{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"skill-proposal-tool-prompts-include-the-current-skillmd","canonical_anchor":"skill-proposal-tool-prompts-include-the-current-skillmd","heading":"Skill proposals show the current SKILL.md before replacing it","tier":"notice","area":"Skills","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/skill-proposal-tool-prompts-include-the-current-skillmd","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Skill proposals show the current SKILL.md before replacing it\n\nWhen Claude proposes replacing an existing skill, it is shown that skill's current SKILL.md with line numbers first\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether any tool uses this yet.\n\n**What**\n\nA skill is a set of instructions Claude Code can use, kept in a file named SKILL.md. When Claude proposes a skill that would replace one you already have, it is now shown that skill's current SKILL.md with line numbers.\n\nSome skills get a refusal message instead:\n\n- skills that are switched off\n\n- skills whose file cannot be read\n\n- skills whose file is too long\n\nClaude is also told to propose a new skill under a different name only if you want that.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis guards against a proposal quietly overwriting a skill you already have, because Claude sees what is there before suggesting a change.\n\n- Area: Skills\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}