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Claude Code v2.1.296 ·

Skills can be requested from MCP servers, plus smaller skill sync changes

Claude Code can send a request to fetch a skill from an MCP server, and skill sync stops early when nothing is readable

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Unclear It is not clear how or when Claude Code sends the skills/get request, so whether you can fetch skills from an MCP server yet is unknown.

What

Skills are reusable instructions that Claude Code can load for a task. Three smaller changes touch them:

  • Claude Code can send a skills/get request, with a skill's address, to an MCP server. MCP servers are outside programs that give Claude Code extra tools and data.
  • One skills operation can now stop early when nothing is readable.
  • One feature check no longer looks at a fixed list first and relies only on its switch.
Why

The skills/get request suggests that skills could come from MCP servers as well as from local files.

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The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear how or when Claude Code sends the `skills/get` request, so whether you can fetch skills from an MCP server yet is unknown.

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