diff --git a/docs/runbooks/skillgen.md b/docs/runbooks/skillgen.md
index ab0cf3a3..2c103cf2 100644
--- a/docs/runbooks/skillgen.md
+++ b/docs/runbooks/skillgen.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ A signed-in maintainer turns Skillgen on for each repository, and `skillgen_repo
 Turning it on needs admin or maintain access, a public repository, and a published package with a Skill.
 `workers/skill-harness/src/package-skills.ts` holds the package rule. The site and the Worker both import it.
 A package sits at the root or under `packages/<name>/`, with its Skill in `skills/<dir>/SKILL.md` beside its `package.json`.
-Skillgen supports npm packages only.
+Skillgen supports [npm](https://npmjs.com) packages only.
 
 Before the Worker queues a job, it asks `POST /api/internal/skillgen/opt-ins` which repositories in the event opted in.
 If the site does not answer, the webhook returns 503 and queues nothing. Redeliver the event from the App settings.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pnpm exec tsx scripts/skill-github-app-register.ts \
   ~/scratch/skilld-github-app
 ```
 
-Open the printed local URL in your personal GitHub browser.
+Open the printed local URL in your personal [GitHub](https://github.com) browser.
 The helper creates a public App owned by `skilld-dev`.
 Use a GitHub account allowed to register Apps for that organization.
 Other accounts can install the App on selected repositories.
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ New tag creation starts another job automatically.
 Each job lists the packages with a Skill on the default branch.
 It reads each one's `package.json` from the exact tag commit, and skips private packages.
 The tag must equal a package version, as `1.2.3`, `v1.2.3`, or `name@1.2.3`.
+If that version is older than the package version on the default branch, the job skips with `TAG_OLDER_THAN_DEFAULT_BRANCH`.
+So a maintenance release, such as `1.3.13` while `main` is at `2.0.0-beta.14`, never rewrites the newer Skill.
 If several packages match one tag, the job splits into one job per package.
 Each split job opens its own pull request on a branch named after the package directory.
 If the package publication follows the tag, the job waits for it.
@@ -86,9 +88,9 @@ The App never replaces a branch that someone could have edited.
 ## Inspect a job
 
 The webhook response includes job IDs.
-Read `/github/jobs/<id>` with `Authorization: Bearer <PROOF_TOKEN>`.
+Read `/github/jobs/<id>`{lang="html"} with `Authorization: Bearer <PROOF_TOKEN>`{lang="html"}.
 The response includes the phase or final outcome.
-Read `/proofs/<id>` with the same token for the Harness result.
+Read `/proofs/<id>`{lang="html"} with the same token for the Harness result.
 
 If a job failed, POST `/github/jobs/<id>/retry` with the same operator token.
 Retry waits until the previous Harness job finishes.
diff --git a/layers/marketing/app/pages/skillgen.vue b/layers/marketing/app/pages/skillgen.vue
index 7d8952f0..de7530bf 100644
--- a/layers/marketing/app/pages/skillgen.vue
+++ b/layers/marketing/app/pages/skillgen.vue
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const codeClass = 'font-mono text-xs text-default'
                 Up to 9 files and 64 KiB in total: <code :class="codeClass">SKILL.md</code> and Markdown files under <code :class="codeClass">references/</code>.
               </li>
               <li>
-                Release tags that match the package version, such as <code :class="codeClass">1.4.0</code>, <code :class="codeClass">v1.4.0</code> or <code :class="codeClass">name@1.4.0</code>. If one tag releases several packages with Skills, each gets its own pull request.
+                Release tags that match the package version, such as <code :class="codeClass">1.4.0</code>, <code :class="codeClass">v1.4.0</code> or <code :class="codeClass">name@1.4.0</code>. If one tag releases several packages with Skills, each gets its own pull request. A tag older than the version on your default branch, such as a maintenance release, starts no run.
