diff --git a/agent-node/agent_node/skills/manager.py b/agent-node/agent_node/skills/manager.py
index b232229..157fd40 100644
--- a/agent-node/agent_node/skills/manager.py
+++ b/agent-node/agent_node/skills/manager.py
@@ -17,16 +17,33 @@
 
     def _discover_skills(self, sync_mgr):
         """Scans the skills/ directory for logic.py and loads skill implementations."""
-        # Find project root (assumes /app/agent_node/skills/manager.py)
-        # We need to go up from agent_node/skills/manager.py to /app/
-        project_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../"))
-        skills_dir = os.path.join(project_root, "skills")
+        # Find candidate locations for skills
+        # 1. Monorepo root (../../../skills from this file)
+        # 2. Agent-node local (../../skills from this file)
+        # 3. Docker standard (/app/skills)
+        candidates = [
+            os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../../skills")),
+            os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../skills")),
+            "/app/skills"
+        ]
+        
+        skills_dir = None
+        for cand in candidates:
+            if os.path.exists(cand) and os.path.isdir(cand):
+                # Ensure it's not a broken symlink and has actual content
+                try:
+                    if any(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(cand, d)) for d in os.listdir(cand)):
+                        skills_dir = cand
+                        break
+                except OSError:
+                    continue
         
         discovered = {}
-        if not os.path.exists(skills_dir):
-            print(f"    [🔧⚠️] Skills directory not found: {skills_dir}")
+        if not skills_dir:
+            print(f"    [🔧⚠️] Skills directory not found in candidate locations: {candidates}")
             return discovered
             
+        print(f"    [🔧] Using skills directory: {skills_dir}")
         for skill_dir in os.listdir(skills_dir):
             item_path = os.path.join(skills_dir, skill_dir)
             if os.path.isdir(item_path):