🛠️ skillshare v0.17.6 Release Notes

Release date: 2026-03-19

TL;DR

v0.17.6 fixes the strict target directory check from v0.17.5 that blocked first-time users from syncing, and improves the Web UI sync preview flow:

1. Auto-create target directories — sync creates missing target directories automatically and notifies you, instead of failing (#87)
2. Init creates directories — skillshare init auto-creates the skills subdirectory for detected CLI tools
3. Sync Preview stays open — Config → Sync Now shows results in the modal instead of immediately closing

Auto-Create Target Directories

v0.17.5 blocked sync when a target directory didn't exist to catch typos. But this also blocked first-time setup — a CLI tool is installed but the skills/ subdirectory hasn't been created yet. A user reported this on Windows (#87).

Sync now auto-creates missing directories and reports what it did:

✓ claude: merged (99 linked, 0 local, 0 updated, 0 pruned)
ℹ   Created target directory: ~/.claude/skills

Dry-run shows Will create target directory: without actually creating it.

Init Creates Directories

skillshare init now creates the skills subdirectory when it detects an installed CLI tool (e.g., ~/.claude/ exists but skills/ doesn't), instead of just marking it as "not initialized".

Sync Preview Stays Open

The Config page's Sync Preview modal no longer closes immediately after sync. It now shows a success banner with the sync results, so you can review what changed before dismissing.

Changelog

• 024718c chore: update readme
• dc82b93 fix: address code review findings for auto-create target dirs
• 643e3c5 fix: auto-create missing target directories with notification (#87)