{"version":"2.1.269","anchor":"new-skill-metadata-fields-skilldir-and-barenamereserved","canonical_anchor":"new-skill-metadata-fields-skilldir-and-barenamereserved","heading":"New skill metadata fields: skillDir and bareNameReserved","tier":"internal","area":"Skills","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269\/e\/new-skill-metadata-fields-skilldir-and-barenamereserved","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269","markdown":"### New skill metadata fields: skillDir and bareNameReserved\n\nSkill definitions now track two new fields: skillDir and bareNameReserved\n\n**Unclear.** What skillDir and bareNameReserved are used for is not stated in the finding.\n\n**What**\n\nThe internal record Claude Code keeps for each skill (a packaged set of instructions for a task) now tracks two additional fields: `skillDir`, alongside the existing `skillRoot`, and `bareNameReserved`, alongside the existing `unqualifiedName` and `urlTemplate`.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe finding doesn't explain what these fields are used for, only that skill records now carry this additional bookkeeping.\n\n- Area: Skills\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}