diff --git a/agent/skill_utils.py b/agent/skill_utils.py
index a76c5cc1d2..51ecc7044b 100644
--- a/agent/skill_utils.py
+++ b/agent/skill_utils.py
@@ -481,9 +481,10 @@ def pick_skill_candidate(candidates) -> Tuple[Optional[int], List[int]]:
 
 
 def is_disabled_entry(entry: Dict[str, Any], disabled: Set[str]) -> bool:
-    """``skills.disabled`` matches a resolved catalog entry by its declared name OR its exact relative
-    path — the identifier a same-tier duplicate's list/config/web row shows (``a/one``) and saves."""
-    return bool(disabled) and not disabled.isdisjoint({str(entry["name"]), entry["relative_path"]})
+    """``skills.disabled`` matches a resolved catalog entry by its declared name OR its ``load_name`` —
+    the exact path a same-tier duplicate's list/config/web row shows (``a/one``) and saves. A unique
+    copy elsewhere that merely sits at the same relative path is not matched."""
+    return bool(disabled) and not disabled.isdisjoint({str(entry["name"]), entry.get("load_name")} - {None})
 
 
 def resolve_skill_catalog(entries: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py b/tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py
index cf17816f6e..a799853aef 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py
@@ -592,14 +592,24 @@ class TestDuplicateNamesAgreeAcrossSurfaces:
         assert ambiguous in parts[0] and "LOCAL XDUP" in "\n".join(parts)
 
         # Disabling a duplicate by the exact path its row shows (what `hermes skills` / the web toggle
-        # save) hides it from list and index and refuses the load.
+        # save) hides it from list and index and refuses the load — but not an unrelated, uniquely named
+        # skill in another tier that merely sits at the same relative path.
+        _make_skill(ext, "other", category="a", body="UNRELATED OTHER")
+        (ext / "a" / "other").rename(ext / "a" / "one")
         disabled = {"a/one"}
         monkeypatch.setattr(skill_utils, "get_disabled_skill_names", lambda *a, **k: disabled)
         monkeypatch.setattr(pb, "get_disabled_skill_names", lambda *a, **k: disabled)
-        monkeypatch.setattr(skills_tool_module, "_is_skill_disabled", lambda n, platform=None: n in disabled)
-        assert sorted(s["name"] for s in json.loads(skills_list())["skills"]) == ["b/two", "xdup"]
-        assert "a/one" not in pb.build_skills_system_prompt()
-        assert "disabled" in json.loads(skill_view("a/one"))["error"]
+        monkeypatch.setattr(skills_tool_module, "_is_skill_disabled", lambda *n, platform=None: not disabled.isdisjoint(n))
+        monkeypatch.setattr(skills_tool_module, "_SKILLS_CACHE", {})
+        pb.clear_skills_system_prompt_cache()
+        assert sorted(s["name"] for s in json.loads(skills_list())["skills"]) == ["b/two", "other", "xdup"]
+        index = [ln.strip() for ln in pb.build_skills_system_prompt().splitlines() if ln.startswith("    - ")]
+        assert index == ["- other: Description for other.", "- b/two: Description for dup-demo.",
+                         "- xdup: Description for xdup."]
+        for ident in ("a/one", "one"):  # refused by any alias, as list/index hide it
+            assert "disabled" in json.loads(skill_view(ident))["error"]
+        assert "UNRELATED OTHER" in json.loads(skill_view("other"))["content"]
+        assert build_preloaded_skills_prompt(["other"])[1:] == (["other"], [])
 
 
 class TestBuildSkillInvocationMessage:
diff --git a/tools/skills_tool.py b/tools/skills_tool.py
index 3cb4679539..572a859ebb 100644
--- a/tools/skills_tool.py
+++ b/tools/skills_tool.py
@@ -607,8 +607,11 @@ def skill_view(
         if not skill_matches_platform(frontmatter):
             return _fail(f"Skill '{name}' is not supported on this platform.", readiness_status=SkillReadinessStatus.UNSUPPORTED.value)
         resolved_name = frontmatter.get("name", skill_md.parent.name)
-        # Disabled by declared name or by the exact path its list row shows (same-tier duplicates).
-        if _is_skill_disabled(resolved_name) or _is_skill_disabled(_owned_relative(skill_dir, skill_md, all_dirs)):
+        # Disabled by declared name, or by the exact path that IS this copy's load name (a same-tier
+        # duplicate's row) — whatever alias reached it; an unrelated copy at that path elsewhere is not.
+        rel = _owned_relative(skill_dir, skill_md, all_dirs)
+        if _is_skill_disabled(resolved_name) or (_is_skill_disabled(rel) and any(
+                e["path"] == skill_md and e["load_name"] == rel for e in _skill_catalog(skip_disabled=True))):
             return _fail(f"Skill '{resolved_name}' is disabled. Enable it with `hermes skills` or inspect the files directly on disk.")
         if file_path and skill_dir:
             return _serve_skill_file(