Claude Code v2.1.288 ·
Package manifests can now list optional peer dependencies
Claude Code now reads an optionalPeers field when it reads a package manifest
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What
When Claude Code reads a package manifest, the file that describes a package and what it depends on, it now also reads a field named optionalPeers.
Why
This gives Claude Code one more piece of information about a package's dependencies, the other packages it needs.
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