{"version":"2.1.296","anchor":"web-search-sub-call-system-prompt-rewritten","canonical_anchor":"web-search-sub-call-system-prompt-rewritten","heading":"Web search now asks for one search and a brief summary","tier":"notice","area":"Web Search","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296\/e\/web-search-sub-call-system-prompt-rewritten","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296","markdown":"### Web search now asks for one search and a brief summary\n\nClaude Code's internal web search call now has a longer prompt telling it to search once and reply with a brief summary\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude searches the web, Claude Code makes a separate call to a model that does the searching. The instructions that call starts with were a single line, \"You are an assistant for performing a web search tool use\". They now explain that the search is for another Claude model that is waiting and can search again, and they ask for one search followed by a brief summary of the results.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes how much the search returns, and so what Claude sees from a web search. Expect shorter, summarised results, with Claude searching again when it needs more.\n\n- Area: Web Search\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}