diff --git a/.changelog/development-skills-dash.md b/.changelog/development-skills-dash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eaebd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/development-skills-dash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+category: added
+type: minor
+pull_request: 33
+---
+
+Add development-only LLM Skills configuration for the bundled Code Standards skill, trusted Fast Forward Composer donors, Changelog and Dash artwork instructions. Keep documentation-authoring skills outside the synchronized sources. Introduce contextual Dash artwork for the repository README.
+
+Centralize distribution exclusions in Git export-ignore attributes, preserving runtime configuration, the canonical consumer skill and the README artwork.
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57fc751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+* text=auto
+*.php text eol=lf
+/bin/code-standards text eol=lf
+
+# Local state and synchronized copies never belong to package distributions.
+/.git export-ignore
+/vendor/ export-ignore
+/.agents/ export-ignore
+/.build/ export-ignore
+/.phpunit.cache/ export-ignore
+/packaging-consumer/ export-ignore
+
+# Contributor-only configuration and test infrastructure.
+/tests/ export-ignore
+/.github/workflows/ export-ignore
+/.github/ReleaseChannelUpdater.php export-ignore
+/.github/update-release-channels.php export-ignore
+/.github/update-release-channels.md export-ignore
+/AGENTS.md export-ignore
+/skills.json export-ignore
+/phpunit.xml export-ignore
+/.editorconfig export-ignore
+/.gitignore export-ignore
+/.gitattributes export-ignore
+/.changelog/ export-ignore
+
+# Keep src/, bin/, config/, resources/, composer.lock, README and its Dash image.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a0cf97..e3f4124 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 /vendor/
 /.build/
 /.phpunit.cache/
+
+/.agents/skills/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3fa7d0..9d343ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Fast Forward Code Standards
 
+![Dash, the Fast Forward fox, aligning source cards to illustrate consistent code style.](docs/_static/mascot-banner.png)
 [![PHP](https://img.shields.io/badge/php-%5E8.3-777BB4?logo=php&logoColor=white)](composer.json)
 [![Composer Package](https://img.shields.io/badge/composer-fast--forward%2Fcode--standards-F28D1A?logo=composer&logoColor=white)](https://packagist.org/packages/fast-forward/code-standards)
 [![Tests](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/php-fast-forward/code-standards/repository-ci.yml?branch=main&label=tests)](https://github.com/php-fast-forward/code-standards/actions/workflows/repository-ci.yml)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d76c4a2..777f523 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
         "symplify/easy-coding-standard": "^13.3.8"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "llm/skills": "^1.15",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^12.5",
         "symfony/filesystem": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
         "symfony/http-client": "^7.4 || ^8.0"
@@ -73,17 +74,6 @@
     "bin": [
         "bin/code-standards"
     ],
-    "archive": {
-        "exclude": [
-            "/vendor",
-            "/.build",
-            "/.phpunit.cache",
-            "/.git",
-            "/packaging-consumer",
-            "/.github/ReleaseChannelUpdater.php",
-            "/.github/update-release-channels.php"
-        ]
-    },
     "scripts": {
         "test": "phpunit",
         "check": [
@@ -96,7 +86,9 @@
     },
     "config": {
         "sort-packages": true,
-        "allow-plugins": false,
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "llm/skills": true
+        },
         "platform": {
             "php": "8.3.0"
         }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 8b9e2a6..6ab9d02 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "dbded3ef4a3e25aa79065ba546255638",
+    "content-hash": "2b0c48f79af0917760467ef640b3a630",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "brick/varexporter",
@@ -1493,6 +1493,144 @@
         }
     ],
     "packages-dev": [
+        {
+            "name": "internal/path",
+            "version": "1.4.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/php-internal/path.git",
+                "reference": "e59fc0d530891483b5f47417ccfecb3d02b2218c"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/php-internal/path/zipball/e59fc0d530891483b5f47417ccfecb3d02b2218c",
+                "reference": "e59fc0d530891483b5f47417ccfecb3d02b2218c",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "buggregator/trap": "^1.15",
+                "infection/infection": "^0.33.2",
+                "llm/skills": "^1.7",
+                "roxblnfk/unpoly": "^1.8.1",
+                "spiral/code-style": "^2.3.1",
+                "testo/bridge-infection": "^0.1.6",
+                "testo/testo": "^0.10.21",
+                "vimeo/psalm": "^7"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Internal\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "BSD-3-Clause"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Aleksei Gagarin",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/roxblnfk"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Type-safe, immutable file path library with cross-platform support and automatic normalization.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "cross-platform",
