diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 50c9ee2..52f6a7d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     ruby-skill-bench (1.2.0)
-      activesupport (>= 6.0)
       cgi (~> 0.5.1)
-      dotenv (~> 3.2.0)
       faraday (~> 2.14)
       json (~> 2.19)
       parallel (~> 1.26)
@@ -12,19 +10,6 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (8.1.3)
-      base64
-      bigdecimal
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
-      drb
-      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
-      json
-      logger (>= 1.4.2)
-      minitest (>= 5.1)
-      securerandom (>= 0.3)
-      tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
-      uri (>= 0.13.1)
     addressable (2.9.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 8.0)
     ast (2.4.3)
@@ -32,7 +17,6 @@ GEM
       descendants_tracker (~> 0.0.4)
       ice_nine (~> 0.11.0)
       thread_safe (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.1)
-    base64 (0.3.0)
     bigdecimal (4.1.2)
     bundler-audit (0.9.3)
       bundler (>= 1.2.0)
@@ -43,15 +27,12 @@ GEM
     coercible (1.0.0)
       descendants_tracker (~> 0.0.1)
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.7)
-    connection_pool (3.0.2)
     crack (1.0.1)
       bigdecimal
       rexml
     descendants_tracker (0.0.4)
       thread_safe (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.1)
     docile (1.4.1)
-    dotenv (3.2.0)
-    drb (2.2.3)
     dry-configurable (1.4.0)
       dry-core (~> 1.0)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
@@ -98,8 +79,6 @@ GEM
       prism (~> 1.7)
       sexp_processor (~> 4.8)
     hashdiff (1.2.1)
-    i18n (1.15.2)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     ice_nine (0.11.2)
     json (2.20.0)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.5)
@@ -179,7 +158,6 @@ GEM
       simplecov (>= 0.22.0)
       tty-which (~> 0.5.0)
       virtus (~> 2.0)
-    securerandom (0.4.1)
     sexp_processor (4.17.5)
     simplecov (0.22.0)
       docile (~> 1.1)
@@ -195,8 +173,6 @@ GEM
     thor (1.5.0)
     thread_safe (0.3.6)
     tty-which (0.5.0)
-    tzinfo (2.0.6)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.6.0)
     uri (1.1.1)
     virtus (2.0.0)
@@ -233,23 +209,18 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   yard (~> 0.9)
 
