Skill names/descriptions render in black font, illegible on dark themes

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.219
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 24, 2026

Version: 2.1.219

Description:
All skill names and descriptions (e.g. "dataviz", shown when listing skills via / or asking Claude to list skills) render in black font.

Reproduction:

  1. List skills (e.g. type / or ask "list global skills")
  2. Observe skill name/description text color

Reproduced with:

  • A custom theme (base: dark, with overrides for text, inactive, subtle, suggestion, claude, briefLabelYou, briefLabelClaude — none of which fixed it)
  • The built-in dark theme (no custom overrides at all)

So this isn't specific to one skill or one theme configuration — it looks like a specific color key used for skill names/descriptions isn't respecting the active theme.

Settings checked: No accessibility/high-contrast override in ~/.claude/settings.json that would explain this.

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