{"version":"2.1.285","anchor":"edit-tool-prompt-drops-the-outside-working-directory-variant","canonical_anchor":"edit-tool-prompt-drops-the-outside-working-directory-variant","heading":"The Edit tool lost an alternative description about files outside your folder","tier":"internal","area":"Elsewhere","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285\/e\/edit-tool-prompt-drops-the-outside-working-directory-variant","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285","markdown":"### The Edit tool lost an alternative description about files outside your folder\n\nClaude Code no longer carries an alternative Edit tool description that told Claude to read files outside the working folder before editing them\n\n**Unclear.** The standard Edit description did not change, so it is unclear which setups ever saw the wording that was removed.\n\n**What**\n\nThe Edit tool is how Claude changes a file. Claude reads a description that explains how to use each tool. Claude Code used to carry an alternative version of the Edit tool's description, which told Claude to read a file outside the working folder before editing it. That alternative has been removed. The standard Edit description is unchanged.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe Edit instructions are simpler, with one fewer variant.\n\n- Flag `tengu_edit_minimalanchor_jrn`: Not enough to say (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.285; this account: no value returned, anonymous baseline: no value returned, compiled default: off) These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}