 CHECKSUMS
-  activesupport (8.1.3) sha256=21a5e0dfbd4c3ddd9e1317ec6a4d782fa226e7867dc70b0743acda81a1dca20e
   addressable (2.9.0) sha256=7fdf6ac3660f7f4e867a0838be3f6cf722ace541dd97767fa42bc6cfa980c7af
   ast (2.4.3) sha256=954615157c1d6a382bc27d690d973195e79db7f55e9765ac7c481c60bdb4d383
   axiom-types (0.1.1) sha256=c1ff113f3de516fa195b2db7e0a9a95fd1b08475a502ff660d04507a09980383
-  base64 (0.3.0) sha256=27337aeabad6ffae05c265c450490628ef3ebd4b67be58257393227588f5a97b
   bigdecimal (4.1.2) sha256=53d217666027eab4280346fba98e7d5b66baaae1b9c3c1c0ffe89d48188a3fbd
   bundler-audit (0.9.3) sha256=81c8766c71e47d0d28a0f98c7eed028539f21a6ea3cd8f685eb6f42333c9b4e9
   cgi (0.5.2) sha256=61ca30298171190fd4fa0d8018e57ada456eae9b7a2b78526debf7f0a0e6f8bb
   childprocess (5.1.0) sha256=9a8d484be2fd4096a0e90a0cd3e449a05bc3aa33f8ac9e4d6dcef6ac1455b6ec
   coercible (1.0.0) sha256=5081ad24352cc8435ce5472bc2faa30260c7ea7f2102cc6a9f167c4d9bffaadc
   concurrent-ruby (1.3.7) sha256=4412caec3a5ea2e5fdc52076724c071a81f2c0593d83b2ac8cbb8ca63b3151b0
-  connection_pool (3.0.2) sha256=33fff5ba71a12d2aa26cb72b1db8bba2a1a01823559fb01d29eb74c286e62e0a
   crack (1.0.1) sha256=ff4a10390cd31d66440b7524eb1841874db86201d5b70032028553130b6d4c7e
   descendants_tracker (0.0.4) sha256=e9c41dd4cfbb85829a9301ea7e7c48c2a03b26f09319db230e6479ccdc780897
   docile (1.4.1) sha256=96159be799bfa73cdb721b840e9802126e4e03dfc26863db73647204c727f21e
-  dotenv (3.2.0) sha256=e375b83121ea7ca4ce20f214740076129ab8514cd81378161f11c03853fe619d
-  drb (2.2.3) sha256=0b00d6fdb50995fe4a45dea13663493c841112e4068656854646f418fda13373
   dry-configurable (1.4.0) sha256=e35d1b5f3c081753ef361f564919db79000f32cfa6f20ee3a3ba5921b41b73ce
   dry-core (1.2.0) sha256=0cc5a7da88df397f153947eeeae42e876e999c1e30900f3c536fb173854e96a1
   dry-inflector (1.3.1) sha256=7fb0c2bb04f67638f25c52e7ba39ab435d922a3a5c3cd196120f63accb682dcc
@@ -263,7 +234,6 @@ CHECKSUMS
   flay (2.14.4) sha256=a62d96a51d1da185aa41ba95b696966df9f7d1d91a457709277f24515895de77
   flog (4.9.4) sha256=12cc054fab7a2cbd2a906514397c4d7788954d530564782d6f14939dc2dfbcbb
   hashdiff (1.2.1) sha256=9c079dbc513dfc8833ab59c0c2d8f230fa28499cc5efb4b8dd276cf931457cd1
-  i18n (1.15.2) sha256=00f9eb62412fe593b2a65a97daa75300d37abb8f7202ec748e94b6d46a9dd1b5
   ice_nine (0.11.2) sha256=5d506a7d2723d5592dc121b9928e4931742730131f22a1a37649df1c1e2e63db
   json (2.20.0) sha256=9362bc6e55a952b056abf9167cf053358181c904cb70cd6eee0808ea830fc32b
   language_server-protocol (3.17.0.5) sha256=fd1e39a51a28bf3eec959379985a72e296e9f9acfce46f6a79d31ca8760803cc
@@ -295,7 +265,6 @@ CHECKSUMS
   ruby2_keywords (0.0.5) sha256=ffd13740c573b7301cf7a2e61fc857b2a8e3d3aff32545d6f8300d8bae10e3ef
   ruby_parser (3.22.0) sha256=1eb4937cd9eb220aa2d194e352a24dba90aef00751e24c8dfffdb14000f15d23
   rubycritic (4.12.0) sha256=024fed90fe656fa939f6ea80aab17569699ac3863d0b52fd72cb99892247abc8
-  securerandom (0.4.1) sha256=cc5193d414a4341b6e225f0cb4446aceca8e50d5e1888743fac16987638ea0b1
   sexp_processor (4.17.5) sha256=ae2b48ba98353d5d465ce8759836b7a05f2e12c5879fcd14d7815b026de32f0e
   simplecov (0.22.0) sha256=fe2622c7834ff23b98066bb0a854284b2729a569ac659f82621fc22ef36213a5
   simplecov-html (0.13.2) sha256=bd0b8e54e7c2d7685927e8d6286466359b6f16b18cb0df47b508e8d73c777246
@@ -305,7 +274,6 @@ CHECKSUMS
   thor (1.5.0) sha256=e3a9e55fe857e44859ce104a84675ab6e8cd59c650a49106a05f55f136425e73
   thread_safe (0.3.6) sha256=9ed7072821b51c57e8d6b7011a8e282e25aeea3a4065eab326e43f66f063b05a
   tty-which (0.5.0) sha256=5824055f0d6744c97e7c4426544f01d519c40d1806ef2ef47d9854477993f466
-  tzinfo (2.0.6) sha256=8daf828cc77bcf7d63b0e3bdb6caa47e2272dcfaf4fbfe46f8c3a9df087a829b
   unicode-display_width (2.6.0) sha256=12279874bba6d5e4d2728cef814b19197dbb10d7a7837a869bab65da943b7f5a
   uri (1.1.1) sha256=379fa58d27ffb1387eaada68c749d1426738bd0f654d812fcc07e7568f5c57c6
   virtus (2.0.0) sha256=8841dae4eb7fcc097320ba5ea516bf1839e5d056c61ee27138aa4bddd6e3d1c2
diff --git a/lib/skill_bench.rb b/lib/skill_bench.rb
index 4ffeada..a93d6ab 100644
--- a/lib/skill_bench.rb
+++ b/lib/skill_bench.rb
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@
 require_relative 'skill_bench/trend_tracker/persistence'
 require_relative 'skill_bench/trend_tracker/trend_calculator'
 
