diff --git a/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview.go b/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview.go
index e9f1e0442..1c9d4d913 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview.go
@@ -395,6 +395,13 @@ func selectSkill(opts *PreviewOptions, skills []discovery.Skill) (discovery.Skil
 				return s, nil
 			}
 		}
+		// Fall back to InstallName so that namespaced identifiers produced
+		// by the post-install hint (e.g. "namespace/skill") are accepted.
+		for _, s := range skills {
+			if s.InstallName() == opts.SkillName {
+				return s, nil
+			}
+		}
 		return discovery.Skill{}, fmt.Errorf("skill %q not found in %s", opts.SkillName, ghrepo.FullName(opts.repo))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview_test.go b/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview_test.go
index a5d5554ff..be3c86117 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview_test.go
@@ -206,6 +206,51 @@ func TestPreviewRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantStdout: "My Skill",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "preview plugins skill matched by install name",
+			tty:  true,
+			opts: &PreviewOptions{
+				repo:      ghrepo.New("owner", "repo"),
+				SkillName: "aws-common/aws-mcp-setup",
+			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/owner/repo/releases/latest"),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{"tag_name": "v1.0.0"}`),
+				)
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/owner/repo/git/ref/tags/v1.0.0"),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{"object": {"sha": "abc123", "type": "commit"}}`),
+				)
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/owner/repo/git/trees/abc123"),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{
+						"sha": "abc123",
+						"truncated": false,
+						"tree": [
+							{"path": "plugins", "type": "tree", "sha": "tree-plugins"},
+							{"path": "plugins/aws-common", "type": "tree", "sha": "tree-awscommon"},
+							{"path": "plugins/aws-common/skills", "type": "tree", "sha": "tree-awsskills"},
+							{"path": "plugins/aws-common/skills/aws-mcp-setup", "type": "tree", "sha": "treeSHA3"},
+							{"path": "plugins/aws-common/skills/aws-mcp-setup/SKILL.md", "type": "blob", "sha": "blob789"}
+						]
+					}`),
+				)
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/owner/repo/git/trees/treeSHA3"),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{
+						"tree": [
+							{"path": "SKILL.md", "type": "blob", "sha": "blob789", "size": 50}
+						]
+					}`),
+				)
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/owner/repo/git/blobs/blob789"),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{"sha": "blob789", "content": "`+encodedContent+`", "encoding": "base64"}`),
+				)
+			},
+			wantStdout: "My Skill",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "skill not found",
 			tty:  true,