feat(skills): add conflict detection and warnings for skill overrides (#16709)

packages/core/src/skills/skillManager.test.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { SkillManager } from './skillManager.js';
 import { Storage } from '../config/storage.js';
 import { type GeminiCLIExtension } from '../config/config.js';
 import { loadSkillsFromDir, type SkillDefinition } from './skillLoader.js';
+import { coreEvents } from '../utils/events.js';
+import { debugLogger } from '../utils/debugLogger.js';
 
 vi.mock('./skillLoader.js', async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('./skillLoader.js')>();
@@ -263,4 +265,113 @@ body1`,
 
     expect(service.isAdminEnabled()).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  describe('Conflict Detection', () => {
+    it('should emit UI warning when a non-built-in skill is overridden', async () => {
+      const emitFeedbackSpy = vi.spyOn(coreEvents, 'emitFeedback');
+      const userDir = path.join(testRootDir, 'user');
+      const projectDir = path.join(testRootDir, 'workspace');
+      await fs.mkdir(userDir, { recursive: true });
+      await fs.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      const skillName = 'conflicting-skill';
+      const userSkillPath = path.join(userDir, 'SKILL.md');
+      const projectSkillPath = path.join(projectDir, 'SKILL.md');
+
+      vi.mocked(loadSkillsFromDir).mockImplementation(async (dir) => {
+        if (dir === userDir) {
+          return [
+            {
+              name: skillName,
+              description: 'user-desc',
+              location: userSkillPath,
+              body: '',
+            },
+          ];
+        }
+        if (dir === projectDir) {
+          return [
+            {
+              name: skillName,
+              description: 'project-desc',
+              location: projectSkillPath,
+              body: '',
+            },
+          ];
+        }
+        return [];
+      });
+
+      vi.spyOn(Storage, 'getUserSkillsDir').mockReturnValue(userDir);
+      const storage = new Storage('/dummy');
+      vi.spyOn(storage, 'getProjectSkillsDir').mockReturnValue(projectDir);
+
+      const service = new SkillManager();
+      // @ts-expect-error accessing private method for testing
+      vi.spyOn(service, 'discoverBuiltinSkills').mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+      await service.discoverSkills(storage, []);
+
+      expect(emitFeedbackSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'warning',
+        expect.stringContaining(
+          `Skill conflict detected: "${skillName}" from "${projectSkillPath}" is overriding the same skill from "${userSkillPath}".`,
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should log warning but NOT emit UI warning when a built-in skill is overridden', async () => {
+      const emitFeedbackSpy = vi.spyOn(coreEvents, 'emitFeedback');
+      const debugWarnSpy = vi.spyOn(debugLogger, 'warn');
+      const userDir = path.join(testRootDir, 'user');
+      await fs.mkdir(userDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      const skillName = 'builtin-skill';
+      const userSkillPath = path.join(userDir, 'SKILL.md');
+      const builtinSkillPath = 'builtin/loc';
+
+      vi.mocked(loadSkillsFromDir).mockImplementation(async (dir) => {
+        if (dir.endsWith('builtin')) {
+          return [
+            {
+              name: skillName,
+              description: 'builtin-desc',
+              location: builtinSkillPath,
+              body: '',
+              isBuiltin: true,
+            },
+          ];
+        }
+        if (dir === userDir) {
+          return [
+            {
+              name: skillName,
+              description: 'user-desc',
+              location: userSkillPath,
+              body: '',
+            },
+          ];
+        }
+        return [];
+      });
+
+      vi.spyOn(Storage, 'getUserSkillsDir').mockReturnValue(userDir);
+      const storage = new Storage('/dummy');
+      vi.spyOn(storage, 'getProjectSkillsDir').mockReturnValue('/non-existent');
+
+      const service = new SkillManager();
+
+      await service.discoverSkills(storage, []);
+
+      // UI warning should not be called
+      expect(emitFeedbackSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      // Debug warning should be called
+      expect(debugWarnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining(
+          `Skill "${skillName}" from "${userSkillPath}" is overriding the built-in skill.`,
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/core/src/skills/skillManager.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { Storage } from '../config/storage.js';
 import { type SkillDefinition, loadSkillsFromDir } from './skillLoader.js';
 import type { GeminiCLIExtension } from '../config/config.js';
+import { debugLogger } from '../utils/debugLogger.js';
+import { coreEvents } from '../utils/events.js';
 
 export { type SkillDefinition };
 
@@ -86,10 +88,27 @@ export class SkillManager {
   }
 
   private addSkillsWithPrecedence(newSkills: SkillDefinition[]): void {
-    const skillMap = new Map<string, SkillDefinition>();
+    const skillMap = new Map<string, SkillDefinition>(
-    for (const skill of [...this.skills, ...newSkills]) {
+      this.skills.map((s) => [s.name, s]),
-      skillMap.set(skill.name, skill);
+    );
+
+    for (const newSkill of newSkills) {
+      const existingSkill = skillMap.get(newSkill.name);
+      if (existingSkill && existingSkill.location !== newSkill.location) {
+        if (existingSkill.isBuiltin) {
+          debugLogger.warn(
+            `Skill "${newSkill.name}" from "${newSkill.location}" is overriding the built-in skill.`,
+          );
+        } else {
+          coreEvents.emitFeedback(
+            'warning',
+            `Skill conflict detected: "${newSkill.name}" from "${newSkill.location}" is overriding the same skill from "${existingSkill.location}".`,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+      skillMap.set(newSkill.name, newSkill);
     }
+
     this.skills = Array.from(skillMap.values());
   }