Practical guide to building better `Claude Skills`

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• #0001

  #0001Agents & toolsGeekNews4 hours ago

  GitHub confirms 3,800 repositories compromised via malicious `VS Code` extension

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  A single developer workstation became the entry point. VS Code extension trust is now part of supply-chain security, so extension audits are worth doing now.

  • —About 3,800 internal repositories were affected after one employee installed a trojanized VS Code extension.
  • —GitHub’s current assessment limits exposure to internal repositories, but compromised developer endpoints can still leak secrets and code context.
  • —The extension was removed from VS Code Marketplace, infected endpoints were isolated, and incident response started immediately.
  • —Practical takeaway: review installed IDE extensions, publisher names, permissions, and disable unused tools before they become build-chain risk.

  Source: news.hada.io/topic?id=29731Read original →
• #0002

  #0002Agents & toolsClaude Code Releases5 hours ago

  `Claude Code` `v2.1.146` tightens code review and background sessions

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  Claude CodeTerminal coding agent — automates code edits with Claude

  Small release, but it removes several annoying agent-run failures. Windows, MCP pagination, and multi-agent env handling all get more reliable.

  • —/simplify is now /code-review with optional effort levels like high, making review intent clearer in repeatable workflows.
  • —MCP resources/list, resources/templates/list, and prompts/list no longer drop results after page 1. Tooling backed by large MCP servers becomes safer.
  • —Windows fixes cover pwsh launch failures, terminal strobing, NTFS junction cleanup, and GNOME paste behavior. Cross-platform CLI friction drops.
  • —CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL now reaches child processes in multi-agent sessions. Model routing gets less brittle for delegated coding runs.
  • —Auto-updater retries transient network failures, and large diff rendering is faster. Not flashy, but daily-use reliability improved.

  Source: github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.146Read original →
• #0003

  #0003Agents & toolsGeekNews6 hours ago

  Google Cloud revamps agent development with `Antigravity 2.0`

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  AntigravityAgent dev tool — links local prototypes to cloud execution

  Google is packaging local prototyping and cloud deployment into one agent stack. If Managed Agents API removes hosting glue, it is worth tracking now.

  • —Antigravity 2.0 and Managed Agents API are framed as an integrated dev kit, not separate demos.
  • —The flow targets local prototyping first, then managed cloud execution. Less custom orchestration if the API is usable.
  • —The available text is short, so pricing, lock-in, and runtime limits remain unknown. Treat it as watchlist, not migration trigger.

  Source: news.hada.io/topic?id=29718Read original →