diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml
index 5e8700ad1e6..120039e81d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml
@@ -511,6 +511,90 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: ignore
           retention-days: 14
 
+  # Focused coverage for test/e2e/test-openclaw-skill-cli-e2e.sh's direct
+  # OpenClaw skills CLI contract. The retained legacy bash lane remains in
+  # nightly-e2e.yaml until #5098 Phase 11 shell retirement.
+  openclaw-skill-cli-vitest:
+    needs: generate-matrix
+    if: ${{ (inputs.jobs == '' && inputs.scenarios == '') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.jobs), ',openclaw-skill-cli-vitest,') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.scenarios), ',openclaw-skill-cli,') }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    env:
+      FREE_STANDING_VITEST_JOB: "1"
+      FREE_STANDING_SCENARIO_ID: "openclaw-skill-cli"
+      E2E_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/e2e-artifacts/vitest/openclaw-skill-cli
+      NEMOCLAW_CLI_BIN: ${{ github.workspace }}/bin/nemoclaw.js
+      NEMOCLAW_RUN_E2E_SCENARIOS: "1"
+      NEMOCLAW_SANDBOX_NAME: "e2e-openclaw-skill-cli"
+      OPENSHELL_GATEWAY: "nemoclaw"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Authenticate to Docker Hub
+        env:
+          DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          DOCKERHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ -z "${DOCKERHUB_USERNAME}" || -z "${DOCKERHUB_TOKEN}" ]]; then
+            echo "::notice::Docker Hub credentials not configured; continuing with anonymous pulls."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          login_succeeded=0
+          for attempt in 1 2 3; do
+            if echo "${DOCKERHUB_TOKEN}" | timeout 30s docker login docker.io --username "${DOCKERHUB_USERNAME}" --password-stdin; then
+              login_succeeded=1
+              break
+            fi
+            if [[ "$attempt" -lt 3 ]]; then
+              echo "::warning::Docker Hub login attempt ${attempt} failed; retrying."
+              sleep 5
+            fi
+          done
+          if [[ "$login_succeeded" -ne 1 ]]; then
+            echo "::warning::Docker Hub login failed after 3 attempts; continuing with anonymous pulls."
+          fi
+
+      - name: Set up Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install root dependencies
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+
+      - name: Build CLI
+        run: npm run build:cli
+
+      - name: Run OpenClaw skill CLI live test
+        env:
+          NVIDIA_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NVIDIA_API_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          npx vitest run --project e2e-scenarios-live \
+            test/e2e-scenario/live/openclaw-skill-cli.test.ts \
+            --silent=false --reporter=default
+
+      - name: Upload OpenClaw skill CLI artifacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: e2e-vitest-scenarios-openclaw-skill-cli
+          path: e2e-artifacts/vitest/openclaw-skill-cli/
+          include-hidden-files: false
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 14
+
+      - name: Clean up Docker auth
+        if: always()
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker logout docker.io >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
   hermes-root-entrypoint-smoke-vitest:
     needs: generate-matrix
     if: ${{ needs.generate-matrix.result == 'success' && ((inputs.jobs == '' && inputs.scenarios == '') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.jobs), ',hermes-root-entrypoint-smoke-vitest,') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.scenarios), ',hermes-root-entrypoint-smoke,')) }}
@@ -2004,6 +2088,7 @@ jobs:
         openshell-version-pin-vitest,
         onboard-negative-paths-vitest,
         skill-agent-vitest,
+        openclaw-skill-cli-vitest,
         inference-routing-vitest,
         credential-sanitization-vitest,
         credential-migration-vitest,
diff --git a/test/e2e-scenario/live/openclaw-skill-cli.test.ts b/test/e2e-scenario/live/openclaw-skill-cli.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a3c7941dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-scenario/live/openclaw-skill-cli.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { buildAvailabilityProbeEnv } from "../fixtures/availability-env.ts";
+import type { HostCliClient } from "../fixtures/clients/host.ts";
+import {
+  type SandboxClient,
+  trustedSandboxShellScript,
+  validateSandboxName,
+} from "../fixtures/clients/sandbox.ts";
+import { expect, test } from "../fixtures/e2e-test.ts";
+import { shouldRunLiveE2EScenarios } from "../fixtures/live-project-gate.ts";
+import type { ShellProbeResult } from "../fixtures/shell-probe.ts";
+
+// Live Vitest migration for test/e2e/test-openclaw-skill-cli-e2e.sh.
