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Sweep 22 Sep 2026 · 17:19Z Build v2.1.280 501 read Stable v2.1.267 Latest v2.1.280 Next v2.1.280 Feeds RSS JSON llms.txt Unofficial
Claude Code v2.1.268 ·

Skill descriptions reject angle brackets

Skill descriptions can no longer contain angle brackets

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KindBug Fixesin v2.1.268,
You'll notice

Skill descriptions can no longer contain angle brackets

What

When creating or improving a saved skill (a packaged set of instructions Claude Code can invoke), the description field now fails validation if it contains angle brackets (< or >). A new error message tells the caller to reword the description without them.

Why

This catches a class of malformed or unsafe skill descriptions earlier, at creation time, instead of letting them through.

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