Claude Code v2.1.228 · 11 Aug 2026
Skill doctor lists synced skills that were never used
Skill doctor now reports synced skills you have never actually used.
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Improvements Kind: in v2.1.228, 11 Aug 26
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The unused-skills report adds a category for synced skills that have never been invoked, alongside the existing owned, plugin and MCP skill categories.
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unusedSynced
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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