{"version":"2.1.268","anchor":"skill-descriptions-reject-angle-brackets","canonical_anchor":"skill-descriptions-reject-angle-brackets","heading":"Skill descriptions reject angle brackets","tier":"notice","area":"Skills","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.268\/e\/skill-descriptions-reject-angle-brackets","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.268","markdown":"### Skill descriptions reject angle brackets\n\nSkill descriptions can no longer contain angle brackets\n\n**What**\n\nWhen 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis catches a class of malformed or unsafe skill descriptions earlier, at creation time, instead of letting them through.\n\n- Area: Skills\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}