diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.integration.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.integration.test.ts
index 5ab790361c..62672e2870 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.integration.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ function useTestHarnessForSlashCompletion(
   query: string | null,
   slashCommands: readonly SlashCommand[],
   commandContext: CommandContext,
+  recentCommands?: ReadonlyMap<
+    string,
+    { name: string; usedAt: number; count: number }
+  >,
 ) {
   const [suggestions, setSuggestions] = useState<Suggestion[]>([]);
   const [isLoadingSuggestions, setIsLoadingSuggestions] = useState(false);
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ function useTestHarnessForSlashCompletion(
     query,
     slashCommands,
     commandContext,
+    recentCommands,
     setSuggestions,
     setIsLoadingSuggestions,
     setIsPerfectMatch,
@@ -169,4 +174,53 @@ describe('useSlashCompletion integration', () => {
     expect(resumeIndex).toBeLessThan(clearIndex);
     expect(recapIndex).toBeLessThan(clearIndex);
   });
+
+  it('prefers command name match over alias match even when alias has recentScore', async () => {
+    // Regression test: recentScore should not shadow nameVsAlias dimension.
+    // Real-world conflict: /re matches `resume` (name) and `reset` (alias of clear).
+    // Even if `clear` was used recently (giving it a recentScore > 0), `resume`
+    // (name match) should still rank first because name-vs-alias is checked before
+    // recentScore in the sort chain.
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const slashCommands = [
+      createTestCommand({
+        name: 'clear',
+        altNames: ['reset', 'new'],
+        description: 'Clear conversation history',
+      }),
+      createTestCommand({
+        name: 'resume',
+        altNames: ['continue'],
+        description: 'Resume a previous session',
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    // Give `clear` a recentScore to simulate it was used recently
+    const recentCommands = new Map([
+      ['clear', { name: 'clear', usedAt: now, count: 1 }],
+    ]);
+
+    const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+      useTestHarnessForSlashCompletion(
+        true,
+        '/re',
+        slashCommands,
+        mockCommandContext,
+        recentCommands,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current.suggestions.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+    });
+
+    // resume is a name match; reset is an alias match.
+    // Even with recentScore boosting `clear`, name match must win.
+    const names = result.current.suggestions.map((s) => s.value);
+    const resumeIndex = names.indexOf('resume');
+    const clearIndex = names.indexOf('clear');
+    expect(resumeIndex).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(clearIndex).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(resumeIndex).toBeLessThan(clearIndex);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.ts
index b8cbf7a012..2b94d18748 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useSlashCompletion.ts
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ function compareRankedCommandMatches(
   return (
     right.matchStrength - left.matchStrength ||
     right.completionPriority - left.completionPriority ||
-    right.recentScore - left.recentScore ||
     nameVsAlias ||
+    right.recentScore - left.recentScore ||
     right.score - left.score ||
     left.start - right.start ||
     left.itemLength - right.itemLength ||