You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
StartupArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.286,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
When Claude Code starts, both the skills check and the plugins check need the same manifest, a list describing what is available. They now share one download of it instead of each fetching it separately.
Why
This saves a network request each time Claude Code starts.