# Improve copy-and-paste formatting for Assistant-provided prompts for Agent

**URL:** <https://replit.discourse.group/t/improve-copy-and-paste-formatting-for-assistant-provided-prompts-for-agent/1047>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Tags:** assistant\
**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/improve-copy-and-paste-formatting-for-assistant-provided-prompts-for-agent/1047 "2025-01-20T02:12:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![majornorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@majornorth](https://replit.discourse.group/u/majornorth)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/improve-copy-and-paste-formatting-for-assistant-provided-prompts-for-agent/1047/1 "2025-01-20T02:12:23Z")

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When I ask Assistant to write a prompt for a task I want to give to Agent, when I copy and paste the prompt, I lose the bullet formatting and have to re-format it in the Agent text input. Would be nice to just copy and paste and retain the bullet formatting.

Example Assistant-provided prompt with formatting:

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-19 at 9.09.24 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/replit/original/1X/e26ffe3385fbeb358ea5a3bc4dc7549d3f33b482.png)

Example of lost formatting in Agent text input:

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-19 at 9.11.21 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/replit/original/1X/6d61b69fdc4fcd475a0a63bd31ef0e76e748382e.png)

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**Author:** ![python660](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/python660/32/296_2.png) [@python660](https://replit.discourse.group/u/python660)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/improve-copy-and-paste-formatting-for-assistant-provided-prompts-for-agent/1047/2 "2025-01-20T02:14:31Z")

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LLMs take ascii text as prompts… so copying and pasting data that looks like markdown would do one of the two?

1. Display raw markdown in the text input
2. Show the parsed markdown content but pass in raw markdown data

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**Author:** ![majornorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@majornorth](https://replit.discourse.group/u/majornorth)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/improve-copy-and-paste-formatting-for-assistant-provided-prompts-for-agent/1047/3 "2025-01-20T02:25:47Z")

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Thanks!

Also, on my next Assistant query, it did give me well-formatted Prompt that’s easy to copy and paste so that the formatting is retained in the Agent text input:

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-19 at 9.24.00 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/replit/original/1X/47c7ec61470fcd969817ea6e1a7a6f4e157e2517.png)