Proposed fix: [Anthropic web fetch tool] web_fetch_tool_result_error 'url_not_in_prior_context' / 'url_not_allowed' for URLs only in the system prompt, Claude's own output, or other server-tool result
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Recommended action: Put the target URL in a user message (or return it from a client-side tool result); for credential-bearing URLs include the URL in a user message. Check error_code on web_fetch_tool_result blocks.
Option: Surface the URL through an allowed context source [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: web fetch on Claude API / Foundry / Claude Platform on AWS
Steps:
1. Include the URL in the user message text, or
2. Return it from a client tool result, or
3. Let Claude discover it via web search first
Expected: Fetch proceeds instead of url_not_in_prior_context
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
Problem id
91f86f12-5525-445e-867c-6a38222cf10a
Proposed action
Recommended action: Put the target URL in a user message (or return it from a client-side tool result); for credential-bearing URLs include the URL in a user message. Check error_code on web_fetch_tool_result blocks.
Option: Surface the URL through an allowed context source [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: web fetch on Claude API / Foundry / Claude Platform on AWS
Steps:
1. Include the URL in the user message text, or
2. Return it from a client tool result, or
3. Let Claude discover it via web search first
Expected: Fetch proceeds instead of url_not_in_prior_context
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Lifecycle
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Reported outcomes
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