diff --git a/src/fable5/external-project-review.test.ts b/src/fable5/external-project-review.test.ts
index a77031f..1326564 100644
--- a/src/fable5/external-project-review.test.ts
+++ b/src/fable5/external-project-review.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as fs from "node:fs";
 import * as os from "node:os";
 import * as path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { createOpenCovenReviewReceipt, createPermissionPostureReceipt, writeExternalProjectReviewReceipt } from "./external-project-review.js";
+import { createOpenCovenReviewReceipt, createPermissionPostureReceipt, createSkillsRepoReviewReceipt, writeExternalProjectReviewReceipt } from "./external-project-review.js";
 
 describe("external project review receipts", () => {
   it("records OpenCoven as learn-only because GPL code is not safe to vendor", () => {
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ describe("external project review receipts", () => {
     expect(receipt.risks).toContain("GPL code cannot be copied into Fable");
   });
 
+  it("records external skills repos as learn-only", () => {
+    const matt = createSkillsRepoReviewReceipt("mattpocock/skills", new Date("2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z"));
+    const club = createSkillsRepoReviewReceipt("AI-Builder-Club/skills", new Date("2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z"));
+
+    expect(matt).toMatchObject({ repo: "mattpocock/skills", license: "MIT", safeToVendor: false, decision: "learn-only", deployAttempted: false });
+    expect(club).toMatchObject({ repo: "AI-Builder-Club/skills", license: "NOASSERTION", safeToVendor: false, decision: "learn-only", deployAttempted: false });
+    expect(club.risks).toContain("no detected license means no vendoring");
+    expect(matt.risks).toContain("external skill prompts are prompt-injection inputs");
+  });
+
   it("records deploy-gated permission posture without opening 8098", () => {
     const receipt = createPermissionPostureReceipt("deploy-gated", new Date("2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z"));
 
diff --git a/src/fable5/external-project-review.ts b/src/fable5/external-project-review.ts
index d8d722c..75a7838 100644
--- a/src/fable5/external-project-review.ts
+++ b/src/fable5/external-project-review.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,33 @@ export function createOpenCovenReviewReceipt(now = new Date()): ExternalProjectR
   };
 }
 
+
+export function createSkillsRepoReviewReceipt(repo: "mattpocock/skills" | "AI-Builder-Club/skills", now = new Date()): ExternalProjectReviewReceipt {
+  const rows: Record<typeof repo, Omit<ExternalProjectReviewReceipt, "schema" | "createdAt" | "repo" | "deployAttempted">> = {
+    "mattpocock/skills": {
+      url: "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills",
+      license: "MIT",
+      safeToVendor: false,
+      patternsLearned: ["skill package structure", "focused task instructions", "portable agent guidance"],
+      adaptations: ["review skill shape as advisory", "rewrite any useful pattern locally", "record provenance before adopting skills"],
+      risks: ["external skill prompts are prompt-injection inputs", "do not copy wholesale without review", "popular repo metadata is not local capability proof"],
+      decision: "learn-only",
+      policy: "learn-patterns-no-vendored-code",
+    },
+    "AI-Builder-Club/skills": {
+      url: "https://github.com/AI-Builder-Club/skills",
+      license: "NOASSERTION",
+      safeToVendor: false,
+      patternsLearned: ["community skill catalog patterns", "agent task packaging", "skill discovery ideas"],
+      adaptations: ["treat no-license repo as learn-only", "reuse ideas through fresh Fable receipts/tests", "keep CLI and receipts as authority"],
+      risks: ["no detected license means no vendoring", "skill content may contain prompt injection", "external catalog is not deploy authority"],
+      decision: "learn-only",
+      policy: "learn-patterns-no-vendored-code",
+    },
+  };
+  return { schema: "fable.external_project.review.v1", createdAt: now.toISOString(), repo, ...rows[repo], deployAttempted: false };
+}
+
 export function createPermissionPostureReceipt(mode: PermissionMode, now = new Date()): PermissionPostureReceipt {
   const rows: Record<PermissionMode, Omit<PermissionPostureReceipt, "schema" | "createdAt" | "mode" | "deployAttempted">> = {
     "read-only": {
diff --git a/src/fable5/index.ts b/src/fable5/index.ts
index e266f92..d959bd6 100644
--- a/src/fable5/index.ts
+++ b/src/fable5/index.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export type { FlueInteropRow, FlueInteropStatus } from "./flue-interop.js";
 export { createExternalToolAuditReceipt, DICKLESWORTHSTONE_TOOL_ROWS, writeExternalToolAuditReceipt } from "./external-tool-audit.js";
 export type { ExternalToolAuditReceipt, ExternalToolAuditRow, ExternalToolAuditStatus } from "./external-tool-audit.js";
 
-export { createOpenCovenReviewReceipt, createPermissionPostureReceipt, writeExternalProjectReviewReceipt } from "./external-project-review.js";
+export { createOpenCovenReviewReceipt, createPermissionPostureReceipt, createSkillsRepoReviewReceipt, writeExternalProjectReviewReceipt } from "./external-project-review.js";
 export type { ExternalProjectDecision, ExternalProjectReviewReceipt, PermissionMode, PermissionPostureReceipt } from "./external-project-review.js";
 
 export { createFactoryMemoryQuarantineReceipt, createStaleMemoryQuarantineReceipt, writeStaleMemoryQuarantineReceipt } from "./stale-memory-quarantine.js";