diff --git a/__tests__/api/agent-server-adapter.test.ts b/__tests__/api/agent-server-adapter.test.ts
index cb12c1030c..1a00b19e40 100644
--- a/__tests__/api/agent-server-adapter.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/api/agent-server-adapter.test.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,13 @@ describe("buildStartConversationRequest", () => {
     for (const skill of skills) {
       expect(skill).toHaveProperty("name");
       expect(skill).toHaveProperty("content");
-      expect(skill).toHaveProperty("source", "public");
+      // source must be an absolute path to the skill's SKILL.md so the
+      // Python agent-server can resolve bundled resources (scripts/, references/).
+      const source = skill.source as string;
+      expect(source).toMatch(/^\//);
+      expect(source).toMatch(
+        new RegExp(`/${skill.name as string}/SKILL\\.md$`),
+      );
       expect(skill).toHaveProperty("is_agentskills_format", true);
       // trigger is either null (always-active) or { type, keywords }
       if (skill.trigger !== null) {
diff --git a/src/api/agent-server-adapter.ts b/src/api/agent-server-adapter.ts
index bf18f81adf..ed79923ac2 100644
--- a/src/api/agent-server-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/api/agent-server-adapter.ts
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ interface BundledSkill {
   name: string;
   content: string;
   trigger: { type: "keyword"; keywords: string[] } | null;
-  source: "public";
+  source: string;
   description: string | null;
   is_agentskills_format: true;
   license?: string;
@@ -566,11 +566,18 @@ function buildBundledSkills(): BundledSkill[] {
         ? { type: "keyword", keywords: entry.triggers }
         : null;
 
+    // Use the absolute path to the skill's SKILL.md so the Python
+    // agent-server can resolve bundled resources (scripts/, references/).
+    // Falls back to "public" in library builds where the path isn't known.
+    const source = __EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR__
+      ? `${__EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR__}/${entry.name}/SKILL.md`
+      : "public";
+
     return {
       name: entry.name,
       content: entry.content,
       trigger,
-      source: "public" as const,
+      source,
       description: entry.description ?? null,
       is_agentskills_format: true as const,
       ...(entry.license ? { license: entry.license } : {}),
diff --git a/src/react-app-env.d.ts b/src/react-app-env.d.ts
index c9376e9c0f..e76f8116ff 100644
--- a/src/react-app-env.d.ts
+++ b/src/react-app-env.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 /// <reference types="react-scripts" />
 
+// Injected by vite.config.ts `define` — absolute path to the
+// @openhands/extensions skills directory in node_modules, or an
+// empty string in library builds.
+declare const __EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR__: string;
+
 interface Window {
   posthog?: {
     capture: (event: string, properties?: Record<string, unknown>) => void;
diff --git a/vite-env.d.ts b/vite-env.d.ts
index 11f02fe2a0..e77fd9f48c 100644
--- a/vite-env.d.ts
+++ b/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 /// <reference types="vite/client" />
+
+/**
+ * Absolute filesystem path to the bundled extensions skills directory,
+ * injected by Vite at build time via `define` in vite.config.ts.
+ * Empty string in library builds; always a real path in app/dev builds.
+ */
+declare const __EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR__: string;
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index df27b3e6ae..31d83e086f 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /// <reference types="vitest" />
 /// <reference types="vite-plugin-svgr/client" />
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { resolve, dirname } from "node:path";
 import { defineConfig, loadEnv } from "vite";
 import svgr from "vite-plugin-svgr";
 import { reactRouter } from "@react-router/dev/vite";
@@ -22,6 +24,16 @@ const LIB_EXTERNALS = [
 ];
 const APP_CHUNK_MAX_BYTES = 450 * 1024;
 
+// Absolute path to the bundled extensions skills directory in node_modules.
+// Injected as __EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR__ so agent-server-adapter.ts can pass
+// real filesystem paths to the Python agent-server (which uses them to
+// resolve bundled skill resources like scripts/ and references/).
+const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR = resolve(
+  dirname(_require.resolve("@openhands/extensions/package.json")),
+  "skills",
+);
+
 const appBuildConfig = {
   rolldownOptions: {
     output: {
@@ -59,6 +71,14 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   const FE_PORT = Number.parseInt(VITE_FRONTEND_PORT, 10);
 
   return {
+    define: {
+      // Empty string for library builds so consumers aren't bound to this
+      // machine's node_modules path; agent-server-adapter falls back to
+      // "public" when the value is falsy.
+      __EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR__: JSON.stringify(
+        isLibraryBuild ? "" : EXTENSIONS_SKILLS_DIR,
+      ),
+    },
     plugins: [
       {
         name: "suppress-chrome-devtools-well-known",