{"version":"2.1.277","anchor":"new-localtools-settings-panel-row","canonical_anchor":"new-localtools-settings-panel-row","heading":"New 'localTools' settings panel row","tier":"use","area":"Settings UI","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.277\/e\/new-localtools-settings-panel-row","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.277","markdown":"### New 'localTools' settings panel row\n\nThe settings\/status panel can now show a localTools row\n\n**Unclear.** The finding doesn't say what data populates the localTools row or what counts as a local tool here.\n\n**What**\n\nThe panel that displays status rows such as project files, settings, and plugins now also has a `localTools` row, shown only when there's data for it to display, following the same conditional pattern already used for the panel's trailing notes row.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis lets the status panel surface information about local tools when relevant, without cluttering the display when there's nothing to show.\n\n- Area: Settings UI\n- Names: `localTools`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}