Does Extract Code Fences upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Extract Code Fences runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Needs at least one fenced block.

Should I use Strip Code Fences instead of Extract Code Fences?

Use Extract Code Fences when you need Pull bodies out of ``` blocks. Use Strip Code Fences when you need Remove markdown ``` fences. They share a category (AI) but not the same job.

Extract Code Fences

Pull bodies out of ``` blocks.

Extracts the insides of markdown fenced code blocks. Unlike Strip Code Fences this drops non-fenced prose. Local transform only.

What Extract Code Fences does

Extracts the insides of markdown fenced code blocks. Unlike Strip Code Fences this drops non-fenced prose. Local transform only.

Extract Code Fences sits in the AI group on purpose. It is not Strip Code Fences (Remove markdown ``` fences.) and not JSON Output Instruction (Ask the model for JSON-only replies.). Choose this page when you need Pull bodies out of ``` blocks. If you stretch Extract Code Fences into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Extract Code Fences

Keep this tab on Extract Code Fences (/ai/extract-code-fences). Pasting into the wrong AI tool (for example Strip Code Fences) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Extract Code Fences expects. Path hint: ai · extract code fences. Pull bodies out of ``` blocks.
Apply the Extract Code Fences action only. JSON Output Instruction is a different transform (Ask the model for JSON-only replies.). Extracts the insides of markdown fenced code blocks. Unlike Strip Code Fences this drops non-fenced prose. Local transform only.
Copy the output of Extract Code Fences if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Needs at least one fenced block.
If the text job is actually Remove markdown ``` fences., leave Extract Code Fences and open Strip Code Fences.

When not to use Extract Code Fences

Skip Extract Code Fences when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Strip Code Fences or JSON Output Instruction — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Extracts the insides of markdown fenced code blocks. Unlike Strip Code Fences this drops non-fenced prose. Local transform only.

Questions about Extract Code Fences

What does Extract Code Fences do that other AI pages on this site do not?: Extracts the insides of markdown fenced code blocks. Unlike Strip Code Fences this drops non-fenced prose. Local transform only. Short version: Pull bodies out of ``` blocks.
Does Extract Code Fences upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Extract Code Fences runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Needs at least one fenced block.
Should I use Strip Code Fences instead of Extract Code Fences?: Use Extract Code Fences when you need Pull bodies out of ``` blocks. Use Strip Code Fences when you need Remove markdown ``` fences. They share a category (AI) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract Code Fences?: Needs at least one fenced block. Also: Extracts the insides of markdown fenced code blocks. Unlike Strip Code Fences this drops non-fenced prose. Local transform only.