{"version":"2.1.318","anchor":"skill-file-path-refusals-add-outside-loaded-skills","canonical_anchor":"skill-file-path-refusals-add-outside-loaded-skills","heading":"Refused skill file paths can now give the reason outside_loaded_skills","tier":"internal","area":"Skills","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318\/e\/skill-file-path-refusals-add-outside-loaded-skills","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318","markdown":"### Refused skill file paths can now give the reason outside_loaded_skills\n\nWhen Claude Code refuses a skill file path, it can now say outside_loaded_skills as the reason\n\n**Unclear.** It does not say what makes a path count as outside the loaded skills.\n\n**What**\n\nA skill is a packaged set of instructions and files that Claude can load. When Claude Code refuses a file path connected to skills, it can now give a new reason, `outside_loaded_skills`.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe error you see when a skill path is refused may now name this reason.\n\n- Area: Skills\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}