diff --git a/.changeset/skill-path-single-resolver.md b/.changeset/skill-path-single-resolver.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..871feef7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/skill-path-single-resolver.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"eve": patch
+---
+
+Resolve sandbox skill roots and seed-file paths through the same `$HOME` resolver the file tools use, so the skills location is spelled once instead of twice.
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/execution/sandbox/bindings/local-backend-utils.ts b/packages/eve/src/execution/sandbox/bindings/local-backend-utils.ts
index bf436bd3b..340ba0591 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/execution/sandbox/bindings/local-backend-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/execution/sandbox/bindings/local-backend-utils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 
 import { bufferToStream, streamToBuffer } from "#execution/sandbox/stream-utils.js";
 import { WORKSPACE_ROOT } from "#runtime/workspace/types.js";
-import { resolveSandboxSeedFilePath } from "#shared/skill-paths.js";
+import { resolveSandboxModelPath } from "#shared/skill-paths.js";
 import type { SandboxSeedFile } from "#shared/sandbox-backend.js";
 import type {
   InternalSandboxSession,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function writeSandboxSeedFiles(
   seedFiles: ReadonlyArray<SandboxSeedFile>,
 ): Promise<void> {
   for (const file of seedFiles) {
-    const path = await resolveSandboxSeedFilePath({
+    const path = await resolveSandboxModelPath({
       path: file.path,
       sandbox: session,
     });
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.test.ts b/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.test.ts
index c4a60ece6..3ba456cf7 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   formatFallbackSkillPath,
   formatSkillModelPath,
   resolveSandboxModelPath,
-  resolveSandboxSeedFilePath,
   resolveSandboxSkillReadPaths,
   resolveSandboxSkillRoot,
 } from "#shared/skill-paths.js";
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ describe("skill path helpers", () => {
     });
 
     await expect(
-      resolveSandboxSeedFilePath({
+      resolveSandboxModelPath({
         path: `${MODEL_SKILL_ROOT}/research/references/catalog.md`,
         sandbox: sandbox.session,
       }),
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.ts b/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.ts
index 04faddd35..f4486e5b9 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/shared/skill-paths.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import type { SandboxSession } from "#shared/sandbox-session.js";
 
-export const MODEL_SKILL_ROOT = "$HOME/.agents/skills";
+const MODEL_HOME_ROOT = "$HOME";
+
+export const MODEL_SKILL_ROOT = `${MODEL_HOME_ROOT}/.agents/skills`;
 export const FALLBACK_SKILL_ROOT = "/workspace/skills";
 
-const MODEL_HOME_ROOT = "$HOME";
-const HOME_SKILL_SUFFIX = ".agents/skills";
 const HOME_PROBE_COMMAND = `printf '%s\\n' "$HOME"`;
 const sandboxHomeCache = new WeakMap<SandboxSession, Promise<string | null>>();
 
@@ -30,11 +30,14 @@ export function formatFallbackSkillPath(input: {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolves where skills live in the sandbox: under the probed home when it has
+ * one, and under {@link FALLBACK_SKILL_ROOT} when it does not.
+ */
 export async function resolveSandboxSkillRoot(input: {
   readonly sandbox: SandboxSession;
 }): Promise<string> {
-  const home = await resolveSandboxHome(input.sandbox);
-  return home === null ? FALLBACK_SKILL_ROOT : joinHomeSkillRoot(home);
+  return await resolveSandboxModelPath({ path: MODEL_SKILL_ROOT, sandbox: input.sandbox });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -90,17 +93,6 @@ export async function resolveSandboxSkillWritePath(input: {
   });
 }
 
-export async function resolveSandboxSeedFilePath(input: {
-  readonly path: string;
-  readonly sandbox: SandboxSession;
-}): Promise<string> {
-  if (!isModelSkillPath(input.path)) {
-    return input.path;
-  }
-
-  return await resolveSandboxModelPath(input);
-}
-
 function formatSkillPath(input: {
   readonly name: string;
   readonly relativePath: string;
@@ -156,10 +148,6 @@ function isUsableSandboxHome(path: string): boolean {
   );
 }
 
-function joinHomeSkillRoot(home: string): string {
-  return `${home === "/" ? "" : home}/${HOME_SKILL_SUFFIX}`;
-}
-
 function normalizeSandboxHome(home: string): string {
   return home === "/" ? home : home.replace(/\/+$/, "");
 }