What
New setting that includes Claude's last response as commented context when opening the external editor.
Details
- Available in Settings panel as "Show last response in external editor"
- Disabled by default
- When enabled, the external editor will prepend Claude's last response as
#-prefixed comment lines above a separator:# ─── Write your reply below this line ────────────────────────── - Claude's response is labeled:
# ─── Claude's last response (for reference; removed on save) ───
Evidence
External editor context setting (search for "Show last response in external editor" and "externalEditorContext")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.