{"version":"2.1.292","anchor":"web-fetch-agent-description-says-it-replaces-a-missing-fetch","canonical_anchor":"web-fetch-agent-description-says-it-replaces-a-missing-fetch","heading":"Web-fetch agent description tells Claude it stands in for a missing fetch tool","tier":"internal","area":"WebFetch","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292\/e\/web-fetch-agent-description-says-it-replaces-a-missing-fetch","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292","markdown":"### Web-fetch agent description tells Claude it stands in for a missing fetch tool\n\nThe web-fetch agent's description now tells Claude that using it to read a page is ordinary tool use, not a decision to spawn a helper agent\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code includes a web-fetch agent, a helper that reads web pages. Its description, which tells Claude when to use it, now adds that it stands in for a fetch tool when one is not available. It also says that calling it to read a page counts as ordinary tool use, so the general advice about when to start a helper agent does not apply.\n\n**Why**\n\nClaude is more likely to use this agent when it needs to read a web page, instead of holding back because starting helper agents is normally discouraged.\n\n- Area: WebFetch\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}