{"version":"2.1.222","anchor":"skill-import-from-other-agents-refuses-unsafe-copies","canonical_anchor":"skill-import-from-other-agents-refuses-unsafe-copies","heading":"Skill import from other agents refuses unsafe copies","tier":"notice","area":"Skills","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.222\/e\/skill-import-from-other-agents-refuses-unsafe-copies","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.222","markdown":"### Skill import from other agents refuses unsafe copies\n\nImporting a skill from another agent now skips bad copies and tells you why instead of silently breaking.\n\n**What**\n\nImporting a skill from another agent now inspects the source directory and skips the copy with an explanation instead of producing a skill Claude Code cannot load.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Skips when SKILL.md is larger than the size Claude Code loads.\n- Skips when SKILL.md starts with `---` YAML frontmatter, which Codex treats as plain text.\n- Skips when the directory contains subdirectories that Claude Code would adopt as plugin components.\n- Skips when several case or encoding variants of SKILL.md exist in the same directory, and tells you to copy it manually.\n- A copy that proceeds rewrites SKILL.md and removes the destination if the copy fails part way.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`skill directory has multiple SKILL.md case\/encoding variants \\u2014 copy the skill manually`\n\n- Area: Skills\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5"}