the top-level AgentDefinition.

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C. Set tool_choice: "none" to force the model to only use search tools.

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D. Edit the .mcp.json file to globally disable the write tools for the entire project.

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