(cherry picked from commit 1db02545f74c96b3b92be4fc32954659cec1f814)
Reconcile-conflict: A14b E402 imports referencing cloud.handler_core (does not exist here; core methods live in server.py) — kept HEAD imports with incoming's noqa: E402 markers, dropped the unused core_mod import (verified unused elsewhere in both files).
(cherry picked from commit 4411186681584bf55e065c654fe909a3320d4a22)
Reconcile-conflict: test_skill_transplant_prep artifact count — kept HEAD's finalized 0 refs (2026-11-02 user sign-off deleting §4's 6 references, already in target) with incoming's l→line rename; incoming's 6-ref assertion is pre-finalization and must not overwrite.