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Skills accept a listingDescription field and show fewer usage notes

Skill frontmatter now accepts listingDescription, and a skill's when-to-use text is listed only when that is switched on

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Unclear It is not clear what turns on the setting for listing when-to-use text, or whether it is on by default.

What

Skills and commands can now set a listingDescription field in their frontmatter, the block of settings at the top of the file. It sits next to the existing menuDescription field.

The line that lists a skill for the model changes too. A skill's when-to-use text is now added only in these cases:

  • the skill is marked to always list it
  • a setting turns on listing when-to-use text

Before, the when-to-use text was added whenever a skill had one.

Why

The skill list the model sees can be shorter. A skill's when-to-use text may no longer reach the model unless one of those cases applies.

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