How to paste a webpage into ChatGPT or Claude

Pick the section that answers your question, keep the link to the source, and skip the rest. Why that beats pasting the whole page.

Kaushik Prasath · Founder··6 min readSample · not written yet
A long grey webpage on the left and a chat bubble on the right holding the one section lifted out of it.
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Pick the section that answers your question, keep the link to the source, and skip the rest. Why that beats pasting the whole page.

Kaushik Prasath makes Pick Markdown and does the counting behind the comparison articles. Corrections: support.
Published 3 Oct 2026 · No updates yet. If a number changes, the change and its date are noted here.

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