From 84b11237f22daad07cd83eeb9a71d5b340d7d94e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 02:46:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: let skills JSON output flush naturally

---
 src/cli/skills-cli.commands.test.ts | 1 +
 src/cli/skills-cli.ts               | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/skills-cli.commands.test.ts b/src/cli/skills-cli.commands.test.ts
index 968ec981551..6f5366abf96 100644
--- a/src/cli/skills-cli.commands.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/skills-cli.commands.test.ts
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ describe("skills cli commands", () => {
     expect(defaultRuntime.writeStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(defaultRuntime.writeJson).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(defaultRuntime.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(defaultRuntime.exit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(runtimeErrors).toStrictEqual([]);
     expect(runtimeStdout).toHaveLength(1);
 
diff --git a/src/cli/skills-cli.ts b/src/cli/skills-cli.ts
index 06c7919e408..bc0f699ee7c 100644
--- a/src/cli/skills-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/skills-cli.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ async function runSkillsAction(
   try {
     const report = await loadSkillsStatusReport(options);
     defaultRuntime.writeStdout(render(report));
-    defaultRuntime.exit(0);
   } catch (err) {
     defaultRuntime.error(String(err));
     defaultRuntime.exit(1);