{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"webfetch-prompt-no-longer-has-a-word-limit-option","canonical_anchor":"webfetch-prompt-no-longer-has-a-word-limit-option","heading":"Web page summaries no longer carry a word limit","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/webfetch-prompt-no-longer-has-a-word-limit-option","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### Web page summaries no longer carry a word limit\n\nThe instructions Claude Code builds for summarising a fetched web page can no longer ask for a reply under a set number of words\n\n**What**\n\nWhen the `WebFetch` tool reads a web page, Claude Code builds instructions telling the model how to answer about the page. Those instructions could include a word limit between 50 and 5000, added as \"Keep the response under N words\". That option has been removed.\n\nThis is separate from the tool's own description. In the capture taken under this release, that description is 1,608 characters and unchanged since v2.1.312.\n\n**Why**\n\nOne control over how long web page answers run is gone.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}