{"version":"2.1.269","anchor":"synced-skill-removal-now-strips-the-anthropic-skills-prefix","canonical_anchor":"synced-skill-removal-now-strips-the-anthropic-skills-prefix","heading":"Synced-skill removal now strips the anthropic-skills: prefix before name comparison","tier":"internal","area":"Skills","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269\/e\/synced-skill-removal-now-strips-the-anthropic-skills-prefix","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269","markdown":"### Synced-skill removal now strips the anthropic-skills: prefix before name comparison\n\nRemoving synced skills now strips the 'anthropic-skills:' prefix before comparing names\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code prunes synced skills that are no longer part of the active set, it now strips an `anthropic-skills:` prefix from a skill's stored name, via a helper function, before comparing it against the current set of active skills.\n\n**Why**\n\nWithout stripping this prefix, a skill's stored name and its current name might not match even though they refer to the same skill, which could cause it to be incorrectly kept or removed. This fix makes the comparison work correctly for skills carrying that prefix.\n\n- Area: Skills\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}