+// This intentionally keeps the same real shell/system boundary: run install.sh,
+// onboard a Docker/OpenShell sandbox, execute OpenClaw's skills CLI inside the
+// sandbox, and verify install/list/info/check agree on the workspace skill path.
+
+const REPO_ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, "../../..");
+const CLI_ENTRYPOINT = path.join(REPO_ROOT, "bin", "nemoclaw.js");
+const SANDBOX_NAME = process.env.NEMOCLAW_SANDBOX_NAME ?? "e2e-openclaw-skill-cli";
+const SKILL_ID = "openclaw-skill-cli-fixture";
+const SKILL_DESCRIPTION = "E2E fixture proving openclaw skills install + list roundtrip";
+const REMOTE_SKILL_DIR = `/tmp/${SKILL_ID}`;
+const EXPECTED_WORKSPACE_SKILL_PATH = `/sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/${SKILL_ID}/SKILL.md`;
+const INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS = 45 * 60_000;
+const SANDBOX_EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000;
+validateSandboxName(SANDBOX_NAME);
+
+const runOpenClawSkillCliTest = shouldRunLiveE2EScenarios() ? test : test.skip;
+
+function resultText(result: Pick<ShellProbeResult, "stdout" | "stderr">): string {
+  return [result.stdout, result.stderr].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
+}
+
+function isEndpointRateLimited(text: string): boolean {
+  return /HTTP 429|rate limit|too many requests/i.test(text);
+}
+
+function shellQuote(value: string): string {
+  return `'${value.replaceAll("'", `'\\''`)}'`;
+}
+
+function singleLineSandboxScript(script: string) {
+  if (/[\r\n]/.test(script)) {
+    throw new Error("openshell sandbox exec command args must stay single-line");
+  }
+  return trustedSandboxShellScript(script);
+}
+
+function testEnv(home: string, extra: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {}): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
+  const base = buildAvailabilityProbeEnv();
+  return {
+    ...base,
+    HOME: home,
+    PATH: [path.join(home, ".local", "bin"), path.join(home, ".npm-global", "bin"), base.PATH]
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join(":"),
+    NEMOCLAW_NON_INTERACTIVE: "1",
+    NEMOCLAW_ACCEPT_THIRD_PARTY_SOFTWARE: "1",
+    OPENSHELL_GATEWAY: process.env.OPENSHELL_GATEWAY ?? "nemoclaw",
+    ...extra,
+  };
+}
+
+async function bestEffort(run: () => Promise<unknown>): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await run();
+  } catch {
+    // Cleanup can run before install.sh has placed OpenShell on this test
+    // HOME's PATH. Keep it best-effort so setup failures stay primary.
+  }
+}
+
+async function cleanupOpenClawSkillCliState(
+  host: HostCliClient,
+  sandbox: SandboxClient,
+  home: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const env = testEnv(home);
+  await bestEffort(() =>
+    host.command("node", [CLI_ENTRYPOINT, SANDBOX_NAME, "destroy", "--yes"], {
+      artifactName: "cleanup-nemoclaw-destroy-openclaw-skill-cli",
+      env,
+      timeoutMs: 120_000,
+    }),
+  );
+  await bestEffort(() =>
+    sandbox.openshell(["sandbox", "delete", SANDBOX_NAME], {
+      artifactName: "cleanup-openshell-sandbox-delete-openclaw-skill-cli",
+      env,
+      timeoutMs: 60_000,
+    }),
+  );
+  await bestEffort(() =>
+    sandbox.openshell(["gateway", "destroy", "-g", "nemoclaw"], {
+      artifactName: "cleanup-openshell-gateway-destroy-openclaw-skill-cli",
+      env,
+      timeoutMs: 120_000,
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+function buildWriteSkillFixtureScript(): string {
+  const skillPayload = [
+    "---",
+    `name: "${SKILL_ID}"`,
+    `description: "${SKILL_DESCRIPTION}"`,
+    "---",
+    "",
+    "# OpenClaw skill CLI roundtrip fixture",
+    "",
+    "Written by test/e2e-scenario/live/openclaw-skill-cli.test.ts.",
+  ].join("\n");
+  const encodedPayload = Buffer.from(skillPayload, "utf8").toString("base64");
+  return [
+    `rm -rf ${shellQuote(REMOTE_SKILL_DIR)}`,
+    `mkdir -p ${shellQuote(REMOTE_SKILL_DIR)}`,
+    `printf '%s' ${shellQuote(encodedPayload)} | base64 -d > ${shellQuote(
+      `${REMOTE_SKILL_DIR}/SKILL.md`,
