diff --git a/src/main/skills/skill-install-discovery-verification.test.ts b/src/main/skills/skill-install-discovery-verification.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fc007e9b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/skills/skill-install-discovery-verification.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { SkillInstallResult } from '../../shared/skill-install-contract'
+import type { SkillDiscoveryResult } from '../../shared/skills'
+
+const { discoverSkillsInWslMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  discoverSkillsInWslMock: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+vi.mock('./skill-discovery-wsl', () => ({
+  discoverSkillsInWsl: discoverSkillsInWslMock
+}))
+
+import { verifySkillInstallDiscovery } from './skill-install-discovery-verification'
+
+function installResult(paths: string[]): SkillInstallResult {
+  return {
+    operationId: 'operation-wsl',
+    status: 'installed',
+    name: 'review',
+    packageDigest: 'a'.repeat(64),
+    canonicalPath: paths[0],
+    placements: paths.map((path, index) => ({
+      provider: index === 0 ? 'agent-skills' : 'claude',
+      path,
+      topology: index === 0 ? 'canonical-copy' : 'provider-alias',
+      status: 'installed'
+    }))
+  }
+}
+
+function discovery(rootPaths: string[]): SkillDiscoveryResult {
+  return {
+    skills: [
+      {
+        id: 'review',
+        name: 'review',
+        description: 'Review',
+        providers: ['agent-skills', 'claude'],
+        sourceKind: 'home',
+        sourceLabel: 'Agent skills home',
+        rootPath: rootPaths[0],
+        rootPaths,
+        directoryPath: `${rootPaths[0]}/review`,
+        skillFilePath: `${rootPaths[0]}/review/SKILL.md`,
+        installed: true,
+        fileCount: 1,
+        updatedAt: null
+      }
+    ],
+    sources: [],
+    scannedAt: 1
+  }
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  discoverSkillsInWslMock.mockReset()
+})
+
+describe('WSL install discovery verification', () => {
+  it('matches UNC placements against distro-native discovery paths', async () => {
+    discoverSkillsInWslMock.mockResolvedValue(
+      discovery(['/home/alice/.agents/skills', '/home/alice/.claude/skills'])
+    )
+    const result = await verifySkillInstallDiscovery({
+      result: installResult([
+        '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\home\\alice\\.agents\\skills\\review',
+        '\\\\wsl$\\ubuntu\\home\\alice\\.claude\\skills\\review'
+      ]),
+      scope: 'global',
+      homeDirectory: '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\home\\alice',
+      wslDistro: 'Ubuntu'
+    })
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe('installed')
+    expect(result.placements).not.toContainEqual(expect.objectContaining({ status: 'failed' }))
+    expect(discoverSkillsInWslMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      distro: 'Ubuntu',
+      homeDir: '/home/alice',
+      cwd: '/home/alice'
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('normalizes Windows-backed workspace paths to drvfs paths', async () => {
+    discoverSkillsInWslMock.mockResolvedValue(discovery(['/mnt/c/work/repo/.agents/skills']))
+    const result = await verifySkillInstallDiscovery({
+      result: installResult(['C:\\work\\repo\\.agents\\skills\\review']),
+      scope: 'workspace',
+      homeDirectory: 'C:\\Users\\alice',
+      workspaceDirectory: 'C:\\work\\repo',
+      wslDistro: 'Ubuntu'
+    })
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe('installed')
+    expect(discoverSkillsInWslMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      distro: 'Ubuntu',
+      homeDir: '/mnt/c/Users/alice',
+      cwd: '/mnt/c/work/repo'
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('fails verification without scanning a mismatched UNC distro', async () => {
+    const result = await verifySkillInstallDiscovery({
+      result: installResult(['\\\\wsl.localhost\\Debian\\home\\alice\\.agents\\skills\\review']),
+      scope: 'global',
+      homeDirectory: '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Debian\\home\\alice',
+      wslDistro: 'Ubuntu'
+    })
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      errorCategory: 'skill-discovery-verification-failed'
+    })
+    expect(discoverSkillsInWslMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/skills/skill-install-discovery-verification.ts b/src/main/skills/skill-install-discovery-verification.ts
index 9276f1ba3be..debdd783887 100644
--- a/src/main/skills/skill-install-discovery-verification.ts
+++ b/src/main/skills/skill-install-discovery-verification.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,39 @@
 import { dirname, posix, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import type { SkillInstallResult, SkillPlacementResult } from '../../shared/skill-install-contract'
 import type { SkillDiscoveryResult } from '../../shared/skills'
+import { parseWslUncPath } from '../../shared/wsl-paths'
 import { discoverSkills } from './discovery'
 import { discoverSkillsInWsl } from './skill-discovery-wsl'
 
+function toWslDiscoveryPath(path: string, distro: string): string {
+  if (path.includes('\0')) {
+    throw new Error('skill-install-wsl-path-invalid')
+  }
+  const parsed = parseWslUncPath(path)
+  if (parsed) {
+    if (parsed.distro.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US') !== distro.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US')) {
+      throw new Error('skill-install-wsl-distro-mismatch')
+    }
+    return posix.normalize(parsed.linuxPath)
+  }
+  const slashed = path.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+  const drive = slashed.match(/^([A-Za-z]):\/(.*)$/)
+  if (drive) {
+    return posix.join('/mnt', drive[1].toLocaleLowerCase('en-US'), drive[2])
+  }
+  if (!posix.isAbsolute(slashed)) {
+    throw new Error('skill-install-wsl-path-invalid')
+  }
+  return posix.normalize(slashed)
+}
+
 function normalizedPath(path: string, wslDistro?: string): string {
-  const normalized = wslDistro ? path.replace(/\/+$/, '') : resolve(path)
+  const normalized = wslDistro ? toWslDiscoveryPath(path, wslDistro) : resolve(path)
+  const withoutTrailingSlash =
+    wslDistro && normalized !== '/' ? normalized.replace(/\/+$/, '') : normalized
   return !wslDistro && process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? normalized.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US')
-    : normalized
+    ? withoutTrailingSlash.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US')
+    : withoutTrailingSlash
 }
 
 function placementIsDiscovered(
@@ -19,7 +44,7 @@ function placementIsDiscovered(
 ): boolean {
   const placementPath = normalizedPath(placement.path, wslDistro)
   const placementRoot = normalizedPath(
-    wslDistro ? posix.dirname(placement.path) : dirname(placement.path),
+    wslDistro ? posix.dirname(placementPath) : dirname(placement.path),
     wslDistro
   )
   return discovery.skills.some((skill) => {
@@ -44,8 +69,8 @@ async function discoverInstalledSkill(input: {
   if (input.wslDistro) {
     return discoverSkillsInWsl({
       distro: input.wslDistro,
-      homeDir: input.homeDirectory,
-      cwd: input.workspaceDirectory ?? input.homeDirectory
+      homeDir: toWslDiscoveryPath(input.homeDirectory, input.wslDistro),
+      cwd: toWslDiscoveryPath(input.workspaceDirectory ?? input.homeDirectory, input.wslDistro)
     })
   }
   return discoverSkills({