diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07f4331..0411cc0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 /reference/
+/.direnv/
+
+# BEGIN mkSkillsShellHook
+# Generated by mkSkillsShellHook. Nix-delivered skill symlinks, kept out of git.
+.claude/skills
+.agents/skills/gitea-axi
+# END mkSkillsShellHook
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index f9a3eea..3553f43 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ The domain model (Host, Module, Skeleton, Auto-loader, Enable convention, overla
 - `~/.claude/skills` and `~/.pi/agent/skills` are home-manager-generated (`recursive = true`), so editing a skill in place fails and a new file created there silently escapes the repo.
   Shared global skills come from the `skills` flake through `modules/agents/skills.nix`, applied by a rebuild.
   Claude-specific legacy skills, when kept, live under `modules/agents/claude-code/skills/<name>/`.
+- Pi skill discovery honors `.gitignore`, `.ignore`, and `.fdignore` inside scanned skill directories.
+  A generated `.agents/skills/.gitignore` entry that ignores a symlinked skill also prevents Pi from loading that skill, even when `.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` exists and the symlink target is valid.
 - nixpkgs `vimPlugins.nord-nvim` is `shaunsingh/nord.nvim` (no `require("nord").setup()`).
   The config wants `gbprod/nord.nvim`, which is packaged as `vimPlugins.gbprod-nord`.
 - `nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config` needs root on this machine even just to print: unprivileged it dies at `Failed to retrieve subvolume info for /`, because the root filesystem is btrfs.
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2053052..86a93df 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784318604,
-        "narHash": "sha256-P/N5ZbGWITiTfmiWpE/1uyXdOCagpgw/YAZLZJSzx/I=",
+        "lastModified": 1785310450,
+        "narHash": "sha256-B770yiSd3FJ1d6dJv1qBhdfx5E0ZnFFIAWcRUCXRZSw=",
         "owner": "chaotic-cx",
         "repo": "nyx",
-        "rev": "21a8ef816f34558a438d778057a8809322ea2415",
+        "rev": "f75a3ace95019afead74c2d68de86a4da0686ccc",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -263,11 +263,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784129366,
-        "narHash": "sha256-N5JiyICSeQF14x+OQebNyPpYowOT9Rs1iKyeCylSzOA=",
+        "lastModified": 1785168662,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kGJTc0oEUQuEwV66lSlMxYtOEtpk9N/HS43k+rFAvs8=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "165228b0efefc3e635e5174020c40ea64271dc25",
+        "rev": "cbb77679b3d992c8b62f884cd3a84af534a28621",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -304,11 +304,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784351324,
-        "narHash": "sha256-By+kuRJZRqs2TuXgtR8vJ8cTKWXw33YG/Yollu5cO1U=",
+        "lastModified": 1785306346,
+        "narHash": "sha256-DScBkW0fOgpGPK2trNoX3ryLTlaC14+gglFo/BhGJ4g=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "460108009ca1ff69ca2ff19079ca2c838d6e3080",
+        "rev": "e705714e918c3b11affcdd15db2cbe3a070420a0",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -345,11 +345,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784310968,
-        "narHash": "sha256-rkSPTePrKqs4dg+i7ZFCq93+HrClac6oSwXX927SVjA=",
+        "lastModified": 1785232496,
+        "narHash": "sha256-65EQYIRRpTdpH8lUiB6Mvo5uBkG60aBIzAJuALfx+O0=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixos-hardware",
-        "rev": "779c32a00155994c86cde8213a8dd4df139d4355",
+        "rev": "2e790b0a6be8ec2b76174ac0931b8ff11919ec98",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -360,11 +360,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784120854,
-        "narHash": "sha256-KesHgItiZPgGX740axSiQLcIQ8D24MDqNpkKYWIek8k=",
+        "lastModified": 1785090369,
+        "narHash": "sha256-m0pDuRJG7EDo9ri+4Ksu83VsI+PlxNC9lNBfydejce4=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "753cc8a3a87467296ddd1fa93f0cc3e81120ee46",
+        "rev": "624af665418d3c65d544145b4d34ad696439570e",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-stable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784280462,
-        "narHash": "sha256-DtoqIqM7VkR6NxAkcLpMwmi02USwWb3JdmNGLyhthc0=",
+        "lastModified": 1785133411,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Yjv0WEg39KRYS0rBdTbu6Fc/or/ihAKk13W9sQ6VWd0=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "293d6abedf0478e681a4dfcfcb35b30fc796a32f",
+        "rev": "2f5a153c270b70cb0f8c11f46d96d6d3bc39f4e3",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -392,11 +392,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-unstable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784347607,
-        "narHash": "sha256-VI5cdo27nEZ3m1SlgB8RvBbrqFUO2/dUgrrLWe407oA=",
+        "lastModified": 1785301185,
+        "narHash": "sha256-eoS3KQTO0aPWXZvIaRbRAzSSHW3l5wdMFXtT1ISfoKA=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "31cd72fdba8fa052e437ce7e6879c4fe62def10f",
+        "rev": "9bc02893134c733dd85de46ee4fb2fac696b5529",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -408,11 +408,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784120854,
-        "narHash": "sha256-KesHgItiZPgGX740axSiQLcIQ8D24MDqNpkKYWIek8k=",
+        "lastModified": 1785090369,
+        "narHash": "sha256-m0pDuRJG7EDo9ri+4Ksu83VsI+PlxNC9lNBfydejce4=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "753cc8a3a87467296ddd1fa93f0cc3e81120ee46",
+        "rev": "624af665418d3c65d544145b4d34ad696439570e",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -431,11 +431,11 @@
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1784057377,
-        "narHash": "sha256-yycNej5//EsRbV10moBoh+/63vXEwZD1ZFEiRm6C9rQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1785001306,
+        "narHash": "sha256-xWqmquUtqKXLeDZ1oQUO+rV4sjA9TShIJhLL8M5Bozo=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "nixvim",
-        "rev": "07180a087e4a00720dc0731cbcd8dec796974381",
+        "rev": "48409beb41e8e28b64e8160ca82d8a93fb628963",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -494,11 +494,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1785340476,
-        "narHash": "sha256-+uVjxpCBKtwsFBhkHTtCfnCZIZa8xLzwpe1k71DM4hM=",
+        "lastModified": 1785358882,
+        "narHash": "sha256-2a/wELB9EI1i7+o1deitPFbXE03BpXUiKWbZElAxXHE=",
         "ref": "refs/heads/main",
-        "rev": "02f2017b4026cb51f04070e62bc4775a2e5d2edd",
-        "revCount": 21,
+        "rev": "40b37281d51b9ac78a2aeafbf3f2c2073e80b649",
+        "revCount": 22,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "https://git.alexion.dev/alexion/skills"
       },