diff --git a/src/utils/plugins/pluginLoader.test.ts b/src/utils/plugins/pluginLoader.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8fd205b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/plugins/pluginLoader.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test'
+
+import type { LoadedPlugin } from '../../types/plugin.js'
+import { mergePluginSources } from './pluginLoader.js'
+
+function marketplacePlugin(
+  name: string,
+  marketplace: string,
+  enabled: boolean,
+): LoadedPlugin {
+  const pluginId = `${name}@${marketplace}`
+  return {
+    name,
+    manifest: { name } as LoadedPlugin['manifest'],
+    path: `/tmp/${pluginId}`,
+    source: pluginId,
+    repository: pluginId,
+    enabled,
+  }
+}
+
+describe('mergePluginSources', () => {
+  test('keeps the enabled copy when duplicate marketplace plugins disagree on enabled state', () => {
+    const enabledOfficial = marketplacePlugin(
+      'frontend-design',
+      'claude-plugins-official',
+      true,
+    )
+    const disabledLegacy = marketplacePlugin(
+      'frontend-design',
+      'claude-code-plugins',
+      false,
+    )
+
+    const result = mergePluginSources({
+      session: [],
+      marketplace: [disabledLegacy, enabledOfficial],
+      builtin: [],
+    })
+
+    expect(result.plugins).toEqual([enabledOfficial])
+    expect(result.errors).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test('keeps the later copy when duplicate marketplace plugins are both enabled', () => {
+    const legacy = marketplacePlugin(
+      'frontend-design',
+      'claude-code-plugins',
+      true,
+    )
+    const official = marketplacePlugin(
+      'frontend-design',
+      'claude-plugins-official',
+      true,
+    )
+
+    const result = mergePluginSources({
+      session: [],
+      marketplace: [legacy, official],
+      builtin: [],
+    })
+
+    expect(result.plugins).toEqual([official])
+    expect(result.errors).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result.errors[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'generic-error',
+      source: legacy.source,
+      plugin: legacy.name,
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/utils/plugins/pluginLoader.ts b/src/utils/plugins/pluginLoader.ts
index 0c861bf4..196a452a 100644
--- a/src/utils/plugins/pluginLoader.ts
+++ b/src/utils/plugins/pluginLoader.ts
@@ -3045,24 +3045,63 @@ export function mergePluginSources(sources: {
   })
 
   const sessionNames = new Set(sessionPlugins.map(p => p.name))
-  const marketplacePlugins = sources.marketplace.filter(p => {
-    if (sessionNames.has(p.name)) {
+  // Different marketplaces can enable the same short plugin name, but
+  // downstream command/skill loading scopes by plugin.name.
+  const marketplacePluginsByName = new Map<string, LoadedPlugin>()
+  for (const plugin of sources.marketplace) {
+    if (sessionNames.has(plugin.name)) {
       logForDebugging(
-        `Plugin "${p.name}" from --plugin-dir overrides installed version`,
+        `Plugin "${plugin.name}" from --plugin-dir overrides installed version`,
       )
-      return false
+      continue
     }
-    return true
-  })
+    const existing = marketplacePluginsByName.get(plugin.name)
+    if (!existing) {
+      marketplacePluginsByName.set(plugin.name, plugin)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const winner = selectMarketplacePlugin(existing, plugin)
+    const dropped = winner === existing ? plugin : existing
+    marketplacePluginsByName.set(plugin.name, winner)
+
+    logForDebugging(
+      `Ignoring duplicate marketplace plugin "${plugin.name}" from ${dropped.source}; using ${winner.source}`,
+      { level: 'warn' },
+    )
+    if (existing.enabled && plugin.enabled) {
+      errors.push({
+        type: 'generic-error',
+        source: dropped.source,
+        plugin: plugin.name,
+        error: `Duplicate marketplace plugin "${plugin.name}" ignored: using "${winner.source}" and skipping "${dropped.source}" to avoid short-name collisions`,
+      })
+    }
+  }
   // Session first, then non-overridden marketplace, then builtin.
   // Downstream first-match consumers see session plugins before
   // installed ones for any that slipped past the name filter.
   return {
-    plugins: [...sessionPlugins, ...marketplacePlugins, ...sources.builtin],
+    plugins: [
+      ...sessionPlugins,
+      ...marketplacePluginsByName.values(),
+      ...sources.builtin,
+    ],
     errors,
   }
 }
 
+function selectMarketplacePlugin(
+  current: LoadedPlugin,
+  candidate: LoadedPlugin,
+): LoadedPlugin {
+  if (current.enabled !== candidate.enabled) {
+    return candidate.enabled ? candidate : current
+  }
+
+  return candidate
+}
+
 /**
  * Main plugin loading function that discovers and loads all plugins.
  *