diff --git a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/code-review/SKILL.md b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/code-review/SKILL.md
index 4fecec3..96bb6ce 100644
--- a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/code-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: code-review
-description: >-
-  Performs strict software code reviews for diffs, pull requests, branches, or
-  working trees. Use when asked to review code, find bugs, assess tests, enforce
-  coding standards, or catch Laravel delivery-layer boundary violations.
+description: Reviews software changes and reports actionable defects. Use for an explicit code-review request.
 ---
 
 # Code Review
diff --git a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md
index c2af7cf..44c0947 100644
--- a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: coding-standards
-description: >-
-  Apply reusable coding standards while implementing, refactoring, reviewing, or
-  explaining software changes. Use when the user asks to follow project-wide
-  engineering conventions, enforce coding style, improve maintainability, add
-  tests, or keep behavior consistent across repositories.
+description: Defines shared implementation and review standards loaded by the development and code-review workflows.
 ---
 
 # Coding Standards
diff --git a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/creating-skills/SKILL.md b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/creating-skills/SKILL.md
index f524b4c..e848df3 100644
--- a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/creating-skills/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/creating-skills/SKILL.md
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: creating-skills
-description: >-
-  Creates, edits, and maintains agent skills and their referenced resources.
-  Use when creating a new skill, editing SKILL.md, changing skill frontmatter,
-  or modifying files referenced by a skill such as references, scripts, or
-  assets.
+description: Defines skill-authoring guidance loaded by development before skill or skill-resource changes.
 ---
 
 ## Source
diff --git a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/development/SKILL.md b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/development/SKILL.md
index 1eb1d13..c48c713 100644
--- a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/development/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/development/SKILL.md
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: development
-description: >-
-  Implement code changes from a user request or GitHub issue. Use when the user
-  asks an agent to build, fix, refactor, or develop a ticket, feature, or issue.
+description: Implements software changes from a request or GitHub issue. Use when asked to change code or repository files.
 ---
 
 # Development
diff --git a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/laravel-standards/SKILL.md b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/laravel-standards/SKILL.md
index 492522c..8ca1bee 100644
--- a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/laravel-standards/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/laravel-standards/SKILL.md
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: laravel-standards
-description: >-
-  Coding standards for a Laravel application in a repository that may contain
-  multiple applications. Use when the agent is modifying or reviewing
-  code changes inside the Laravel application codebase.
+description: Defines Laravel delivery and composition rules loaded by development and code-review for Laravel changes.
 ---
 
 # Laravel Standards
diff --git a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/pull-request/SKILL.md b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/pull-request/SKILL.md
index 727a1b2..369c539 100644
--- a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/pull-request/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/pull-request/SKILL.md
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: pull-request
-description: >-
-  Writes and creates small GitHub pull requests with Conventional Commit titles,
-  concise descriptions, and issue-closing references. Use when opening,
-  drafting, publishing, or preparing a pull request.
+description: Creates concise GitHub pull requests with Conventional Commit titles and issue-closing references. Use when asked to open a pull request.
 ---
 
 # Pull Request
diff --git a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/ticket-planning/SKILL.md b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/ticket-planning/SKILL.md
index 81501f0..d9b843e 100644
--- a/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/ticket-planning/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/engineering-playbook/skills/ticket-planning/SKILL.md
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: ticket-planning
-description: >-
-  Draft concise GitHub issue plans in simple English before issue creation,
-  including blocker checks against open GitHub issues. Use when the user asks to
-  plan, write, shape, or prepare a ticket, issue, backlog item, feature request,
-  bug task, or implementation plan.
+description: Drafts concise GitHub issues and checks blockers before creation. Use when asked to plan a GitHub issue.
 ---
 
 # Ticket Planning