diff --git a/scripts/lib/example-processor.js b/scripts/lib/example-processor.js
index adbf6a65..619c5e70 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/example-processor.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/example-processor.js
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ function mergeSkipPatterns(globalPatterns, examplePatterns = {}) {
     };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Global patterns plus any override for this example. The `examples:` block in
+ * skip-patterns.yaml is keyed by directory name, not skill id.
+ */
+function skipPatternsForExample(skipPatterns, dirName) {
+    return mergeSkipPatterns(skipPatterns.global, skipPatterns.examples?.[dirName]);
+}
+
 /**
  * Recursively collect all files in a directory
  */
@@ -199,6 +207,7 @@ const defaultPlugins = [ignoreFilePlugin, ignoreBlockPlugin, ignoreLinePlugin];
 export {
     loadSkipPatterns,
     mergeSkipPatterns,
+    skipPatternsForExample,
     shouldSkip,
     processExample,
     defaultPlugins,
diff --git a/scripts/lib/skill-generator.js b/scripts/lib/skill-generator.js
index 71dd2357..21cae1ad 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/skill-generator.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/skill-generator.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import matter from 'gray-matter';
-import { processExample, loadSkipPatterns, mergeSkipPatterns, defaultPlugins } from './example-processor.js';
+import { processExample, loadSkipPatterns, skipPatternsForExample, defaultPlugins } from './example-processor.js';
 import { CLI_ROLES, validateCommandName } from './cli-block-validation.js';
 
 /**
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ async function generateSkill({
                 displayName: isSingle ? skill.display_name : dirName,
                 id: skill.id,
                 repoRoot,
-                skipPatterns: mergeSkipPatterns(skipPatterns.global, skipPatterns.examples[isSingle ? skill.id : dirName]),
+                skipPatterns: skipPatternsForExample(skipPatterns, dirName),
                 plugins: defaultPlugins,
             });
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/tests/skip-patterns.test.js b/scripts/lib/tests/skip-patterns.test.js
index 55a02869..882adb76 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/tests/skip-patterns.test.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/tests/skip-patterns.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { mergeSkipPatterns, shouldSkip } from '../example-processor.js';
+import { mergeSkipPatterns, shouldSkip, skipPatternsForExample } from '../example-processor.js';
 
 const globalPatterns = {
     includes: ['.yml', '.gitignore', 'node_modules'],
@@ -42,6 +42,45 @@ describe('shouldSkip', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('skipPatternsForExample', () => {
+    const config = {
+        global: globalPatterns,
+        examples: {
+            laravel: { includes: ['bootstrap/cache'] },
+            'swift-xcodegen': { allow: ['project.yml'] },
+        },
+    };
+
+    it('finds an example override by directory name', () => {
+        const patterns = skipPatternsForExample(config, 'laravel');
+        expect(shouldSkip('bootstrap/cache/services.php', patterns)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    // The lookup key is the example directory, never the skill id — a skill
+    // with a single example used to be looked up as `integration-laravel`,
+    // silently missing every override written for `laravel`.
+    it('does not look overrides up by skill id', () => {
+        const patterns = skipPatternsForExample(config, 'integration-laravel');
+        expect(shouldSkip('bootstrap/cache/services.php', patterns)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('applies allow overrides by directory name', () => {
+        const patterns = skipPatternsForExample(config, 'swift-xcodegen');
+        expect(shouldSkip('project.yml', patterns)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to global patterns for an example with no overrides', () => {
+        const patterns = skipPatternsForExample(config, 'php');
+        expect(shouldSkip('node_modules/foo.js', patterns)).toBe(true);
+        expect(shouldSkip('bootstrap/cache/services.php', patterns)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('tolerates a config with no examples block', () => {
+        const patterns = skipPatternsForExample({ global: globalPatterns }, 'laravel');
+        expect(shouldSkip('node_modules/foo.js', patterns)).toBe(true);
+    });
+});
+
 describe('mergeSkipPatterns', () => {
     it('concatenates example includes and allow onto global patterns', () => {
         const merged = mergeSkipPatterns(globalPatterns, {