diff --git a/gitnexus/src/cli/ai-context.ts b/gitnexus/src/cli/ai-context.ts
index 41ba6c73e..f65a91284 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/cli/ai-context.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/cli/ai-context.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ interface RepoStats {
 export interface AIContextOptions {
   skipAgentsMd?: boolean;
   noStats?: boolean;
+  skipSkills?: boolean;
 }
 
 const GITNEXUS_START_MARKER = '<!-- gitnexus:start -->';
@@ -337,10 +338,14 @@ export async function generateAIContextFiles(
     createdFiles.push('CLAUDE.md (skipped via --skip-agents-md)');
   }
 
-  // Install skills to .claude/skills/gitnexus/
-  const installedSkills = await installSkills(repoPath);
-  if (installedSkills.length > 0) {
-    createdFiles.push(`.claude/skills/gitnexus/ (${installedSkills.length} skills)`);
+  // Install skills to .claude/skills/gitnexus/ (unless --skip-skills)
+  if (!options?.skipSkills) {
+    const installedSkills = await installSkills(repoPath);
+    if (installedSkills.length > 0) {
+      createdFiles.push(`.claude/skills/gitnexus/ (${installedSkills.length} skills)`);
+    }
+  } else {
+    createdFiles.push('.claude/skills/gitnexus/ (skipped via --skip-skills)');
   }
 
   return { files: createdFiles };
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/cli/analyze.ts b/gitnexus/src/cli/analyze.ts
index 47745c575..d22592141 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/cli/analyze.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/cli/analyze.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ export interface AnalyzeOptions {
   skipAgentsMd?: boolean;
   /** Omit volatile symbol/relationship counts from AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md. */
   noStats?: boolean;
+  /** Skip installing standard GitNexus skill files to .claude/skills/gitnexus/. */
+  skipSkills?: boolean;
+  /** Pure index mode: skip all file injection (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, skills). */
+  indexOnly?: boolean;
   /** Index the folder even when no .git directory is present. */
   skipGit?: boolean;
   /**
@@ -399,6 +403,9 @@ export const analyzeCommand = async (inputPath?: string, options?: AnalyzeOption
 
   // ── Run shared analysis orchestrator ───────────────────────────────
   try {
+    const skipAll = options?.indexOnly;
+    const skipAgentsMd = skipAll || options?.skipAgentsMd;
+    const skipSkills = skipAll || options?.skipSkills;
     const result = await runFullAnalysis(
       repoPath,
       {
@@ -410,7 +417,8 @@ export const analyzeCommand = async (inputPath?: string, options?: AnalyzeOption
         embeddingsNodeLimit,
         dropEmbeddings: options?.dropEmbeddings,
         skipGit: options?.skipGit,
-        skipAgentsMd: options?.skipAgentsMd,
+        skipAgentsMd,
+        skipSkills,
         noStats: options?.noStats,
         registryName: options?.name,
         // Registry-collision bypass — its own CLI flag, intentionally NOT
@@ -497,7 +505,7 @@ export const analyzeCommand = async (inputPath?: string, options?: AnalyzeOption
               processes: s.processes,
             },
             skillResult.skills,
-            { skipAgentsMd: options?.skipAgentsMd, noStats: options?.noStats },
+            { skipAgentsMd, skipSkills, noStats: options?.noStats },
           );
         }
       } catch {
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/cli/index.ts b/gitnexus/src/cli/index.ts
index e4a455d40..47d933c21 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ program
   .option('--skills', 'Generate repo-specific skill files from detected communities')
   .option('--skip-agents-md', 'Skip updating the gitnexus section in AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md')
   .option('--no-stats', 'Omit volatile file/symbol counts from AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md')
+  .option(
+    '--skip-skills',
+    'Skip installing standard GitNexus skill files to .claude/skills/gitnexus/',
+  )
+  .option('--index-only', 'Pure index mode: skip all file injection (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, skills)')
   .option(
     '--skip-git',
     'Treat the provided path/cwd as the index root and skip parent git-root discovery',
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
index 7227fd945..fa2757f45 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ export interface AnalyzeOptions {
   skipAgentsMd?: boolean;
   /** Omit volatile symbol/relationship counts from AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md. */
   noStats?: boolean;
+  /** Skip installing standard GitNexus skill files to .claude/skills/gitnexus/. */
+  skipSkills?: boolean;
   /**
    * User-provided alias for the registry `name` (#829). When set,
    * forwarded to `registerRepo` so the indexed repo is stored under
@@ -527,7 +529,11 @@ export async function runFullAnalysis(
           processes: pipelineResult.processResult?.stats.totalProcesses,
         },
         undefined,
-        { skipAgentsMd: options.skipAgentsMd, noStats: options.noStats },
+        {
+          skipAgentsMd: options.skipAgentsMd,
+          skipSkills: options.skipSkills,
+          noStats: options.noStats,
+        },
       );
     } catch {
       // Best-effort — don't fail the entire analysis for context file issues