diff --git a/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/mod.rs b/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/mod.rs
index 373305d3d..7219312e8 100644
--- a/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/mod.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ fn attach(
         client: OnceLock::new(),
         state: Mutex::new(State::default()),
         models: tokio::sync::Mutex::new(None),
+        skills: tokio::sync::Mutex::new(()),
     });
     let codex = connect_codex(Arc::new(CodexEvents(Arc::downgrade(&shim))))?;
     let _ = shim.codex.set(codex.clone());
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ struct CodexShim {
     state: Mutex<State>,
     /// `model/list`, fetched once.
     models: tokio::sync::Mutex<Option<Arc<Vec<ModelInfo>>>>,
+    /// Keep skill snapshots in request order, including invalidations during session setup.
+    skills: tokio::sync::Mutex<()>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -300,6 +303,20 @@ impl CodexShim {
         models
     }
 
+    async fn publish_skills(&self, session: &str) {
+        let _listing = self.skills.lock().await;
+        let cwd = self.state.lock().threads.get(session).and_then(|t| t.cwd.clone());
+        let Some(cwd) = cwd else { return };
+        let result =
+            tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), self.call("skills/list", json!({ "cwds": [cwd] }))).await;
+        if let Ok(Ok(result)) = result
+            && let Some(update) = translate::skill_commands(&result)
+            && self.state.lock().threads.contains_key(session)
+        {
+            self.emit(session, update);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Registers a thread codex opened for a session of its own; returns its `configOptions`.
     fn open_thread(&self, result: &Value, models: &[ModelInfo], settings: Option<Settings>) -> (String, Value) {
         let thread = result.get("thread").unwrap_or(&Value::Null);
@@ -326,6 +343,7 @@ impl CodexShim {
         if id.is_empty() {
             return Err(error(codes::INTERNAL_ERROR, "codex started no thread"));
         }
+        self.publish_skills(&id).await;
         Ok(json!({ "sessionId": id, "configOptions": options }))
     }
 
@@ -344,6 +362,7 @@ impl CodexShim {
         for update in translate::history(thread, cwd.as_deref()) {
             self.emit(id, update);
         }
+        self.publish_skills(id).await;
         Ok(json!({ "configOptions": options }))
     }
 
@@ -362,6 +381,7 @@ impl CodexShim {
         }
         let result = self.call("thread/fork", request).await?;
         let (id, options) = self.open_thread(&result, &models, settings);
+        self.publish_skills(&id).await;
         Ok(json!({ "sessionId": id, "configOptions": options }))
     }
 
