No length cap on a synced skill's name/description
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Trace how synced SKILL.md frontmatter reaches Skill.fmt and the Skill tool description, then inspect the existing MAX_TOTAL_BYTES and MAX_TOTAL_FILES handling. Measure real skill sizes before deciding an appropriate per-field limit and failure behavior. Done when oversized name and description fields are bounded without silently damaging legitimate skills, with coverage for the chosen behavior.
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Description
Deferred from the v0.10.0 release review.
A synced bundle is bounded by MAX_TOTAL_BYTES (32MB) and MAX_TOTAL_FILES (2000), but no limit applies to a single SKILL.md frontmatter field. A name or description can be arbitrarily large within that budget.
Both fields are echoed into the system prompt (Skill.fmt) and into the Skill tool's description, on every turn — so one oversized field inflates every request for the life of the session.
Not fixed in the release PR because the cap has to be chosen against real skill sizes: too tight and it silently truncates legitimate descriptions, which is its own failure.
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