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Claude Code v2.1.182

MCP resources/directory/read Support

What

Claude Code now supports MCP servers that implement directory listing via the io.modelcontextprotocol/skills protocol extension, enabling skill-serving MCP servers to expose navigable directory structures.

Details
  • MCP servers advertise the capability via extensions["io.modelcontextprotocol/skills"].directoryRead: true
  • Claude can list directory contents at a URI and descend into subdirectories; subdirectories appear with mimeType: "inode/directory"
  • When a skill at a URI references a supporting file by relative path (e.g. templates/invoice.md), Claude is told to call the MCP read tool with the full composed URI rather than reading locally
  • Cursor-based pagination is handled automatically; an InvalidParams error mid-pagination returns prior-page results with a warning rather than throwing
  • URI sanitization strips Unicode control characters, private-use codepoints, and bidirectional markers to prevent path confusion
Evidence

New mZi() directory-read function — search for "readMcpDirectory called on a server without directoryRead capability" and "resources/directory/read"

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

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