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Office skills go Apache 2.0, security-guidance ships 2.0.18

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Six security-guidance fixes land as version 2.0.18 and propagate into knowledge-work-plugins, while docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx move to the Apache 2.0 license most other skills already use.

Move Office skills to the Apache 2.0 license anthropics/skills

by maheshmurag

The docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx skills now carry Apache 2.0, the same license as most other skills in the repo, and the README is updated to match. If you vendored or redistributed those four skill directories under the previous terms, the license under which you may do so has changed.

Merge pull request #7014 from anthropics/mhegazy/sg-bump-2018 anthropics/claude-plugins-official

by Mohamed Hegazy

security-guidance moves to 2.0.18, and the same bump lands here alongside four targeted fixes: a timed-out SDK install now leaves no partial download behind and pauses before retrying, net_err clears once a review gets through, and the index copy drops every gitlink.

Merge pull request #1222 from plone-security/plone-restapi anthropics/oss-scanner

by Sam Barani

oss-scanner enrolled Plone-restapi alongside Plone's security contact, extending scanner coverage to the REST API surface of the Plone CMS.

Enroll nearcore anthropics/oss-scanner

by r-near

The nearcore enrollment routes findings to the shared security contact in the NEAR organization security policy, so defects surfacing in the reference implementation of NEAR Protocol, which processes untrusted P2P traffic and executes untrusted Wasm, reach maintainers through one channel.

Knowledge wiki: rebuild the quickstart on a dynamic workflow anthropics/claude-quickstarts

by cj-ant

The knowledge wiki quickstart is rebuilt so a single dynamic workflow run builds the wiki: a lead agent writes the workflow that runs extractors, a resolver, analyzers and an organizer, replacing one session per batch plus a consolidation dream. The recorded core-tier run over 8 SEC filings took about 23 minutes and $16 at list price; the notebook's saved outputs hold that real run.

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What shipped in Anthropic on November 7, 2026?
Six security-guidance fixes land as version 2.0.18 and propagate into knowledge-work-plugins, while docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx move to the Apache 2.0 license most other skills already use. In total, 62 commits and 59 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Anthropic on November 7, 2026?
9 developers shipped this update, including Sam Barani, r-near, SadeghHayeri, plebhash, Mohamed Hegazy, Claude, abibbs-ant, and maheshmurag, and 1 more.
What were the notable Anthropic updates?
Move Office skills to the Apache 2.0 license, Merge pull request #7014 from anthropics/mhegazy/sg-bump-2018, and Merge pull request #1222 from plone-security/plone-restapi.