diff --git a/src/skills/loadSkillsDir.test.ts b/src/skills/loadSkillsDir.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bf8e8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/skills/loadSkillsDir.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import test from 'node:test'
+
+import { getSkillDirCommands, clearSkillCaches } from './loadSkillsDir.ts'
+
+function writeSkill(rootDir: string, skillPath: string): void {
+  const skillDir = join(rootDir, '.claude', 'skills', ...skillPath.split('/'))
+  mkdirSync(skillDir, { recursive: true })
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(skillDir, 'SKILL.md'),
+    `---\ndescription: ${skillPath}\n---\n# ${skillPath}\n`,
+    'utf8',
+  )
+}
+
+test('loads flat and nested skills with colon namespaces', async () => {
+  const configDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'openclaude-skills-'))
+  const cwd = join(configDir, 'workspace')
+  const originalConfigDir = process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR
+
+  try {
+    mkdirSync(cwd, { recursive: true })
+    writeSkill(configDir, 'flat-skill')
+    writeSkill(configDir, 'git/commit')
+    writeSkill(configDir, 'frontend/react/form')
+
+    process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = configDir
+    clearSkillCaches()
+
+    const skills = await getSkillDirCommands(cwd)
+    const promptSkills = skills.filter(skill => skill.type === 'prompt')
+    const skillNames = promptSkills.map(skill => skill.name).sort()
+
+    assert.deepEqual(skillNames, [
+      'flat-skill',
+      'frontend:react:form',
+      'git:commit',
+    ])
+
+    const nestedSkill = promptSkills.find(skill => skill.name === 'git:commit')
+    assert.ok(nestedSkill)
+    assert.equal(nestedSkill.skillRoot, join(configDir, '.claude', 'skills', 'git', 'commit'))
+
+    const deepSkill = promptSkills.find(
+      skill => skill.name === 'frontend:react:form',
+    )
+    assert.ok(deepSkill)
+    assert.equal(
+      deepSkill.skillRoot,
+      join(configDir, '.claude', 'skills', 'frontend', 'react', 'form'),
+    )
+  } finally {
+    if (originalConfigDir === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR
+    } else {
+      process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = originalConfigDir
+    }
+    clearSkillCaches()
+    rmSync(configDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  }
+})
diff --git a/src/skills/loadSkillsDir.ts b/src/skills/loadSkillsDir.ts
index b1138eed..de9bf7bf 100644
--- a/src/skills/loadSkillsDir.ts
+++ b/src/skills/loadSkillsDir.ts
@@ -401,14 +401,66 @@ export function createSkillCommand({
 }
 
 /**
- * Loads skills from a /skills/ directory path.
- * Only supports directory format: skill-name/SKILL.md
+ * Recursively finds nested SKILL.md files under a /skills/ directory.
+ * Ignores markdown files placed directly in the root /skills/ directory.
  */
-async function loadSkillsFromSkillsDir(
-  basePath: string,
-  source: SettingSource,
-): Promise<SkillWithPath[]> {
+async function findSkillMarkdownFiles(basePath: string): Promise<string[]> {
   const fs = getFsImplementation()
+  const visitedDirs = new Set<string>()
+  const skillFiles: string[] = []
+
+  async function walk(skillDirPath: string): Promise<void> {
+    const dirId = await getFileIdentity(skillDirPath)
+    if (dirId && visitedDirs.has(dirId)) {
+      return
+    }
+    if (dirId) {
+      visitedDirs.add(dirId)
+    }
+
+    let entries
+    try {
+      entries = await fs.readdir(skillDirPath)
+    } catch (e: unknown) {
+      if (!isFsInaccessible(e)) {
+        logForDebugging(`[skills] failed to read directory ${skillDirPath}: ${e}`, {
+          level: 'warn',
+        })
+      }
+      return
+    }
+
+    const childDirs: string[] = []
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const entryPath = join(skillDirPath, entry.name)
+
+      if (isSkillFile(entryPath)) {
+        skillFiles.push(entryPath)
+        continue
+      }
+
+      if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+        childDirs.push(entryPath)
+        continue
+      }
+
+      if (entry.isSymbolicLink()) {
+        try {
+          if ((await fs.stat(entryPath)).isDirectory()) {
+            childDirs.push(entryPath)
+          }
+        } catch (e: unknown) {
+          if (!isENOENT(e) && !isFsInaccessible(e)) {
+            logForDebugging(`[skills] failed to stat ${entryPath}: ${e}`, {
+              level: 'warn',
+            })
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    await Promise.all(childDirs.map(walk))
+  }
 
   let entries
   try {
@@ -418,17 +470,50 @@ async function loadSkillsFromSkillsDir(
     return []
   }
 
-  const results = await Promise.all(
-    entries.map(async (entry): Promise<SkillWithPath | null> => {
-      try {
-        // Only support directory format: skill-name/SKILL.md
-        if (!entry.isDirectory() && !entry.isSymbolicLink()) {
-          // Single .md files are NOT supported in /skills/ directory
-          return null
-        }
+  const topLevelDirs: string[] = []
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    const entryPath = join(basePath, entry.name)
 
-        const skillDirPath = join(basePath, entry.name)
-        const skillFilePath = join(skillDirPath, 'SKILL.md')
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      topLevelDirs.push(entryPath)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (entry.isSymbolicLink()) {
+      try {
+        if ((await fs.stat(entryPath)).isDirectory()) {
+          topLevelDirs.push(entryPath)
+        }
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        if (!isENOENT(e) && !isFsInaccessible(e)) {
+          logForDebugging(`[skills] failed to stat ${entryPath}: ${e}`, {
+            level: 'warn',
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  await Promise.all(topLevelDirs.map(walk))
+  skillFiles.sort()
+  return skillFiles
+}
+
+/**
+ * Loads skills from a /skills/ directory path.
+ * Supports nested directory format: category/skill/SKILL.md
+ */
+async function loadSkillsFromSkillsDir(
+  basePath: string,
+  source: SettingSource,
+): Promise<SkillWithPath[]> {
+  const fs = getFsImplementation()
+  const skillFiles = await findSkillMarkdownFiles(basePath)
+
+  const results = await Promise.all(
+    skillFiles.map(async (skillFilePath): Promise<SkillWithPath | null> => {
+      try {
+        const skillDirPath = dirname(skillFilePath)
 
         let content: string
         try {
@@ -449,7 +534,7 @@ async function loadSkillsFromSkillsDir(
           skillFilePath,
         )
 
-        const skillName = entry.name
+        const skillName = getSkillCommandName(skillFilePath, basePath)
         const parsed = parseSkillFrontmatterFields(
           frontmatter,
           markdownContent,