VS Code extension does not render skill argument-hint in slash menu (works in terminal)
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 23, 2026 by enricorinfreschi Closed Jun 24, 2026
Description
User-invocable skills (user-invocable: true) that declare an argument-hint in their SKILL.md frontmatter do not show the gray hint text in the slash-command menu when using the VS Code extension. The exact same skill shows the hint correctly in the standalone terminal Claude Code.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a skill
~/.claude/skills/my_skill/SKILL.mdwith frontmattername,description,user-invocable: true, andargument-hint: "[some hint]". - In the terminal CLI, type
/my_skill→ the gray[some hint]appears. ✅ - In the VS Code extension, type
/my_skill→ no gray hint appears. ❌ (the skill itself is listed and invokable)
Expected
The argument-hint should render in the VS Code extension's slash menu, same as in the terminal.
Environment
- Claude Code: 2.1.45
- OS: Windows 11 Pro (10.0.26200)
- Surface: VS Code extension vs standalone terminal
Notes
Reproduced across multiple skills. Custom commands' argument-hint rendering should be checked as well. This is not a frontmatter problem — the identical file works in the terminal.
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