diff --git a/agent/skill_commands.py b/agent/skill_commands.py
index 909305e788..5944116179 100644
--- a/agent/skill_commands.py
+++ b/agent/skill_commands.py
@@ -458,28 +458,20 @@ def scan_skill_commands() -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]:
     # (#74574).
     commands: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
     try:
-        from tools.skills_tool import _skills_dir, _get_disabled_skill_names
-        from agent.skill_utils import (
-            get_external_skills_dirs, get_project_skills_dirs, iter_project_skill_files, iter_skill_index_files,
-        )
+        from tools.skills_tool import _get_disabled_skill_names, _skill_catalog
         disabled = _get_disabled_skill_names()
         seen_names: set = set()
-        # Precedence: project (through the quarantine chokepoint) > local > external.
-        # Resolve the local dir at call time: import-time SKILLS_DIR is frozen to
-        # the launch home, but a multiplexed profile scope may have changed it.
-        # See #67277.
-        skills_dir = _skills_dir()
-        iters = [iter_project_skill_files(d) for d in get_project_skills_dirs()]
-        local = [skills_dir] if skills_dir.exists() else []
-        iters += [iter_skill_index_files(d, "SKILL.md") for d in local + get_external_skills_dirs()]
-        for _iter in iters:
-            for skill_md in _iter:
+        # Only names skill_view resolves to exactly this file get a /command: the shared catalog applies
+        # project > local > create_dir > external precedence (live profile dir, #67277) and leaves
+        # same-tier duplicates to their exact paths (`/skill a/one`), so a bare slug never guesses.
+        for entry in _skill_catalog():
+            if entry["status"] == "unique":
                 try:
-                    _scan_skill_md(skill_md, disabled, seen_names, commands)
+                    _scan_skill_md(Path(entry["path"]), disabled, seen_names, commands)
                 except Exception:
                     continue
     except Exception:
-        pass
+        logger.debug("Skill command scan failed", exc_info=True)
     # Publish the scanned map atomically: a reader must see a consistent
     # (key, map) pair. Only the publish/lookup pair is locked; the scan above
     # (file I/O, deferred imports) stays outside it (#14536, #74574).
@@ -536,6 +528,8 @@ def reload_skills() -> Dict[str, Any]:
         # Clear the entire multi-slot cache: a skill edit could affect any
         # platform/profile combination, so every cached identity must rescan.
         _skill_commands_by_key.clear()
+    from tools import skills_tool
+    skills_tool._SKILLS_CACHE.clear()  # the scan reads the shared catalog; an explicit reload must not hit its TTL
     before = command_snapshot(before_commands)
     new_commands = scan_skill_commands()
     result = diff_command_snapshots(before, command_snapshot(new_commands))