{"version":"2.1.295","anchor":"webfetch-agent-description-adds-guidance-follow-up-hint-is","canonical_anchor":"webfetch-agent-description-adds-guidance-follow-up-hint-is","heading":"Web-fetch agent is told to read the page rather than answer from memory","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295\/e\/webfetch-agent-description-adds-guidance-follow-up-hint-is","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295","markdown":"### Web-fetch agent is told to read the page rather than answer from memory\n\nThe built-in web-fetch agent's guidance now says to read the page instead of answering from memory, and a follow-up hint is sometimes left out\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code has a built-in subagent for fetching web pages. A subagent is a helper Claude can hand a task to. Claude reads a short description of each subagent to decide when to use it.\n\nThe web-fetch agent's description now includes the sentence \"Read the page rather than answer from memory.\" A sentence saying the agent can be reached again for follow-up questions is now left out in some cases.\n\nThe WebFetch tool's own description is unchanged in the capture taken under this release.\n\n**Why**\n\nClaude is pushed to fetch and read pages rather than rely on what it already knows.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}