diff --git a/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install.rs b/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install.rs
index ace80733..c441eba2 100644
--- a/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install.rs
+++ b/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl FastSkillService {
         let frontmatter = read_skill_frontmatter(&fetched.skill_path).await?;
         let (id, _) = derive_skill_id_and_version(&fetched.skill_path, &frontmatter)?;
         if let Some(expected_id) = expected_id {
-            if id.as_str() != expected_id {
+            if !identity_matches(expected_id, id.as_str(), &recorded_origin) {
                 return Err(ServiceError::Validation(format!(
                     "origin for '{expected_id}' produced skill '{}'; refusing to install under the wrong identity",
                     id.as_str()
diff --git a/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/tests.rs b/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/tests.rs
index 09176c75..2464e4d8 100644
--- a/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/tests.rs
@@ -1820,3 +1820,28 @@ async fn the_managed_gate_refuses_blocked_content_before_installing() {
         "{error}"
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_registry_scope_may_be_absent_from_the_content_id_and_nothing_else_may_differ() {
+    let repository = Origin::Repository {
+        repo: "hub".to_string(),
+        skill: "acme/widget".to_string(),
+        version: None,
+    };
+    let git = Origin::Git {
+        url: "https://example.com/acme/widget".to_string(),
+        r#ref: Default::default(),
+        subdir: None,
+    };
+    assert!(identity_matches("widget", "widget", &git));
+    assert!(identity_matches("acme/widget", "acme/widget", &repository));
+    assert!(identity_matches("acme/widget", "widget", &repository));
+    assert!(!identity_matches("acme/widget", "widget", &git));
+    assert!(!identity_matches(
+        "acme/widget",
+        "other/widget",
+        &repository
+    ));
+    assert!(!identity_matches("acme/widget", "gadget", &repository));
+    assert!(!identity_matches("widget", "acme/widget", &repository));
+}
diff --git a/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/verification.rs b/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/verification.rs
index 0f4f6f4f..301eda51 100644
--- a/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/verification.rs
+++ b/crates/fastskill-core/src/core/install/verification.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ use crate::core::origin::{GitRef, Origin, Resolved};
 use crate::core::service::{FastSkillService, ServiceError};
 use std::path::Path;
 
+/// Whether content whose own id is `actual` may install as `expected` from `origin`.
+///
+/// Identity comes from content (ADR-0014), so the two normally match exactly. One exception:
+/// an http-registry names its packages `scope/name`, the scope being the publisher's namespace
+/// in that registry, while the skill's own files usually declare only `name`. A repository
+/// reference `scope/name` therefore also accepts content declaring the bare `name`. Content
+/// declaring another scope, or another name, is still refused.
+pub(super) fn identity_matches(expected: &str, actual: &str, origin: &Origin) -> bool {
+    if expected == actual {
+        return true;
+    }
+    matches!(origin, Origin::Repository { .. })
+        && !actual.contains('/')
+        && expected
+            .split_once('/')
+            .is_some_and(|(_, name)| name == actual)
+}
+
 pub(super) fn offline_resolution(
     service: &FastSkillService,
     origin: &Origin,
diff --git a/crates/fastskill-core/tests/registry_scoped_identity_test.rs b/crates/fastskill-core/tests/registry_scoped_identity_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c517bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/fastskill-core/tests/registry_scoped_identity_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+//! An http-registry names its packages `scope/name`, while a skill's own files usually declare
+//! only `name` (ADR-0014: identity comes from content). Adding `scope/name` from such a registry
+//! installs the content as `name`; content naming another skill is still refused.
+//!
+//! The registry is a loopback `wiremock` server, as in `registry_content_cache_test.rs`.
