diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
index d33d1ca5b1..d4fbbde40d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -411,10 +411,12 @@ export default defineCommand({
       alias: "t",
     },
     video: { type: "string", description: "Path to a source video file", alias: "V" },
+    "skip-skills": { type: "boolean", description: "Skip AI skills installation" },
   },
   async run({ args }) {
     const templateFlag = args.template;
     const videoFlag = args.video;
+    const skipSkills = args["skip-skills"] === true;
 
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Non-interactive mode: flags provided
@@ -450,7 +452,9 @@ export default defineCommand({
 
       scaffoldProject(destDir, basename(destDir), templateId, localVideoName);
       trackInitTemplate(templateId);
-      await installSkills(false);
+      if (!skipSkills) {
+        await installSkills(false);
+      }
 
       console.log(c.success(`\nCreated ${c.accent(name + "/")}`));
       for (const f of readdirSync(destDir)) {
@@ -573,7 +577,9 @@ export default defineCommand({
     trackInitTemplate(templateId);
 
     // 5. Install AI coding skills
-    await installSkills(true);
+    if (!skipSkills) {
+      await installSkills(true);
+    }
 
     const files = readdirSync(destDir);
     clack.note(files.map((f) => c.accent(f)).join("\n"), c.success(`Created ${name}/`));
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/install-skills.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/install-skills.ts
index e1a3487cbd..51b6c77a2a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/install-skills.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/install-skills.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ const TARGETS: Target[] = [
   {
     name: "Cursor",
     flag: "cursor",
-    dir: join(process.cwd(), ".cursor", "skills"),
+    get dir() {
+      return join(process.cwd(), ".cursor", "skills");
+    },
     defaultEnabled: false,
   },
 ];
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ function fetchRepo(source: SkillSource): string {
 interface InstalledSkill {
   name: string;
   source: string;
+  overwritten: boolean;
 }
 
 function installSkillsFromDir(
@@ -139,10 +142,11 @@ function installSkillsFromDir(
     if (!existsSync(skillFile)) continue;
 
     const destDir = join(targetDir, entry.name);
-    if (existsSync(destDir)) rmSync(destDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    const overwritten = existsSync(destDir);
+    if (overwritten) rmSync(destDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
     mkdirSync(destDir, { recursive: true });
     cpSync(join(sourceDir, entry.name), destDir, { recursive: true });
-    installed.push({ name: entry.name, source: sourceName });
+    installed.push({ name: entry.name, source: sourceName, overwritten });
   }
   return installed;
 }