[FEATURE] Feature toggle for disabling auto-rendering as inline images instead of plain text in prompt area

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Problem Statement

When pasting or dragging a full image file path into Claude Code, the path is automatically converted to an inline image preview instead of being treated as plain text. This makes it impossible to enter or reference file paths without triggering image rendering. Hand-typing the path works, but is impractical for longer paths.

Proposed Solution

Add a setting in settings.json to disable automatic image/pdf (and other media) rendering from pasted paths, as some users may not use this feature and want plain text paths instead.

Alternative Solutions

Add action under some shortcut, which turns paths in prompt into embeddings and vice versa.

Priority

Critical - Blocking my work

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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