diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
index 6aa79e3090dc..17563692bfa4 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
@@ -477,6 +477,17 @@ export namespace Config {
   })
   export type Skills = z.infer<typeof Skills>
 
+  export const LegacySkill = z
+    .object({
+      name: z.string(),
+      description: z.string(),
+      command: z.string(),
+    })
+    .catchall(z.unknown())
+  export const LegacySkills = z.array(LegacySkill)
+  export type LegacySkill = z.infer<typeof LegacySkill>
+  export type LegacySkills = z.infer<typeof LegacySkills>
+
   export const Agent = z
     .object({
       model: ModelId.optional(),
@@ -871,7 +882,10 @@ export namespace Config {
         .record(z.string(), Command)
         .optional()
         .describe("Command configuration, see https://opencode.ai/docs/commands"),
-      skills: Skills.optional().describe("Additional skill folder paths"),
+      skills: z
+        .union([Skills, LegacySkills])
+        .optional()
+        .describe("Additional skill folder paths, remote skill URLs, or legacy inline skills"),
       watcher: z
         .object({
           ignore: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts
index 6c4f290a08d8..fc5de1bc1882 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts
@@ -164,25 +164,56 @@ export namespace Skill {
     }
 
     const cfg = yield* config.get()
-    for (const item of cfg.skills?.paths ?? []) {
-      const expanded = item.startsWith("~/") ? path.join(os.homedir(), item.slice(2)) : item
-      const dir = path.isAbsolute(expanded) ? expanded : path.join(directory, expanded)
-      if (!(yield* fsys.isDir(dir))) {
-        log.warn("skill path not found", { path: dir })
-        continue
-      }
+    if (Array.isArray(cfg.skills)) {
+      for (const item of cfg.skills) {
+        if (state.skills[item.name]) {
+          log.warn("duplicate skill name", {
+            name: item.name,
+            existing: state.skills[item.name].location,
+            duplicate: path.join(directory, "opencode.json"),
+          })
+        }
 
-      yield* scan(state, bus, dir, SKILL_PATTERN)
+        state.skills[item.name] = {
+          name: item.name,
+          description: item.description,
+          location: path.join(directory, "opencode.json"),
+          content: [
+            "# Legacy Inline Skill",
+            "",
+            "This skill was loaded from the legacy `skills` array in `opencode.json`.",
+            "",
+            "```bash",
+            item.command,
+            "```",
+          ].join("\n"),
+        }
+      }
     }
 
-    for (const url of cfg.skills?.urls ?? []) {
-      const pulledDirs = yield* discovery.pull(url)
-      for (const dir of pulledDirs) {
-        state.dirs.add(dir)
+    if (!Array.isArray(cfg.skills)) {
+      for (const item of cfg.skills?.paths ?? []) {
+        const expanded = item.startsWith("~/") ? path.join(os.homedir(), item.slice(2)) : item
+        const dir = path.isAbsolute(expanded) ? expanded : path.join(directory, expanded)
+        if (!(yield* fsys.isDir(dir))) {
+          log.warn("skill path not found", { path: dir })
+          continue
+        }
+
         yield* scan(state, bus, dir, SKILL_PATTERN)
       }
     }
 
+    if (!Array.isArray(cfg.skills)) {
+      for (const url of cfg.skills?.urls ?? []) {
+        const pulledDirs = yield* discovery.pull(url)
+        for (const dir of pulledDirs) {
+          state.dirs.add(dir)
+          yield* scan(state, bus, dir, SKILL_PATTERN)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     log.info("init", { count: Object.keys(state.skills).length })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
index ce3566a0c58d..4669caf17c10 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
@@ -514,6 +514,41 @@ test("handles command configuration", async () => {
   })
 })
 
+test("accepts legacy skills array in opencode.json", async () => {
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir({
+    init: async (dir) => {
+      await Filesystem.write(
+        path.join(dir, "opencode.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          $schema: "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
+          skills: [
+            {
+              name: "test",
+              description: "Test skill",
+              command: "echo test",
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      )
+    },
+  })
+
+  await Instance.provide({
+    directory: tmp.path,
+    fn: async () => {
+      const config = await load()
+      expect(Array.isArray(config.skills)).toBe(true)
+      expect(config.skills).toEqual([
+        {
+          name: "test",
+          description: "Test skill",
+          command: "echo test",
+        },
+      ])
+    },
+  })
+})
+
 test("migrates autoshare to share field", async () => {
   await using tmp = await tmpdir({
     init: async (dir) => {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts
index 21c6c7e65137..13b79880c65a 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ const node = CrossSpawnSpawner.defaultLayer
 
 const it = testEffect(Layer.mergeAll(Skill.defaultLayer, node))
 
-async function createGlobalSkill(homeDir: string) {
-  const skillDir = path.join(homeDir, ".claude", "skills", "global-test-skill")
-  await fs.mkdir(skillDir, { recursive: true })
+async function createGlobalSkill(home: string) {
+  const dir = path.join(home, ".claude", "skills", "global-test-skill")
+  await fs.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true })
   await Bun.write(
-    path.join(skillDir, "SKILL.md"),
+    path.join(dir, "SKILL.md"),
     `---
 name: global-test-skill
 description: A global skill from ~/.claude/skills for testing.
@@ -226,6 +226,38 @@ description: A skill in the .claude/skills directory.
     ),
   )
 
+  it.live("loads legacy inline skills from opencode.json", () =>
+    provideTmpdirInstance(
+      (dir) =>
+        Effect.gen(function* () {
+          yield* Effect.promise(() =>
+            Bun.write(
+              path.join(dir, "opencode.json"),
+              JSON.stringify({
+                $schema: "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
+                skills: [
+                  {
+                    name: "test",
+                    description: "Test skill",
+                    command: "echo test",
+                  },
+                ],
+              }),
+            ),
+          )
+
+          const skill = yield* Skill.Service
+          const list = yield* skill.all()
+          expect(list.length).toBe(1)
+          expect(list[0].name).toBe("test")
+          expect(list[0].description).toBe("Test skill")
+          expect(list[0].location).toBe(path.join(dir, "opencode.json"))
+          expect(list[0].content).toContain("echo test")
+        }),
+      { git: true },
+    ),
+  )
+
   it.live("discovers skills from .agents/skills/ directory", () =>
     provideTmpdirInstance(
       (dir) =>
@@ -264,11 +296,11 @@ description: A skill in the .agents/skills directory.
       yield* withHome(
         tmp.path,
         Effect.gen(function* () {
-          const skillDir = path.join(tmp.path, ".agents", "skills", "global-agent-skill")
-          yield* Effect.promise(() => fs.mkdir(skillDir, { recursive: true }))
+          const dir = path.join(tmp.path, ".agents", "skills", "global-agent-skill")
+          yield* Effect.promise(() => fs.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true }))
           yield* Effect.promise(() =>
             Bun.write(
-              path.join(skillDir, "SKILL.md"),
+              path.join(dir, "SKILL.md"),
               `---
 name: global-agent-skill
 description: A global skill from ~/.agents/skills for testing.