@delorenj/pjangler 1.5.14 → 1.5.15

package/dist/index.js

@@ -7674,7 +7674,7 @@ function skillCoreOptions(ctx) {
 function relaySkillexCommands(text2) {
   return text2.replace(SKILLEX_COMMAND, PJ_SKILLS);
 }
-var SKILLEX_COMMAND = /(?<![\w/@.:-])skillex(?=\s+(?:skill|set|pack|init|enable|disable|inherit|sync|status|explain|doctor|vendor|profile|migrate)\b)/g;
+var SKILLEX_COMMAND = /(?<![\w/@.:-])skillex(?=\s+(?:skill|set|pack|bmad|init|enable|disable|inherit|normalize|sync|status|explain|doctor|vendor|profile|migrate|integrations|clients|root)\b)/g;
 function skillDiagnostics(findings) {
   return findings.map(
     (finding2) => `${finding2.code}: ${finding2.message}${finding2.path ? ` (${finding2.path})` : ""}${finding2.fix ? ` \u2014 ${relaySkillexCommands(finding2.fix)}` : ""}`
@@ -8560,20 +8560,13 @@ var HOOKS_COMMENT_HEADER = `# This block will handle the linking of
 # TODO: Ensure this works for all levels of nesting.
 # i.e. All linked agent files MUST be siblings at
 # any given level of nesting.`;
-var SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION = "0.1.2";
-var SKILLS_SYNC_TOOLS = `{ "npm:@delorenj/skillex" = { version = "${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION}", allow_low_downloads = true }, node = "24" }`;
 var LINK_AGENTFILES_WATCH_TASK_BLOCK = `[[watch_files]]
 patterns = ["AGENTS.md"]
 task = "${LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK}"
 
 ${taskHeader(LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK)}
 description = "Symlink all agent files to AGENTS.md"
-run = ${JSON.stringify(LINK_AGENTFILES_SCRIPT)}
-
-${taskHeader(SKILLS_SYNC_TASK)}
-description = "Reconcile this project's selected skills"
-tools = ${SKILLS_SYNC_TOOLS}
-run = "skillex sync --scope project --project '{{config_root}}'"`;
+run = ${JSON.stringify(LINK_AGENTFILES_SCRIPT)}`;
 var VERSIONING_BLOCK = `# >>> mise-versioning >>>  (managed block \u2014 do not edit by hand; re-run init to update)
 [tasks."version"]
 description = "Print the current version (vX.Y.Z)"
@@ -9038,6 +9031,7 @@ function managedLinkHookIssues(parsed) {
 }
 var RETIRED_LINK_TASKS = [
   "skills-sync",
+  SKILLS_SYNC_TASK,
   "skills-provision-packs",
   PROVISION_PACKS_TASK,
   "skills-provision-bmad",
@@ -9051,8 +9045,7 @@ function managedLinkTables() {
   const parsed = parseToml2(LINK_AGENTFILES_WATCH_TASK_BLOCK);
   return {
     watch: { lines: chunks[0], value: parsed.watch_files[0] },
-    link: { lines: chunks[1], value: parsed.tasks[LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK] },
-    sync: { lines: chunks[2], value: parsed.tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK] }
+    link: { lines: chunks[1], value: parsed.tasks[LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK] }
   };
 }
 function managedWatchPlan(watches) {
@@ -9098,7 +9091,7 @@ function reconcileManagedLinkTables(text2) {
       edits.push({ start: span.start, end: span.end, lines: [] });
       continue;
     }
-    const table = name === LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK ? managed.link : managed.sync;
+    const table = managed.link;
     found.add(name);
     if (isDeepStrictEqualLoose(parseBody(lines, statements, index), table.value)) continue;
     if (name === LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK && !lines.slice(span.start, span.end).join("\n").includes("link-agentfiles")) {
@@ -9122,8 +9115,7 @@ function reconcileManagedLinkTables(text2) {
   });
   const missing = [
     ...plan.managed >= 0 ? [] : [managed.watch.lines],
-    ...found.has(LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK) ? [] : [managed.link.lines],
-    ...found.has(SKILLS_SYNC_TASK) ? [] : [managed.sync.lines]
+    ...found.has(LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK) ? [] : [managed.link.lines]
   ];
   if (missing.length) {
     const block = missing.flatMap((chunk, index) => index ? ["", ...chunk] : chunk);
