docs: document env var inheritance into the CLI subprocess (closes #1100)#1113
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Adds an 'Environment variables' README section documenting how _spawn_process builds the CLI subprocess environment: full inheritance minus CLAUDECODE, the CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT default, options.env overrides, the always-set CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_VERSION, and the conditional checkpointing/PWD/OTEL keys. Includes a copy-pasteable example of overriding and blanking inherited variables, and a note that inheritance is allowlist-free. Closes anthropics#1100 Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Closes #1100.
Adds an "Environment variables" README section (linked from the existing flow after "Working Directory") documenting how _spawn_process builds the CLI subprocess environment: full inheritance minus CLAUDECODE, the CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT default, options.env overrides, the always-set CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_VERSION, and the conditional checkpointing/PWD/OTEL keys.
Includes a copy-pasteable example of overriding and blanking inherited variables via options.env, and a security note that inheritance is allowlist-free (relevant when agents process untrusted input).
Docs only — no code changes.