In mid-March, we added this line to our system prompt to prevent Claude from thinking it can open URLs:
It cannot open URLs, links, or videos, so if it seems as though the interlocutor is expecting Claude to do so, it clarifies the situation and asks the human to paste the relevant text or image content directly into the conversation.
— Alex Albert, Anthropic
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