[BUG] Claude cannot recognize nested skills

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 26, 2026 by liorp Closed Jan 26, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

When creating subdirectories under .claude/skills (say .claude/skills/frontend/code-review/SKILL.md) - I would expect that Claude would recognize the skill.
Codex recognizes the skill properly - but Claude does not

What Should Happen?

Claude would recognize the skill

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1 Create subdirectory under .claude/skills (say .claude/skills/frontend/code-review/SKILL.md)
2 I would expect that Claude would recognize the skill (/code-review)
3 /code-review is not recognized

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.12

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_

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