Fix/discover nested skills without parent skillmd

.changeset/fix-nested-skill-discovery.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/intent': patch
+---
+
+Fix skill discovery so skills nested under intermediate grouping directories (directories without their own SKILL.md) are found by the scanner.

packages/intent/src/library-scanner.ts

@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ function discoverSkills(skillsDir: string): Array<SkillEntry> {
           framework:
             typeof fm?.framework === 'string' ? fm.framework : undefined,
         })
-        walk(childDir)
       }
+      // Always recurse into subdirectories so skills nested under
+      // intermediate grouping directories (dirs without SKILL.md) are found.
+      walk(childDir)
     }
   }
 

packages/intent/src/scanner.ts

@@ -170,9 +170,10 @@ function discoverSkills(
           framework:
             typeof fm?.framework === 'string' ? fm.framework : undefined,
         })
-        // Recurse for sub-skills
-        walk(childDir)
       }
+      // Always recurse into subdirectories so skills nested under
+      // intermediate grouping directories (dirs without SKILL.md) are found.
+      walk(childDir)
     }
   }
 

packages/intent/tests/library-scanner.test.ts

@@ -310,6 +310,28 @@ describe('scanLibrary', () => {
     expect(names).toContain('routing/nested-routes')
   })
 
+  it('discovers skills nested under intermediate dirs without SKILL.md', () => {
+    const pkgDir = createDir(root, 'node_modules', '@tanstack', 'router')
+    writeJson(join(pkgDir, 'package.json'), {
+      name: '@tanstack/router',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      keywords: ['tanstack-intent'],
+    })
+    // intermediate directory has no SKILL.md
+    const groupDir = createDir(pkgDir, 'skills', 'group')
+    const nestedDir = createDir(groupDir, 'nested-skill')
+    writeSkillMd(nestedDir, {
+      name: 'group/nested-skill',
+      description: 'A nested skill under a grouping dir',
+    })
+
+    const result = scanLibrary(scriptPath(pkgDir), root)
+
+    const skills = result.packages[0]!.skills
+    expect(skills).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(skills[0]!.name).toBe('group/nested-skill')
+  })
+
   it('handles missing package name without producing double slashes in paths', () => {
     const pkgDir = createDir(root, 'node_modules', 'no-name-pkg')
     writeJson(join(pkgDir, 'package.json'), {

packages/intent/tests/scanner.test.ts

@@ -186,6 +186,27 @@ describe('scanForIntents', () => {
     expect(names).toContain('db-core/live-queries')
   })
 
+  it('discovers skills nested under intermediate dirs without SKILL.md', () => {
+    const pkgDir = createDir(root, 'node_modules', '@tanstack', 'db')
+    writeJson(join(pkgDir, 'package.json'), {
+      name: '@tanstack/db',
+      version: '0.5.2',
+      intent: { version: 1, repo: 'TanStack/db', docs: 'docs/' },
+    })
+    // intermediate directory has no SKILL.md
+    const groupDir = createDir(pkgDir, 'skills', 'group')
+    const nestedDir = createDir(groupDir, 'nested-skill')
+    writeSkillMd(nestedDir, {
+      name: 'group/nested-skill',
+      description: 'A nested skill under a grouping dir',
+    })
+
+    const result = scanForIntents(root)
+    expect(result.packages).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result.packages[0]!.skills).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result.packages[0]!.skills[0]!.name).toBe('group/nested-skill')
+  })
+
   it('warns on skills/ dir without valid intent field', () => {
     const pkgDir = createDir(root, 'node_modules', 'bad-pkg')
     writeJson(join(pkgDir, 'package.json'), {