diff --git a/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts b/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts
index fe47b99a..78938f4b 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ export async function runChildProcess(
     graceSec: number;
     onLog: (stream: "stdout" | "stderr", chunk: string) => Promise<void>;
     onLogError?: (err: unknown, runId: string, message: string) => void;
+    stdin?: string;
   },
 ): Promise<RunProcessResult> {
   const onLogError = opts.onLogError ?? ((err, id, msg) => console.warn({ err, runId: id }, msg));
@@ -185,9 +186,14 @@ export async function runChildProcess(
       cwd: opts.cwd,
       env: mergedEnv,
       shell: false,
-      stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      stdio: [opts.stdin != null ? "pipe" : "ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
     });
 
+    if (opts.stdin != null && child.stdin) {
+      child.stdin.write(opts.stdin);
+      child.stdin.end();
+    }
+
     runningProcesses.set(runId, { child, graceSec: opts.graceSec });
 
     let timedOut = false;
diff --git a/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts b/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts
index c5bf7895..4f83a350 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export interface ServerAdapterModule {
 export type TranscriptEntry =
   | { kind: "assistant"; ts: string; text: string }
   | { kind: "tool_call"; ts: string; name: string; input: unknown }
+  | { kind: "tool_result"; ts: string; toolUseId: string; content: string; isError: boolean }
   | { kind: "init"; ts: string; model: string; sessionId: string }
   | { kind: "result"; ts: string; text: string; inputTokens: number; outputTokens: number; cachedTokens: number; costUsd: number; subtype: string; isError: boolean; errors: string[] }
   | { kind: "stderr"; ts: string; text: string }
diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
index 592052b2..078d0163 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import type { AdapterExecutionContext, AdapterExecutionResult } from "@paperclip/adapter-utils";
 import type { RunProcessResult } from "@paperclip/adapter-utils/server-utils";
 import {
@@ -17,6 +21,32 @@ import {
 } from "@paperclip/adapter-utils/server-utils";
 import { parseClaudeStreamJson, describeClaudeFailure, isClaudeUnknownSessionError } from "./parse.js";
 
+const PAPERCLIP_SKILLS_DIR = path.resolve(
+  path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+  "../../../../../skills",
+);
+
+/**
+ * Create a tmpdir with `.claude/skills/` containing symlinks to skills from
+ * the repo's `skills/` directory, so `--add-dir` makes Claude Code discover
+ * them as proper registered skills.
+ */
+async function buildSkillsDir(): Promise<string> {
+  const tmp = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-skills-"));
+  const target = path.join(tmp, ".claude", "skills");
+  await fs.mkdir(target, { recursive: true });
+  const entries = await fs.readdir(PAPERCLIP_SKILLS_DIR, { withFileTypes: true });
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      await fs.symlink(
+        path.join(PAPERCLIP_SKILLS_DIR, entry.name),
+        path.join(target, entry.name),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return tmp;
+}
+
 export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExecutionResult> {
   const { runId, agent, runtime, config, context, onLog, onMeta } = ctx;
 
@@ -47,6 +77,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
     if (fromExtraArgs.length > 0) return fromExtraArgs;
     return asStringArray(config.args);
   })();
+  const skillsDir = await buildSkillsDir();
 
   const sessionId = runtime.sessionId;
   const template = sessionId ? promptTemplate : bootstrapTemplate;
@@ -58,11 +89,12 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   });
 
   const buildClaudeArgs = (resumeSessionId: string | null) => {
-    const args = ["--print", prompt, "--output-format", "stream-json", "--verbose"];
+    const args = ["--print", "-", "--output-format", "stream-json", "--verbose"];
     if (resumeSessionId) args.push("--resume", resumeSessionId);
     if (dangerouslySkipPermissions) args.push("--dangerously-skip-permissions");
     if (model) args.push("--model", model);
     if (maxTurns > 0) args.push("--max-turns", String(maxTurns));
+    args.push("--add-dir", skillsDir);
     if (extraArgs.length > 0) args.push(...extraArgs);
     return args;
   };
@@ -90,7 +122,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
         adapterType: "claude_local",
         command,
         cwd,
-        commandArgs: args.map((value, idx) => (idx === 1 ? `<prompt ${prompt.length} chars>` : value)),
+        commandArgs: args,
         env: redactEnvForLogs(env),
         prompt,
         context,
@@ -100,6 +132,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
     const proc = await runChildProcess(runId, command, args, {
       cwd,
       env,
+      stdin: prompt,
       timeoutSec,
       graceSec,
       onLog,
@@ -177,21 +210,25 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
     };
   };
 
-  const initial = await runAttempt(sessionId ?? null);
-  if (
-    sessionId &&
-    !initial.proc.timedOut &&
-    (initial.proc.exitCode ?? 0) !== 0 &&
-    initial.parsed &&
-    isClaudeUnknownSessionError(initial.parsed)
-  ) {
-    await onLog(
-      "stderr",
-      `[paperclip] Claude resume session "${sessionId}" is unavailable; retrying with a fresh session.\n`,
-    );
-    const retry = await runAttempt(null);
-    return toAdapterResult(retry, { fallbackSessionId: null, clearSessionOnMissingSession: true });
-  }
+  try {
+    const initial = await runAttempt(sessionId ?? null);
+    if (
+      sessionId &&
+      !initial.proc.timedOut &&
+      (initial.proc.exitCode ?? 0) !== 0 &&
+      initial.parsed &&
+      isClaudeUnknownSessionError(initial.parsed)
+    ) {
+      await onLog(
+        "stderr",
+        `[paperclip] Claude resume session "${sessionId}" is unavailable; retrying with a fresh session.\n`,
+      );
+      const retry = await runAttempt(null);
+      return toAdapterResult(retry, { fallbackSessionId: null, clearSessionOnMissingSession: true });
+    }
 
-  return toAdapterResult(initial, { fallbackSessionId: runtime.sessionId });
+    return toAdapterResult(initial, { fallbackSessionId: runtime.sessionId });
+  } finally {
+    fs.rm(skillsDir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/parse-stdout.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/parse-stdout.ts
index 15ee761f..737700dc 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/parse-stdout.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/parse-stdout.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,35 @@ export function parseClaudeStdoutLine(line: string, ts: string): TranscriptEntry
     return entries.length > 0 ? entries : [{ kind: "stdout", ts, text: line }];
   }
 
+  if (type === "user") {
+    const message = asRecord(parsed.message) ?? {};
+    const content = Array.isArray(message.content) ? message.content : [];
+    const entries: TranscriptEntry[] = [];
+    for (const blockRaw of content) {
+      const block = asRecord(blockRaw);
+      if (!block) continue;
+      const blockType = typeof block.type === "string" ? block.type : "";
+      if (blockType === "tool_result") {
+        const toolUseId = typeof block.tool_use_id === "string" ? block.tool_use_id : "";
+        const isError = block.is_error === true;
+        let text = "";
+        if (typeof block.content === "string") {
+          text = block.content;
+        } else if (Array.isArray(block.content)) {
+          const parts: string[] = [];
+          for (const part of block.content) {
+            const p = asRecord(part);
+            if (p && typeof p.text === "string") parts.push(p.text);
+          }
+          text = parts.join("\n");
+        }
+        entries.push({ kind: "tool_result", ts, toolUseId, content: text, isError });
+      }
+    }
+    if (entries.length > 0) return entries;
+    // fall through to stdout for user messages without tool_result blocks
+  }
+
   if (type === "result") {
     const usage = asRecord(parsed.usage) ?? {};
     const inputTokens = asNumber(usage.input_tokens);