diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ffbd9926e..0141a8d3ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1774,6 +1774,8 @@ Discovery follows operator-managed directory symlinks, but skips links back to a
 
 Skill Markdown and bundled text resources use UTF-8. Skill-creator CLI and review utilities read and write text explicitly as UTF-8 so localized skills behave consistently across operating systems.
 
+For standalone skill exports, the bundled skill creator's `scripts/package_skill.py` can be run by file path from any directory, or as `python -m scripts.package_skill` from the skill-creator directory. Both entry points validate the skill before writing a `.skill` archive.
+
 Custom-skill writes and security-scan staging preserve submitted line endings
 on every platform, so the scanner checks the bytes that will be stored.
 
diff --git a/skills/public/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py b/skills/public/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py
index f48eac4446..73aa350cfa 100755
--- a/skills/public/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py
+++ b/skills/public/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py
@@ -3,18 +3,22 @@
 Skill Packager - Creates a distributable .skill file of a skill folder
 
 Usage:
-    python utils/package_skill.py <path/to/skill-folder> [output-directory]
+    python scripts/package_skill.py <path/to/skill-folder> [output-directory]
 
 Example:
-    python utils/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill
-    python utils/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill ./dist
+    python scripts/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill
+    python scripts/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill ./dist
 """
 
 import fnmatch
 import sys
 import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
-from scripts.quick_validate import validate_skill
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" and not __package__:
+    from quick_validate import validate_skill
+else:
+    from scripts.quick_validate import validate_skill
 
 # Patterns to exclude when packaging skills.
 EXCLUDE_DIRS = {"__pycache__", "node_modules"}
@@ -88,9 +92,9 @@ def package_skill(skill_path, output_dir=None):
 
     # Create the .skill file (zip format)
     try:
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(skill_filename, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zipf:
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(skill_filename, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zipf:
             # Walk through the skill directory, excluding build artifacts
-            for file_path in skill_path.rglob('*'):
+            for file_path in skill_path.rglob("*"):
                 if not file_path.is_file():
                     continue
                 arcname = file_path.relative_to(skill_path.parent)
@@ -110,10 +114,10 @@ def package_skill(skill_path, output_dir=None):
 
 def main():
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-        print("Usage: python utils/package_skill.py <path/to/skill-folder> [output-directory]")
+        print("Usage: python scripts/package_skill.py <path/to/skill-folder> [output-directory]")
         print("\nExample:")
-        print("  python utils/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill")
-        print("  python utils/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill ./dist")
+        print("  python scripts/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill")
+        print("  python scripts/package_skill.py skills/public/my-skill ./dist")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     skill_path = sys.argv[1]
diff --git a/tests/skills/test_skill_packager_cli.py b/tests/skills/test_skill_packager_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2dddc97a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/skills/test_skill_packager_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""Exercise the skill packager through its standalone and module entry points."""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+SKILL_CREATOR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "skills/public/skill-creator"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("entrypoint", ["script", "module"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("valid", [True, False], ids=["valid", "invalid"])
+def test_packager_cli(tmp_path, entrypoint, valid):
+    skill = tmp_path / "example-skill"
+    skill.mkdir()
+    content = "---\nname: example-skill\ndescription: Example skill.\n---\n"
+    if not valid:
+        content = "# Missing frontmatter\n"
+    (skill / "SKILL.md").write_text(content, encoding="utf-8", newline="\n")
+    output = tmp_path / "dist"
+    if entrypoint == "script":
+        command = [str(SKILL_CREATOR / "scripts/package_skill.py")]
+        cwd = tmp_path
+    else:
+        command = ["-m", "scripts.package_skill"]
+        cwd = SKILL_CREATOR
+    env = {**os.environ, "PYTHONIOENCODING": "utf-8"}
+    env.pop("PYTHONPATH", None)
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-B", *command, str(skill), str(output)],
+        cwd=cwd,
+        env=env,
+        capture_output=True,
+        encoding="utf-8",
+        timeout=15,
+    )
+
+    assert result.returncode == (0 if valid else 1), result.stdout + result.stderr
+    assert "Traceback" not in result.stderr
+    archive = output / "example-skill.skill"
+    if valid:
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(archive) as package:
+            assert package.read("example-skill/SKILL.md").decode("utf-8") == content
+    else:
+        assert "No YAML frontmatter found" in result.stdout
+        assert not archive.exists()