+    )}`,
+  ].join(" && ");
+}
+
+async function expectSandboxShellZero(
+  sandbox: SandboxClient,
+  script: string,
+  artifactName: string,
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+): Promise<ShellProbeResult> {
+  const result = await sandbox.execShell(SANDBOX_NAME, singleLineSandboxScript(script), {
+    artifactName,
+    env,
+    timeoutMs: SANDBOX_EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  });
+  expect(result.exitCode, resultText(result)).toBe(0);
+  return result;
+}
+
+runOpenClawSkillCliTest(
+  "openclaw-skill-cli: direct OpenClaw skills install/list/info/check roundtrip uses workspace path",
+  { timeout: INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS + 10 * 60_000 },
+  async ({ artifacts, cleanup, host, sandbox, secrets, skip }) => {
+    expect(
+      fs.existsSync(CLI_ENTRYPOINT),
+      "run `npm run build:cli` before live repo CLI scenarios",
+    ).toBe(true);
+
+    await artifacts.writeJson("scenario.json", {
+      id: "openclaw-skill-cli",
+      runner: "vitest",
+      boundary: "install-sh-onboard-and-openclaw-skills-cli-in-sandbox",
+      legacySource: "test/e2e/test-openclaw-skill-cli-e2e.sh",
+      sandboxName: SANDBOX_NAME,
+      contracts: [
+        "Docker is available before install/onboard",
+        "NVIDIA_API_KEY is present and nvapi-prefixed",
+        "install.sh creates/recreates a real OpenClaw sandbox",
+        "OPENCLAW_HOME, OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR, and OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR reach the sandbox runtime shell",
+        "openclaw skills install <path> accepts a non-managed source directory inside the sandbox",
+        "the installed SKILL.md lands under ${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR}/skills/<id>",
+        "openclaw skills list --json enumerates the installed workspace skill",
+        "openclaw skills info <id> --json reports the workspace install path",
+        "openclaw skills check --json includes the installed skill",
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const apiKey = secrets.required("NVIDIA_API_KEY");
+    expect(apiKey.startsWith("nvapi-"), "NVIDIA_API_KEY must start with nvapi-").toBe(true);
+
+    const docker = await host.command("docker", ["info"], {
+      artifactName: "prereq-docker-info-openclaw-skill-cli",
+      env: buildAvailabilityProbeEnv(),
+      timeoutMs: 30_000,
+    });
+    if (docker.exitCode !== 0) {
+      if (process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS === "true") {
+        throw new Error(`Docker is required for openclaw-skill-cli E2E: ${resultText(docker)}`);
+      }
+      skip("Docker is required for openclaw-skill-cli E2E");
+    }
+
+    const home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-openclaw-skill-cli-home-"));
+    const env = testEnv(home);
+    cleanup.add(`remove openclaw-skill-cli state for ${SANDBOX_NAME}`, async () => {
+      await cleanupOpenClawSkillCliState(host, sandbox, home);
+      fs.rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
+    await cleanupOpenClawSkillCliState(host, sandbox, home);
+
+    const install = await host.command(
+      "bash",
+      ["install.sh", "--non-interactive", "--yes-i-accept-third-party-software"],
+      {
+        artifactName: "install-and-onboard-openclaw-skill-cli",
+        cwd: REPO_ROOT,
+        env: testEnv(home, {
+          NVIDIA_API_KEY: apiKey,
+          NEMOCLAW_SANDBOX_NAME: SANDBOX_NAME,
+          NEMOCLAW_RECREATE_SANDBOX: "1",
+        }),
+        redactionValues: [apiKey],
+        timeoutMs: INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      },
+    );
+    const installText = resultText(install);
+    if (install.exitCode !== 0 && isEndpointRateLimited(installText)) {
+      await artifacts.writeText("endpoint-rate-limit-skip.txt", installText);
+      skip(
+        "NVIDIA endpoint validation was rate-limited before the OpenClaw skill CLI contract could run",
+      );
+    }
+    expect(install.exitCode, installText).toBe(0);
+
