diff --git a/.github/workflows/skill-acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/skill-acceptance.yml
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+name: Skill Acceptance
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  skill-acceptance:
+    name: Public skill acceptance
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Verify skill test discovery
+        run: tests/skill-test-runner.sh
+      - name: Run every skill acceptance test
+        run: scripts/run-skill-tests.sh
diff --git a/scripts/run-skill-tests.sh b/scripts/run-skill-tests.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
+  printf 'Usage: %s [repository-root]\n' "${0##*/}" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
+  repo="$(cd -P "$1" && pwd)"
+else
+  repo="$(cd -P "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d "$repo/skills" ]]; then
+  printf 'No skills found under %s/skills.\n' "$repo"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+skill_files=()
+while IFS= read -r -d '' skill_file; do
+  skill_files+=("$skill_file")
+done < <(find "$repo/skills" -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type f -name SKILL.md -print0 | sort -z)
+
+if [[ ${#skill_files[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  printf 'No skills found under %s/skills.\n' "$repo"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+for skill_file in "${skill_files[@]}"; do
+  skill_name="$(basename "$(dirname "$skill_file")")"
+  test_file="$repo/tests/$skill_name-skill.sh"
+  if [[ ! -f "$test_file" ]]; then
+    printf 'Skill %s is missing its acceptance test: tests/%s-skill.sh\n' \
+      "$skill_name" "$skill_name" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ ! -x "$test_file" ]]; then
+    printf 'Skill acceptance test is not executable: tests/%s-skill.sh\n' \
+      "$skill_name" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  printf 'Running %s skill acceptance test...\n' "$skill_name"
+  "$test_file"
+done
diff --git a/tests/skill-test-runner.sh b/tests/skill-test-runner.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo="$(cd -P "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+runner="$repo/scripts/run-skill-tests.sh"
+root="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$root"' EXIT
+fixture="$root/repository with spaces"
+mkdir -p "$fixture/skills/example" "$fixture/tests"
+printf '%s\n' '---' 'description: Fixture skill' '---' >"$fixture/skills/example/SKILL.md"
+cat >"$fixture/tests/example-skill.sh" <<'TEST'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+printf 'example executed\n' >>"$SKILL_RUNNER_TEST_LOG"
+TEST
+chmod 0755 "$fixture/tests/example-skill.sh"
+
+# Discovery proof: a skill package causes its matching executable acceptance
+# script to run, including when the repository path contains spaces.
+log="$root/executed.log"
+SKILL_RUNNER_TEST_LOG="$log" "$runner" "$fixture" >/dev/null
+test "$(cat "$log")" = "example executed"
+
+# Coverage proof: a skill without a conventionally named acceptance test makes
+# the runner fail instead of allowing a green check with missing coverage.
+mkdir -p "$fixture/skills/uncovered"
+printf '%s\n' '---' 'description: Uncovered fixture skill' '---' >"$fixture/skills/uncovered/SKILL.md"
+if SKILL_RUNNER_TEST_LOG="$log" "$runner" "$fixture" >"$root/stdout" 2>"$root/stderr"; then
+  printf 'Runner accepted a skill without an acceptance test.\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+grep -F 'tests/uncovered-skill.sh' "$root/stderr" >/dev/null
+
+# Bootstrap proof: the workflow can land before the first skill and begins
+# enforcing coverage as soon as a skills directory appears.
+empty="$root/empty repository"
+mkdir -p "$empty"
+"$runner" "$empty" >"$root/empty-output"
+grep -F 'No skills found' "$root/empty-output" >/dev/null
+
+printf 'Skill test discovery executes every matching test and fails closed on missing coverage.\n'