diff --git a/skills/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py b/skills/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py
index aa4de89675a8..a5442a463937 100644
--- a/skills/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py
+++ b/skills/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py
@@ -77,8 +77,13 @@ def package_skill(skill_path, output_dir=None):
     # Create the .skill file (zip format)
     try:
         with zipfile.ZipFile(skill_filename, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zipf:
-            # Walk through the skill directory
-            for file_path in skill_path.rglob("*"):
+            # Walk in a deterministic order. Sort by the archive-relative POSIX
+            # entry name (not Path object order, which is filesystem/OS-flavour
+            # dependent) so written .skill entries are byte-stable everywhere.
+            for file_path in sorted(
+                skill_path.rglob("*"),
+                key=lambda path: path.relative_to(skill_path).as_posix(),
+            ):
                 # Security: never follow or package symlinks.
                 if file_path.is_symlink():
                     print(f"[WARN] Skipping symlink: {file_path}")
diff --git a/skills/skill-creator/scripts/test_package_skill.py b/skills/skill-creator/scripts/test_package_skill.py
index 588290b85839..a994a79dd1f7 100644
--- a/skills/skill-creator/scripts/test_package_skill.py
+++ b/skills/skill-creator/scripts/test_package_skill.py
@@ -156,6 +156,44 @@ class TestPackageSkillSecurity(TestCase):
         self.assertIn("self-output-skill/script.py", names)
         self.assertNotIn("self-output-skill/self-output-skill.skill", names)
 
+    def test_archive_entry_order_is_deterministic(self):
+        skill_dir = self.create_skill("order-skill")
+        # Files across multiple levels, created in non-sorted order, so the
+        # filesystem/rglob enumeration order differs from a lexicographic sort.
+        (skill_dir / "zeta.md").write_text("z\n")
+        (skill_dir / "yankee.txt").write_text("y\n")
+        alpha = skill_dir / "alpha"
+        alpha.mkdir()
+        (alpha / "delta.txt").write_text("d\n")
+        (alpha / "bravo.txt").write_text("b\n")
+        nested = skill_dir / "zlib"
+        nested.mkdir()
+        (nested / "november.txt").write_text("n\n")
+        # "alpha-x.txt" discriminates entry-name ordering from Path-object
+        # ordering: "-" (0x2d) sorts before "/" (0x2f) in the archive entry
+        # name, but Path part-tuple ordering places it after the "alpha/" dir.
+        (skill_dir / "alpha-x.txt").write_text("x\n")
+        out_dir = self.temp_dir / "out"
+        out_dir.mkdir()
+
+        result = package_skill(str(skill_dir), str(out_dir))
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(result)
+        skill_file = out_dir / "order-skill.skill"
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(skill_file, "r") as archive:
+            names = [name for name in archive.namelist() if not name.endswith("/")]
+        # Entries must be ordered by their archive entry name, regardless of
+        # filesystem enumeration or OS path-flavour, so archives are reproducible.
+        self.assertEqual(names, sorted(names))
+        # Lock the entry-name contract: "alpha-x.txt" precedes "alpha/bravo.txt"
+        # (Path-object sorting would invert these).
+        self.assertLess(
+            names.index("order-skill/alpha-x.txt"),
+            names.index("order-skill/alpha/bravo.txt"),
+        )
+        # Ensure the fixture actually spans multiple directories/files.
+        self.assertIn("order-skill/zlib/november.txt", names)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()