diff --git a/agent/prompt_builder.py b/agent/prompt_builder.py
index 1c1977b034dc7..910dccc7f4934 100644
--- a/agent/prompt_builder.py
+++ b/agent/prompt_builder.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def _strip_yaml_frontmatter(content: str) -> str:
     strip it so only the human-readable markdown body is injected into the
     system prompt.
     """
+    content = content.lstrip("\ufeff")  # tolerate UTF-8 BOM (Windows editors)
     if content.startswith("---"):
         end = content.find("\n---", 3)
         if end != -1:
diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index 1f0e194a1e818..275a8ed6de239 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -2344,6 +2344,7 @@ def _skill_slug_from_frontmatter(skill_md: Path) -> tuple[str | None, str | None
         content = skill_md.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
     except Exception:
         return None, None
+    content = content.lstrip("\ufeff")  # tolerate UTF-8 BOM (Windows editors)
     if not content.startswith("---"):
         return None, None
     end = content.find("\n---", 3)
diff --git a/hermes_cli/skills_hub.py b/hermes_cli/skills_hub.py
index 66fb903ab3e0c..5c8653b3bac81 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/skills_hub.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/skills_hub.py
@@ -1461,6 +1461,7 @@ def do_publish(skill_path: str, target: str = "github", repo: str = "",
     # Validate the skill
     import yaml
     skill_md = (path / "SKILL.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    skill_md = skill_md.lstrip("\ufeff")  # tolerate UTF-8 BOM (Windows editors)
     fm = {}
     if skill_md.startswith("---"):
         import re
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_skill_utils.py b/tests/agent/test_skill_utils.py
index 0de3672b6f393..471acd4041951 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_skill_utils.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_skill_utils.py
@@ -474,3 +474,43 @@ class TestParseFrontmatterBOM:
         fm, _ = parse_frontmatter(raw)
         assert fm["name"] == "my-skill"
         assert fm["platforms"] == ["macos"]
+
+
+class TestBOMToleranceSiblingSites:
+    """The BOM fix must cover every independent frontmatter parser, not just
+    the canonical ``parse_frontmatter`` — several modules reimplement the
+    ``---`` fence check locally."""
+
+    SKILL = "---\nname: bom-skill\ndescription: Saved by Notepad\n---\n\n# Body\n"
+
+    def test_skill_manager_validate_accepts_bom(self):
+        from tools.skill_manager_tool import _validate_frontmatter
+
+        assert _validate_frontmatter("\ufeff" + self.SKILL) is None
+
+    def test_prompt_builder_strips_bom_frontmatter(self):
+        # A BOM'd context file (AGENTS.md etc.) must not leak raw
+        # frontmatter into the system prompt.
+        from agent.prompt_builder import _strip_yaml_frontmatter
+
+        out = _strip_yaml_frontmatter("\ufeff---\nfoo: bar\n---\nBody text\n")
+        assert out.strip() == "Body text"
+
+    def test_blueprints_split_frontmatter_bom(self):
+        # str.lstrip() does NOT strip U+FEFF (it is not whitespace), so the
+        # pre-existing lstrip() in _split_frontmatter never covered it.
+        from tools.blueprints import _split_frontmatter
+
+        fm = _split_frontmatter("\ufeff---\nname: bp\n---\nbody")
+        assert fm is not None
+        assert fm.get("name") == "bp"
+
+    def test_skills_hub_parsers_accept_bom(self):
+        from tools.skills_hub import GitHubSource, OptionalSkillSource
+
+        for parser in (
+            GitHubSource._parse_frontmatter_quick,
+            OptionalSkillSource._parse_frontmatter,
+        ):
+            fm = parser("\ufeff" + self.SKILL)
+            assert fm.get("name") == "bom-skill", parser.__qualname__
diff --git a/tools/blueprints.py b/tools/blueprints.py
index 7e4c5591a088c..700a17fcd7629 100644
--- a/tools/blueprints.py
+++ b/tools/blueprints.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _split_frontmatter(text: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
     """Return the parsed YAML frontmatter mapping, or None if absent/invalid."""
     if not isinstance(text, str):
         return None
-    stripped = text.lstrip()
+    stripped = text.lstrip("\ufeff").lstrip()  # BOM is not whitespace; strip explicitly
     if not stripped.startswith("---"):
         return None
     # Find the closing fence after the opening one.
diff --git a/tools/skill_manager_tool.py b/tools/skill_manager_tool.py
index 3045474b1c94f..eaf30dd41ad0d 100644
--- a/tools/skill_manager_tool.py
+++ b/tools/skill_manager_tool.py
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ def _validate_frontmatter(content: str) -> Optional[str]:
     if not content.strip():
         return "Content cannot be empty."
 
+    # Tolerate a leading UTF-8 BOM (Windows editors) before the fence.
+    content = content.lstrip("\ufeff")
+
     if not content.startswith("---"):
         return "SKILL.md must start with YAML frontmatter (---). See existing skills for format."
 
diff --git a/tools/skills_hub.py b/tools/skills_hub.py
index 755b32fcbbe25..2db5491889b5a 100644
--- a/tools/skills_hub.py
+++ b/tools/skills_hub.py
@@ -1165,6 +1165,7 @@ class GitHubSource(SkillSource):
     @staticmethod
     def _parse_frontmatter_quick(content: str) -> dict:
         """Parse YAML frontmatter from SKILL.md content."""
+        content = content.lstrip("\ufeff")  # tolerate UTF-8 BOM (Windows editors)
         if not content.startswith("---"):
             return {}
         match = re.search(r'\n---\s*\n', content[3:])
@@ -3317,6 +3318,7 @@ class OptionalSkillSource(SkillSource):
     @staticmethod
     def _parse_frontmatter(content: str) -> dict:
         """Parse YAML frontmatter from SKILL.md content."""
+        content = content.lstrip("\ufeff")  # tolerate UTF-8 BOM (Windows editors)
         if not content.startswith("---"):
             return {}
         match = re.search(r'\n---\s*\n', content[3:])