{"version":"2.1.236","anchor":"edit-tool-now-tells-the-model-to-read-out-of-directory-files","canonical_anchor":"edit-tool-now-tells-the-model-to-read-out-of-directory-files","heading":"Edit tool now tells the model to read out-of-directory files first","tier":"notice","area":"Editing","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.236\/e\/edit-tool-now-tells-the-model-to-read-out-of-directory-files","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.236","markdown":"### Edit tool now tells the model to read out-of-directory files first\n\nEdits to files outside your working directory now fail unless the file was read earlier.\n\n**What**\n\nOne branch of the Edit tool description used to be empty. It now carries a bullet stating that a file outside the working directory must have been read earlier in the conversation or the edit call fails.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The tool name is interpolated into the sentence, so the rule reads correctly for whichever edit tool is being described.\n- Applies whenever that description branch is taken.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`If the file is outside the working directory, you must `\n\n- Area: Editing\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}