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pastilhasandClaude Opus 5 36cccffe84 a link in chat always opens a new tab, in-app paths included
ChatLink applies target="_blank" to every anchor without exception, so linking an Officer route does not
navigate the app — it loads a second copy of the whole SPA in a new tab and the person loses their place
in the first.

That is the intended behaviour, so this declares it rather than treating it as a defect. What changes for
an agent is small and constant: name an internal route in backticks instead of linking it, since the
reader is already in the app, and save links for things that genuinely belong in a tab of their own.

Asked for by the owner after it was raised and set aside yesterday.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-21 14:48:27 +00:00

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Links open a new tab Use when your reply contains a link, or a path inside Officer you are tempted to link. 1

Every link in chat opens in a new tab. target="_blank" is applied to all of them, and there is no form of link that does not get it.

For an external URL that is what anyone wants. For a path inside Officer it is worth knowing before you write one: [the browser panel](/browser) does not navigate the app, it loads a second copy of the whole SPA in a new tab. The person ends up with two Officers open and their place lost in the first.

So:

  • A route the user should go to — name it, do not link it. /browser, in backticks. They are already in the app; telling them where is enough, and they keep the tab they are in.
  • Something genuinely separate — a repository, a doc, a page on another host — link it. A new tab is the right outcome and this needs no thought.

The same applies to an image: ![](https://…) renders inline, but a bare link to an image is still a link, and still opens a tab.