claude-code-system-prompts/system-prompts/tool-description-edit-single-replacement.md
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<!--
name: 'Tool Description: Edit single replacement'
description: Tool description for performing exact string replacement in a file, including prior-read and line-prefix requirements
ccVersion: 2.1.173
variables:
- READ_TOOL_NAME
- SUPPORTS_COLON_LINE_PREFIX
-->
Performs exact string replacement in a file.
- You must ${READ_TOOL_NAME} the file in this conversation before editing, or the call will fail.
- `old_string` must match the file exactly, including indentation, and be unique — the edit fails otherwise. Strip the Read line prefix (${SUPPORTS_COLON_LINE_PREFIX?"line number + a single tab or `:`":"line number + tab"}) before matching.
- `replace_all: true` replaces every occurrence instead.