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158158When two skills share a directory or file name, where each one came from decides which one `/name` runs. For a name set by the frontmatter `name` field, see [How a skill gets its command name](#how-a-skill-gets-its-command-name). The table covers the enterprise, personal, project, nested, plugin, and claude.ai locations, bundled skills, and command files:
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160| Same name in | Which one runs |
161| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
162| Two of enterprise, personal, and project | Enterprise over personal, and personal over project. With `deploy` in both `~/.claude/skills/` and the project's `.claude/skills/`, `/deploy` runs the personal one |
163| Any of those locations and a [bundled skill](#bundled-skills) | Your skill replaces the bundled command, but not its aliases. A project `code-review` skill replaces `/code-review`, and the bundled alias `/review` never runs your skill |
164| A skill and a file in `.claude/commands/` | The skill |
165| A project-root skill and a nested skill | Both load. See [monorepos and subdirectories](#discovery-from-parent-and-nested-directories) |
166| A plugin skill and a skill at any of the locations above | Both load, because plugin skills are namespaced as `/plugin-name:skill-name` |
167| Any of the above and the short name of a skill [synced from your claude.ai account](#how-synced-skills-behave) | The other skill or command. The synced skill still runs as `/anthropic-skills:<name>`. See [When a synced skill name matches another command](#when-a-synced-skill-name-matches-another-command) |
160| Same name in | Which one runs |
161| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
162| Two of enterprise, personal, and project | Enterprise over personal, and personal over project. With `deploy` in both `~/.claude/skills/` and the project's `.claude/skills/`, `/deploy` runs the personal one |
163| Any of those locations and a [bundled skill](#bundled-skills) | Your skill replaces the bundled command, but not its aliases. A project `code-review` skill replaces `/code-review`, and the bundled alias `/review` never runs your skill |
164| A skill and a file in `.claude/commands/` | The skill |
165| A project-root skill and a nested skill | Both load. See [monorepos and subdirectories](#discovery-from-parent-and-nested-directories) |
166| A plugin skill and a skill at any of the locations above | Both load, because plugin skills are namespaced as `/plugin-name:skill-name` |
167| Any of the above and the short name of a skill [synced from your claude.ai account](#how-synced-skills-behave) | The other skill or command. The synced skill is then listed and runs only under its full name. See [When a synced skill name matches another command](#when-a-synced-skill-name-matches-another-command) |
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219219#### When a synced skill name matches another command
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221You can invoke a synced skill by its full name, `/anthropic-skills:<name>`, or by its short name, `/<name>`. When another command uses that short name, `/<name>` runs the other command, and the synced skill runs only as `/anthropic-skills:<name>`. With a local `deploy` skill and a synced `deploy`, `/deploy` runs the local skill and `/anthropic-skills:deploy` runs the synced one. Before v2.1.269, a synced skill had only its short name.
221You can invoke a synced skill by its short name, `/<name>`, or by its full name, `/anthropic-skills:<name>`. When another command uses the short name, `/<name>` runs the other command, and the synced skill runs only as `/anthropic-skills:<name>`. With a local `deploy` skill and a synced `deploy`, `/deploy` runs the local skill and `/anthropic-skills:deploy` runs the synced one. Before v2.1.269, a synced skill had only its short name.
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223The other command can be any of these:
223In the `/` menu, `/skills`, and `/context`, a synced skill appears under its short name, or under its full name while another command uses the short name. Run `/skills` in your session. A note under the list explains each synced skill that lost its short name. If one of your personal skills or command files in `~/.claude/` uses the name, the note also says what to rename or delete to free it.
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225From v2.1.269 through v2.1.280, these lists showed every synced skill under its full name, and `/skills` had no such note; both changed in v2.1.281.
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227The command that uses the short name can be any of these:
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225229* A built-in command or a [bundled skill](#bundled-skills), including one that's unavailable in your session, for example after you turn bundled skills off
226230* A skill at any [local level](#where-skills-live) or a file in `.claude/commands/`
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