diff --git a/cli/__tests__/adapters.claude.environment.test.mjs b/cli/__tests__/adapters.claude.environment.test.mjs
index 0b0cdce65b..c32d337421 100644
--- a/cli/__tests__/adapters.claude.environment.test.mjs
+++ b/cli/__tests__/adapters.claude.environment.test.mjs
@@ -986,164 +986,3 @@ describe('claude adapter — ctx.environment', () => {
     expect(calls[0].opts.env.COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
-
-// A public seat runs with `--disable-slash-commands` ("Disable all skills") and
-// `--setting-sources ''`, so the skill this adapter mounts never loaded there:
-// a Bring your own page seat said "I don't see a skill named commonly" on
-// 2026-10-19, and the same workspace with `--setting-sources project` found it.
-// The declared text now rides as an appended system prompt while both flags stay.
-describe('claude adapter — a public seat gets its declared skills as prompt text', () => {
-  let cwd;
-  let skillSrc;
-  let publicState;
-  const originalPlatform = process.platform;
-  const appended = (args) => {
-    const at = args.indexOf('--append-system-prompt');
-    return at === -1 ? null : args[at + 1];
-  };
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'cli-claude-skill-prompt-'));
-    publicState = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'cli-claude-public-state-'));
-    skillSrc = path.join(fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'cli-claude-skill-src-')), 'house-rules');
-    fs.mkdirSync(skillSrc);
-    fs.writeFileSync(
-      path.join(skillSrc, 'SKILL.md'),
-      '---\nname: house-rules\ndescription: How to behave in a pod.\n---\n\n# Being a member\n\nOrient before you post.\n',
-      'utf8',
-    );
-    Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: 'darwin' });
-    spawnSync.mockImplementation((cmd) => (
-      cmd === 'which' ? { status: 0, stdout: '/usr/bin/true\n' } : { status: 0, stdout: '' }
-    ));
-  });
-  afterEach(() => {
-    Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: originalPlatform });
-    spawnSync.mockReset();
-    for (const dir of [cwd, publicState, path.dirname(skillSrc)]) fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  const publicSpawn = (impl, extra = {}) => claude.spawn('hi', {
-    agentName: 'public-skill-test',
-    sessionId: null,
-    cwd,
-    env: { PATH: process.env.PATH },
-    environment: {
-      sandbox: { mode: 'workspace', trust: 'public' },
-      skills: { claude: [skillSrc] },
-    },
-    _publicClaudeState: publicState,
-    _spawnImpl: impl,
-    ...extra,
-  });
-
-  test('the skill body is appended, without its frontmatter, and skills stay disabled', async () => {
-    const { impl, calls } = makeSpawnImpl();
-    await publicSpawn(impl);
-
-    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
-    const { args } = calls[0];
-    const text = appended(args);
-    expect(text).toContain('## Skill: house-rules');
-    expect(text).toContain('# Being a member\n\nOrient before you post.');
-    expect(text).not.toContain('description: How to behave');
-    expect(args).toContain('--disable-slash-commands');
-    expect(args[args.indexOf('--setting-sources') + 1]).toBe('');
-  });
-
-  test('a private seat loads skills natively and gets no appended prompt', async () => {
-    const { impl, calls } = makeSpawnImpl();
-    await claude.spawn('hi', {
-      sessionId: null,
-      cwd,
-      environment: { skills: { claude: [skillSrc] } },
-      _spawnImpl: impl,
-    });
-
-    expect(appended(calls[0].args)).toBeNull();
-    expect(calls[0].args).not.toContain('--disable-slash-commands');
-  });
-
-  test('a public seat that declares no skills gets no appended prompt', async () => {
-    const { impl, calls } = makeSpawnImpl();
-    await publicSpawn(impl, {
-      environment: { sandbox: { mode: 'workspace', trust: 'public' } },
-    });
-
-    expect(appended(calls[0].args)).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  test('a declared skill with no SKILL.md is skipped, not fatal', async () => {
-    fs.rmSync(path.join(skillSrc, 'SKILL.md'));
-    const { impl, calls } = makeSpawnImpl();
-    await publicSpawn(impl);
-
-    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(appended(calls[0].args)).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  // Vera on #2354: every arm above forces darwin, so dropping the bwrap
-  // branch's carry alone stayed green. Linux public seats are bwrap seats.
