[FEATURE] Allow invoking built-in skills with a prefix

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Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 18, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

I could not find a duplicate but would be very unsurprised if one exists.

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills says

A skill at any of these levels also overrides a bundled skill with the same name. For example, a code-review skill in your project’s .claude/skills/ replaces the bundled /code-review.

In case of a project I'm working with, the code-review skill there predates the bundled one; but this means I have no way to invoke the bundled one other than temporarily deleting/renaming the project skill. I have tried explicitly asking for the bundled skill, but it didn't work for me either.

Proposed Solution

  1. Allow /{builtin,personal,project}:code-review to invoke the skill on one of those levels explicitly without overriding.
  2. Teach Claude to recognize prompts like "Use the bundled code review skill to ..." if it doesn't already.

Alternative Solutions

Deleting/renaming the overriding skill, reloading skills, using the desired one and restoring the previous state.

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

Interactive mode (TUI)

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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