diff --git a/packages/host/app/components/ai-assistant/skill-menu/skill-toggle.gts b/packages/host/app/components/ai-assistant/skill-menu/skill-toggle.gts
index 18c56b9c812..c07571cb103 100644
--- a/packages/host/app/components/ai-assistant/skill-menu/skill-toggle.gts
+++ b/packages/host/app/components/ai-assistant/skill-menu/skill-toggle.gts
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ export default class SkillToggle extends Component<SkillToggleSignature> {
     return this.cardResource?.card;
   }
 
-  // Title for either skill source: `cardTitle` for a Skill card, the
-  // frontmatter name / title for a skill markdown file.
+  // Title for either skill source: `cardTitle` for a Skill card; for a skill
+  // markdown file, the title indexed from its first heading, falling back to
+  // the frontmatter name slug only when the file has no heading.
   private get displayTitle(): string | undefined {
     let card = this.card as
       | {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export default class SkillToggle extends Component<SkillToggleSignature> {
     if (!card) {
       return undefined;
     }
-    return card.cardTitle ?? card.frontmatter?.name ?? card.title ?? card.name;
+    return card.cardTitle ?? card.title ?? card.frontmatter?.name ?? card.name;
   }
 
   private get isCreating() {