Add configurable description truncation in /plugin and / (skills) menus
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 21, 2026 by likeahoss Closed Mar 22, 2026
Problem
The /plugin browser and / (skills) menu truncate descriptions with ... when they exceed a fixed width, making it difficult to understand what plugins/skills do without opening the detail view.
Current Behavior
- Plugin descriptions are truncated mid-sentence in the
/pluginUI (e.g., "Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces ..." instead of the full description) - Skill descriptions are truncated based on terminal width in the
/menu output - No way to configure truncation length or enable word-wrap
- Users must press
Enteron each item to see the full description
Expected Behavior
Users should be able to:
- Enable word-wrap for descriptions (wrap long lines instead of truncating)
- Configure truncation length (e.g., full description, 100 chars, 200 chars)
- See descriptions without opening the detail view
Suggested Solutions
Option A: Configurable truncation in settings.json
{
"plugins.descriptionLength": "full" | "medium" | "short",
"plugins.wordWrap": true
}
Option B: Terminal-width aware truncation
- For the
/menu: respect terminal width and wrap instead of truncating - For
/pluginUI: increase max description width or allow multi-line descriptions
Option C: Both truncation AND detail
- Show truncated description with truncation indicator
- Pressing
SpaceorDexpands to full description in-place
Screenshots
- Latest screenshot showing
/pluginUI with truncated descriptions - Terminal screenshot showing
/menu with single-line cutoff
Environment
- WSL2 terminal (Ubuntu)
- Claude Code latest
- Terminal width: ~140 columns (still truncates in both menus)
Impact
This is a quality-of-life issue for discovering plugins/skills — users often need to understand what a tool does before invoking it, and truncated descriptions make discovery harder.
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