diff --git a/.changeset/plugin-skills-directory-form.md b/.changeset/plugin-skills-directory-form.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1de4037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/plugin-skills-directory-form.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"mattpocock-skills": patch
+---
+
+Switch the plugin manifest's `skills` field to self-maintaining directory form. Instead of hand-listing all 22 skill directories, `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` now points at the two promoted buckets (`./skills/engineering`, `./skills/productivity`) and lets Claude Code discover the skills one level down. New promoted skills are picked up automatically, and the manifest can no longer drift out of sync with the tree.
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 99d7c4c..3620402 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -19,27 +19,7 @@
     "productivity"
   ],
   "skills": [
-    "./skills/engineering/ask-matt",
-    "./skills/engineering/diagnosing-bugs",
-    "./skills/engineering/grill-with-docs",
-    "./skills/engineering/triage",
-    "./skills/engineering/improve-codebase-architecture",
-    "./skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills",
-    "./skills/engineering/tdd",
-    "./skills/engineering/to-spec",
-    "./skills/engineering/to-tickets",
-    "./skills/engineering/wayfinder",
-    "./skills/engineering/implement",
-    "./skills/engineering/prototype",
-    "./skills/engineering/research",
-    "./skills/engineering/domain-modeling",
-    "./skills/engineering/codebase-design",
-    "./skills/engineering/code-review",
-    "./skills/engineering/resolving-merge-conflicts",
-    "./skills/productivity/grill-me",
-    "./skills/productivity/grilling",
-    "./skills/productivity/handoff",
-    "./skills/productivity/teach",
-    "./skills/productivity/writing-great-skills"
+    "./skills/engineering",
+    "./skills/productivity"
   ]
 }