Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML
Summary
This article discusses using HTML instead of Markdown when requesting output from Claude, an AI assistant. HTML allows Claude to create richer explanations by including SVG diagrams, interactive widgets, and better navigation, which was less practical with older language models that had strict token limits (tokens being units of text that count toward a model's processing capacity).
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Original source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/8/unreasonable-effectiveness-of-html/#atom-everything
First tracked: May 8, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 75%