About disable
A skill-manager command for disabling a community skill installed through the hub. It renames the skill and, when present, its hooks so Claude does not discover or trigger them, while keeping other files in place and logging the change.
Key features
- 01Disable skill discovery by renaming SKILL.md
- 02Disable hooks when present
- 03Keep supporting files and configuration
- 04Log the action
- 05Require confirmation before renaming
Use cases
- 01Temporarily deactivate an installed community skill
- 02Stop a skill's automatic hooks from firing
- 03Restore a disabled skill by rerunning the command
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/disablein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project README/disable
Run the disable workflow from the skill-manager reference skill against the
named skill.
What disable does:
- Renames the skill's
SKILL.mdtoSKILL.md.disabledso Claude no longer discovers it as an active skill. Files, references, templates, and config stay in place. - If the skill ships hooks in
hooks/hooks.json, also rename that file tohooks.json.disabledso no automatic triggers fire while the skill is disabled. - Logs the action to
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-builder-hub/install-log.yaml.
Safety rules:
- Only disable community skills installed through this hub. Same check as uninstall — consult the install log and CLAUDE.md installed table.
- Never disable a first-party plugin's skill. Off-limits.
- Confirm before renaming. Show the paths, get explicit
yes.
Re-enable by running the command again with the same skill name — the skill-manager workflow recognizes a disabled skill and flips the rename back.
Detailed uninstall, disable, and re-enable workflows live in the
skill-managerreference skill — load it before doing substantive work.
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