diff --git a/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs
index cdfcb3f6..31276b2e 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -567,6 +567,11 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: &str, app: &mut App) -> CommandResult {
         ),
 
         _ => {
+            // Third source: skills (lowest precedence after native and user-config).
+            // Try to run a skill whose name matches the command.
+            if skills::run_skill_by_name(app, command, arg).is_some() {
+                return skills::run_skill_by_name(app, command, arg).unwrap();
+            }
             let suggestions = suggest_command_names(command, 3);
             if suggestions.is_empty() {
                 CommandResult::error(format!(
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/commands/skills.rs b/crates/tui/src/commands/skills.rs
index 65b264e1..c8c0e3b3 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/commands/skills.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/commands/skills.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ pub fn list_skills(app: &mut App, arg: Option<&str>) -> CommandResult {
 
 /// Run a specific skill — activates skill for next user message, or
 /// dispatches a sub-command (`install`, `update`, `uninstall`, `trust`).
+/// Try to run a skill by exact name (used for unified slash-command namespace, #435).
+/// Returns None when no skill with that name exists, so the caller can try other sources.
+pub fn run_skill_by_name(app: &mut App, name: &str, _arg: Option<&str>) -> Option<CommandResult> {
+    let skills_dir = app.skills_dir.clone();
+    let registry = crate::skills::SkillRegistry::discover(&skills_dir);
+    if registry.get(name).is_some() {
+        Some(activate_skill(app, name))
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn run_skill(app: &mut App, name: Option<&str>) -> CommandResult {
     let raw = match name {
         Some(n) => n.trim(),
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/commands/user_commands.rs b/crates/tui/src/commands/user_commands.rs
index 29bb41b9..65b93c6d 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/commands/user_commands.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/commands/user_commands.rs
@@ -62,18 +62,28 @@ pub fn load_user_commands() -> Vec<(String, String)> {
 /// The `input` should be the full command string including the `/`
 /// prefix (e.g. `/mycmd` or `/mycmd with args`). Only exact matches
 /// on the command name are considered (no partial/alias matching).
+/// Substitute $1, $2, $ARGUMENTS placeholders in a command template.
+fn apply_template(template: &str, args: &str) -> String {
+    let positional: Vec<&str> = args.split_whitespace().collect();
+    let mut result = template.replace("$ARGUMENTS", args);
+    for (i, arg) in positional.iter().enumerate() {
+        result = result.replace(&format!("${}", i + 1), arg);
+    }
+    result
+}
+
 pub fn try_dispatch_user_command(_app: &mut App, input: &str) -> Option<CommandResult> {
     let parts: Vec<&str> = input.trim().splitn(2, ' ').collect();
     let command = parts[0].to_lowercase();
     let command = command.strip_prefix('/').unwrap_or(&command);
+    let args = parts.get(1).copied().unwrap_or("").trim();
 
     let user_commands = load_user_commands();
 
     for (name, content) in &user_commands {
         if name == command {
-            return Some(CommandResult::action(AppAction::SendMessage(
-                content.clone(),
-            )));
+            let message = apply_template(content, args);
+            return Some(CommandResult::action(AppAction::SendMessage(message)));
         }
     }