diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d32e98..8679889 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ web-dist
 
 # Generated at publish time by packages/cli prepack — root README is the source of truth.
 packages/cli/README.md
+packages/cli/skills
 
 # TypeScript incremental builds
 *.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index bd41c92..bfcfb4f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "test": "vitest run",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
-    "prepack": "node -e \"require('node:fs').copyFileSync('../../README.md','./README.md')\""
+    "prepack": "node -e \"const fs=require('node:fs');fs.copyFileSync('../../README.md','./README.md');fs.rmSync('./skills',{recursive:true,force:true});fs.cpSync('../../skills','./skills',{recursive:true})\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "better-sqlite3": "^12.9.0",