chore(agent): drop .claude/skills — AGENTS.md carries the routing

The skill shims became redundant once the auto-loaded entry point
(CLAUDE.md → AGENTS.md) explicitly instructs reading VERIFICATION.md /
THEME-DESIGN.md; their only remaining value was explicit /nomarchy and
/theme invocation. The adapter is now permissions + subagent defs only.
References updated (AGENTS.md, agent/README.md, docs/README.md, README
tree, MEMORY.md hygiene note).

Verification: V0 (docs/meta only).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.claude/skills/nomarchy/SKILL.md

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
----
-name: nomarchy
-description: Development and maintenance workflow for the Nomarchy NixOS-based distribution (this repository). Use this skill for ANY change to this repo — new features, bug fixes, theming or visual work (Hyprland, Waybar, rofi, wallpapers, palettes), NixOS/Home-Manager module changes, flake lock bumps, theme imports, docs updates, backlog grooming, or loop iterations. Trigger even for "small" or "obvious" changes; the whole point of this skill is that no change ships without climbing the verification ladder, and small changes are where verification gets skipped.
----
-
-# Nomarchy Development Skill
-
-This repo is maintained by agents from multiple vendors, so the skill
-body lives vendor-neutrally in the repo — this file only routes you
-there. Read, then follow:
-
-1. **`AGENTS.md`** — entry point: where everything lives, standing rules
-2. **`agent/LOOP.md`** — the iteration protocol + the V0–V3 ladder
-3. **`agent/VERIFICATION.md`** — the enforcement rules: preflight, the
-   honesty rules, the visual verification protocol, hardware-blocked
-   checks, maintenance work, the reporting format
-4. **`agent/DELEGATION.md`** — capability tiers, the scout/runner roles
-   (Claude Code defs: `.claude/agents/`), token economy, parallel fan-out
-
-Before running any VM test, also read **`docs/TESTING.md`**. The repo
-docs always win over any cached summary of them; if docs disagree with
-each other, fix the discrepancy in the same or a follow-up commit.

.claude/skills/theme/SKILL.md

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-name: theme
-description: Theme design and visual work for Nomarchy — use whenever the user asks to create, update, refine, or troubleshoot themes or visual design (palettes, Hyprland looks, Waybar, Ghostty, btop, rofi, wallpapers, typography, icons).
----
-
-# Nomarchy Theme Designer Skill
-
-The skill body lives vendor-neutrally in the repo — read and follow
-**`agent/THEME-DESIGN.md`**. Visual work additionally climbs the
-verification ladder and visual protocol in **`agent/VERIFICATION.md`**
-(scripted contrast/design checks first, then headless screenshots you
-actually view).

AGENTS.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ thin *adapter* (see bottom) and never holds shared content.
 | **`docs/VISION.md`** | Product themes toward **v1.0** (not a queue) |
 | **`docs/ROADMAP.md`** | Design history + shipped log |
 | **`docs/README.md`** | Full documentation map |
-| **`.claude/`** | Claude Code adapter only (permissions, subagents, skill shims) — not the backlog |
+| **`.claude/`** | Claude Code adapter only (permissions, subagent defs) — not the backlog |
 
 ## If you're here to work autonomously (the loop)
 Follow **`agent/LOOP.md`** — one iteration: orient → pick one BACKLOG

README.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Flat on purpose. Two module trees, one options file each, no hidden layers.
 ├── agent/                         # agent instructions + loop state — map: agent/README.md
 │                                  #   BACKLOG (executable queue), LOOP, VERIFICATION, …
 ├── AGENTS.md                      # agent entry, any vendor (CLAUDE.md symlinks here)
-├── .claude/                       # Claude Code adapter: permissions + subagent/skill shims
+├── .claude/                       # Claude Code adapter: permissions + subagent defs
 └── tools/                         # maintainer-only
     ├── import-palettes.py         #   converts old-distro themes → JSON + assets
     ├── test-live-iso.sh           #   build the ISO + boot it in QEMU

agent/MEMORY.md

@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ iteration would otherwise rediscover.
   effects carry a value, matchers take `match:` (§ windowrule migration).
 - grub `loadfont`s every `.pf2` in a theme dir — reuse a bundled DejaVu
   rather than shipping fonts (§ Distro branding).
-- `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` are **tracked thin shims** — the actual
-  instruction bodies live vendor-neutrally in `agent/` (VERIFICATION,
-  DELEGATION, THEME-DESIGN); edit those, not the shims. Still never
-  `git add -A` blindly: check `git status --short` for genuine strangers
-  first (`settings.local.json`, harness-dropped files) and commit with
-  explicit pathspecs (§ loop hygiene).
+- Agent instructions live vendor-neutrally in `agent/` (VERIFICATION,
+  DELEGATION, THEME-DESIGN; entry AGENTS.md) — `.claude/` is a thin
+  adapter (permissions + subagent defs only; skills were removed
+  2026-07-11). Never `git add -A` blindly: check `git status --short`
+  for genuine strangers first (`settings.local.json`, harness-dropped
+  files) and commit with explicit pathspecs (§ loop hygiene).

agent/README.md

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ into the files above, in whatever format their harness requires.
 | [../AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md) | any | Entry point (`CLAUDE.md` is a symlink to it) |
 | [../.claude/settings.json](../.claude/settings.json) | Claude Code | Tool permissions |
 | [../.claude/agents/](../.claude/agents/) | Claude Code | `nomarchy-scout` / `nomarchy-runner` role defs (contracts in [DELEGATION.md](DELEGATION.md)) |
-| [../.claude/skills/](../.claude/skills/) | Claude Code | Skill shims → VERIFICATION/DELEGATION/THEME-DESIGN |
 
 Do **not** put backlog items, vision text, or policy under an adapter
 directory — it is not shared with other agent runners.

docs/README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tree for the same facts.
 |------|------|
 | [../AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md) | Agent entry point, any vendor/harness (`CLAUDE.md` symlinks to it) |
 | [../agent/README.md](../agent/README.md) | Agent instructions + **executable** loop state: BACKLOG, LOOP, VERIFICATION, … |
-| [../.claude/](../.claude/) | Claude Code adapter only: permissions + subagent/skill shims |
+| [../.claude/](../.claude/) | Claude Code adapter only: permissions + subagent defs |
 
 ## How work flows