What probably matters to youSection of the release
What
Changing a session's directory, via /cd or through the SDK, now runs a single routine that re-points the transcript, background session state, settings watcher, hooks, skills and the skill watcher. Each step is wrapped individually, so one failure logs and the move continues rather than aborting halfway.
Details
A failed step reads like directory move: re-targeting the skill watcher failed (continuing with the previous watch).
The move returns a notice to the model saying the environment block is now stale and that project settings, MCP servers and skills come from the new directory, along with the list of additional directories left behind.
If the new directory is trusted only through a parent directory's grant, the notice states its project permission rules and additionalDirectories are NOT applied. Explicitly trusting the directory swaps in the trusted wording instead.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up /cd, on Claude Code changelog.* Fixed `/reload-skills` reporting a skill count that disagreed with the slash menu after `/cd`changelogsee the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /cd, on Claude Code changelog.
Anthropic's release notes agreeImproved /cd: the new directory's project settings, hooks, .mcp.json servers (behind the usual approval prompt), skills, and agents now take…