Claude Version Picker

Claude Code Version Picker

A lightweight Windows wrapper that turns the `claude` command into a version chooser — keeping a pinned stable version for daily work while giving you instant access to the latest release.

PS> claude

Choose Claude Code version:
  1) v2.1.110    Pinned daily-work version
  2) latest      Current installed version
  d) doctor      Diagnostics
  h) help        Help
  q) quit
Choose:

Why

Anthropic ships Claude Code updates frequently. New versions bring access to newer models (e.g. Opus 4.7 requires v2.1.111+), but a recurring pattern in the Claude Code community is that certain updates change agentic behaviour in ways that feel less reliable for complex, multi-step work — things like long-horizon planning, context management across large codebases, following multi-part instructions without drift, and unexpectedly high token consumption within a single session.

Version recommendations

**v2.1.110 — best all-around.** The last release before Opus 4.7 (introduced in v2.1.111), with all security and stability fixes from April 7–15 included. The effort default is `high` from v2.1.94, but `/effort medium` restores lighter behavior. Recommended for users who want a mature, well-tested binary without the Opus 4.7 transition and without sacrificing security hardening.

**Important nuance:** a majority of "worse planning / lazier / heavier" complaints in the community are actually tied to model and serving changes on Anthropic's side — changes that affect all CLI versions equally and cannot be avoided by pinning any specific binary. The CLI version controls defaults and tooling; it does not pin the model's reasoning behaviour. No pinned CLI version is a guarantee against model-level regressions.

This picker makes it easy to keep your preferred stable binary for day-to-day work while having the latest version available for when you need newer models or features — without any manual PATH swapping or re-installing.

How it wo