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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Code blocks have automatic indentation making commands un-copy-pasteable

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Root Cause

  1. Ask Claude Code to provide a shell command with JSON input
  2. Copy the command from the code block
  3. Paste into terminal
  4. The command fails because JSON has extra indentation/whitespace

Fix Action

Workaround

Use file-based input instead of inline JSON.

Code Example

ct temporal prod workflow start --input '{"foo":"bar"}'

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ct temporal prod workflow start --input '{"foo":"bar"}'
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Bug Description

When Claude Code outputs code blocks (using triple backticks), the rendered output automatically adds 2-space indentation to every line. This makes commands un-copy-pasteable when they contain whitespace-sensitive content like JSON.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Ask Claude Code to provide a shell command with JSON input
  2. Copy the command from the code block
  3. Paste into terminal
  4. The command fails because JSON has extra indentation/whitespace

Example

Claude outputs:

ct temporal prod workflow start --input '{"foo":"bar"}'

User copies and pastes, but it actually becomes:

  ct temporal prod workflow start --input '{"foo":"bar"}'

The 2-space indent breaks the command.

Expected Behavior

Code blocks should not have any automatic indentation added. Content should be copy-pasteable exactly as written.

Impact

This affects any workflow where users need to copy-paste commands with JSON, heredocs, or other whitespace-sensitive content. It's particularly problematic for infrastructure/DevOps workflows.

Workaround

Use file-based input instead of inline JSON.

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