@@ -9207,7 +9199,6 @@ function expectedLinkModel(base, required) {
   const tasks = isTable(model.tasks) ? model.tasks : model.tasks = {};
   for (const name of RETIRED_LINK_TASKS) delete tasks[name];
   tasks[LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK] = deepClone(managed.link.value);
-  tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK] = deepClone(managed.sync.value);
   const watches = Array.isArray(model.watch_files) ? model.watch_files : [];
   const plan = managedWatchPlan(watches);
   model.watch_files = [
@@ -10519,35 +10510,26 @@ function retiredSkillsScripts(ctx) {
   return RETIRED_SKILL_SCRIPTS.map((path) => join7(ctx.repoRoot, path)).filter((path) => Boolean(lstatIfPresent(path)));
 }
 function skillsWiringFindings(text2) {
-  if (text2 === null) return { fixable: ["mise.toml is missing; add the explicit skills:sync task"], manual: [] };
+  if (text2 === null) return { fixable: [], manual: [] };
   const fixable = [];
   const manual = [];
   let parsed = parsedOrUndefined(text2);
   if (!parsed) {
     const baseline = parseBaseline(text2);
-    if ("refused" in baseline) return { fixable: [], manual: ["mise.toml is invalid TOML; repair it before running skills:sync"] };
+    if ("refused" in baseline) return { fixable: [], manual: ["mise.toml is invalid TOML; repair it before pjangler can retire skill tasks"] };
     parsed = baseline.parsed;
     fixable.push("mise.toml repeats the close of a [hooks] array (an earlier pjangler run wrote it); migrate repairs it");
   }
   const record3 = (value) => isTable(value) ? value : {};
-  const tasks = record3(parsed.tasks), task = record3(tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK]);
-  const run = Array.isArray(task.run) && task.run.length === 1 ? task.run[0] : task.run;
-  if (typeof run !== "string" || !/^skillex\s+sync\s+--scope\s+project\s+--project\s+(['"])\{\{config_root\}\}\1\s*$/.test(run)) {
-    fixable.push("skills:sync must explicitly target {{config_root}} with the Node CLI");
-  }
-  const pin = record3(task.tools)["npm:@delorenj/skillex"];
-  const pinned = typeof pin === "string" ? pin : record3(pin).version;
-  if (pinned !== SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION) {
-    fixable.push(`skills:sync must pin @delorenj/skillex ${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION} in its own tools table`);
-  } else if (typeof pin === "string") {
-    fixable.push(`skills:sync pins @delorenj/skillex as the plain string "${pin}", which mise 2026.9 refuses to install inside its 30-day minimumPackageAge; pin { version = "${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION}", allow_low_downloads = true }`);
-  } else if (record3(pin).allow_low_downloads !== true) {
-    fixable.push(`skills:sync must approve @delorenj/skillex ${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION} with allow_low_downloads = true (mise 2026.9 refuses to install it otherwise)`);
+  const tasks = record3(parsed.tasks);
+  if (tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK] !== void 0) {
+    fixable.push(`Retire the ${SKILLS_SYNC_TASK} mise task; invoke skillex directly (pj skills sync --scope project --project .)`);
   }
   const retired = /sync-skills\.py|provision-(?:packs|bmad-skills)\.py|skills[:\-]provision/;
   const renames = new Map(RETIRED_TASK_RENAMES);
-  const replaced = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([...RETIRED_LINK_TASKS, LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK, SKILLS_SYNC_TASK]);
+  const replaced = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([...RETIRED_LINK_TASKS, LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK]);
   for (const [name, entry] of Object.entries(tasks)) {
+    if (name === SKILLS_SYNC_TASK) continue;
     if (!retired.test(name) && !retired.test(JSON.stringify(record3(entry).run ?? ""))) continue;
     if (replaced.has(renames.get(name) ?? name)) {
