diff --git a/.claude/tasks/0002-global-placement-home-manager.md b/.claude/tasks/0002-global-placement-home-manager.md
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+---
+spec: nix-skill-packaging
+blocked-by: 0001-content-tier-skill-packaging
+---
+
+## What to build
+
+The global (every-project) placement output: a home-manager module that installs an operator's selected skills into `~/.claude/skills/`, plus the check that proves its composition.
+
+Exposed as `homeModules.default`. The operator-facing option is `programs.agents.skills`, a `listOf package` with default `[]` (an empty list is a no-op). `agents` is deliberately an umbrella namespace with no shared `programs.agents.enable` — each sub-feature self-gates so the namespace stays a clean, mergeable surface another repo could extend. Selection is by derivation: consumers pass skill derivations pulled from `packages.<system>`, not name strings.
+
+For each selected skill the module writes an individual `home.file` at `${claude-code.configDir}/skills/<name>` with `source = <skill derivation>` and `recursive = true`, gated on `programs.claude-code.enable`, reading `configDir` from the claude-code module. `recursive = true` is a hard requirement: it materializes `.../skills/<name>/` as a real directory of per-file symlinks so this module, the operator's own skills declarations, and self-placing tool modules coexist under one `skills/` tree. The module deliberately does not feed the single-valued `programs.claude-code.skills` option, which would collide with an operator already setting it.
+
+Verified by the home-manager-module composition check under `nix flake check`: it instantiates `homeModules.default` under a sample home-manager configuration selecting a couple of skills with `programs.claude-code` enabled, builds the resulting home-files derivation, and asserts the per-skill `home.file`, `recursive = true`, the `claude-code.enable` gate, and `configDir` sourcing all compose as intended (direct analogue of gitea-axi's home-manager-module check).
+
+## Acceptance criteria
+
+- [x] `homeModules.default` is exposed.
+- [x] It defines `programs.agents.skills` as `listOf package` with default `[]`, and an empty list installs nothing.
+- [x] There is no shared `programs.agents.enable`; the skills feature self-gates.
+- [x] Selection is by derivation (skills pulled from `packages.<system>`), not by name string.
+- [x] Each selected skill is written as an individual `home.file` at `${claude-code.configDir}/skills/<name>` with `recursive = true`, sourcing `configDir` from the claude-code module.
+- [x] Placement is gated on `programs.claude-code.enable`; with it off, no skill files are written.
+- [x] The module does not set `programs.claude-code.skills`.
+- [x] The module composes with an operator's own skills declarations and self-placing tool modules under one `skills/` tree without collision.
+- [x] `nix flake check` includes a home-manager-module composition check that builds the home-files derivation for a sample selection and asserts the above.
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+Files: `home-manager-module.nix` (the module, at the repo root, mirroring gitea-axi's placement), `checks/home-manager-module.nix` (the composition check), and `flake.nix` wiring (a `homeModules` output plus the check registration and the new `home-manager` input).
+
+- **Placement name comes from `skillName`.**
+  The module reads each derivation's `passthru.skillName` — the eval-time name attribute task 0001 established for exactly this purpose — to form `.../skills/<name>` without import-from-derivation.
+
+- **`homeModules` exposes an `agents-skills` alias beside `default`.**
+  The criteria only require `homeModules.default`; the named alias is an additive convenience mirroring gitea-axi's `homeModules` shape, and `default` points at it.
+
+- **`home-manager` flake input follows this flake's nixpkgs.**
+  It exists solely so `nix flake check` can evaluate the module against real home-manager; a consumer importing the module supplies their own home-manager and pkgs, so the input has no bearing on what they get.
+
+- **Recursive placement is proven by the entry's type, not by file existence.**
+  A `test -f skills/<name>/SKILL.md` follows symlinks and cannot distinguish a recursive per-file tree from one opaque symlink over the whole skill, so the check asserts the entry is a real directory (`test -d` and `! -L`).
+  A mutation to `recursive = false` fails the check.
+
+- **A non-default `configDir` scenario was added during review.**
+  The other scenarios all run at the default `configDir`, so a module hardcoding `.claude/skills/` would have passed them identically.
+  One configuration now sets a custom `configDir` and asserts placement follows it, closing the "configDir sourcing" leg of the check.
+  A mutation hardcoding `.claude` fails the check.
diff --git a/checks/home-manager-module.nix b/checks/home-manager-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..789acca
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+++ b/checks/home-manager-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+# Builds the home-files tree `homeModules.default` produces under several
+# operator configurations and asserts on the skills each one places.
+{
+  pkgs,
+  home-manager,
+  module,
+  mkSkill,
+}:
+let
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
+
+  # A sample skill built through the flake's own `mkSkill`, so it carries the
+  # `skillName` passthru the module reads to place it.
