[Feature] Command palette: show full description beyond 2-line truncation

Status Fixed / completed

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Activity 4 comments · opened Jun 17, 2026 · closed Jun 17, 2026

Summary

When searching for commands or skills via /, the description text in the autocomplete palette is truncated at 2 lines with no way to see the rest.

Current behavior

Typing / and filtering commands shows each entry with its description clipped to 2 lines. There is no way to expand or scroll the description, even for longer skill descriptions.

Desired behavior

One or more of:

Wrap description text beyond 2 lines (e.g. up to 4–5 lines, or dynamically sized)
Show the full description on hover (for GUI/IDE contexts)
Show the full description when an item is selected/highlighted in the palette

Why it matters

Plugin skills and custom commands often have multi-sentence descriptions that are meaningful for disambiguation. The 2-line cap forces authors to choose between a useful description and one that fits the truncation — especially painful for skills with similar names.

Environment

Claude Code CLI (terminal + Ghostty)
Also relevant for IDE extensions where hover tooltips may be feasible

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4 Comments

josephsieh · 4 months ago

Example

Typing /document-skills:docx in the command palette shows:

(document-skills) Use this skill whenever the user wants to
                  create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx fil…

The description is cut off mid-word (fil… instead of files). The full description starts with:

Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', or requests to produce professional documents...

There's no way to see the rest without opening the skill file directly.

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josephsieh · 4 months ago

Seems to be "completed" in https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/51196

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