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name: feedback-command-formatting
description: Howard needs commands formatted as multi-line scripts, not one-liners — one-liners wrap in the chat window and break when copy-pasted
metadata:
  type: feedback
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Always write shell/PowerShell commands as multi-line scripts, never as semicolon-separated one-liners.

**Why:** When long one-liners are displayed in the Claude chat window, they wrap visually. When Howard copy-pastes them (e.g. into ScreenConnect), the line breaks become real newlines, breaking operators like `&` onto their own lines and causing parse errors (e.g. "AmpersandNotAllowed").

**How to apply:** Any time you're giving Howard a PowerShell or shell command longer than ~60 characters, write it as a multi-line script in a code block. Each statement on its own line. No semicolons to chain statements — use newlines instead.