+                "file",
+                "filepath",
+                "filesystem",
+                "helper",
+                "path",
+                "unix",
+                "windows"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/php-internal/path/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/php-internal/path/tree/1.4.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://boosty.to/roxblnfk",
+                    "type": "boosty"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2026-09-08T10:51:37+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "llm/skills",
+            "version": "1.15.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/roxblnfk/skills.git",
+                "reference": "3ee0a545bf3ab77591fd9c35f0317191d78203c5"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/roxblnfk/skills/zipball/3ee0a545bf3ab77591fd9c35f0317191d78203c5",
+                "reference": "3ee0a545bf3ab77591fd9c35f0317191d78203c5",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "composer-plugin-api": "^2.0",
+                "internal/path": "^1.4",
+                "php": ">=8.2"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "buggregator/trap": "^1.16",
+                "composer/composer": "^2.10.3",
+                "infection/infection": "dev-testo-bridge-82 as 0.32.6",
+                "roxblnfk/unpoly": "^1.8",
+                "spiral/code-style": "^2.3",
+                "testo/bridge-infection": "0.1 - 1",
+                "testo/testo": "0.10 - 1",
+                "vimeo/psalm": "^7"
+            },
+            "type": "composer-plugin",
+            "extra": {
+                "class": "LLM\\Skills\\Composer\\SkillsPlugin"
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "LLM\\Skills\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "BSD-3-Clause"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Aleksei Gagarin",
+                    "email": "roxblnfk@gmail.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "AI skills discovery and management system for LLM agents",
+            "keywords": [
+                "agents",
+                "ai",
+                "ai-agents",
+                "ai-skills",
+                "claude-code",
+                "dev",
+                "llm",
+                "llm-agents",
+                "skills"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/roxblnfk/skills/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/roxblnfk/skills"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://boosty.to/roxblnfk",
+                    "type": "boosty"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2026-10-15T12:10:05+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "myclabs/deep-copy",
             "version": "1.14.0",
diff --git a/docs/_static/mascot-banner.png b/docs/_static/mascot-banner.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bb8eb4
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diff --git a/skills.json b/skills.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e63b49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skills.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roxblnfk/skills/1.15.0/resources/skills.schema.json",
+    "target": ".agents/skills",
+    "aliases": [],
+    "discovery": false,
+    "auto-sync": true,
+    "vendor-sources": false,
+    "dependencies": {
+        "composer": {
+            "trusted": [
+                "fast-forward/*"
+            ],
+            "trusted-replace": true
+        }
+    },
+    "sources": [
+        {
+            "from": "dir",
+            "path": "resources/skills"
+        },
+        {
+            "from": "github",
+            "package": "php-fast-forward/changelog",
+            "ref": "^0.4.0"
+        },
+        {
+            "from": "github",
+            "package": "php-fast-forward/.github",
+            "ref": "v0.3.0",
+            "skills": [
+                "fast-forward-dash-art"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/Distribution/ArchiveTest.php b/tests/Distribution/ArchiveTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32cdac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Distribution/ArchiveTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FastForward\CodeStandards\Tests\Distribution;
+
+use PharData;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+
+/** Verifies the actual Git and Composer archive routes against one committed package snapshot. */
+final class ArchiveTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private string $directory;
+
+    /** Copies only owned tracked source into an isolated fixture, including candidate export attributes. */
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->directory = realpath(sys_get_temp_dir()) . '/standards-archive-' . bin2hex(random_bytes(8));
+        mkdir($this->directory);
+        $root = dirname(__DIR__, 2);
+        $paths = explode("\0", $this->execute(['git', 'ls-files', '-z'], $root));
+        $paths[] = '.gitattributes';
+
+        foreach (array_unique($paths) as $path) {
+            if ('' === $path || !is_file($root . '/' . $path)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $content = file_get_contents($root . '/' . $path);
+            self::assertIsString($content);
+            $this->put($path, $content);
+        }
+        $readme = file_get_contents($this->directory . '/README.md');
+        self::assertIsString($readme);
