diff --git a/packages/mosaic/src/commands/skill.spec.ts b/packages/mosaic/src/commands/skill.spec.ts
index 6877810..969d6f9 100644
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/commands/skill.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/commands/skill.spec.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ describe('Claude skill bridge', () => {
       String.raw`a\b`,
       '-rf',
       '..',
+      'safe.',
       'space name',
       'line\nbreak',
       'escape\u001B[31m',
@@ -204,6 +205,16 @@ describe('Claude skill bridge', () => {
       expect(unregisterSkill('removable', paths).status).toBe('already-unregistered');
     });
 
+    it('refuses to remove a misdirected Mosaic-root symlink', () => {
+      createSkill('other');
+      mkdirSync(paths.claudeSkillsDir, { recursive: true });
+      const requested = join(paths.claudeSkillsDir, 'requested');
+      symlinkSync(join(paths.mosaicSkillsDir, 'other'), requested);
+
+      expect(() => unregisterSkill('requested', paths)).toThrow(/misdirected/i);
+      expect(readlinkSync(requested)).toBe(join(paths.mosaicSkillsDir, 'other'));
+    });
+
     it.each(['file', 'directory', 'symlink'] as const)('refuses to remove a foreign %s', (kind) => {
       mkdirSync(paths.claudeSkillsDir, { recursive: true });
       const target = join(paths.claudeSkillsDir, 'protected');
@@ -242,6 +253,30 @@ describe('Claude skill bridge', () => {
   });
 
   describe('install linker compatibility', () => {
+    it('preserves foreign-name links into Mosaic home but outside canonical skills', () => {
+      createSkill('missing');
+      mkdirSync(paths.claudeSkillsDir, { recursive: true });
+      const mosaicHome = join(root, '.config', 'mosaic');
+      const liveForeignTarget = join(mosaicHome, 'foreign-non-skill-target');
+      mkdirSync(liveForeignTarget);
+      const liveForeignLink = join(paths.claudeSkillsDir, 'foreign-tool');
+      const danglingForeignLink = join(paths.claudeSkillsDir, 'unresolvable-foreign');
+      symlinkSync(liveForeignTarget, liveForeignLink);
+      symlinkSync(join(mosaicHome, 'foreign-missing'), danglingForeignLink);
+
+      const result = spawnSync('bash', [LEGACY_SYNC_SCRIPT, '--link-only'], {
+        encoding: 'utf8',
+        env: { ...process.env, HOME: root, MOSAIC_HOME: mosaicHome },
+      });
+
+      expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
+      expect(readlinkSync(liveForeignLink)).toBe(liveForeignTarget);
+      expect(readlinkSync(danglingForeignLink)).toBe(join(mosaicHome, 'foreign-missing'));
+      expect(readlinkSync(join(paths.claudeSkillsDir, 'missing'))).toBe(
+        join(paths.mosaicSkillsDir, 'missing'),
+      );
+    });
+
     it('preserves live and dangling foreign Claude symlinks while linking missing skills', () => {
       createSkill('dangling-foreign');
       createSkill('live-foreign');