       if (!fixable.includes("Retire Python skill sync/provision tasks from mise.toml")) fixable.push("Retire Python skill sync/provision tasks from mise.toml");
@@ -10562,7 +10544,7 @@ function skillsWiringFindings(text2) {
   }
   manual.push(...decisions.manual.filter((entry) => SKILL_WRITER_MENTION.test(entry.command)).map(manualHookLine));
   const watches = Array.isArray(parsed.watch_files) ? parsed.watch_files : [];
-  if (managedWatchPlan(watches).skills.length) fixable.push("Remove the skills watch hook; run skills:sync explicitly");
+  if (managedWatchPlan(watches).skills.length) fixable.push("Remove the skills watch hook; run pj skills sync explicitly, never automatically");
   return { fixable, manual };
 }
 function skillsWiringIssues(text2) {
@@ -10581,10 +10563,11 @@ function createAgentHooksChecks() {
         const retired = retiredSkillsScripts(ctx);
         const unsafe = retired.filter((path) => lstatIfPresent(path)?.isDirectory());
         const details = [...finding2.details, ...wiring, ...retired.map((path) => unsafe.includes(path) ? `Inspect and preserve retired script directory: ${path}` : `${path} is a retired skill writer`)];
+        const miseDrift = mise !== null && upsertLinkAgentfilesBlock(mise, ctx) !== mise;
         return {
           ...finding2,
           status: wiring.length || retired.length ? "fail" : finding2.status,
-          fixable: unsafe.length ? false : finding2.fixable || wiring.length > 0 || retired.length > 0,
+          fixable: unsafe.length ? false : finding2.fixable || wiring.length > 0 || retired.length > 0 || miseDrift,
           summary: details.length ? `${details.length} Skillex finding(s)` : finding2.summary,
           details
         };
@@ -10629,7 +10612,7 @@ function createAgentHooksChecks() {
         if (!reconciled.ok || !roots.ok) {
           return result2(changedFiles.length ? "partial" : "blocked", "Skillex requires attention before project migration");
         }
-        return changedFiles.length ? result2("applied", "Project skills use the Node core and explicit sync task") : result2("noop", "No changes required");
+        return changedFiles.length ? result2("applied", "Project skills use the Node core and direct invocation") : result2("noop", "No changes required");
       }
     },
     {
@@ -11779,7 +11762,7 @@ var AgentHooksRecipe = class extends Recipe {
   printNextSteps() {
     console.log("\u{1FA9D} Agent-hooks layer installed!");
     console.log("   Next steps:");
-    console.log("   1. mise run skills:sync  # sync .agents/skills.json into local CLI dirs");
+    console.log("   1. pj skills sync --scope project --project .  # sync .agents/skills.json into local CLI dirs");
     console.log("   2. mise run hooks:sync   # generate .claude/settings.json + inject codex/kimi/hermes");
     console.log("   3. git add .claude/settings.json .agents/hooks .agents/skills.json && commit (codex/kimi/hermes are per-dev)");
     console.log("   4. mise run hindsight:setup   # set HINDSIGHT_OP_KEY_REF to your 1Password item first");
@@ -15136,21 +15119,13 @@ ${leaveBlock}`);
       }
       wiredHooks = true;
     }
-    const skillsSync = [
-      '[tasks."skills:sync"]',
-      `description = "Reconcile this project's selected skills"`,
-      `tools = ${SKILLS_SYNC_TOOLS}`,
-      `run = "skillex sync --scope project --project '${cr}'"`,
-      ""
-    ];
-    const managedSkillsSync = parseToml3(skillsSync.join("\n")).tasks["skills:sync"];
-    const keepSkillsSync = existingTasks["skills:sync"] !== void 0 && canonicalJson(existingTasks["skills:sync"]) === canonicalJson(managedSkillsSync);
     const appended = [
       "",
       _WireMiseAgentHooks.MARKER + " (generated \u2014 see .agents/hooks/README.md)",
       // PJAN-61: task names use the colon namespace form. A colon is not legal
       // in a BARE toml key, so every header here MUST stay quoted.