-# Rails integrations
-require_relative 'skill_bench/rails/skill_templates'
-
 # Migration utilities
 require_relative 'skill_bench/migration/provider_migrator'
 
diff --git a/lib/skill_bench/commands/skill_new.rb b/lib/skill_bench/commands/skill_new.rb
index 79eecad..a0ee6a5 100644
--- a/lib/skill_bench/commands/skill_new.rb
+++ b/lib/skill_bench/commands/skill_new.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'fileutils'
-require_relative '../rails/skill_templates'
 
 module SkillBench
   module Commands
@@ -107,6 +106,9 @@ def self.create_rails_skill(path, name, template)
         file_name = RAILS_TEMPLATES[template]
         raise ArgumentError, "Invalid template: #{template}. Use one of: #{RAILS_TEMPLATES.keys.join(', ')}." unless file_name
 
+        # Lazily load the scaffold generator so a normal `skill-bench run` does
+        # not pull it (and its dependencies) in at boot.
+        require_relative '../rails/skill_templates'
         content = Rails::SkillTemplates.public_send(template.to_sym, name)
         File.write(File.join(path, file_name), content)
       end
diff --git a/lib/skill_bench/rails/skill_templates.rb b/lib/skill_bench/rails/skill_templates.rb
index 95687cb..a3b46f3 100644
--- a/lib/skill_bench/rails/skill_templates.rb
+++ b/lib/skill_bench/rails/skill_templates.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'active_support/inflector'
-
 module SkillBench
   module Rails
     # Generates Rails-specific skill templates
     class SkillTemplates
+      # Convert a snake_case or kebab-case name to CamelCase.
+      #
+      # Replaces ActiveSupport's +String#camelize+ for the scaffold inputs used
+      # here: it splits on +_+ and +-+ separators, upcases the first letter of
+      # each segment, and preserves any segment that is already CamelCase.
+      #
+      # @example
+      #   SkillTemplates.camelize('user_creator') # => "UserCreator"
+      #   SkillTemplates.camelize('order-service') # => "OrderService"
+      #   SkillTemplates.camelize('UserCreator')   # => "UserCreator"
+      # @param name [String] snake_case, kebab-case, or already-CamelCase name
+      # @return [String] CamelCase name
+      def self.camelize(name)
+        name.split(/[-_]/).map { |segment| segment.empty? ? segment : segment[0].upcase + segment[1..] }.join
+      end
+
       # Generate a service object template
       # @param name [String] Service name (e.g., 'my_service' or 'my-service')
       # @return [String] Service object Ruby class
       def self.service_object(name)
-        class_name = name.split(/[-_]/).map(&:capitalize).join
+        class_name = camelize(name)
         <<~RUBY
           # frozen_string_literal: true
 
@@ -43,7 +57,7 @@ def call
       # @param name [String] Concern name (e.g., 'my_concern')
       # @return [String] Concern module
       def self.concern(name)
-        module_name = name.camelize
+        module_name = camelize(name)
         <<~RUBY
           # frozen_string_literal: true
 
@@ -67,7 +81,7 @@ module #{module_name}
       # @param name [String] Model name (e.g., 'my_model')
       # @return [String] ActiveRecord model class
       def self.active_record_model(name)
-        class_name = name.camelize
+        class_name = camelize(name)
         <<~RUBY
           # frozen_string_literal: true
 
diff --git a/ruby-skill-bench.gemspec b/ruby-skill-bench.gemspec
index b39e53b..6a31d2a 100644
--- a/ruby-skill-bench.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-skill-bench.gemspec
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
   # Runtime dependencies
-  spec.add_dependency 'activesupport', '>= 6.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'cgi',     '~> 0.5.1'
-  spec.add_dependency 'dotenv',  '~> 3.2.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'cgi',      '~> 0.5.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday',  '~> 2.14'
   spec.add_dependency 'json',     '~> 2.19'
   spec.add_dependency 'parallel', '~> 1.26'
diff --git a/test/agent_eval/rails/skill_templates_test.rb b/test/agent_eval/rails/skill_templates_test.rb
index 3468273..a70b704 100644
--- a/test/agent_eval/rails/skill_templates_test.rb
+++ b/test/agent_eval/rails/skill_templates_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'test_helper'
+require 'skill_bench/rails/skill_templates'
 
 module SkillBench
   module Rails
@@ -33,6 +34,22 @@ def test_active_record_model_generates_valid_ruby
         assert_includes code, 'class UserProfile < ApplicationRecord'
         assert_includes code, 'validates :name, presence: true'
       end
+
+      def test_camelize_snake_case
+        assert_equal 'UserCreator', SkillTemplates.camelize('user_creator')
+      end
+
+      def test_camelize_kebab_case
+        assert_equal 'OrderService', SkillTemplates.camelize('order-service')
+      end
+
+      def test_camelize_already_camel_case
+        assert_equal 'UserCreator', SkillTemplates.camelize('UserCreator')
+      end
+
+      def test_camelize_mixed_separators
+        assert_equal 'MyCoolSkill', SkillTemplates.camelize('my-cool_skill')
+      end
     end
   end
 end