{"version":"2.1.292","anchor":"agent-file-names-over-a-length-limit-are-now-rejected","canonical_anchor":"agent-file-names-over-a-length-limit-are-now-rejected","heading":"Agents with names over a length limit no longer load","tier":"notice","area":"Subagents","scope":"individual","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292\/e\/agent-file-names-over-a-length-limit-are-now-rejected","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292","markdown":"### Agents with names over a length limit no longer load\n\nAn agent definition file whose name is longer than the maximum allowed is now skipped and an error is logged\n\n**Unclear.** The maximum allowed name length is not stated.\n\n**What**\n\nAgent definition files describe custom subagents, helper agents Claude Code can hand tasks to. When one has a name longer than the maximum allowed length, Claude Code now logs an error and skips that agent. Agent names had no length limit before.\n\n**Why**\n\nAn existing agent file with a very long name stops loading, and the only sign is an error in the log. If one of your agents goes missing, shorten its name.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: yes"}