-      ...keepSkillsSync ? [] : skillsSync,
+      // PJAN-135 retired 2026-10-10: no skills:sync task is appended — skill
+      // operations invoke skillex directly (`pj skills …`), never a mise task.
       "[[watch_files]]",
       'patterns = [".agents/hooks/hooks.master.json"]',
       'task = "hooks:sync"',

package/dist/mcp-server.js

@@ -6837,7 +6837,7 @@ function skillCoreOptions(ctx) {
 function relaySkillexCommands(text) {
   return text.replace(SKILLEX_COMMAND, PJ_SKILLS);
 }
-var SKILLEX_COMMAND = /(?<![\w/@.:-])skillex(?=\s+(?:skill|set|pack|init|enable|disable|inherit|sync|status|explain|doctor|vendor|profile|migrate)\b)/g;
+var SKILLEX_COMMAND = /(?<![\w/@.:-])skillex(?=\s+(?:skill|set|pack|bmad|init|enable|disable|inherit|normalize|sync|status|explain|doctor|vendor|profile|migrate|integrations|clients|root)\b)/g;
 function skillDiagnostics(findings) {
   return findings.map(
     (finding2) => `${finding2.code}: ${finding2.message}${finding2.path ? ` (${finding2.path})` : ""}${finding2.fix ? ` \u2014 ${relaySkillexCommands(finding2.fix)}` : ""}`
@@ -7723,20 +7723,13 @@ var HOOKS_COMMENT_HEADER = `# This block will handle the linking of
 # TODO: Ensure this works for all levels of nesting.
 # i.e. All linked agent files MUST be siblings at
 # any given level of nesting.`;
-var SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION = "0.1.2";
-var SKILLS_SYNC_TOOLS = `{ "npm:@delorenj/skillex" = { version = "${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION}", allow_low_downloads = true }, node = "24" }`;
 var LINK_AGENTFILES_WATCH_TASK_BLOCK = `[[watch_files]]
 patterns = ["AGENTS.md"]
 task = "${LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK}"
 
 ${taskHeader(LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK)}
 description = "Symlink all agent files to AGENTS.md"
-run = ${JSON.stringify(LINK_AGENTFILES_SCRIPT)}
-
-${taskHeader(SKILLS_SYNC_TASK)}
-description = "Reconcile this project's selected skills"
-tools = ${SKILLS_SYNC_TOOLS}
-run = "skillex sync --scope project --project '{{config_root}}'"`;
+run = ${JSON.stringify(LINK_AGENTFILES_SCRIPT)}`;
 var VERSIONING_BLOCK = `# >>> mise-versioning >>>  (managed block \u2014 do not edit by hand; re-run init to update)
 [tasks."version"]
 description = "Print the current version (vX.Y.Z)"
@@ -8201,6 +8194,7 @@ function managedLinkHookIssues(parsed) {
 }
 var RETIRED_LINK_TASKS = [
   "skills-sync",
+  SKILLS_SYNC_TASK,
   "skills-provision-packs",
   PROVISION_PACKS_TASK,
   "skills-provision-bmad",
@@ -8214,8 +8208,7 @@ function managedLinkTables() {
   const parsed = parseToml2(LINK_AGENTFILES_WATCH_TASK_BLOCK);
   return {
     watch: { lines: chunks[0], value: parsed.watch_files[0] },
-    link: { lines: chunks[1], value: parsed.tasks[LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK] },
-    sync: { lines: chunks[2], value: parsed.tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK] }
+    link: { lines: chunks[1], value: parsed.tasks[LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK] }
   };
 }
 function managedWatchPlan(watches) {
@@ -8261,7 +8254,7 @@ function reconcileManagedLinkTables(text) {
       edits.push({ start: span.start, end: span.end, lines: [] });
       continue;
     }
-    const table = name === LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK ? managed.link : managed.sync;
+    const table = managed.link;
     found.add(name);
     if (isDeepStrictEqualLoose(parseBody(lines, statements, index), table.value)) continue;
     if (name === LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK && !lines.slice(span.start, span.end).join("\n").includes("link-agentfiles")) {
