diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/init.test.ts b/packages/cli/__tests__/init.test.ts
index b1f17a7..eb11cb5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/__tests__/init.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/__tests__/init.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { buildClients, runInit, renderTable, type ClientSpec, type FsLike } from '../src/init.js'
+import {
+  buildClients,
+  runInit,
+  renderTable,
+  shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback,
+  type ClientSpec,
+  type FsLike,
+  type InstallResult,
+} from '../src/init.js'
 
 /** Build an in-memory fs-like surface for tests. */
 function makeFs(initial: { dirs?: string[]; files?: string[] } = {}): FsLike & {
@@ -215,6 +223,54 @@ describe('JSON summary shape', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback', () => {
+  it('fires when no Tier-1 client is detected', () => {
+    const results: InstallResult[] = [
+      { client: 'claude-code', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+      { client: 'cursor', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+      { client: 'windsurf', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+      { client: 'cline', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+      { client: 'continue', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+    ]
+    expect(shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback(results)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('fires when only an advisory client (Continue.dev) is detected', () => {
+    const results: InstallResult[] = [
+      { client: 'claude-code', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+      { client: 'continue', status: 'advisory', reason: 'no native skills surface' },
+    ]
+    expect(shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback(results)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('does NOT fire on re-run when a Tier-1 client is already installed', () => {
+    const results: InstallResult[] = [
+      {
+        client: 'claude-code',
+        status: 'skipped',
+        reason: 'already installed (use --force to overwrite)',
+      },
+      { client: 'cursor', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+    ]
+    expect(shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback(results)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('does NOT fire when at least one Tier-1 client was installed this run', () => {
+    const results: InstallResult[] = [
+      { client: 'claude-code', status: 'installed', path: '/home/u/.claude/skills/openhop' },
+      { client: 'cursor', status: 'skipped', reason: 'not detected' },
+    ]
+    expect(shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback(results)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('does NOT fire on dry-run when at least one Tier-1 would install', () => {
+    const results: InstallResult[] = [
+      { client: 'claude-code', status: 'would-install', path: '/home/u/.claude/skills/openhop' },
+    ]
+    expect(shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback(results)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('ClientSpec type sanity', () => {
   it('exposes detect+skills directories as functions', () => {
     const c: ClientSpec = buildClients(HOME)[0]
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/init.ts
index 661403d..267afb1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/init.ts
@@ -259,6 +259,24 @@ export function runInit(
   return { results, sourceMissing: false }
 }
 
+/**
+ * True iff `init` should print the OpenSkills fallback hint pointing the user
+ * at Tier-2 clients (Codex / Gemini / Junie / ...). The hint is only useful
+ * when no Tier-1 client has the skill — either none were detected or the only
+ * detection was advisory-only (Continue.dev). On a re-run where Tier-1 is
+ * already installed, the user already has the skill and the hint is misleading.
+ *
+ * "Tier-1 received the skill" covers: installed this run, would-install (dry
+ * run), and skipped-as-already-installed. Failed installs early-exit before
+ * the caller reaches this check, so they're intentionally not represented.
+ */
+export function shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback(results: InstallResult[]): boolean {
+  const hasTier1ReceivedSkill = results.some(
+    (r) => r.status !== 'advisory' && !(r.status === 'skipped' && r.reason === 'not detected')
+  )
+  return !hasTier1ReceivedSkill
+}
+
 /** Render results as a small fixed-width table. Pure function; testable. */
 export function renderTable(results: InstallResult[]): string {
   const rows = [
@@ -338,7 +356,7 @@ export function registerInit(program: Command): void {
         (r) => !(r.status === 'skipped' && r.reason === 'not detected')
       ).length
 
-      if (!opts.json && installed.length === 0 && wouldInstall.length === 0) {
+      if (!opts.json && shouldPrintOpenSkillsFallback(results)) {
         process.stderr.write(
           'No Tier-1 client received the skill. For Codex CLI / Gemini CLI / Junie / Copilot / OpenCode / Goose / Antigravity, run:\n' +
             '  npx openskills install naorsabag/openhop\n'