diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 57a71453..e002aece 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -157,7 +157,11 @@ export default tseslint.config(
         },
         {
           type: "backend-shared-utils", // shared backend runtime helpers that modules may import directly
-          pattern: ["server/shared/utils.{js,ts}", "server/shared/claude-cli-path.ts"], // classify the shared utils file so modules can depend on it explicitly
+          pattern: [
+            "server/shared/utils.{js,ts}",
+            "server/shared/frontmatter.ts",
+            "server/shared/claude-cli-path.ts",
+          ], // classify shared utility files so modules can depend on them explicitly
           mode: "file",
         },
         {
diff --git a/server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-skills.provider.ts b/server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-skills.provider.ts
index d00b27e6..cbb1073a 100644
--- a/server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-skills.provider.ts
+++ b/server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-skills.provider.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import { readFile, readdir, stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
-import matter from 'gray-matter';
-
 import { SkillsProvider } from '@/modules/providers/shared/skills/skills.provider.js';
+import { parseFrontMatter } from '@/shared/frontmatter.js';
 import type {
   ProviderSkill,
   ProviderSkillListOptions,
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ export class ClaudeSkillsProvider extends SkillsProvider {
     commandPath: string,
   ): Promise<{ name: string; description: string }> {
     const content = await readFile(commandPath, 'utf8');
-    const parsed = matter(content);
+    const parsed = parseFrontMatter(content);
     const data = readObjectRecord(parsed.data) ?? {};
 
     return {
diff --git a/server/routes/commands.js b/server/routes/commands.js
index ac957511..bb61644f 100644
--- a/server/routes/commands.js
+++ b/server/routes/commands.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import express from 'express';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+
+import express from 'express';
+
 import { CLAUDE_MODELS, CURSOR_MODELS, CODEX_MODELS } from '../../shared/modelConstants.js';
-import { parseFrontmatter } from '../utils/frontmatter.js';
+import { parseFrontMatter } from '../shared/frontmatter.js';
 import { findAppRoot, getModuleDir } from '../utils/runtime-paths.js';
 
 const __dirname = getModuleDir(import.meta.url);
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ async function scanCommandsDirectory(dir, baseDir, namespace) {
         // Parse markdown file for metadata
         try {
           const content = await fs.readFile(fullPath, 'utf8');
-          const { data: frontmatter, content: commandContent } = parseFrontmatter(content);
+          const { data: frontmatter, content: commandContent } = parseFrontMatter(content);
 
           // Calculate relative path from baseDir for command name
           const relativePath = path.relative(baseDir, fullPath);
@@ -513,7 +515,7 @@ router.post('/execute', async (req, res) => {
       }
     }
     const content = await fs.readFile(commandPath, 'utf8');
-    const { data: metadata, content: commandContent } = parseFrontmatter(content);
+    const { data: metadata, content: commandContent } = parseFrontMatter(content);
     // Basic argument replacement (will be enhanced in command parser utility)
     let processedContent = commandContent;
 
diff --git a/server/utils/frontmatter.js b/server/shared/frontmatter.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from server/utils/frontmatter.js
rename to server/shared/frontmatter.ts
index 0a4b1eb8..9eb7ddd8 100644
--- a/server/utils/frontmatter.js
+++ b/server/shared/frontmatter.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ const frontmatterOptions = {
   engines: {
     js: disabledFrontmatterEngine,
     javascript: disabledFrontmatterEngine,
-    json: disabledFrontmatterEngine
-  }
+    json: disabledFrontmatterEngine,
+  },
 };
 
-export function parseFrontmatter(content) {
+export function parseFrontMatter(content: string) {
   return matter(content, frontmatterOptions);
 }
diff --git a/server/shared/utils.ts b/server/shared/utils.ts
index 239a951c..2903814e 100644
--- a/server/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/server/shared/utils.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import readline from 'node:readline';
 
-import matter from 'gray-matter';
 import type { NextFunction, Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
 
+import { parseFrontMatter } from '@/shared/frontmatter.js';
 import type {
   AnyRecord,
   ApiSuccessShape,
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ export async function readProviderSkillMarkdownDefinition(
   skillPath: string,
 ): Promise<{ name: string; description: string }> {
   const content = await readFile(skillPath, 'utf8');
-  const parsed = matter(content);
+  const parsed = parseFrontMatter(content);
   const data = readObjectRecord(parsed.data) ?? {};
   const fallbackName = path.basename(path.dirname(skillPath));
 
diff --git a/server/utils/commandParser.js b/server/utils/commandParser.js
index 56e3f702..0451320d 100644
--- a/server/utils/commandParser.js
+++ b/server/utils/commandParser.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import { execFile } from 'child_process';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import { execFile } from 'child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
+
 import { parse as parseShellCommand } from 'shell-quote';
-import { parseFrontmatter } from './frontmatter.js';
+
+import { parseFrontMatter } from '../shared/frontmatter.js';
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ const BASH_COMMAND_ALLOWLIST = [
  */
 export function parseCommand(content) {
   try {
-    const parsed = parseFrontmatter(content);
+    const parsed = parseFrontMatter(content);
     return {
       data: parsed.data || {},
       content: parsed.content || '',