{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"plugin-validator-warns-about-settingsagent","canonical_anchor":"plugin-validator-warns-about-settingsagent","heading":"Plugin check warns when a plugin's settings set an agent","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/plugin-validator-warns-about-settingsagent","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Plugin check warns when a plugin's settings set an agent\n\nChecking a plugin's manifest now produces a warning when its settings section defines settings.agent\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin's manifest is the file that describes the plugin to Claude Code. When Claude Code checks a manifest, it now adds a warning if the manifest has a `settings` section that defines `settings.agent`.\n\n**Why**\n\nPlugin authors who set an agent in their plugin's settings will now see a validation message about it.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Names: `settings.agent`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}