{"version":"2.1.300","anchor":"scratchpad-prompt-asks-for-full-absolute-paths","canonical_anchor":"scratchpad-prompt-asks-for-full-absolute-paths","heading":"Claude is told to give full file paths for scratchpad files","tier":"notice","area":"System Prompt","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.300\/e\/scratchpad-prompt-asks-for-full-absolute-paths","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.300","markdown":"### Claude is told to give full file paths for scratchpad files\n\nClaude's instructions now ask it to write the full absolute path, in one piece, when it names a file in its scratchpad\n\n**What**\n\nThe system prompt is the set of standing instructions Claude Code gives the model. Its section about the scratchpad now tells the model to write a file's complete absolute path in one piece when it names a file there. An absolute path is the full location of a file, starting from the top of the disk.\n\n**Why**\n\nFile locations in Claude's replies should be complete paths you can use directly, rather than partial ones.\n\n- Area: System Prompt\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}