@@ -8285,8 +8278,7 @@ function reconcileManagedLinkTables(text) {
   });
   const missing = [
     ...plan.managed >= 0 ? [] : [managed.watch.lines],
-    ...found.has(LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK) ? [] : [managed.link.lines],
-    ...found.has(SKILLS_SYNC_TASK) ? [] : [managed.sync.lines]
+    ...found.has(LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK) ? [] : [managed.link.lines]
   ];
   if (missing.length) {
     const block = missing.flatMap((chunk, index) => index ? ["", ...chunk] : chunk);
@@ -8370,7 +8362,6 @@ function expectedLinkModel(base, required) {
   const tasks = isTable(model.tasks) ? model.tasks : model.tasks = {};
   for (const name of RETIRED_LINK_TASKS) delete tasks[name];
   tasks[LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK] = deepClone(managed.link.value);
-  tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK] = deepClone(managed.sync.value);
   const watches = Array.isArray(model.watch_files) ? model.watch_files : [];
   const plan = managedWatchPlan(watches);
   model.watch_files = [
@@ -9330,35 +9321,26 @@ function retiredSkillsScripts(ctx) {
   return RETIRED_SKILL_SCRIPTS.map((path) => join7(ctx.repoRoot, path)).filter((path) => Boolean(lstatIfPresent(path)));
 }
 function skillsWiringFindings(text) {
-  if (text === null) return { fixable: ["mise.toml is missing; add the explicit skills:sync task"], manual: [] };
+  if (text === null) return { fixable: [], manual: [] };
   const fixable = [];
   const manual = [];
   let parsed = parsedOrUndefined(text);
   if (!parsed) {
     const baseline = parseBaseline(text);
-    if ("refused" in baseline) return { fixable: [], manual: ["mise.toml is invalid TOML; repair it before running skills:sync"] };
+    if ("refused" in baseline) return { fixable: [], manual: ["mise.toml is invalid TOML; repair it before pjangler can retire skill tasks"] };
     parsed = baseline.parsed;
     fixable.push("mise.toml repeats the close of a [hooks] array (an earlier pjangler run wrote it); migrate repairs it");
   }
   const record3 = (value) => isTable(value) ? value : {};
-  const tasks = record3(parsed.tasks), task = record3(tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK]);
-  const run = Array.isArray(task.run) && task.run.length === 1 ? task.run[0] : task.run;
-  if (typeof run !== "string" || !/^skillex\s+sync\s+--scope\s+project\s+--project\s+(['"])\{\{config_root\}\}\1\s*$/.test(run)) {
-    fixable.push("skills:sync must explicitly target {{config_root}} with the Node CLI");
-  }
-  const pin = record3(task.tools)["npm:@delorenj/skillex"];
-  const pinned = typeof pin === "string" ? pin : record3(pin).version;
-  if (pinned !== SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION) {
-    fixable.push(`skills:sync must pin @delorenj/skillex ${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION} in its own tools table`);
-  } else if (typeof pin === "string") {
-    fixable.push(`skills:sync pins @delorenj/skillex as the plain string "${pin}", which mise 2026.9 refuses to install inside its 30-day minimumPackageAge; pin { version = "${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION}", allow_low_downloads = true }`);
-  } else if (record3(pin).allow_low_downloads !== true) {
-    fixable.push(`skills:sync must approve @delorenj/skillex ${SKILLEX_TOOL_VERSION} with allow_low_downloads = true (mise 2026.9 refuses to install it otherwise)`);
+  const tasks = record3(parsed.tasks);
+  if (tasks[SKILLS_SYNC_TASK] !== void 0) {
