Global skills are not loaded

[NimaAra]

Description

As of v1.0.204, skills placed in the global config folder (set by OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR) are not loaded. Everything else in the global config folder is working as expected e.g. agents, so I know the env var is working as expected.

Also, putting the same skills folder hierarchy in the project directory itself (under .opencode) works, so I know the skill definitions are valid.

OpenCode version

1.0.204

Steps to reproduce

Move the skills out of project folder into a global config folder (set by OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR)
Clear the session
Prompt: What skills do you have?

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Operating System

Windows

Terminal

Commandline

[github-actions]

This issue might be related to existing discussions about skill loading. Please check:

• Inconsistency in docs for where to install skills #6171: Inconsistency in docs for where to install skills - discusses skill installation paths and configuration directory usage

The related issue discusses documentation inconsistencies around skill installation locations, which may be connected to the loading problem you're experiencing.

[OpeOginni]

could you write what you get after this opencode run hello --print-logs?

[NimaAra]

Sure, here:

INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +239ms service=default version=1.0.204 args=["run","hello","--print-logs"] opencode
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +0ms service=default directory=D:\GitHub\ creating instance
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +1ms service=project directory=D:\GitHub\ fromDirectory
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +38ms service=default directory=D:\GitHub\ bootstrapping
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +3ms service=config path=C:\Users\foo\.config\opencode\config.json loading
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +0ms service=config path=C:\Users\foo\.config\opencode\opencode.json loading
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +0ms service=config path=C:\Users\foo\.config\opencode\opencode.jsonc loading
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +3ms service=bun cmd=["C:\\Users\\foo\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\opencode-ai\\node_modules\\opencode-windows-x64\\bin\\opencode.exe","add","@opencode-ai/plugin@1.0.204","--exact"] cwd=C:\Users\foo\.config\opencode running
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +8ms service=config path=D:\GitHub\pc\opencode\opencode.jsonc loading
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +1ms service=config path=D:\GitHub\pc\opencode\opencode.json loading
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +11ms service=bun cmd=["C:\\Users\\foo\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\opencode-ai\\node_modules\\opencode-windows-x64\\bin\\opencode.exe","add","@opencode-ai/plugin@1.0.204","--exact"] cwd=D:\GitHub\opencode running
INFO  2025-12-28T14:51:41 +18ms service=bun code=0 stdout=bun add v1.3.5 (1e86cebd)

installed @opencode-ai/plugin@1.0.204
...

[OpeOginni]

What did you set as the OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR ?

[NimaAra]

It's set to D:\GitHub\My.Env\apps-pc\opencode

[OpeOginni]

Looks like its alright in the logs, loading config from D:\GitHub\My.Env\apps-pc\opencode, only issue is if you didnt follow the right flow /skill/<name>/SKILL.md but you said it works normally.

Does it work if you add the skills to the normal opencode config at C:\Users\foo\.config\opencode ?

[NimaAra]

It turned out I had a runaway opencode.exe process, killing it fixed it. The skills are now correctly being loaded from the configured directory. Thank you for looking into it.