@@ -551,9 +571,25 @@ impl CodexShim {
         }
     }
 
-    fn on_codex_notification(&self, method: &str, params: &Value) {
+    fn on_codex_notification(self: &Arc<Self>, method: &str, params: &Value) {
         let thread = params.get("threadId").and_then(Value::as_str).unwrap_or_default();
         match method {
+            "skills/changed" => {
+                let shim = self.clone();
+                let sessions: Vec<String> = self
+                    .state
+                    .lock()
+                    .threads
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|(_, t)| t.settings.is_some() && t.parent.is_none())
+                    .map(|(id, _)| id.clone())
+                    .collect();
+                self.runtime.spawn(async move {
+                    for session in sessions {
+                        shim.publish_skills(&session).await;
+                    }
+                });
+            }
             "turn/started" => {
                 if let Some(turn) = params.pointer("/turn/id").and_then(Value::as_str) {
                     self.turn_known(thread, turn, true);
diff --git a/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/tests.rs b/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/tests.rs
index ab406dc5d..c5456ff68 100644
--- a/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/tests.rs
@@ -528,12 +528,21 @@ async fn play<R: AsyncRead + Unpin, W: AsyncWrite + Unpin>(
     let mut sent = Vec::new();
     for (out, frame) in &t.frames {
         if *out {
-            let line = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), lines.next_line())
-                .await
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("the shim didn't send {frame}"))
-                .unwrap()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("the shim closed before {frame}"));
-            let actual: Value = serde_json::from_str(&line).unwrap();
+            let actual: Value = loop {
+                let line = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), lines.next_line())
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("the shim didn't send {frame}"))
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("the shim closed before {frame}"));
+                let actual: Value = serde_json::from_str(&line).unwrap();
+                // Older recordings predate skill discovery; play an unsupported server.
+                if actual["method"] == "skills/list" && frame["method"] != "skills/list" {
+                    let reply = json!({ "id": actual["id"], "error": { "code": -32601, "message": "unsupported" } });
+                    write.write_all(format!("{reply}\n").as_bytes()).await.unwrap();
+                    continue;
+                }
+                break actual;
+            };
             match frame.get("method") {
                 Some(method) => {
                     assert_eq!(actual.get("method"), Some(method), "expected {frame}, got {actual}");
@@ -1056,3 +1065,117 @@ fn session_mcp_servers_become_thread_configuration() {
         )
     );
 }
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn skills_are_listed_for_sessions_and_refreshed_on_change() {
+    for (method, native) in
+        [("session/new", "thread/start"), ("session/load", "thread/resume"), ("session/fork", "thread/fork")]
+    {
+        for initial in [
+            json!({"result": {"data": [{"cwd": "/work", "errors": [], "skills": [
+                {"name": "review", "enabled": true, "description": "Review", "path": "/work/SKILL.md", "scope": "repo"}
+            ]}]}}),
+            json!({"error": {"code": -32601, "message": "unsupported"}}),
+            json!({"result": {}}),
+        ] {
+            let listed = initial.pointer("/result/data").is_some();
+            let mut initial = initial;
+            initial["id"] = json!(4);
+            let transcript = Transcript {
+                meta: Value::Null,
+                frames: vec![
+                    (true, json!({"id": 1, "method": "initialize"})),
+                    (false, json!({"id": 1, "result": {}})),
+                    (true, json!({"method": "initialized"})),
+                    (true, json!({"id": 2, "method": "model/list"})),
+                    (false, json!({"id": 2, "result": {"data": []}})),
+                    (true, json!({"id": 3, "method": native})),
+                    (
+                        false,
+                        json!({"id": 3, "result": {"thread": {"id": "s", "cwd": "/work", "turns": []}, "cwd": "/work"}}),
+                    ),
+                    (true, json!({"id": 4, "method": "skills/list"})),
+                    (false, initial),
+                    (true, json!({"id": 5, "method": "turn/start"})),
+                    (false, json!({"id": 5, "error": {"code": -32602, "message": "no model in this test"}})),
+                    (false, json!({"method": "skills/changed", "params": {}})),
+                    (true, json!({"id": 6, "method": "skills/list"})),
+                    (false, json!({"id": 6, "result": {"data": [{"cwd": "/work", "skills": [], "errors": []}]}})),
+                    (false, json!({"method": "skills/changed", "params": {}})),
+                    (true, json!({"id": 7, "method": "skills/list"})),
+                    (false, json!({"id": 7, "error": {"code": -32603, "message": "listing failed"}})),
+                    (false, json!({"method": "skills/changed", "params": {}})),
+                    (true, json!({"id": 8, "method": "skills/list"})),
+                    (false, json!({"id": 8, "result": {"data": []}})),
+                ],
+            };
+            let (ours, theirs) = tokio::io::duplex(1 << 16);
+            let client = Arc::new(Client::default());
+            let acp = attach(client.clone(), |events| {
+                let (read, write) = tokio::io::split(ours);
+                Ok(Peer::connect_framed(read, write, events, Framing::Lines))
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+            let (read, write) = tokio::io::split(theirs);
+            let player = tokio::spawn(async move { play(&transcript, read, write).await });
+            request(&acp, "initialize", json!({})).await.unwrap();
+            request(&acp, method, json!({"sessionId": "s", "cwd": "/work"})).await.unwrap();
+            let initial_updates = client.of("s");
+            assert_eq!(initial_updates.len(), usize::from(listed), "{method}");
+            if listed {
+                assert_eq!(initial_updates[0]["availableCommands"][0]["name"], "$review");
+                assert_eq!(initial_updates[0]["availableCommands"][0]["source"], "skill");
+            }
+            assert!(
+                request(&acp, "session/prompt", json!({"sessionId": "s", "prompt": text("/$review check this")}))
+                    .await
+                    .is_err()
+            );
+            let (frames, _read, _write) = player.await.unwrap();
+            for frame in sent(&frames, "skills/list") {
+                assert_eq!(frame["params"], json!({"cwds": ["/work"]}));
+            }
+            assert_eq!(
+                sent(&frames, "turn/start")[0]["params"]["input"],
+                json!([{"type": "text", "text": "/$review check this"}])
+            );
+            tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
+                while client.of("s").len() < usize::from(listed) + 2 {
+                    tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+                }
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+            let updates = client.of("s");
+            assert_eq!(updates.len(), usize::from(listed) + 2);
+            assert_eq!(updates.last().unwrap()["availableCommands"], json!([]));
+            acp.kill();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn skills_become_commands_with_their_invocation_names() {
+    let update = skill_commands(&json!({"data": [{"skills": [
+        {"name": "review", "enabled": true, "description": "Long", "shortDescription": "Short"},
+        {"name": "review", "enabled": true, "description": "Duplicate"},
+        {"name": "hidden", "enabled": false, "description": "Disabled"},
+        {"name": "modern", "enabled": true, "description": "Long", "interface": {"shortDescription": "Modern"}},
+        {"name": "full", "enabled": true, "description": "Full description"},
+        {"name": "", "enabled": true}, {"description": "No name"}
+    ]}]}))
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        update,
+        json!({"sessionUpdate": "available_commands_update", "availableCommands": [
+            {"name": "$review", "description": "Short", "source": "skill", "input": null},
+            {"name": "$modern", "description": "Modern", "source": "skill", "input": null},
+            {"name": "$full", "description": "Full description", "source": "skill", "input": null}
+        ]})
+    );
+    let commands = crate::config::commands_of(&update, "codex");
+    assert!(commands.iter().all(|c| c.source == crate::AgentCommandSource::Skill));
+    assert_eq!(commands[0].name, "$review");
+    assert!(skill_commands(&json!({"data": []})).unwrap()["availableCommands"].as_array().unwrap().is_empty());
+    assert!(skill_commands(&json!({})).is_none());
+}
diff --git a/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/translate.rs b/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/translate.rs
index a17d56cc1..95fc823fe 100644
--- a/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/translate.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-agent/src/native/codex/translate.rs
@@ -256,6 +256,31 @@ fn effort_name(effort: &str) -> String {
     }
 }
 
