Skill 'writing-clearly-and-concisely' from superpowers plugin not discoverable as slash command

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 18, 2026 by tobolik Closed Mar 22, 2026

Description

The skill writing-clearly-and-concisely from the superpowers@claude-plugins-official plugin (v5.0.4) exists in the correct directory structure with valid SKILL.md frontmatter, but is not discoverable as a slash command (/writing-clearly-and-concisely or /superpowers:writing-clearly-and-concisely).

Environment

  • Claude Code: VS Code extension
  • Plugin: superpowers@claude-plugins-official v5.0.4
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro
  • Install path: C:\Users\honza\.claude\plugins\cache\claude-plugins-official\superpowers\5.0.4

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install superpowers plugin (superpowers@claude-plugins-official)
  2. Verify plugin is installed and enabled (shows in /plugin manager with green dot)
  3. Verify skill exists: ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-plugins-official/superpowers/5.0.4/skills/writing-clearly-and-concisely/SKILL.md
  4. Type /writing-clearly-and-concisely or /su in the chat input
  5. Skill does not appear in autocomplete or available commands

Expected behavior

The skill should appear as an invocable slash command, similar to other superpowers skills like /simplify or /loop.

Actual behavior

  • The skill is not listed in the system-reminder's available skills
  • Typing /su shows no matches
  • Other skills from the same plugin version DO work (e.g., simplify, loop)

Investigation

  • installed_plugins.json confirms version 5.0.4 is active
  • SKILL.md frontmatter is valid and identical in format to other working skills
  • The skill was added in 5.0.4 (not present in 5.0.0 or 5.0.2)
  • All other skills from 5.0.4 are discoverable

SKILL.md frontmatter

---
name: writing-clearly-and-concisely
description: Use when writing prose humans will read—documentation, commit messages, error messages, explanations, reports, or UI text. Applies Strunk's timeless rules for clearer, stronger, more professional writing.
---

This is identical in structure to other working skills (e.g., brainstorming, systematic-debugging).

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