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Claude Code v2.1.229 ·

Skills path resolution deferred to first use

Skill directory lookups happen on first use, shaving filesystem work off startup.

You'll notice Internal Changes
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You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SkillsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.229,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

The lookup that resolves skill and plugin directory prefixes, including the staging subdirectory, now runs on first use rather than at module load, moving its filesystem work out of startup.

Evidence

syncOwnedPrefixes

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

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