diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 4c8a853..c08b37b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -313,7 +313,14 @@ resolve_component_path() {
     registry_key=$(get_registry_key "$component_type")
 
     if [ "$component_type" = "context" ] && [[ "$component_id" == */* ]]; then
-        jq_exec "first(.components.contexts[]? | select(.path == \".opencode/context/${component_id}.md\") | .path)" "$TEMP_DIR/registry.json"
+        # Try .md extension first (most context files), then fall back to the
+        # path as-is for non-markdown files (e.g. paths.json). Fixes #251.
+        local result
+        result=$(jq_exec "first(.components.contexts[]? | select(.path == \".opencode/context/${component_id}.md\") | .path)" "$TEMP_DIR/registry.json")
+        if [ -z "$result" ] || [ "$result" = "null" ]; then
+            result=$(jq_exec "first(.components.contexts[]? | select(.path == \".opencode/context/${component_id}\") | .path)" "$TEMP_DIR/registry.json")
+        fi
+        echo "$result"
         return
     fi
 
diff --git a/plugins/claude-code/scripts/install-context.sh b/plugins/claude-code/scripts/install-context.sh
index 9c6b1e9..34cc2ba 100755
--- a/plugins/claude-code/scripts/install-context.sh
+++ b/plugins/claude-code/scripts/install-context.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ check_dependencies() {
 }
 
 download_context() {
-  local categories=($1)
+  local categories
+  read -ra categories <<< "$1"
   local temp_dir
   temp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
   # shellcheck disable=SC2064
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ download_context() {
 
 write_manifest() {
   local profile="$1"
-  local categories=($2)
+  local categories
+  read -ra categories <<< "$2"
   local commit="$3"
   local timestamp
   timestamp=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")