+        $this->put('README.md', str_replace("\n", "\r\n", str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $readme)));
+        $crlfReadme = file_get_contents($this->directory . '/README.md');
+        self::assertIsString($crlfReadme);
+        self::assertStringContainsString("\r\n", $crlfReadme);
+        foreach (['vendor/local.php', '.agents/skills/copied/SKILL.md', '.build/local.php', '.phpunit.cache/local.php'] as $path) {
+            $this->put($path, 'fixture-local-state');
+        }
+        $this->execute(['git', 'init', '-q', '-b', 'main']);
+        $this->execute(['git', 'config', 'user.name', 'Archive Fixture']);
+        $this->execute(['git', 'config', 'user.email', 'fixture@example.invalid']);
+        $this->execute(['git', 'add', '-f', '--all']);
+        $this->execute(['git', '-c', 'commit.gpgsign=false', '-c', 'core.hooksPath=/dev/null', 'commit', '-q', '-m', 'fixture']);
+        self::assertStringNotContainsString("\r\n", $this->execute(['git', 'show', 'HEAD:README.md']));
+        $this->materializeCommittedFiles();
+        $normalizedReadme = file_get_contents($this->directory . '/README.md');
+        self::assertIsString($normalizedReadme);
+        self::assertStringNotContainsString("\r\n", $normalizedReadme);
+    }
+
+    /** Removes only the exclusively owned fixture and its generated archives. */
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        (new Filesystem())->remove($this->directory);
+    }
+
+    /** Both routes honor one export-ignore policy while retaining the runtime, canonical skill and README artwork. */
+    public function testGitAndComposerExportTheSamePackageFiles(): void
+    {
+        mkdir($this->directory . '/.build/archives', recursive: true);
+        $this->execute(['git', 'archive', '--format=zip', '--output=.build/archives/git.zip', 'HEAD']);
+        $this->execute(['composer', 'archive', '--format=zip', '--dir=.build/archives', '--file=composer', '--no-plugins', '--no-scripts', '--no-interaction']);
+        $git = $this->contents($this->directory . '/.build/archives/git.zip');
+        $composer = $this->contents($this->directory . '/.build/archives/composer.zip');
+        self::assertSame($git, $composer);
+        foreach (['bin/code-standards', 'config/ecs.php', 'composer.lock', 'README.md', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'LICENSE',
+            '.github/actions/check/action.yml', 'resources/workflows/code-standards.yml',
+            'resources/skills/fast-forward-code-standards/SKILL.md', 'docs/_static/mascot-banner.png'] as $path) {
+            self::assertArrayHasKey($path, $git);
+        }
+        foreach (array_keys($git) as $path) {
+            self::assertDoesNotMatchRegularExpression('~^(?:vendor|\.agents|\.build|\.phpunit\.cache|tests|\.github/workflows)/~', $path);
+        }
+        self::assertArrayNotHasKey('skills.json', $git);
+        self::assertArrayNotHasKey('.github/ReleaseChannelUpdater.php', $git);
+        self::assertArrayNotHasKey('.github/update-release-channels.php', $git);
+        self::assertArrayNotHasKey('.github/update-release-channels.md', $git);
+        self::assertArrayNotHasKey('archive', json_decode(file_get_contents($this->directory . '/composer.json'), true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR));
+    }
+
+    /** Writes one synthetic or copied fixture file without traversing another checkout. */
+    private function put(string $path, string $content): void
+    {
+        $target = $this->directory . '/' . $path;
+        if (!is_dir(dirname($target))) {
+            mkdir(dirname($target), recursive: true);
+        }
+        file_put_contents($target, $content);
+    }
+
+    /** Materializes normalized index bytes after removing only the fixture's copied files. */
+    private function materializeCommittedFiles(): void
+    {
+        $paths = explode("\0", $this->execute(['git', 'ls-files', '-z']));
+        foreach ($paths as $path) {
+            if ('' === $path) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            unlink($this->directory . '/' . $path);
+        }
+
+        $this->execute(['git', '-c', 'core.autocrlf=false', '-c', 'core.eol=lf', 'checkout-index', '--all', '--force']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs native tools with no shell and bounded lifetime; any failed archive is a test failure.
+     *
+     * @param list<string> $arguments Actual executable and its separate arguments.
+     * @param string|null $directory Explicit source root, or the isolated fixture when null.
+     */
+    private function execute(array $arguments, ?string $directory = null): string
+    {
+        $process = new Process($arguments, $directory ?? $this->directory, timeout: 60);
+        $process->mustRun();
+
+        return $process->getOutput();
+    }
+
+    /** @return array<string, string> Sorted archive-relative file names mapped to SHA-256 bytes. */
+    private function contents(string $path): array
+    {
+        $archive = new PharData($path);
+        $prefix = 'phar://' . $archive->getPath() . '/';
+        $contents = [];
+        foreach (new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($archive) as $file) {
+            if ($file->isDir()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $relative = substr($file->getPathname(), strlen($prefix));
+            $contents[$relative] = hash('sha256', $file->getContent());
+        }
+        ksort($contents);
+
+        return $contents;
+    }
+}