diff --git a/ai/skills/address-pr-review/SKILL.md b/ai/skills/address-pr-review/SKILL.md
index 718eaa5..74d298a 100644
--- a/ai/skills/address-pr-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/ai/skills/address-pr-review/SKILL.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: address-pr-review
 description: Analyze unresolved PR review comments and recommend whether to fix, skip, or optionally address each. Use when a PR has review comments and you need a verdict on how to respond.
 argument-hint: PR number or URL
 context: fork
+background: false
 ---
 
 # Address PR Review
diff --git a/ai/skills/examine-architecture/SKILL.md b/ai/skills/examine-architecture/SKILL.md
index fcc6900..43911db 100644
--- a/ai/skills/examine-architecture/SKILL.md
+++ b/ai/skills/examine-architecture/SKILL.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: examine-architecture
 description: Audit codebase, assess technical debt, analyze architecture, find structural problems. Use when evaluating code health, planning refactors, or need architectural review. Covers brittleness, coupling, complexity.
 argument-hint: Area to focus on (optional)
 context: fork
+background: false
 ---
 
 # Architecture Examination
diff --git a/ai/skills/review-dependabot/SKILL.md b/ai/skills/review-dependabot/SKILL.md
index d74425b..1ca5b30 100644
--- a/ai/skills/review-dependabot/SKILL.md
+++ b/ai/skills/review-dependabot/SKILL.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name: review-dependabot
 description: Merge Dependabot PRs, update dependencies, handle dependency updates. Use when Dependabot PRs are pending, need to review dependency bumps, or update packages safely.
 context: fork
+background: false
 ---
 
 # Review Dependabot
diff --git a/ai/skills/ship/SKILL.md b/ai/skills/ship/SKILL.md
index d8bba37..b4e0940 100644
--- a/ai/skills/ship/SKILL.md
+++ b/ai/skills/ship/SKILL.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: ship
 description: Runtime-neutral autonomous end-to-end feature development without user involvement. Plans, validates with specialist agents, defends against skeptic, implements, refines, delivers, and compounds learnings. Use when building a feature hands-free, implementing from a ticket, or wanting fully autonomous development in Claude, Codex, or another agent runtime.
 argument-hint: Feature description, ticket URL, Linear issue ID, or GitHub issue # (e.g. `#128`)
 context: fork
+background: false
 ---
 
 # Autonomous Ship Workflow