diff --git a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/add.ts b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/add.ts
index 073a80a..3182dab 100644
--- a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/add.ts
+++ b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/add.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {
   BailianError,
   ExitCode,
   defineCommand,
-  detectOutputFormat,
   detectInstalledAgents,
   fetchSkillsIndex,
   getSkillRegistryBaseUrl,
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
   },
   exampleArgs: ["--name all", "--name spark-video,bailian-model-recommend"],
   async run(ctx) {
-    const format = detectOutputFormat(ctx.settings.output);
+    const format = ctx.settings.outputExplicit ? ctx.settings.output : "json";
     const requested = parseSkillNames(ctx.flags.name, false);
     const index = await fetchSkillsIndex();
     const remoteNames = Object.keys(index.skills);
diff --git a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/list.ts b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/list.ts
index aa6552c..1a21887 100644
--- a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/list.ts
+++ b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/list.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   defineCommand,
-  detectOutputFormat,
   computeSkillStatuses,
   fetchSkillsIndex,
   getSkillRegistryBaseUrl,
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
     "STATUS: installed | outdated | not-installed | missing (lock has it, dir deleted) | untracked (dir exists, not managed)",
   ],
   async run(ctx) {
-    const format = detectOutputFormat(ctx.settings.output);
+    const format = ctx.settings.outputExplicit ? ctx.settings.output : "json";
     // Three-way reconciliation: live remote index × skill-lock.json (installation facts) × disk
     const index = await fetchSkillsIndex();
     const lock = readSkillLock();
diff --git a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/remove.ts b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/remove.ts
index e51106c..5074962 100644
--- a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/remove.ts
+++ b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/remove.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {
   BailianError,
   ExitCode,
   defineCommand,
-  detectOutputFormat,
   listSkillDirsOnDisk,
   parseSkillNames,
   readSkillLock,
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
   exampleArgs: ["--name spark-video", "--name all"],
   async run(ctx) {
     // Purely local operation: no remote access, works offline
-    const format = detectOutputFormat(ctx.settings.output);
+    const format = ctx.settings.outputExplicit ? ctx.settings.output : "json";
     const requested = parseSkillNames(ctx.flags.name, false);
     const lock = readSkillLock();
     const names = requested === "all" ? Object.keys(lock.skills) : requested;
diff --git a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/update.ts b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/update.ts
index 61e1b1f..b41ac01 100644
--- a/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/update.ts
+++ b/packages/commands/src/commands/skill/update.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {
   BailianError,
   ExitCode,
   defineCommand,
-  detectOutputFormat,
   detectInstalledAgents,
   fanOutSkillToAgents,
   fetchSkillsIndex,
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
   },
   exampleArgs: ["", "--name spark-video"],
   async run(ctx) {
-    const format = detectOutputFormat(ctx.settings.output);
+    const format = ctx.settings.outputExplicit ? ctx.settings.output : "json";
     const requested = parseSkillNames(ctx.flags.name, true);
     const index = await fetchSkillsIndex();
     const lock = readSkillLock();