+  mkSampleSkill =
+    name:
+    mkSkill {
+      inherit pkgs name;
+      src = pkgs.runCommandLocal "${name}-src" { } ''
+        mkdir -p "$out"
+        printf '%s\n' "sample skill ${name}" > "$out/SKILL.md"
+      '';
+    };
+
+  skillAlpha = mkSampleSkill "sample-alpha";
+  skillBeta = mkSampleSkill "sample-beta";
+
+  # A skill the operator declares as their own attribute-set entry, so the
+  # attribute-set assertion can look for it beside the module's.
+  operatorAttrSkill = pkgs.runCommandLocal "operator-attr-skill" { } ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"
+    printf '%s\n' "the operator's own attribute-set skill" > "$out/SKILL.md"
+  '';
+
+  # A whole directory of skills, one folder per skill, for the path form of the
+  # operator's own `programs.claude-code.skills`.
+  operatorSkillsDir = pkgs.runCommandLocal "operator-skills-dir" { } ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/operator-dir-skill"
+    printf '%s\n' "the operator's own whole-directory skill" \
+      > "$out/operator-dir-skill/SKILL.md"
+  '';
+
+  # Evaluate the real module through home-manager's standalone entry point and
+  # return the home-files tree it would link into $HOME.
+  homeFiles =
+    operatorConfig:
+    (home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+      inherit pkgs;
+      modules = [
+        module
+        {
+          home.username = "operator";
+          home.homeDirectory = "/home/operator";
+          home.stateVersion = "24.11";
+        }
+        operatorConfig
+      ];
+    }).config.home-files;
+
+  # Two skills selected beside the operator's own attribute-set skill, with
+  # Claude Code enabled.
+  attrSetSkills = homeFiles {
+    programs.claude-code.enable = true;
+    programs.agents.skills = [
+      skillAlpha
+      skillBeta
+    ];
+    # A store path, not a bare derivation, so the value takes the option's path
+    # branch rather than its attribute-set branch.
+    programs.claude-code.skills.operator-attr-skill = "${operatorAttrSkill}";
+  };
+
+  # The operator's own skills as a whole directory (path form).
+  # Setting this single-valued option to a path also proves the module never
+  # contributes to it, since an attribute-set contribution would clash with the
+  # path at eval.
+  wholeDirSkills = homeFiles {
+    programs.claude-code.enable = true;
+    programs.agents.skills = [ skillAlpha ];
+    programs.claude-code.skills = "${operatorSkillsDir}";
+  };
+
+  # A non-default `configDir`, so the assertions can prove placement follows it
+  # rather than a hardcoded `.claude`.
+  customConfigDir = homeFiles {
+    programs.claude-code.enable = true;
+    programs.claude-code.configDir = "/home/operator/.config/claude";
+    programs.agents.skills = [ skillAlpha ];
+  };
+
+  # Claude Code disabled, with a skill still selected.
+  claudeCodeOff = homeFiles {
+    programs.claude-code.enable = false;
+    programs.agents.skills = [ skillAlpha ];
+  };
+
+  # An empty selection with Claude Code enabled.
+  emptySelection = homeFiles {
+    programs.claude-code.enable = true;
+    programs.agents.skills = [ ];
+  };
+in
+pkgs.runCommandLocal "skills-home-manager-module-check"
+  {
+    # Forcing each derivation as a build input builds its home-files tree, so an
+    # eval-level composition failure surfaces before any assertion runs.
+    inherit
+      attrSetSkills
+      wholeDirSkills
+      customConfigDir
+      claudeCodeOff
+      emptySelection
+      ;
+  }
+  ''
+    fail() { echo "FAIL: $1" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+    echo "attribute-set skills: both selected skills and the operator's own land"
+    test -f "$attrSetSkills/.claude/skills/sample-alpha/SKILL.md" \
+      || fail "selected skill sample-alpha did not land at its own name"
+    test -f "$attrSetSkills/.claude/skills/sample-beta/SKILL.md" \
+      || fail "selected skill sample-beta did not land at its own name"
+    test -f "$attrSetSkills/.claude/skills/operator-attr-skill/SKILL.md" \
+      || fail "the operator's own attribute-set skill was clobbered"
+
+    echo "recursive placement: a skill is a real directory of per-file symlinks"
+    # A file-existence test follows symlinks, so it cannot tell a recursive tree
+    # from one opaque symlink over the whole skill.
+    # The entry's own type is what the assertion reads instead.