+    const envCheck = await expectSandboxShellZero(
+      sandbox,
+      'printf "OPENCLAW_HOME=%s\\nOPENCLAW_STATE_DIR=%s\\nOPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR=%s\\n" "${OPENCLAW_HOME:-}" "${OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR:-}" "${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR:-}"',
+      "sandbox-openclaw-runtime-env-check",
+      env,
+    );
+    for (const requiredVar of ["OPENCLAW_HOME", "OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR", "OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR"]) {
+      expect(
+        resultText(envCheck),
+        `${requiredVar} must be exported in sandbox runtime shell`,
+      ).toMatch(new RegExp(`^${requiredVar}=.+$`, "m"));
+    }
+
+    await expectSandboxShellZero(
+      sandbox,
+      buildWriteSkillFixtureScript(),
+      "sandbox-write-openclaw-skill-cli-fixture",
+      env,
+    );
+
+    const skillInstall = await expectSandboxShellZero(
+      sandbox,
+      `openclaw skills install ${shellQuote(REMOTE_SKILL_DIR)}`,
+      "sandbox-openclaw-skills-install-fixture",
+      env,
+    );
+    await artifacts.writeText("openclaw-skills-install-output.txt", resultText(skillInstall));
+
+    const diskCheck = await expectSandboxShellZero(
+      sandbox,
+      `ls -1 "\${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR}/skills/${SKILL_ID}/" 2>&1; test -f "\${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR}/skills/${SKILL_ID}/SKILL.md" && echo SKILL_MD_PRESENT`,
+      "sandbox-openclaw-skill-cli-disk-check",
+      env,
+    );
+    expect(resultText(diskCheck)).toContain("SKILL_MD_PRESENT");
+
+    const list = await expectSandboxShellZero(
+      sandbox,
+      "openclaw skills list --json",
+      "sandbox-openclaw-skills-list-json",
+      env,
+    );
+    const listText = resultText(list);
+    expect(listText).toContain(`"${SKILL_ID}"`);
+    expect(listText).toContain("openclaw-workspace");
+
+    const info = await expectSandboxShellZero(
+      sandbox,
+      `openclaw skills info ${shellQuote(SKILL_ID)} --json`,
+      "sandbox-openclaw-skills-info-json",
+      env,
+    );
+    const infoText = resultText(info);
+    expect(infoText).toContain(SKILL_ID);
+    expect(infoText).toContain(`/.openclaw/workspace/skills/${SKILL_ID}`);
+
+    const check = await expectSandboxShellZero(
+      sandbox,
+      "openclaw skills check --json",
+      "sandbox-openclaw-skills-check-json",
+      env,
+    );
+    expect(resultText(check)).toContain(`"${SKILL_ID}"`);
+
+    await artifacts.writeJson("scenario-result.json", {
+      id: "openclaw-skill-cli",
+      status: "passed",
+      sandboxName: SANDBOX_NAME,
+      installedSkill: SKILL_ID,
+      expectedDiskPath: EXPECTED_WORKSPACE_SKILL_PATH,
+    });
+  },
+);
diff --git a/test/e2e-scenario/support-tests/e2e-scenarios-workflow.test.ts b/test/e2e-scenario/support-tests/e2e-scenarios-workflow.test.ts
index 450d18f0e70..89cd5fb07bb 100644
--- a/test/e2e-scenario/support-tests/e2e-scenarios-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e-scenario/support-tests/e2e-scenarios-workflow.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,22 @@ describe("e2e-vitest-scenarios workflow boundary", () => {
       selectedFreeStandingJobs: ["skill-agent-vitest"],
       registryScenarios: [],
     });
+    expect(
+      evaluateE2eVitestWorkflowDispatchSelectors({ scenarios: "openclaw-skill-cli" }),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      valid: true,
+      liveScenariosRuns: false,
+      selectedFreeStandingJobs: ["openclaw-skill-cli-vitest"],
+      registryScenarios: [],
+    });
+    expect(
+      evaluateE2eVitestWorkflowDispatchSelectors({ jobs: "openclaw-skill-cli-vitest" }),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      valid: true,
+      liveScenariosRuns: false,
+      selectedFreeStandingJobs: ["openclaw-skill-cli-vitest"],
+      registryScenarios: [],
+    });
     expect(
       evaluateE2eVitestWorkflowDispatchSelectors({ scenarios: "credential-sanitization" }),
     ).toMatchObject({