Our review
Creates an alias to an existing skill by placing a minimal SKILL.md file whose description routes to the real skill.
Strengths
- Extremely simple to implement
- No symlinks or complex redirect logic needed
- Works with the existing skill listing mechanism
Limitations
- Does not validate that the target skill exists
- Alias is static – requires manual update if target changes
- Can be confusing if description is not maintained
Use this approach when you want to expose a skill under a different or shorter name without duplicating its contents.
Avoid it if you need conditional logic or transformation between the alias and the real skill – instead, use an explicit redirect script.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill only documents a pattern for creating aliases; the git show command is read-only and safe, with no destructive or exfiltration risk.
No concerns found
Examples
I want to create an alias '/shortcut' that points to the existing skill '/very-long-skill-name'. Please create a SKILL.md file with an empty body and set description to 'alias for /very-long-skill-name'.description: How to alias a skill — a 5-line stub SKILL.md whose description says "alias for /<real-skill>". Shown via the commit that added /wt.
Aliasing a skill
Drop a SKILL.md with empty body; the description line tells future-you (Claude) to call the real skill:
!git show e072fa0b784f5b79e9fbca932c7ade3cdf71225b
That's it. No symlink, no redirect logic — the harness lists the alias by name, the description routes the call.
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