Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Chrome ControlArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.274,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear The finding does not say what replaced the removed text-building logic beyond suspecting it moved into related new helpers, so the net effect on the final prompt text isn't confirmed.
What
An internal function used to build the mandatory browser-selection instructions was simplified. It previously constructed the full multi-paragraph instruction text itself; now it just returns a short phrase naming the tool to use (like 'the X tool') or a fallback mentioning the ask-user tool. The actual instruction text is now built elsewhere.
Why
This is an internal restructuring of how browser-selection prompts are assembled; it doesn't change what instructions Claude ultimately receives, just how the code produces them.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say what replaced the removed text-building logic beyond suspecting it moved into related new helpers, so the net…