Everything You Paste Into Claude Code Gets Wrapped in XML Tags
Sauers_ · x · 2026-09-21
A developer points out that any message pasted into Claude Code is seen by the model wrapped in XML tags like <pastedcontent id="123a">. Useful to know when crafting prompts or debugging how the model treats pasted vs typed text.
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