               </li>
               <li>
                 npm links each version to its tag commit, through provenance or <code :class="codeClass">gitHead</code>.
diff --git a/workers/skill-harness/src/github-client.ts b/workers/skill-harness/src/github-client.ts
index d8f26f0c..b42cfdf6 100644
--- a/workers/skill-harness/src/github-client.ts
+++ b/workers/skill-harness/src/github-client.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,37 @@ async function readPackage(api: GithubRequest, prefix: string, packageDir: strin
   return pkg?.success && !pkg.data.private ? pkg.data : undefined
 }
 
+/** Semver precedence of two versions that `packageSchema` accepted: negative when `a` is older. */
+function compareVersions(a: string, b: string): number {
+  const split = (version: string) => {
+    const [core, pre] = version.split(/-(.*)/s)
+    return { core: core!.split('.').map(Number), pre: pre ? pre.split('.') : [] }
+  }
+  const left = split(a)
+  const right = split(b)
+  for (let index = 0; index < 3; index++) {
+    if (left.core[index] !== right.core[index])
+      return left.core[index]! - right.core[index]!
+  }
+  // A release outranks its prereleases.
+  if (!left.pre.length || !right.pre.length)
+    return right.pre.length - left.pre.length
+  for (let index = 0; index < Math.max(left.pre.length, right.pre.length); index++) {
+    const [x, y] = [left.pre[index], right.pre[index]]
+    if (x === undefined || y === undefined)
+      return x === undefined ? -1 : 1
+    if (x === y)
+      continue
+    const [nx, ny] = [/^\d+$/.test(x) ? Number(x) : undefined, /^\d+$/.test(y) ? Number(y) : undefined]
+    if (nx !== undefined && ny !== undefined)
+      return nx - ny
+    if (nx !== undefined || ny !== undefined)
+      return nx !== undefined ? -1 : 1
+    return x < y ? -1 : 1
+  }
+  return 0
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolves a tag to the one package whose Skill it updates. Monorepos keep
  * packages under `packages/`, so the Skills on the default branch name the
@@ -118,6 +149,11 @@ export async function prepareTag(request: TagRequest, api: GithubRequest, fetche
   if (matches.length > 1)
     return { _tag: 'Split', tag, packageDirs: matches.map(item => item.candidate.packageDir) }
   const { candidate, pkg } = match
+  // The pull request targets the default branch. A tag from an older release
+  // line, such as a 1.x maintenance branch, would rewrite its newer Skill.
+  const current = await readPackage(api, prefix, candidate.packageDir, baseSha)
+  if (current?.name === pkg.name && compareVersions(pkg.version, current.version) < 0)
+    return { _tag: 'Skipped', reason: 'TAG_OLDER_THAN_DEFAULT_BRANCH' }
   const skillRoot = packageSkillRoot(candidate, pkg.name)
   if (skillRoot === undefined)
     return { _tag: 'Skipped', reason: 'AMBIGUOUS_SKILL' }
diff --git a/workers/skill-harness/src/package-skills.ts b/workers/skill-harness/src/package-skills.ts
index b1ac969a..e692c449 100644
--- a/workers/skill-harness/src/package-skills.ts
+++ b/workers/skill-harness/src/package-skills.ts
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ export function packageSkillCandidates(paths: Iterable<string>): PackageSkillCan
 
 /**
  * The one Skill a package's runs update: its only Skill directory, or the one
- * named after the package without its scope. Undefined when neither decides.
+ * named after the package. `generate-package-skill` names `@nuxtjs/seo` as
+ * `nuxtjs-seo`; older Skills drop the scope. Undefined when nothing decides.
