[FEATURE] Setting to disable the pasted-content protection (<pasted_content> wrapping)
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.287
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Activity 0 comments · opened Oct 2, 2026
Problem
Text pasted into the prompt gets wrapped in <pasted_content> tags, and the model is told the paste may contain instructions the user did not write. The result is that the model hesitates or asks for confirmation on things I pasted on purpose. I paste my own instructions, notes and dictated text all the time, so this gets in the way.
Related bug: #96978 (a message that is only a paste is treated as untrusted).
Request
A user-level opt-out, for example a settings.json key or an env var, that turns the wrapping off so pasted text is treated the same as typed text. Default can stay as it is.
I checked the settings reference, the env var list and the changelog and could not find any existing option.
Environment
- Claude Code: 2.1.287 (Claude Code)
- macOS (Darwin 25.6.0), terminal CLI