Built-in /simplify skill fails: agent type 'code-simplifier' not found when code-simplifier plugin is installed
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
- Install the
code-simplifierplugin fromclaude-plugins-official - Enable it in
settings.json:"code-simplifier@claude-plugins-official": true - Run
/simplifyin 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-officialv1.0.0 - OS: macOS Darwin 25.4.0
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