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Claude Code v2.1.233

Agent files no longer get spurious shell: frontmatter errors

You'll notice
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Agents

Your agent files stop being wrongly flagged with a shell frontmatter error.

What

The frontmatter validator only applies the metadata mapping check and the shell value check to skill and command files now, so agent definitions stop being flagged with "shell must be 'bash' or 'powershell'".

Evidence

shell must be 'bash' or 'powershell', got

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

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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