{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"prompt-prefix-shortcuts-a-s-o-n-helper-refactored","canonical_anchor":"prompt-prefix-shortcuts-a-s-o-n-helper-refactored","heading":"Prompt shortcut prefixes now include n: and work after a space","tier":"use","area":"Prompt Input","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/prompt-prefix-shortcuts-a-s-o-n-helper-refactored","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Prompt shortcut prefixes now include n: and work after a space\n\nThe a:, s: and o: prompt prefixes are now joined by n:, and can follow a space instead of only starting the text\n\n**Unclear.** What these prefixes do when Claude Code finds them is not known.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code looks for short prefixes in the text you type. It used to check only whether the text started with `a:`, `s:` or `o:`. It now also accepts:\n\n- `n:`, except when a backslash comes straight after it\n\n- any of these prefixes after a space, not only at the very start\n\n**Why**\n\nText you type may now be treated differently, since a prefix later in a line or an `n:` can now be picked up.\n\n- Area: Prompt Input\n- Names: `n:`, `a:`, `s:`, `o:`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}