diff --git a/skills/engineering/code-review/SKILL.md b/skills/engineering/code-review/SKILL.md
index 86b2b15..e28d7ac 100644
--- a/skills/engineering/code-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/engineering/code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: code-review
-description: Review the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes: Standards (does the code follow this repo's documented coding standards?) and Spec (does the code match what the originating issue/spec asked for?). Runs both reviews in parallel sub-agents and reports them side by side. Use when the user wants to review a branch, a PR, work-in-progress changes, or asks to "review since X".
+description: "Review the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes: Standards (does the code follow this repo's documented coding standards?) and Spec (does the code match what the originating issue/spec asked for?). Runs both reviews in parallel sub-agents and reports them side by side. Use when the user wants to review a branch, a PR, work-in-progress changes, or asks to \"review since X\"."
 ---
 
 Two-axis review of the diff between `HEAD` and a fixed point the user supplies:
diff --git a/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md b/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md
index 7ddcbf4..7f6f576 100644
--- a/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: setup-matt-pocock-skills
-description: Configure this repo for the engineering skills: set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills.
+description: "Configure this repo for the engineering skills: set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills."
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
 
diff --git a/skills/engineering/to-spec/SKILL.md b/skills/engineering/to-spec/SKILL.md
index 6aa60c8..3f52599 100644
--- a/skills/engineering/to-spec/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/engineering/to-spec/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: to-spec
-description: Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the project issue tracker: no interview, just synthesis of what you've already discussed.
+description: "Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the project issue tracker: no interview, just synthesis of what you've already discussed."
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
 
diff --git a/skills/in-progress/writing-fragments/SKILL.md b/skills/in-progress/writing-fragments/SKILL.md
index d50a632..c7c889b 100644
--- a/skills/in-progress/writing-fragments/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/in-progress/writing-fragments/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: writing-fragments
-description: Writing, explore: mine raw fragments, no structure yet.
+description: "Writing, explore: mine raw fragments, no structure yet."
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
 
diff --git a/skills/in-progress/writing-shape/SKILL.md b/skills/in-progress/writing-shape/SKILL.md
index 36ba11d..02f2866 100644
--- a/skills/in-progress/writing-shape/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/in-progress/writing-shape/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: writing-shape
-description: Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph.
+description: "Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph."
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---
 
diff --git a/skills/productivity/wait-what/SKILL.md b/skills/productivity/wait-what/SKILL.md
index 53f48e3..f8854f1 100644
--- a/skills/productivity/wait-what/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/productivity/wait-what/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: wait-what
-description: Stop. That last message did not land: re-pitch it.
+description: "Stop. That last message did not land: re-pitch it."
 disable-model-invocation: true
 ---