+
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+
+use fastskill_core::core::registry::client::IndexEntry;
+use fastskill_core::core::repository::{
+    RepositoryConfig, RepositoryDefinition, RepositoryManager, RepositoryType,
+};
+use fastskill_core::core::version::VersionConstraint;
+use fastskill_core::core::Origin;
+use fastskill_core::{FastSkillService, ServiceConfig};
+use sha2::Digest;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use wiremock::matchers::{method, path};
+use wiremock::{Mock, MockServer, ResponseTemplate};
+
+const REPO_NAME: &str = "hub";
+
+fn build_zip(name: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    use std::io::Write;
+    use zip::write::SimpleFileOptions;
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    {
+        let mut writer = zip::ZipWriter::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&mut buf));
+        let opts = SimpleFileOptions::default().compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Stored);
+        writer.start_file(format!("{name}/SKILL.md"), opts).unwrap();
+        let skill_md = format!(
+            "---\nname: {name}\nversion: \"1.0.0\"\ndescription: A registry skill\n---\nBody\n"
+        );
+        writer.write_all(skill_md.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        writer.finish().unwrap();
+    }
+    buf
+}
+
+/// Publish `scoped` (`scope/name`) at 1.0.0 on `server`, its archive declaring `content_name`.
+async fn publish(server: &MockServer, scoped: &str, content_name: &str) {
+    let zip_bytes = build_zip(content_name);
+    let entry = IndexEntry {
+        name: scoped.to_string(),
+        vers: "1.0.0".to_string(),
+        deps: vec![],
+        cksum: format!(
+            "sha256:{}",
+            fastskill_core::utils::to_hex_lower(&sha2::Sha256::digest(&zip_bytes))
+        ),
+        features: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
+        yanked: false,
+        links: None,
+        download_url: format!("{}/dl/{scoped}", server.uri()),
+        metadata: None,
+    };
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path(format!("/index/{scoped}")))
+        .respond_with(
+            ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_string(serde_json::to_string(&entry).unwrap()),
+        )
+        .mount(server)
+        .await;
+    Mock::given(method("GET"))
+        .and(path(format!("/dl/{scoped}")))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_bytes(zip_bytes))
+        .mount(server)
+        .await;
+}
+
+async fn service(server: &MockServer, root: &TempDir) -> FastSkillService {
+    std::fs::write(
+        root.path().join("skill-project.toml"),
+        "[tool.fastskill]\nskills_directory = \".claude/skills\"\n\n[dependencies]\n",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let manager = RepositoryManager::from_definitions(vec![RepositoryDefinition {
+        name: REPO_NAME.to_string(),
+        repo_type: RepositoryType::HttpRegistry,
+        priority: 0,
+        config: RepositoryConfig::HttpRegistry {
+            index_url: format!("{}/index", server.uri()),
+        },
+        auth: None,
+        storage: None,
+    }]);
+    let mut service = FastSkillService::new(ServiceConfig {
+        skill_storage_path: root.path().join("storage"),
+        skill_cache_root: Some(root.path().join("cache")),
+        ..Default::default()
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    service.initialize().await.unwrap();
+    service
+        .with_project_root(root.path().to_path_buf())
+        .with_repository_manager(Arc::new(manager))
+}
+
+fn origin(skill: &str) -> Origin {
+    Origin::Repository {
+        repo: REPO_NAME.to_string(),
+        skill: skill.to_string(),
+        version: Some(VersionConstraint::parse("1.0.0").unwrap()),
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn a_scoped_registry_reference_installs_content_that_declares_the_bare_name() {
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+    publish(&server, "gofastskill/fastskill", "fastskill").await;
+    let root = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let service = service(&server, &root).await;
+
+    let prepared = service
+        .prepare_add(
+            origin("gofastskill/fastskill"),
+            Some("gofastskill/fastskill"),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("the registry's scope is not part of the content's own id");
+    assert_eq!(prepared.id(), "fastskill");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn a_scoped_registry_reference_still_refuses_content_naming_another_skill() {
+    let server = MockServer::start().await;
+    publish(&server, "gofastskill/fastskill", "impostor").await;
+    let root = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let service = service(&server, &root).await;
+
+    let error = service
+        .prepare_add(
+            origin("gofastskill/fastskill"),
+            Some("gofastskill/fastskill"),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect_err("a different name is a different skill");
+    assert!(
+        error
+            .to_string()
+            .contains("refusing to install under the wrong identity"),
+        "{error}"
+    );
+}