-  test('a public Linux (bwrap) seat carries the skill text inside the namespace', async () => {
-    Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: 'linux' });
-    const { impl, calls } = makeSpawnImpl();
-    await claude.spawn('hi', {
-      agentName: 'public-skill-test',
-      sessionId: null,
-      cwd,
-      env: { PATH: process.env.PATH },
-      environment: { sandbox: { trust: 'public' }, skills: { claude: [skillSrc] } },
-      _spawnImpl: impl,
-      _detectBwrap: () => ({ available: true, path: 'bwrap' }),
-    });
-
-    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(calls[0].cmd).toBe('bwrap');
-    const inner = calls[0].args.slice(calls[0].args.indexOf('--') + 1);
-    expect(appended(inner)).toContain('## Skill: house-rules');
-    expect(inner).toContain('--disable-slash-commands');
-  });
-
-  // Linux caps one argv string at 128 KiB, so the inlined total is capped at
-  // 96 KiB: a skill that would cross it is skipped, and later ones still fit.
-  test('a skill over the 96 KiB total is skipped, and a later smaller one still inlines', async () => {
-    const big = path.join(path.dirname(skillSrc), 'big-skill');
-    fs.mkdirSync(big);
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(big, 'SKILL.md'), `---\nname: big-skill\n---\n\n${'x'.repeat(100 * 1024)}\n`, 'utf8');
-    const { impl, calls } = makeSpawnImpl();
-    await publicSpawn(impl, {
-      environment: {
-        sandbox: { mode: 'workspace', trust: 'public' },
-        skills: { claude: [big, skillSrc] },
-      },
-    });
-
-    const text = appended(calls[0].args);
-    expect(text).not.toContain('## Skill: big-skill');
-    expect(text).toContain('## Skill: house-rules');
-    expect(Buffer.byteLength(text, 'utf8')).toBeLessThan(128 * 1024);
-  });
-
-  test('the fresh-session retry carries the same skill text', async () => {
-    const calls = [];
-    const impl = (cmd, args, opts) => {
-      calls.push({ cmd, args, opts });
-      const proc = new EventEmitter();
-      proc.stdout = new EventEmitter();
-      proc.stderr = new EventEmitter();
-      proc.kill = jest.fn();
-      const first = calls.length === 1;
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        if (first) proc.stderr.emit('data', Buffer.from('Error: Session ID abc-123 is already in use.'));
-        else proc.stdout.emit('data', Buffer.from('recovered'));
-        proc.emit('close', first ? 1 : 0);
-      }, 0);
-      return proc;
-    };
-    await publicSpawn(impl, { sessionId: 'abc-123' });
-
-    expect(calls).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(appended(calls[1].args)).toBe(appended(calls[0].args));
-    expect(appended(calls[1].args)).toContain('## Skill: house-rules');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/cli/package-lock.json b/cli/package-lock.json
index f9a19d1fd3..5b93ce4522 100644
--- a/cli/package-lock.json
+++ b/cli/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@commonlyai/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.112",
+  "version": "0.1.113",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@commonlyai/cli",
-      "version": "0.1.112",
+      "version": "0.1.113",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "commander": "^12.0.0"
diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 0481bab548..53b2d6bbc8 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@commonlyai/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.112",
+  "version": "0.1.113",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "description": "The Commonly CLI — connect agents, manage pods, iterate fast",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/cli/src/lib/adapters/claude.js b/cli/src/lib/adapters/claude.js
index b349155fd7..c89fc6859b 100644
--- a/cli/src/lib/adapters/claude.js
+++ b/cli/src/lib/adapters/claude.js
@@ -258,59 +258,6 @@ const buildPublicClaudePolicyArgs = (mcpToolPatterns) => {
   ];
 };
 
-// A public seat's skills, as appended system-prompt text.
-//
-// `--disable-slash-commands` above is Claude's switch for ALL skills, and
-// `--setting-sources ''` drops the project source the mounted copies live in.
-// So the skills this adapter mounts into <cwd>/.claude/skills never load in a
-// public seat: measured 2026-10-19 on a Bring your own page seat, which
-// answered "I don't see a skill named commonly, or any skills list or Skill
-// tool"; the same workspace with `--setting-sources project` found it. Every
-// self-serve seat is public (COMMONLY_DEFAULT_SANDBOX), so every outsider's
-// Claude ran without the house rules buildDefaultEnvironment mounts for it.
-// Re-enabling skills would also hand a public seat the built-in ones
-// (computer-use, the browser skills), so the flags stay and the declared text
-// is delivered as prompt instead. Inline rather than a file: nothing new has to
-// be admitted through Seatbelt. Linux caps one argv string at 128 KiB, so the
-// total is capped well under it.
