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Claude Code v2.1.248 ·

Skill results describe read-only loading and background sub-agents

Skill results now say when instructions were only loaded, or when a background sub-agent was launched.

Under the hood Improvements
JSON All of v2.1.248
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SkillsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.248,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

The Skill tool's result schema now spells out two shapes: an inline result that can carry readOnly, meaning the skill instructions were loaded without executing anything, and a forked result carrying an agent id plus background, meaning a sub-agent was launched and its real outcome arrives later as a task notification.

Details
  • The input schema tells the model to use a name from the available-skills list and not to guess.
Evidence

The name of a skill from the available-skills list. Do not guess names.

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

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