# Skills visible in Settings but not appearing as slash commands in Agent chat **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** skills, chat\ **Created:** [March 11, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/skills-visible-in-settings-but-not-appearing-as-slash-commands-in-agent-chat/154434 "2026-03-11T15:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salvinoto](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/salvinoto/32/101340_2.png) [@salvinoto](https://forum.cursor.com/u/salvinoto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/skills-visible-in-settings-but-not-appearing-as-slash-commands-in-agent-chat/154434/1 "2026-03-11T15:04:20Z")
### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE ### Describe the Bug Project skills in .agents/skills/ are recognized and listed in Cursor Settings (Rules → Skills), but they never appear in the slash command menu when typing / in Agent chat. Only built-in commands (e.g. /plan, /ask, /fix) are shown.Project skills in .agents/skills/ are recognized and listed in Cursor Settings (Rules → Skills), but they never appear in the slash command menu when typing / in Agent chat. Only built-in commands (e.g. /plan, /ask, /fix) are shown. ### Steps to Reproduce Add skills in .agents/skills//SKILL.md with valid YAML frontmatter (name, description). Open Cursor Settings → Rules and confirm the skills are listed. Open Agent chat (Cmd+I). Type / and look for the project skills in the autocomplete list. ### Expected Behavior Project skills should appear in the slash command menu (e.g. /expo-deployment, /building-native-ui) alongside built-in commands, as described in the docs: “Type / followed by the skill name in chat to run it.” ### Operating System MacOS ### Version Information OS: macOS (fresh install) Cursor: Clean install Skill locations tested: .agents/skills/ (project-level) Cursor version: Version: 2.6.18 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 68fbec5aed9da587d1c6a64172792f505bafa250 Date: 2026-03-10T02:01:17.430Z Build Type: Stable Release Track: Default Electron: 39.6.0 Chromium: 142.0.7444.265 Node.js: 22.22.0 V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0 ### Additional Information This issue occurs for both project level skills and globally installed skills. ### Does this stop you from using Cursor No - Cursor works, but with this issue ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/skills-visible-in-settings-but-not-appearing-as-slash-commands-in-agent-chat/154434/4 "2026-03-11T15:59:04Z")
Hey, thanks for the report. Quick clarification first: `/plan`, `/ask`, and `/fix` aren’t actually slash commands in Cursor. Those are mode selectors in the dropdown at the top of the chat panel. The slash menu that shows up when you type `/` should show different items, like skills, `/reset`, `/summarize`, etc. Could you share a screenshot of what you see when you type `/` in Agent chat? That’ll help confirm if the slash menu is loading correctly but just missing your skills, or if you might be looking at a different UI element. Also worth double-checking: - You’re typing `/` in **Agent chat** `Cmd+L`, not inline edit `Cmd+K` - Your `SKILL.md` files have the `name` field matching the parent folder name exactly (lowercase, hyphens only) Let me know and we’ll go from there. ---
**Author:** ![salvinoto](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/salvinoto/32/101340_2.png) [@salvinoto](https://forum.cursor.com/u/salvinoto)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/skills-visible-in-settings-but-not-appearing-as-slash-commands-in-agent-chat/154434/5 "2026-03-13T02:16:44Z")
So I would be installing skills, and this in the image wouldnt appear. I just updated to Version: 2.6.19 and they magically work again as you can see in the screen shot. Must’ve been a bug with that specific version I was using before maybe? ![Screenshot 2026-03-12 at 10.15.02 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/d/2/d24ddf10f34acd7298d431f5d7921c1ced0801fa.png) ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/skills-visible-in-settings-but-not-appearing-as-slash-commands-in-agent-chat/154434/6 "2026-03-19T17:41:28Z")
Glad to hear updating to 2.6.19 fixed it! Looks like it was a bug in 2.6.18 that got resolved in the newer version. From your screenshot, I can see skills are now showing up correctly in the slash menu. I’m going to mark this as resolved. If anything breaks again, feel free to open a new thread. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/skills-visible-in-settings-but-not-appearing-as-slash-commands-in-agent-chat/154434/7 "2026-04-10T17:41:40Z")
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