-const PUBLIC_SKILL_PROMPT_MAX_BYTES = 96 * 1024;
-const SKILL_FRONTMATTER_RE = /^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---[ \t]*\r?\n?/;
-
-const publicSkillPromptArgs = async (skillSources) => {
-  const sections = [];
-  let total = 0;
-  for (const source of skillSources || []) {
-    let markdown;
-    try {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
-      markdown = await readFile(join(source, 'SKILL.md'), 'utf8');
-    } catch {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.warn(`[claude] public seat: no SKILL.md to inline at ${source}`);
-      continue;
-    }
-    const frontmatter = SKILL_FRONTMATTER_RE.exec(markdown);
-    const name = (frontmatter && /^name:\s*(.+)$/m.exec(frontmatter[1])?.[1].trim())
-      || source.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean).pop();
-    const section = `## Skill: ${name}\n\n${markdown.slice(frontmatter ? frontmatter[0].length : 0).trim()}`;
-    const bytes = Buffer.byteLength(section, 'utf8');
-    if (total + bytes > PUBLIC_SKILL_PROMPT_MAX_BYTES) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.warn(`[claude] public seat: skill ${name} not inlined (over ${PUBLIC_SKILL_PROMPT_MAX_BYTES} bytes in total)`);
-      continue;
-    }
-    total += bytes;
-    sections.push(section);
-  }
-  if (sections.length === 0) return [];
-  return [
-    '--append-system-prompt',
-    'These skills are part of how you work here. Skills are not loaded as files in this seat, '
-      + 'so each one is given in full below. Follow them as you would a loaded skill.\n\n'
-      + sections.join('\n\n'),
-  ];
-};
-
 const runClaude = ({ cmd, args, cwd, env, timeoutMs, credentials = [], spawnImpl = childSpawn }) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   const proc = spawnImpl(cmd, args, {
     cwd,
@@ -690,7 +637,6 @@ const prepareArgv = async (innerArgv, ctx) => {
     innerArgv = [
       ...innerArgv,
       ...buildPublicClaudePolicyArgs(allowedPatterns),
-      ...(ctx.publicSkillArgs || []),
     ];
     const claudeBin = resolveClaudePath(claudeEnv);
     // Only stdio servers have a `command`; an HTTP entry (the grant broker)
@@ -728,7 +674,6 @@ const prepareArgv = async (innerArgv, ctx) => {
     innerArgv = [
       ...innerArgv,
       ...buildPublicClaudePolicyArgs(allowedPatterns),
-      ...(ctx.publicSkillArgs || []),
     ];
   } else if (allowedPatterns.length > 0) {
     innerArgv = [...innerArgv, '--allowedTools', ...allowedPatterns];
@@ -834,10 +779,8 @@ export default {
     ];
     const baseArgs = ['-p', fullPrompt, '--output-format', 'text', sessionFlag, sessionId, ...modelArgs];
 
-    let mountedSkills = [];
     if (ctx.environment && ctx.cwd) {
       const skills = await mountSkills(ctx.environment, ctx.cwd);
-      mountedSkills = skills.mounted;
       if (skills.conflicted.length > 0) {
         for (const c of skills.conflicted) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
@@ -849,7 +792,6 @@ export default {
 
     let mcpConfig = null;
     let publicClaudeState = null;
-    let publicSkillArgs = [];
     try {
       // Trust is normalized at entry (legacy `internal` reads as public). The
       // MCP policy follows trust alone, whatever confines the seat: a public
@@ -861,7 +803,6 @@ export default {
       if (publicNativeSandbox) {
         publicClaudeState = await preparePublicClaudeState(ctx);
       }
-      if (publicTrust) publicSkillArgs = await publicSkillPromptArgs(mountedSkills);
       if (Array.isArray(ctx.environment?.mcp) && ctx.environment.mcp.length > 0) {
         mcpConfig = await createMcpConfig(ctx.environment.mcp, {
           runtimeToken: ctx.runtimeToken,
@@ -886,7 +827,6 @@ export default {
         mcpConfigDir: mcpConfig?.dir || null,
         mcpReadDirectories: mcpConfig?.mcpReadDirectories || [],
         publicClaudeState,
-        publicSkillArgs,
         claudeEnv,
       };
       const { cmd, args, env } = await prepareArgv(baseArgs, spawnCtx);
@@ -927,7 +867,6 @@ export default {
           mcpConfigDir: mcpConfig?.dir || null,
           mcpReadDirectories: mcpConfig?.mcpReadDirectories || [],
           publicClaudeState,
-          publicSkillArgs,
           claudeEnv: buildClaudeEnv(
             ctx.env,
             publicClaudeState,