[BUG] /share is silently aliased to /feedback, shadowing user-defined skills
Preflight Checklist
- [x] Searched existing issues — none matching
- [x] Single bug report
- [x] Using latest desktop app build
What's Wrong?
Typing /share in the Claude desktop app routes to /feedback instead of either (a) executing a user-defined skill named share or (b) returning "unknown command." The alias is undocumented — /share does not appear in the public commands reference, but the routing exists in the harness.
This shadows user-defined skills. Our team (Product.ai) has a custom /share skill registered at .claude/skills/share/ for capturing work-sharing sessions. It's a load-bearing verb across our team's substrate — referenced in our skill catalog, internal docs, and team comms. Users invoking it get routed into Anthropic's feedback modal instead of running our skill.
What Should Happen?
One of:
- User-defined skills named
shareshould take precedence over the undocumented alias, OR - The
/share→/feedbackalias should be removed (it's neither documented nor obvious), OR - If the alias is intentional, document it in the public commands reference so teams can avoid the collision before naming a skill.
Error Messages/Logs
Something went wrong
Try sending your message again. If it keeps happening, share feedback so we can investigate.
Start a conversation first, then try /feedback again.
Note the error literally says /feedback after the user typed /share — that's the smoking gun confirming the alias.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Claude desktop app on a fresh session (no prior messages).
- Type
/sharein the input. - Either: (a) a "Submit feedback" modal appears (sends conversation transcript to Anthropic), or (b) on an empty conversation, the error above appears citing
/feedback. - Confirm in the public commands docs that
/shareis not listed — the routing is undocumented.
Two other team members on different surfaces (VS Code Claude Code extension, Claude.ai web) could not reproduce — so this may be desktop-app-specific or version-specific.
Claude Model
Not relevant — slash-command routing happens before model invocation.
Is this a regression?
I don't know.
Claude Code Version
Desktop app 1.7196.0 (2dbd78).
Platform
Anthropic API.
Operating System
macOS.
Terminal/Shell
N/A — filing about the desktop app, not the CLI. (The bug-report template's dropdown has no "Claude desktop app" option; selecting "Non-interactive/CI environment" as the closest placeholder.)
Additional Information
I have two screenshots demonstrating this (one of the feedback modal triggered by /share in an active session, one of the error response when /share is the first message of a session, explicitly naming /feedback in the error). Happy to share — they're in another tool right now; can drop them as a follow-up comment if helpful.
Two surfaces (VS Code extension, Claude.ai web) didn't reproduce — possible the alias only ships in the desktop app build, or was added recently.
Our team's /share skill is invoked frequently as part of our team's work-sharing workflow; the collision is creating real friction for us today. Happy to share the skill manifest if useful.
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