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+# Command Frontmatter Missing Name Field
+
+## Date
+2026-02-03
+
+## Summary
+
+Commands MUST have a `name:` field in their YAML frontmatter. Without it, the skill won't be registered and the plugin appears to silently fail to load.
+
+## What Happened
+
+1. During the projman refactor (commit 2e65b60), commands were rewritten
+2. The `name:` field was NOT added to projman commands  
+3. Other plugins (git-flow, claude-config-maintainer) got the name field during their refactors
+4. projman commands only had `description:` and `agent:` fields
+5. Skills for projman never appeared in the session
+
+## Correct Command Frontmatter
+
+```yaml
+---
+name: sprint-plan
+description: Start sprint planning with AI-guided architecture analysis
+agent: planner
+---
+```
+
+## Wrong (what we had)
+
+```yaml
+---
+description: Start sprint planning with AI-guided architecture analysis
+agent: planner
+---
+```
+
+## Why This Wasn't Caught
+
+1. No validation script checks for `name:` field in command frontmatter
+2. The plugin "loads" but commands aren't registered as skills
+3. User only notices when trying to use the command
+
+## Fix
+
+Added `name:` field to all 12 projman commands matching the filename (without .md extension).
+
+## Prevention
+
+Add validation to `validate-marketplace.sh` to check that all command files have `name:` field in frontmatter.
+
+---
+**Tags:** command, frontmatter, name-field, plugin-loading, stupid-mistakes
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