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+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { stripFrontmatter } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
+
+/** mirror agent-session `_expandSkillCommand` — SKILL.md body without YAML frontmatter (SPEC §5.3, §10). */
+export function readSkillBody(filePath: string): string {
+	const content = readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
+	return stripFrontmatter(content).trim();
+}