+/// The enabled skills from `skills/list`, named as Codex ACP advertises them.
+pub(super) fn skill_commands(result: &Value) -> Option<Value> {
+    let entries = result.get("data")?.as_array()?;
+    let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+    let commands: Vec<Value> = entries
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|entry| entry.get("skills").and_then(Value::as_array))
+        .flatten()
+        .filter_map(|skill| {
+            let name = skill.get("name")?.as_str()?.trim();
+            if name.is_empty() || skill.get("enabled") == Some(&Value::Bool(false)) || !seen.insert(name) {
+                return None;
+            }
+            let description = skill
+                .pointer("/interface/shortDescription")
+                .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                .or_else(|| skill.get("shortDescription").and_then(Value::as_str))
+                .or_else(|| skill.get("description").and_then(Value::as_str))
+                .unwrap_or(name);
+            Some(json!({ "name": format!("${name}"), "description": description, "source": "skill", "input": null }))
+        })
+        .collect();
+    Some(json!({ "sessionUpdate": "available_commands_update", "availableCommands": commands }))
+}
+
 /// ACP prompt content blocks as codex `UserInput`s. Embedded files become text.
 pub(super) fn user_input(prompt: &Value) -> Vec<Value> {
     let blocks = prompt.as_array().map(Vec::as_slice).unwrap_or_default();