diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap_skill.sh b/scripts/bootstrap_skill.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Bootstrap Skill Seekers into an Operational Skill for Claude Code
+#
+# Usage: ./scripts/bootstrap_skill.sh
+# Output: output/skill-seekers/ (skill directory)
+#
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+SKILL_NAME="skill-seekers"
+OUTPUT_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/output/$SKILL_NAME"
+HEADER_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/skill_header.md"
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "  Skill Seekers Bootstrap"
+echo "============================================"
+
+# Step 1: Sync dependencies
+echo "Step 1: uv sync..."
+command -v uv &> /dev/null || { echo "Error: uv not installed"; exit 1; }
+cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+uv sync --quiet
+echo "✓ Done"
+
+# Step 2: Run codebase analysis
+echo "Step 2: Analyzing codebase..."
+rm -rf "$OUTPUT_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+uv run skill-seekers-codebase \
+    --directory "$PROJECT_ROOT" \
+    --output "$OUTPUT_DIR" \
+    --depth deep \
+    --ai-mode none 2>&1 | grep -E "^(INFO|✅)" || true
+echo "✓ Done"
+
+# Step 3: Prepend header to SKILL.md
+echo "Step 3: Adding operational header..."
+if [[ -f "$HEADER_FILE" ]]; then
+    # Get auto-generated content (skip its frontmatter)
+    AUTO_CONTENT=$(tail -n +6 "$OUTPUT_DIR/SKILL.md")
+    # Combine: header + auto-generated
+    cat "$HEADER_FILE" > "$OUTPUT_DIR/SKILL.md"
+    echo "$AUTO_CONTENT" >> "$OUTPUT_DIR/SKILL.md"
+    echo "✓ Done ($(wc -l < "$OUTPUT_DIR/SKILL.md") lines)"
+else
+    echo "Warning: $HEADER_FILE not found, using auto-generated only"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "============================================"
+echo "  Bootstrap Complete!"
+echo "============================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Output: $OUTPUT_DIR/"
+echo "  - SKILL.md ($(wc -l < "$OUTPUT_DIR/SKILL.md") lines)"
+echo "  - references/ (API docs, patterns, examples)"
+echo ""
+echo "Install to Claude Code:"
+echo "  cp -r output/$SKILL_NAME ~/.claude/skills/"
+echo ""
+echo "Verify:"
+echo "  ls ~/.claude/skills/$SKILL_NAME/SKILL.md"
+echo ""
diff --git a/scripts/skill_header.md b/scripts/skill_header.md
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+---
+name: skill-seekers
+description: Generate LLM skills from documentation, codebases, and GitHub repositories
+---
+
+# Skill Seekers
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+```bash
+pip install skill-seekers
+# Or: uv pip install skill-seekers
+```
+
+## Commands
+
+| Source | Command |
+|--------|---------|
+| Local code | `skill-seekers-codebase --directory ./path` |
+| Docs URL | `skill-seekers scrape --url https://...` |
+| GitHub | `skill-seekers github --repo owner/repo` |
+| PDF | `skill-seekers pdf --file doc.pdf` |
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+# Analyze local codebase
+skill-seekers-codebase --directory /path/to/project --output output/my-skill/
+
+# Package for Claude
+yes | skill-seekers package output/my-skill/ --no-open
+```
+
+## Options
+
+| Flag | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `--depth surface/deep/full` | Analysis depth |
+| `--skip-patterns` | Skip pattern detection |
+| `--skip-test-examples` | Skip test extraction |
+| `--ai-mode none/api/local` | AI enhancement |
+
+---
+
diff --git a/tests/test_bootstrap_skill.py b/tests/test_bootstrap_skill.py
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+"""Tests for the bootstrap skill script."""
+
+import subprocess
+import pytest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def project_root():
+    """Get project root directory."""
+    return Path(__file__).parent.parent
+
+
+class TestBootstrapSkillScript:
+    """Tests for scripts/bootstrap_skill.sh"""
+
+    def test_script_exists(self, project_root):
+        """Test that bootstrap script exists and is executable."""
+        script = project_root / "scripts" / "bootstrap_skill.sh"
+        assert script.exists(), "bootstrap_skill.sh should exist"
+        assert script.stat().st_mode & 0o111, "bootstrap_skill.sh should be executable"
+
+    def test_header_template_exists(self, project_root):
+        """Test that skill header template exists."""
+        header = project_root / "scripts" / "skill_header.md"
+        assert header.exists(), "skill_header.md should exist"
+
+    def test_header_has_required_sections(self, project_root):
+        """Test that header template has required operational sections."""
+        header = project_root / "scripts" / "skill_header.md"
+        content = header.read_text()
+
+        # Must have prerequisites
+        assert "## Prerequisites" in content, "Header must have Prerequisites section"
+        assert "pip install skill-seekers" in content, "Header must have pip install instruction"
+
+        # Must have commands table
+        assert "## Commands" in content, "Header must have Commands section"
+        assert "skill-seekers-codebase" in content, "Header must mention codebase command"
+        assert "skill-seekers scrape" in content, "Header must mention scrape command"
+        assert "skill-seekers github" in content, "Header must mention github command"
+
+    def test_header_has_yaml_frontmatter(self, project_root):
+        """Test that header has valid YAML frontmatter."""
+        header = project_root / "scripts" / "skill_header.md"
+        content = header.read_text()
+
+        assert content.startswith("---"), "Header must start with YAML frontmatter"
+        assert "name: skill-seekers" in content, "Header must have skill name"
+        assert "description:" in content, "Header must have description"
+
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    def test_bootstrap_script_runs(self, project_root, tmp_path):
+        """Test that bootstrap script runs successfully.
+
+        Note: This test is slow as it runs full codebase analysis.
+        Run with: pytest -m slow
+        """
+        script = project_root / "scripts" / "bootstrap_skill.sh"
+
+        # Run script (skip if uv not available)
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["bash", str(script)],
+            cwd=project_root,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=600,  # 10 minute timeout
+        )
+
+        # Check script completed
+        assert result.returncode == 0, f"Script failed: {result.stderr}"
+
+        # Check outputs exist (directory named 'skill-seekers' for Claude Code)
+        output_dir = project_root / "output" / "skill-seekers"
+        assert output_dir.exists(), "Output directory should be created"
+
+        skill_md = output_dir / "SKILL.md"
+        assert skill_md.exists(), "SKILL.md should be created"
+
+        # Check SKILL.md has header prepended
+        content = skill_md.read_text()
+        assert "## Prerequisites" in content, "SKILL.md should have header prepended"
+        assert "pip install skill-seekers" in content, "SKILL.md should have install instructions"