Claude Code v2.1.178 Update: Enhanced Tool Permission Rules & Skill Loading

Core summary

One sentence to understand this update

Claude Code released version 2.1.178, adding new Tool(param:value) syntax for permission rules with wildcard support and enabling skills to load from nested .claude/skills directories.

Impact & opportunity

What this could mean

Builders can now implement more granular control over agent tool usage and organize skills more effectively within their Claude projects.