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Claude Code v2.1.14 20 Jan 2026

Skills with Required MCP Server Dependencies

What

Skills can now specify required MCP servers and will only be available when those servers are connected.

Details

Skills can declare requiredMcpServers as dependencies
Skill availability is filtered based on connected MCP servers
Enables context-aware skill loading

Evidence

UV0() at line 313441 (MCP server requirement check, contains "requiredMcpServers")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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