Built-in /simplify skill fails: agent type 'code-simplifier' not found when code-simplifier plugin is installed

Status Fixed / completed
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Activity 3 comments · opened Apr 21, 2026 · closed Apr 21, 2026

Bug Report

Description

The built-in /simplify skill fails with Agent type 'code-simplifier' not found when the code-simplifier plugin is installed from claude-plugins-official.

Error Message

code-simplifier(Code reuse review of process-admin-contact.php change)
  ⎿  Initializing…
  ⎿  Error: Agent type 'code-simplifier' not found. Available agents: general-purpose, statusline-setup, Explore, Plan,
     claude-code-guide, code-simplifier:code-simplifier, pr-review-toolkit:code-reviewer,
     pr-review-toolkit:silent-failure-hunter, pr-review-toolkit:code-simplifier, pr-review-toolkit:comment-analyzer,
     pr-review-toolkit:pr-test-analyzer, pr-review-toolkit:type-design-analyzer, feature-dev:code-reviewer,
     feature-dev:code-explorer, feature-dev:code-architect, technical-documentation-writer, senior-test-engineer,
     software-developer, senior-product-manager, senior-architect, security-reviewer

Root Cause

The built-in /simplify skill references the agent by its short name code-simplifier, but when installed via the plugin system, the agent is registered with a namespaced name: code-simplifier:code-simplifier (format: <plugin-name>:<agent-name>).

The built-in skill does not use the namespaced format, so the lookup fails even though the agent is present and enabled.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install the code-simplifier plugin from claude-plugins-official
  2. Enable it in settings.json: "code-simplifier@claude-plugins-official": true
  3. Run /simplify in Claude Code

Expected Behavior

/simplify should successfully launch the code-simplifier agent using the correct namespaced type code-simplifier:code-simplifier.

Workaround

Create a local .claude/commands/simplify.md that explicitly invokes code-simplifier:code-simplifier via the Agent tool with subagent_type: "code-simplifier:code-simplifier".

Environment

  • Claude Code CLI (stable channel)
  • Plugin: code-simplifier@claude-plugins-official v1.0.0
  • OS: macOS Darwin 25.4.0

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 5 months ago

Found 1 possible duplicate issue:

  1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/47191

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unibrain1 · 5 months ago

Closing as duplicate of #47191.

github-actions[bot] · 5 months ago

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