Patterns · Vol. 03

Pattern

bash_tool

Execute shell commands in a Linux environment. Used heavily by Claude Code and by Anthropic-hosted agent containers.

Classification — Compute (internal + mutates). Tier 2 in sandbox; Tier 3–4 on host.

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