diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/catalog-browser.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/catalog-browser.tsx
index fd5124c3ba..70c36f562b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/catalog-browser.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/catalog-browser.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ interface CatalogBrowserProps {
   isInstalled: (entry: CatalogEntry) => boolean
   onInstall: (entry: CatalogEntry) => void
   isInstalling?: (entry: CatalogEntry) => boolean
+  /** Feed rows the caller drops from the list entirely (e.g. a community
+   *  lookalike whose name is taken by an installed skill). */
+  isSuperseded?: (entry: CatalogEntry) => boolean
   installedEntries?: CatalogEntry[]
   matchInstalled?: (entry: CatalogEntry) => CatalogEntry | undefined
   actions?: ReactNode
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ export const CatalogBrowser = memo(function CatalogBrowser({
   isInstalled,
   onInstall,
   isInstalling,
+  isSuperseded,
   installedEntries,
   matchInstalled,
   actions,
@@ -164,7 +168,8 @@ export const CatalogBrowser = memo(function CatalogBrowser({
   useEffect(() => (CATALOG_POINTER_ENABLED && root.current ? trackCatalogPointer(root.current) : undefined), [])
 
   const entries = mergeInstalled(data ?? [], installedEntries ?? [], matchInstalled)
-  const filtered = sortCatalog(filterCatalog(entries, facets, deferredQuery, isInstalled), sort, kind)
+  const visible = isSuperseded ? entries.filter(entry => !isSuperseded(entry)) : entries
+  const filtered = sortCatalog(filterCatalog(visible, facets, deferredQuery, isInstalled), sort, kind)
 
   const discover =
     kind === 'plugins' && !facets.categories.length && !facets.tags.length && !deferredQuery && !facets.installedOnly
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ export const CatalogBrowser = memo(function CatalogBrowser({
 
   const pageOrder = sections.length ? sections.flatMap(section => section.entries) : filtered
 
-  const selected = entries.find(entry => entry.id === selectedId) ?? filtered[0]
+  const selected = visible.find(entry => entry.id === selectedId) ?? filtered[0]
   const related = selected && (!cardView || detailOpen) ? relatedEntries(filtered, selected, 3) : []
 
   const searchFor = (value: string) => {
@@ -263,7 +268,7 @@ export const CatalogBrowser = memo(function CatalogBrowser({
         <SelectValue placeholder={c.sortBy} />
       </SelectTrigger>
       <SelectContent>
-        {catalogSortOptions(entries, kind, sortLabels).map(({ value, label }) => (
+        {catalogSortOptions(visible, kind, sortLabels).map(({ value, label }) => (
           <SelectItem key={value} value={value}>
             {label}
           </SelectItem>
@@ -279,7 +284,7 @@ export const CatalogBrowser = memo(function CatalogBrowser({
     <div className="@container/catalog flex h-full min-h-0 min-w-0" data-catalog={kind} ref={root}>
       <div className="flex min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col @[48rem]/catalog:flex-row">
         <CatalogFilters
-          categories={catalogCategories(entries, kind)}
+          categories={catalogCategories(visible, kind)}
           className="max-h-52 shrink-0 gap-0 pt-3 @[48rem]/catalog:max-h-none @[48rem]/catalog:w-48"
           facets={facets}
           onCategory={filters.toggleCategory}
@@ -290,8 +295,8 @@ export const CatalogBrowser = memo(function CatalogBrowser({
           resultCount={filtered.length}
           sidebarActions={actions && <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">{actions}</div>}
           sortControl={sortControl}
-          sources={catalogSources(entries)}
-          tags={catalogTags(entries, facets.tags, TAG_LIMIT)}
+          sources={catalogSources(visible)}
+          tags={catalogTags(visible, facets.tags, TAG_LIMIT)}
         />
         <div className="flex min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col" data-catalog-results>
           {/* Search owns the header; kind-specific setup actions and the view toggle share the end slot. */}
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/skill-catalog.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/skill-catalog.tsx
index c18255f74a..befefc6f0c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/skill-catalog.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/skill-catalog.tsx
@@ -221,6 +221,18 @@ function ScopedSkillCatalog({
     [catalog]
   )
 
+  // The name guarantee above only holds for first-party namespaces, where a
+  // shared name is the same skill. Community feeds carry distinct skills that
+  // reuse popular names, so a community row whose name is taken by an installed
+  // skill is neither that skill nor installable beside it — hide it instead of
+  // showing it as installed. Rows already merged into an installed one (their
+  // id is the installed row's) stay visible.
+  const isSuperseded = useCallback(
+    (entry: CatalogEntry) =>
+      entry.source !== 'official' && !entry.id.startsWith('installed:') && catalog.skillsByName.has(entry.name),
+    [catalog]
+  )
+
   const installIdentifier = (entry: CatalogEntry) => catalog.officialFor(entry)?.identifier ?? entry.installIdentifier
 
   const identityPending = hasHubSkills && (hubPending || Boolean(hubError))
@@ -257,6 +269,7 @@ function ScopedSkillCatalog({
       installedPending={installedPending || identityPending}
       isInstalled={isInstalled}
       isInstalling={entry => installing.has(installIdentifier(entry) ?? '')}
+      isSuperseded={isSuperseded}
       kind="skills"
       matchInstalled={catalog.matchInstalled}
       notice={
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/index.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/index.test.tsx
index ccd11dbc80..bcc56565bd 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/index.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/index.test.tsx
@@ -502,4 +502,42 @@ describe('CapabilitiesView toolset management', { timeout: 60_000 }, () => {
       expect(vi.mocked(installHubSkill)).toHaveBeenCalledWith('official/gifs/gif-search', expect.anything())
     )
   })
+
+  it('drops community feed rows that only share a name with an installed skill', async () => {
+    // Installs are name-keyed, so a community lookalike of an installed skill
+    // can neither be added beside it nor is it the installed skill itself —
+    // it must not surface as a second "installed" row under the same name.
+    getSkills.mockResolvedValue([
+      {
+        name: 'docx',
+        description: 'Bundled document tools',
+        category: 'documents',
+        enabled: true,
+        usage: 0,
+        provenance: 'bundled'
+      }
+    ])
+    queryClient.setQueryData(
+      ['public-catalog', 'skills'],
+      parseCatalog('skills', [
+        { name: 'docx', source: 'ClawHub', identifier: 'wordpro' },
+        { name: 'gif-search', source: 'ClawHub', identifier: 'gif-raccoon' }
+      ])
+    )
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      render(
+        <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+          <MemoryRouter initialEntries={['/capabilities?tab=skills']}>
+            <CapabilitiesView />
+          </MemoryRouter>
+        </QueryClientProvider>
+      )
+    })
+
+    // The feed settles first; then only the installed row keeps the name,
+    // while the distinct community skill stays installable.
+    await screen.findByRole('switch', { name: 'Add gif-search' })
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: 'docx' })).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
 })