Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.248,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The list of things a plugin can provide gained "tools" alongside settings, hooks and plugins, and a separate list enumerates hook, skill, subagent, command and mcp component kinds.
Evidence
["settings", "hooks", "plugins", "tools"]
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
