[Bug]: .claude/commands/ no longer recognized in Claude Code v2.1.88 — needs migration to .claude/skills/

[S2thend]

Bug Description

After upgrading to Claude Code v2.1.88, all speckit slash commands (/speckit.analyze, /speckit.plan, etc.) installed via
specify init in .claude/commands/ return "Unknown skill" when invoked. The /skills dialog does not list them either.

Claude Code has unified the old "commands" and "skills" systems — .claude/commands/ is no longer scanned for slash
commands. Only .claude/skills//SKILL.md format is recognized.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install spec-kit and run specify init (creates files in .claude/commands/)
2. Upgrade Claude Code to v2.1.88
3. Type /speckit.analyze in the prompt
4. See: "Unknown skill: speckit.analyze"

Expected Behavior

Slash commands should be available as /speckit.analyze, /speckit.plan, etc.

Actual Behavior

All speckit commands return "Unknown skill" — Claude Code no longer reads .claude/commands/.

Specify CLI Version

spec-kit (latest via specify init)

AI Agent

Claude Code

Operating System

macOS (Darwin 25.3.0)

Python Version

Python 3.14.2

Error Logs

Additional Context

Related to #291 but a different root cause — this is not a path/cwd issue. The .claude/commands/ mechanism itself has
been deprecated in favor of .claude/skills/. The specify init command needs to be updated to output skills-format files
(.claude/skills//SKILL.md with proper frontmatter including name, description, user-invocable: true).

[mnriem]

@S2thend We are open for contributions. Create the PR and we'll have a look!

[anantbaksh]

@mnriem @S2thend Issue is related to claude version.
run the command claude install . This will revert the claude previous version where the issue doesnot exist.
initialise specify again.

[two-woods]

Need to fix claude :

macos Fix

chmod +x /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/ripgrep/arm64-darwin/rg

For Linux users, the path is typically:

chmod +x /usr/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/ripgrep/x64-linux/rg

General command to find and fix it:

chmod +x "$(npm root -g)/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/ripgrep/"*/rg

Reference: anthropics/claude-code#41243