diff --git a/tests/test_issue42_skill_blocks.py b/tests/test_issue42_skill_blocks.py
index 505fb77..e7d38de 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue42_skill_blocks.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue42_skill_blocks.py
@@ -238,7 +238,16 @@ def test_frontmatter_name_matches_directory(skill):
 
 
 def test_claude_skills_link_resolves_to_agents_skills():
+    """.claude/skills is local (git-ignored) and comes in two layouts: one link
+    to .agents/skills, or a directory with one link per skill. Either way each
+    skill Claude Code loads must be the .agents/skills one."""
     link = REPO / ".claude" / "skills"
     if not link.exists():
         pytest.skip(".claude/skills is untracked; absent in a worktree")
-    assert link.resolve() == SKILLS.resolve()
+    if link.is_symlink():
+        assert link.resolve() == SKILLS.resolve()
+        return
+    for skill in SKILL_NAMES:
+        entry = link / skill
+        assert entry.exists(), f".claude/skills/{skill} is missing"
+        assert entry.resolve() == (SKILLS / skill).resolve(), f".claude/skills/{skill} -> {entry.resolve()}"