{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"at-mentioned-pdfs-instruct-read-for-whole-document","canonical_anchor":"at-mentioned-pdfs-instruct-read-for-whole-document","heading":"Claude is told to use Read for whole PDFs you mention with @","tier":"notice","area":"File Mentions","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/at-mentioned-pdfs-instruct-read-for-whole-document","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### Claude is told to use Read for whole PDFs you mention with @\n\nWhen files are not attached automatically, Claude can now be told to open each PDF of up to a page limit with the Read tool\n\n**What**\n\nYou can point Claude at a file by typing `@` and its path. In sessions where file contents are not attached automatically, Claude Code adds a note telling Claude to read them first. That note used to say only to read them with its file tools. For PDFs of up to a page limit, it can now tell Claude to use the Read tool on each path. It adds that no other tool is needed to view the PDF.\n\n**Why**\n\nClaude should make fewer wasted attempts to read PDFs through shell programs.\n\n- Area: File Mentions\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}