diff --git a/crates/Cargo.toml b/crates/Cargo.toml
index 289e4cc3..67f3d6da 100644
--- a/crates/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ members = [
     "khive-pack-gtd",
     "khive-pack-memory",
     "khive-pack-brain",
+    "khive-pack-skills",
     "khive-mcp",
     "khive-vcs",
     "kkernel",
diff --git a/crates/khive-pack-skills/Cargo.toml b/crates/khive-pack-skills/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b85e223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/khive-pack-skills/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[package]
+name = "khive-pack-skills"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+keywords.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+description = "Skills verb pack — agent-facing directive registry (named, discoverable skills as first-class verbs)"
+
+[dependencies]
+khive-types = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../khive-types", features = ["serde"] }
+khive-runtime = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../khive-runtime" }
+inventory = { workspace = true }
+async-trait = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+uuid = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+chrono = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/khive-pack-skills/src/lib.rs b/crates/khive-pack-skills/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..185d6113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/khive-pack-skills/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//! khive-pack-skills — skills verb pack.
+//!
+//! Agent-facing directive registry: named, discoverable skills as first-class
+//! verbs. Coherent extension of the existing pack family (kg / gtd / memory /
+//! brain / comm).
+//!
+//! Skills and LNDL are orthogonal:
+//! - **Skills** (OSS): agent-discoverable named directives invoked via the
+//!   normal verb dispatch (`khive-request`).
+//! - **LNDL** (Cloud): compound DSL with formal-gate-scoped per-step dispatch.
+//!   Skills can run *through* LNDL on Cloud for the context-economy +
+//!   gating benefits.
+//!
+//! Scaffold only — note kind, edge model, loading mechanism, and relationship
+//! to claude-code marketplace skills are deferred (see
+//! `.khive/notes/strategy_20260522_open_core_split.md`).