diff --git a/skills/kvb-ci-triage/SKILL.md b/skills/kvb-ci-triage/SKILL.md
index cc4b0df..b93f630 100644
--- a/skills/kvb-ci-triage/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/kvb-ci-triage/SKILL.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 name: kvb-ci-triage
 description: >
   Triage a failing CI run to verified root causes and real fixes, one
-  cluster per worktree. Trigger when a build, test or deploy pipeline has
-  failed jobs.
+  cluster per worktree. Trigger when a build, test or deploy pipeline fails.
 ---
 
 Drive a red pipeline green by root cause. Every failing job is its own
diff --git a/skills/kvb-code-tune/SKILL.md b/skills/kvb-code-tune/SKILL.md
index 08e202a..c41ecf3 100644
--- a/skills/kvb-code-tune/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/kvb-code-tune/SKILL.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 name: kvb-code-tune
 description: >
   Speed up CI, deploys, builds and hot paths without losing logic or
-  coverage. Trigger on a job hitting its time budget or when asked where
-  time goes.
+  coverage. Trigger on a job over its time budget or where time goes.
 ---
 
 One rule outranks every optimization: **nothing that reduces logic, coverage or
diff --git a/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md b/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md
index bf63741..49f7554 100644
--- a/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 name: kvb-git-commit-next
 description: >
   Search every branch for the staged fix, commit it with --no-verify, then
-  stage and brief the next bundle. Trigger on a request to commit and stage
-  next.
+  stage and brief the next bundle.
 ---
 
 1. Describe the staged bundle in one line, so a wrong search intent is
diff --git a/skills/kvb-git-diff/SKILL.md b/skills/kvb-git-diff/SKILL.md
index c6246be..1281423 100644
--- a/skills/kvb-git-diff/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/kvb-git-diff/SKILL.md
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: kvb-git-diff
 description: >
-  Approve a staged commit in the kvb-hub browser page instead of the chat;
-  the commit skills run it.
+  Approve staged commits in the kvb-hub page; the commit skills run it.
 ---
 
 The commit skills run this where they ask for the commit approval. A hub