disable
Disable a community skill installed through the hub without removing its files. Use when the user wants to temporarily quiet a community skill ("disable [skill]"), stop its hooks from firing while keeping its config, or re-enable a previously disabled skill.
By anthropics · 513 installs
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill disable
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/disable
Run the disable workflow from the skill manager reference skill against the
named skill.
What disable does:
Renames the skill's SKILL.md to SKILL.md.disabled so 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 to
hooks.json.disabled so 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:
1. Only disable community skills installed through this hub. Same check
as uninstall — consult the install log and CLAUDE.md installed table.
2. Never disable a first party plugin's skill. Off limits.
3. 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 manager reference skill — load it before doing substantive work.