/context command output is right-aligned, clears after ~8 seconds, and shows duplicate entries (regression)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 18, 2026 by sandroden Closed Jan 18, 2026

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/context command output is right-aligned, clears after ~8 seconds, and shows duplicate entries (regression)

Description

The /context command has multiple issues:

  1. Output is right-aligned instead of left-aligned as it should be
  2. Output is cleared after approximately 8 seconds, before there's enough time to fully examine it
  3. Skills appear duplicated in the output

This is a regression - the command was working correctly until approximately 10 days ago.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run claude to start a session
  2. Execute the /context command
  3. Observe the output

Expected Behavior

The context information should be left-aligned, remain visible for examination, and each skill should appear only once.

Actual Behavior

  • Output is right-aligned instead of left-aligned (see screenshot)
  • Terminal is cleared after ~8 seconds, before user can fully read the content
  • Skills appear duplicated in the output (e.g., xlsx appears twice, doc-coauthoring appears twice, etc.)
  • Behavior is consistent across different projects

Screenshot

Skills · /skills

Plugin
└ xlsx: 117 tokens
└ xlsx: 116 tokens          <-- duplicate
└ doc-coauthoring: 115 tokens
└ doc-coauthoring: 115 tokens   <-- duplicate
└ frontend-design: 108 tokens
└ frontend-design: 108 tokens   <-- duplicate
...

Environment

  • Claude Code version: 2.1.12
  • OS: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic
  • Platform: linux

Additional Context

  • Tested in multiple different projects with the same result
  • Last known working: approximately 10 days ago
  • Likely introduced in a recent update
  • User has both document-skills and example-skills plugins installed which may explain duplicates, but they weren't showing duplicated before

In the attached file you see how te context is justified on the right rather than on the left

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