feat(vscode): bundle curated skill catalog inside extension

Ship the full curated skill catalog (78 skills) as a pre-built JSON bundle
so users see all Chalk skills out of the box without workspace setup.

- Build-time bundler serializes all SKILL.md + registry.yaml + skills-index.yaml
  into dist/bundled-skills.json
- Runtime loader with fallback and merge-by-ID logic
- "Sync Curated Skills to Workspace" command
- Shared skill-parsing helpers (single source of truth)
- buildFrontmatter uses yaml.stringify for safe serialization
- Bump to v0.10.0 with changelogs for 0.9.0 and 0.10.0

Author: breadoncee

AGENTS.md

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+# Chalk Skills
+
+A curated collection of 80+ reusable agent skills for software development workflows.
+
+## Skill Locations
+
+Skills are located in `skills/*/SKILL.md`. Each subdirectory contains one skill with its `SKILL.md` file (YAML frontmatter + markdown instructions).
+
+## Compatible Agents
+
+These skills work with any agent that supports markdown-based skill files:
+
+- Claude Code
+- Cursor
+- OpenCode
+- Cline
+- GitHub Copilot
+- Any agent supporting the `vercel-labs/skills` format
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+npx skills add GeneralJerel/chalk-skills
+```
+
+Or install specific skills:
+
+```bash
+npx skills add GeneralJerel/chalk-skills --path skills/commit
+npx skills add GeneralJerel/chalk-skills --path skills/create-pr
+```
+
+## Skill Format
+
+Each skill uses metadata-version 3 frontmatter:
+
+```yaml
+---
+name: skill-name
+description: What the skill does
+author: chalk
+version: "1.0.0"
+metadata-version: "3"
+allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Grep
+tags: category1, category2
+---
+```

CHANGELOG.md

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 The format is inspired by Keep a Changelog and uses SemVer semantics for skill versions.
 
+## [0.10.0] — 2026-03-27
+
+### Added
+
+- **Bundled skill catalog** — the VS Code extension now ships with all 78 curated skills pre-bundled as a JSON blob, giving users the full catalog out of the box
+- **"Sync Curated Skills to Workspace"** command to copy bundled skills into `.chalk/skills/` on demand
+- Bundled registry and skill-merge logic so workspace skills always take priority while bundled skills fill gaps
+- `AGENTS.md` repo overview for agent consumption
+
+### Changed
+
+- Build pipeline includes a TypeScript `bundle-skills` step that serializes all skill definitions at compile time
+- Shared skill-parsing helpers extracted into `skill-parse-helpers.ts` (single source of truth for runtime and build)
+- `buildFrontmatter()` uses `yaml.stringify()` for safe YAML serialization
+
 ## [0.9.0] — 2026-03-26
 
 ### Added
 
-- Auto-gitignore for `.chalk/skills/*.enabled` activation state files — the extension now ensures these are excluded from version control in any workspace
+- **Context injection engine** — skills can declare `context-needs` and `benefits-from` for automatic context gathering
+- **Skill catalog with registry** — `registry.yaml` format for curated skill collections
+- **Skill activation system** — per-workspace skill toggle with `.enabled` state files
+- Auto-gitignore for `.chalk/skills/*.enabled` activation state files
 
 ### Changed
 

packages/vscode-extension/CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [0.10.0] - 2026-03-27
+
+### Added
+- **Bundled skill catalog** — the extension now ships with all 78 curated Chalk skills pre-bundled, so users see the full catalog out of the box without needing a `skills/` directory in their workspace
+- New command **"Chalk Skills: Sync Curated Skills to Workspace"** — copies bundled skills into `.chalk/skills/` on demand, skipping any that already exist on disk
+- Bundled registry fallback — if no workspace `registry.yaml` is found, the extension uses the bundled one for the catalog UI
+- Skill merge logic — workspace skills take priority by ID, with bundled skills filling in any gaps so the catalog is always complete
+
+### Changed
+- Build pipeline now includes a `bundle-skills` step that serializes all `SKILL.md` files, `registry.yaml`, and `skills-index.yaml` into a single `dist/bundled-skills.json`
+- Shared skill-parsing helpers (`parseCommaSeparated`, `parseListField`, `toDisplayName`, `parseAnnotations`) extracted into `skill-parse-helpers.ts` — used by both the runtime loader and the build script
+- Build script rewritten from JavaScript to TypeScript (`scripts/bundle-skills.ts`), importing shared modules instead of duplicating logic
+- `buildFrontmatter()` now uses `yaml.stringify()` instead of manual string concatenation for safe serialization of special characters
+
+### Dependencies
+- Added `copy-webpack-plugin` (copies bundled JSON into dist)
+- Added `ts-node` (runs TypeScript build script)
+
+## [0.9.0] - 2026-03-26
+
+### Added
+- **Context injection engine** — skills can now declare `context-needs` and `benefits-from` in frontmatter, enabling the extension to automatically gather and inject relevant context (git diff, recent files, project structure, etc.) when a skill is activated
+- **Skill catalog with registry** — new `registry.yaml` format for curating skill collections with categories and featured skills
+- **Skill activation system** — toggle individual skills on/off per workspace with `.enabled` state files
+- Auto-gitignore for `.chalk/skills/*.enabled` activation state files
+
+### Changed
+- Generalized `ensureGitignore()` to manage multiple Chalk-specific entries (`.chalk/context/` and `.chalk/skills/*.enabled`)
+
 ## [0.8.9] - 2026-03-23
 
 ### Fixed