diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
index 2d651615..d1d0511a 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub mod orchestrator;
 pub mod org;
 pub mod project;
 pub mod prompt;
+pub mod skill;
 pub mod system_agents;
 pub mod wrap;
 
@@ -56,5 +57,6 @@ pub use orchestrator::OrchestratorCommand;
 pub use org::OrgCommand;
 pub use project::ProjectCommand;
 pub use prompt::PromptCommand;
+pub use skill::SkillCommand;
 pub use system_agents::SystemAgentsCommand;
 pub use wrap::WrapCommand;
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/skill.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/skill.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4da0e9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/skill.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+//! Skill management commands for the agentd CLI.
+//!
+//! Provides `agent skill list` and `agent skill show` for inspecting the skills
+//! available to agents.  Skills are discovered from the filesystem directly —
+//! no orchestrator service call is required.
+//!
+//! # Discovery paths
+//!
+//! 1. `.agentd/skills/` — project-level (relative to the current working directory)
+//! 2. `~/.config/agentd/skills/` — user-level fallback
+//!
+//! # Examples
+//!
+//! ```bash
+//! # List all available skills
+//! agent skill list
+//!
+//! # List as JSON (for scripting)
+//! agent skill list --json
+//!
+//! # Show the full content of a skill
+//! agent skill show git-spice
+//!
+//! # Show skill as JSON
+//! agent skill show git-spice --json
+//! ```
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use clap::Subcommand;
+use colored::*;
+
+/// Skill management subcommands.
+#[derive(Subcommand)]
+pub enum SkillCommand {
+    /// List all discoverable skills from .agentd/skills/
+    ///
+    /// Scans the project-level `.agentd/skills/` directory and the user-level
+    /// `~/.config/agentd/skills/` directory.  Prints a formatted table with
+    /// each skill's name and description.
+    ///
+    /// Use `--json` for machine-readable output.
+    List,
+
+    /// Show the full content of a named skill
+    ///
+    /// Prints the Markdown content (including frontmatter) of the named skill
+    /// to stdout.
+    Show {
+        /// Name of the skill to display
+        name: String,
+    },
+}
+
+impl SkillCommand {
+    pub async fn execute(&self, json: bool) -> Result<()> {
+        match self {
+            SkillCommand::List => list_skills(json),
+            SkillCommand::Show { name } => show_skill(name, json),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// list
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn list_skills(json: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    let skills = orchestrator::skills::discover_all_skills();
+
+    if json {
+        println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&skills)?);
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    if skills.is_empty() {
+        println!("{}", "No skills found.".yellow());
+        println!(
+            "Create skills in {} or {}",
+            ".agentd/skills/".cyan(),
+            "~/.config/agentd/skills/".cyan()
+        );
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // Compute column widths.
+    let name_width = skills.iter().map(|s| s.name.len()).max().unwrap_or(4).max(4);
+
+    println!("{}", "agentd Skills".bold());
+    println!("{}", "=".repeat(60));
+
+    for skill in &skills {
+        let desc = skill.description.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+        println!("  {:<width$}  {}", skill.name.cyan(), desc, width = name_width);
+    }
+
+    println!();
+    println!("{} skill{} available", skills.len(), if skills.len() == 1 { "" } else { "s" });
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// show
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn show_skill(name: &str, json: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    let skills = orchestrator::skills::discover_all_skills();
+
+    let skill = match skills.into_iter().find(|s| s.name == name) {
+        Some(s) => s,
+        None => {
+            bail!("Skill '{}' not found. Run 'agent skill list' to see available skills.", name)
+        }
+    };
+
+    if json {
+        println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&skill)?);
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    println!("{}", skill.content);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skill_command_list_variant_exists() {
+        // Confirm that the SkillCommand enum can be constructed — compile-time check.
+        let _cmd = SkillCommand::List;
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skill_command_show_variant_exists() {
+        let _cmd = SkillCommand::Show { name: "git-spice".to_string() };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/main.rs b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
index 70ef4583..ba0eb938 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ use commands::index::IndexClient;
 use commands::IndexCommand;
 use commands::{
     AskCommand, AuthCommand, CommunicateCommand, ConfigCommand, MemoryCommand, NotifyCommand,
-    OrchestratorCommand, OrgCommand, ProjectCommand, PromptCommand, SystemAgentsCommand,
-    WrapCommand,
+    OrchestratorCommand, OrgCommand, ProjectCommand, PromptCommand, SkillCommand,
+    SystemAgentsCommand, WrapCommand,
 };
 use communicate::client::CommunicateClient;
 use memory::client::MemoryClient;
@@ -404,6 +404,25 @@ enum Commands {
         #[command(subcommand)]
         command: Box<SystemAgentsCommand>,
     },
+
+    /// Manage agent skills from .agentd/skills/
+    ///
+    /// List and inspect skills that can be assigned to agents via the `skills`
+    /// field in agent templates.  Skills are discovered from project-level
+    /// `.agentd/skills/` and user-level `~/.config/agentd/skills/`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```bash
+    /// agent skill list
+    /// agent skill list --json
+    /// agent skill show git-spice
+    /// agent skill show git-spice --json
+    /// ```
+    Skill {
+        #[command(subcommand)]
+        command: SkillCommand,
+    },
 }
 
 /// Main entry point for the agent CLI.
@@ -551,6 +570,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             let client = OrchestratorClient::new(url);
             command.execute(&client, cli.json).await?;
         }
+        Commands::Skill { command } => {
+            command.execute(cli.json).await?;
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())