+    fixable.push(`Retire the ${SKILLS_SYNC_TASK} mise task; invoke skillex directly (pj skills sync --scope project --project .)`);
   }
   const retired = /sync-skills\.py|provision-(?:packs|bmad-skills)\.py|skills[:\-]provision/;
   const renames = new Map(RETIRED_TASK_RENAMES);
-  const replaced = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([...RETIRED_LINK_TASKS, LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK, SKILLS_SYNC_TASK]);
+  const replaced = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([...RETIRED_LINK_TASKS, LINK_AGENTFILES_TASK]);
   for (const [name, entry] of Object.entries(tasks)) {
+    if (name === SKILLS_SYNC_TASK) continue;
     if (!retired.test(name) && !retired.test(JSON.stringify(record3(entry).run ?? ""))) continue;
     if (replaced.has(renames.get(name) ?? name)) {
       if (!fixable.includes("Retire Python skill sync/provision tasks from mise.toml")) fixable.push("Retire Python skill sync/provision tasks from mise.toml");
@@ -9373,7 +9355,7 @@ function skillsWiringFindings(text) {
   }
   manual.push(...decisions.manual.filter((entry) => SKILL_WRITER_MENTION.test(entry.command)).map(manualHookLine));
   const watches = Array.isArray(parsed.watch_files) ? parsed.watch_files : [];
-  if (managedWatchPlan(watches).skills.length) fixable.push("Remove the skills watch hook; run skills:sync explicitly");
+  if (managedWatchPlan(watches).skills.length) fixable.push("Remove the skills watch hook; run pj skills sync explicitly, never automatically");
   return { fixable, manual };
 }
 function skillsWiringIssues(text) {
@@ -9392,10 +9374,11 @@ function createAgentHooksChecks() {
         const retired = retiredSkillsScripts(ctx);
         const unsafe = retired.filter((path) => lstatIfPresent(path)?.isDirectory());
         const details = [...finding2.details, ...wiring, ...retired.map((path) => unsafe.includes(path) ? `Inspect and preserve retired script directory: ${path}` : `${path} is a retired skill writer`)];
+        const miseDrift = mise !== null && upsertLinkAgentfilesBlock(mise, ctx) !== mise;
         return {
           ...finding2,
           status: wiring.length || retired.length ? "fail" : finding2.status,
-          fixable: unsafe.length ? false : finding2.fixable || wiring.length > 0 || retired.length > 0,
+          fixable: unsafe.length ? false : finding2.fixable || wiring.length > 0 || retired.length > 0 || miseDrift,
           summary: details.length ? `${details.length} Skillex finding(s)` : finding2.summary,
           details
         };
@@ -9440,7 +9423,7 @@ function createAgentHooksChecks() {
         if (!reconciled.ok || !roots.ok) {
           return result2(changedFiles.length ? "partial" : "blocked", "Skillex requires attention before project migration");
         }
-        return changedFiles.length ? result2("applied", "Project skills use the Node core and explicit sync task") : result2("noop", "No changes required");
+        return changedFiles.length ? result2("applied", "Project skills use the Node core and direct invocation") : result2("noop", "No changes required");
       }
     },
     {
@@ -10510,7 +10493,7 @@ var AgentHooksRecipe = class extends Recipe {
   printNextSteps() {
     console.log("\u{1FA9D} Agent-hooks layer installed!");
     console.log("   Next steps:");
-    console.log("   1. mise run skills:sync  # sync .agents/skills.json into local CLI dirs");
+    console.log("   1. pj skills sync --scope project --project .  # sync .agents/skills.json into local CLI dirs");
     console.log("   2. mise run hooks:sync   # generate .claude/settings.json + inject codex/kimi/hermes");