+    test -d "$attrSetSkills/.claude/skills/sample-alpha" \
+      && test ! -L "$attrSetSkills/.claude/skills/sample-alpha" \
+      || fail "sample-alpha was placed as an opaque symlink, not a recursive tree"
+
+    echo "whole-directory skills: the selected skill lands beside the operator's directory"
+    test -f "$wholeDirSkills/.claude/skills/sample-alpha/SKILL.md" \
+      || fail "selected skill did not coexist with a whole skills directory"
+    test -f "$wholeDirSkills/.claude/skills/operator-dir-skill/SKILL.md" \
+      || fail "the operator's whole skills directory was clobbered"
+
+    echo "custom configDir: placement follows configDir rather than a hardcoded .claude"
+    test -f "$customConfigDir/.config/claude/skills/sample-alpha/SKILL.md" \
+      || fail "skill was not placed under the configured configDir"
+    test ! -e "$customConfigDir/.claude/skills/sample-alpha" \
+      || fail "skill was placed under a hardcoded .claude, ignoring configDir"
+
+    echo "Claude Code disabled: no skill entry is written despite a selection"
+    test ! -e "$claudeCodeOff/.claude/skills/sample-alpha" \
+      || fail "a skill was placed with claude-code disabled"
+
+    echo "empty selection: nothing is installed"
+    test ! -e "$emptySelection/.claude/skills/sample-alpha" \
+      || fail "an unselected skill was placed"
+
+    touch "$out"
+  ''
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index d24f746..098cb45 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "home-manager": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1784725727,
+        "narHash": "sha256-J5+C9wsO0lhDyUalQzfplDbRjyHDYeEH5+9sdyXtwa8=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "rev": "041a999e8c1c5b731913855909e68d30ca69b8e0",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1784497964,
@@ -37,6 +57,7 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8e76895..7fdf076 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,17 @@
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
   inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
 
+  # Present only so `nix flake check` can evaluate `homeModules.default` against
+  # real home-manager (the home-manager-module check). Its nixpkgs follows this
+  # flake's, so the module is checked against the same nixpkgs-and-home-manager
+  # pairing a consumer following this flake would get. It has no bearing on the
+  # module a consumer imports — that module is a bare function taking the
+  # importing configuration's own home-manager and pkgs.
+  inputs.home-manager.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+  inputs.home-manager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+
   outputs =
-    { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, home-manager }:
     let
       mkSkill = import ./lib/mk-skill.nix;
       discoverSkills = import ./lib/discover.nix nixpkgs.lib;
@@ -23,6 +32,15 @@
     in
     {
       lib = { inherit mkSkill; };
+
+      # Global placement: an operator selects skills into `~/.claude/skills/`
+      # via `programs.agents.skills`. Not per-system — it is a module function,
+      # and the skills it places come from the importing configuration's own
+      # selection rather than this flake's nixpkgs.
+      homeModules = rec {
+        agents-skills = ./home-manager-module.nix;
+        default = agents-skills;
+      };
     }
     //
     # An explicit system list rather than `eachDefaultSystem`.
@@ -49,6 +67,15 @@
             skill-build = import ./checks/skill-build.nix {
               inherit pkgs mkSkill discoverSkills;
             };
+
+            # Proves the global-placement module composes: it builds the
+            # home-files derivation `homeModules.default` produces under several
+            # operator configurations. Reuses this flake's `mkSkill` so the
+            # sample skills carry the same name contract real ones do.
+            home-manager-module = import ./checks/home-manager-module.nix {
+              inherit pkgs home-manager mkSkill;
+              module = self.homeModules.default;
+            };
           };
         }
       );
diff --git a/home-manager-module.nix b/home-manager-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..816ea3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Places operator-selected skills into Claude Code's skills directory, one per
+# skill, for every project.
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.agents;
+  claudeCode = config.programs.claude-code;
+in
+{
+  options.programs.agents.skills = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
+    default = [ ];
+    example = lib.literalExpression "[ inputs.skills.packages.\${system}.some-skill ]";
+    description = ''
+      Skills to install globally, into the `skills/` subdirectory of
+      {option}`programs.claude-code.configDir`, so they are active in every
+      project.
+
+      Selection is by derivation: pass skill derivations from the skills flake's
+      `packages.<system>`, each of which carries its placement name as an
+      eval-time attribute. An empty list installs nothing.
+
+      Every skill is written as its own recursive {option}`home.file`, so this
+      option composes with an operator's own {option}`programs.claude-code.skills`
+      and with other modules placing skills under the same directory rather than
+      claiming the tree. Placement is gated on
+      {option}`programs.claude-code.enable`.
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # `agents` is an umbrella namespace with no shared enable, so the skills
+  # feature self-gates.
+  # An empty list writes nothing, and files land only when Claude Code is
+  # enabled.
+  # Reading each skill's source realises its derivation, so gating on
+  # `claude-code.enable` also keeps that realisation off a host that installs
+  # nothing.
+  config = lib.mkIf claudeCode.enable {
+    # `configDir` comes from the Claude Code module, so skills land beside its
+    # own wherever the operator points it.
+    # Each name is the derivation's eval-time `skillName`, so placement reads no
+    # `$out` and needs no import-from-derivation.
+    # `recursive = true` materialises `skills/<name>/` as a directory of per-file
+    # symlinks, which is what lets this module, the operator's own skills, and
+    # self-placing tool modules share one `skills/` tree.
+    #
+    # This deliberately does not feed the single-valued
+    # `programs.claude-code.skills`, which would collide with an operator already
+    # setting it.
+    home.file = lib.listToAttrs (
+      map (skill: {
+        name = "${claudeCode.configDir}/skills/${skill.skillName}";
+        value = {
+          source = skill;
+          recursive = true;
+        };
+      }) cfg.skills
+    );
+  };
+}