Tab settings

Some settings can be different for one tab. They replace the defaults from Settings for that tab only, and they’re saved with it. A tab that has settings of its own shows a small dot beside Tab settings… in its menu.

Opening the dialog

Right-click the tab and choose Tab settings…, or use Tab settings… in the command palette for the selected tab. The dialog is titled Settings for “‹the tab’s name›”.

Each change applies as you make it. Done, or Esc, closes the dialog.

Tab settings for the Grappling hook tab: its own model and effort marked as changed under Model and mode, then At a usage limit, each section with Use defaults, and Done

The overrides

Each one starts at Default, which says what the default is, such as Default (Opus). Pick something else to give the tab its own.

Section	Setting	Choices	The default comes from
Model and mode	Model	Default, or a model	Settings → Tabs → New tabs start with → Model
	Effort	Default, or an effort level	Settings → Tabs → New tabs start with → Effort
	Permission mode	Default, or a mode	Settings → Tabs → New tabs start with → Permission mode
	Subagents	Default, Claude decides, Discourage them, Don’t allow them	Settings → Tabs → Subagents
At a usage limit	Continue tasks when a usage limit resets	Default, On, Off	Settings → Tabs → At a usage limit → Continue tasks when a usage limit resets
	Use usage credits	Default, On, Off	Settings → Tabs → At a usage limit → Use usage credits once a limit is used up
Process monitor	Show the process monitor	Default, On, Off	Settings → Tabs → Process monitor → Show the process monitor
Conversation	Steps	Default, Folded, All	Settings → Conversation → Steps and replies → Fold each chain of steps

Model and Effort are explained in Model, effort and output style, and Permission mode in Permission modes. A change reaches the running session at once.
Subagents is whether Claude hands parts of its work to subagents in this tab. It applies at once, and Claude hears about it with your next message. See Discouraging or turning off subagents.
Continue tasks when a usage limit resets is whether Claude carries on a task by itself when a usage limit resets. See When a limit stops a task.
Use usage credits is whether the tab carries on with your plan’s usage credits once a limit is used up, or stops and waits for the reset. The tab’s menu has it too, and a tab on an API-key account doesn’t have it. See Tabs that don’t use usage credits.
Show the process monitor turns the Processes page and the composer bar’s summary on or off for this tab.
Steps folds each chain of Claude’s steps between two messages into one line in this tab, or shows every step. Steps in the tab’s menu is the same choice. See Folding a chain of steps.

Check-ins on long turns

Turn on Use different check-ins for this tab to set its own: Check in on long turns, After the turn has run (minutes), After no output for (minutes), the Message, and Notify me when a check-in is sent. Leave it off to use Settings → Tabs → Check-ins on long turns. See Check-ins on long turns.

Going back to the defaults

Each section has its own Use defaults, which sets its overrides back to Default, or turns off Use different check-ins for this tab. It applies at once, like any other change. The This tab section has none.

Settings that aren’t overrides

These are in the dialog’s This tab section, but they’re the tab’s own choices rather than replacements for a default. No Use defaults changes them, and they don’t count toward the dot.

Sync to other machines copies the tab’s session to the session library after each turn. It’s the same switch as the tab’s menu. Once the session is there, the line under it says how much it takes: This session takes 312 MB in the session library. See Syncing a tab.
Connect to the Claude app connects the tab to the Claude app on your phone or at claude.ai/code while it runs here, reconnecting whenever the tab starts. It’s greyed out, with the reason under it, when the account can’t use it. See The Claude app.
Extra folders are folders Claude may also read and edit, besides the tab’s own. Choose Add folder…, or the remove button beside a folder. Their own settings and CLAUDE.md aren’t loaded, and a folder that’s gone isn’t passed on.

Claude Code takes extra folders when it starts, so changing them starts it again once you click Done, carrying the conversation on. When Claude is working, that waits until it has nothing left to do: the turn under way, and any messages you sent meanwhile, run first. Extra folders are saved with the tab, copied by Duplicate tab, and listed on the info card.

Project actions

A folder’s own actions belong to the folder, not the tab. The dialog’s Project actions row says where they are (In Settings → ‹project› → Actions.) and has an Open button that goes there. See Actions and links.