     console.log("   3. git add .claude/settings.json .agents/hooks .agents/skills.json && commit (codex/kimi/hermes are per-dev)");
     console.log("   4. mise run hindsight:setup   # set HINDSIGHT_OP_KEY_REF to your 1Password item first");
@@ -13630,21 +13613,13 @@ ${leaveBlock}`);
       }
       wiredHooks = true;
     }
-    const skillsSync = [
-      '[tasks."skills:sync"]',
-      `description = "Reconcile this project's selected skills"`,
-      `tools = ${SKILLS_SYNC_TOOLS}`,
-      `run = "skillex sync --scope project --project '${cr}'"`,
-      ""
-    ];
-    const managedSkillsSync = parseToml3(skillsSync.join("\n")).tasks["skills:sync"];
-    const keepSkillsSync = existingTasks["skills:sync"] !== void 0 && canonicalJson(existingTasks["skills:sync"]) === canonicalJson(managedSkillsSync);
     const appended = [
       "",
       _WireMiseAgentHooks.MARKER + " (generated \u2014 see .agents/hooks/README.md)",
       // PJAN-61: task names use the colon namespace form. A colon is not legal
       // in a BARE toml key, so every header here MUST stay quoted.
-      ...keepSkillsSync ? [] : skillsSync,
+      // PJAN-135 retired 2026-10-10: no skills:sync task is appended — skill
+      // operations invoke skillex directly (`pj skills …`), never a mise task.
       "[[watch_files]]",
       'patterns = [".agents/hooks/hooks.master.json"]',
       'task = "hooks:sync"',

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@delorenj/pjangler",
-  "version": "1.5.14",
+  "version": "1.5.15",
   "description": "Project subsystem bootstrapper CLI",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@clack/prompts": "^1.4.0",
-    "@delorenj/skillex": "0.1.2",
+    "@delorenj/skillex": "0.3.0",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.29.0",
     "commander": "^14.0.2",
     "pg": "^8.16.0",

package/templates/commonproject/copier.yml

@@ -231,8 +231,10 @@ _tasks:
   # must not touch, so a re-render into a live project destroyed the file and
   # reported success.
   - "./.mise/scripts/link-agentfiles.sh \"$(pwd)\""
-  # One explicit project activation after rendering. Trust only this generated
-  # config for this process; do not persist trust or execute enter/watch hooks.
-  - "MISE_TRUSTED_CONFIG_PATHS=\"$(pwd)/mise.toml\" mise run skills:sync"
+  # Skill activation is NOT a copier task: the skills:sync mise task retired
+  # with the 2026-10-10 skill-operation-task policy. `pj init` provisions the
+  # fresh project's skills itself through the bundled skillex core in its
+  # post-render parity pass; operators invoke `pj skills …` / `skillex …`
+  # directly afterwards.
   # Stamp the repo's absolute path into .project.json (the SOT) post-render.
   - "python3 -c \"import json,os,pathlib; p=pathlib.Path('.project.json'); d=json.loads(p.read_text()); d['repo_path']=os.getcwd(); p.write_text(json.dumps(d,indent=2)+chr(10))\""

package/templates/commonproject/template/mise.toml.jinja

@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ task = "hooks:sync"
 [tasks."link:agentfiles"]
 description = "Symlink all agent files to AGENTS.md"
 run = "'{% raw %}{{config_root}}{% endraw %}/.mise/scripts/link-agentfiles.sh' '{% raw %}{{config_root}}{% endraw %}'"
-
-[tasks."skills:sync"]
-description = "Reconcile this project's selected skills"
-tools = { "npm:@delorenj/skillex" = { version = "0.1.2", allow_low_downloads = true }, node = "24" }
-run = "skillex sync --scope project --project '{% raw %}{{config_root}}{% endraw %}'"
 {% if agent_hooks_layer %}
 # --- Project-scoped agent hooks (see .agents/hooks/README.md) ---