  */
 export function packageSkillRoot(candidate: PackageSkillCandidate, packageName: string): string | undefined {
   if (candidate.skillRoots.length === 1)
     return candidate.skillRoots[0]
-  const named = `${candidate.packageDir ? `${candidate.packageDir}/` : ''}skills/${packageName.split('/').at(-1)}`
-  return candidate.skillRoots.find(root => root === named)
+  const prefix = `${candidate.packageDir ? `${candidate.packageDir}/` : ''}skills/`
+  const names = [packageName.replace(/^@/, '').replace('/', '-'), packageName.split('/').at(-1)]
+  return names.map(name => `${prefix}${name}`).find(root => candidate.skillRoots.includes(root))
 }
 
 /** A release tag names a package version as `1.2.3`, `v1.2.3`, or `name@1.2.3`. */
diff --git a/workers/skill-harness/test/github-app.test.ts b/workers/skill-harness/test/github-app.test.ts
index 72e15352..bfb027b5 100644
--- a/workers/skill-harness/test/github-app.test.ts
+++ b/workers/skill-harness/test/github-app.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,34 @@ describe('tag preparation', () => {
     const fetcher = async () => Response.json({ name: 'package', version: '1.0.0', gitHead: 'd'.repeat(40), dist: { integrity: 'unused' } })
     expect(await prepareTag(request, api, fetcher)).toEqual({ _tag: 'Skipped', reason: 'PACKAGE_TAG_PROVENANCE_MISMATCH' })
   })
+
+  /** The default branch is at `mainVersion`; the tag commit is at `tagVersion`. */
+  const releaseLine = (tagVersion: string, mainVersion: string) => async (path: string) => {
+    if (path.includes('/contents/package.json'))
+      return { encoding: 'base64', content: btoa(JSON.stringify({ name: 'package', version: path.endsWith(`ref=${base}`) ? mainVersion : tagVersion })) }
+    return api(path.replace(/\/commits\/v[^/]+$/, '/commits/v1.0.0'))
+  }
+  const publishedAs = (version: string) => async () => Response.json({ name: 'package', version, gitHead: target, dist: { integrity: 'unused' } })
+
+  it('skips a maintenance release older than the default branch, so it never rewrites the newer Skill', async () => {
+    const result = await prepareTag({ ...request, tag: 'v1.3.13' }, releaseLine('1.3.13', '2.0.0-beta.14'), publishedAs('1.3.13'))
+    expect(result).toEqual({ _tag: 'Skipped', reason: 'TAG_OLDER_THAN_DEFAULT_BRANCH' })
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['2.0.0-beta.14', '2.0.0-beta.14'],
+    ['2.0.0-beta.15', '2.0.0-beta.14'],
+    ['2.0.0', '2.0.0-beta.14'],
+    ['2.0.0-beta.10', '2.0.0-beta.9'],
+  ])('prepares tag %s while the default branch is at %s', async (tagVersion, mainVersion) => {
+    const result = await prepareTag({ ...request, tag: `v${tagVersion}` }, releaseLine(tagVersion, mainVersion), publishedAs(tagVersion))
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ _tag: 'Prepared', value: { input: { spec: `package@${tagVersion}` } } })
+  })
+
+  it('skips a stable tag once the default branch moved to its next prerelease line', async () => {
+    const result = await prepareTag({ ...request, tag: 'v1.9.0' }, releaseLine('1.9.0', '2.0.0-alpha.1'), publishedAs('1.9.0'))
+    expect(result).toEqual({ _tag: 'Skipped', reason: 'TAG_OLDER_THAN_DEFAULT_BRANCH' })
+  })
 })
 
 describe('monorepo tag preparation', () => {
@@ -210,6 +238,14 @@ describe('monorepo tag preparation', () => {
       .toEqual({ _tag: 'Split', tag: 'v5.3.16', packageDirs: ['packages/devtools-layer', 'packages/nuxt-seo'] })
   })
 
+  it('picks the Skill named after a scoped package, scope included, when the package has several', async () => {
+    const api = monorepo('nuxt-seo', 'v5.3.16', {
+      'packages/nuxt-seo': { name: '@nuxtjs/seo', version: '5.3.16' },
+    }, ['packages/nuxt-seo/skills/nuxtjs-seo/SKILL.md', 'packages/nuxt-seo/skills/seo-audit/SKILL.md'])
+    const result = await prepareTag(nuxtSeoTag, api, published('@nuxtjs/seo', '5.3.16'))
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ _tag: 'Prepared', value: { skillRoot: 'packages/nuxt-seo/skills/nuxtjs-seo' } })
+  })
+
   it('prepares only the package a split job names', async () => {
     const result = await prepareTag({ ...nuxtSeoTag, packagePath: 'packages/nuxt-seo' }, nuxtSeo, published('@nuxtjs/seo', '5.3.16'))
     expect(result).toMatchObject({ _tag: 'Prepared', value: { packageDir: 'packages/nuxt-seo', skillRoot: 'packages/nuxt-seo/skills/nuxtjs-seo', input: { spec: '@nuxtjs/seo@5.3.16' } } })