diff --git a/bin.ts b/bin.ts
index f4bb1bd5..3eb4a659 100644
--- a/bin.ts
+++ b/bin.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import { mcpAnalyticsCommand } from './src/commands/mcp-analytics';
 import { replayVisionCommand } from './src/commands/replay-vision';
 import { aiObservabilityCommand } from './src/commands/ai-observability';
 import { metricsCommand } from './src/commands/metrics';
+import { shakespeareCommand } from './src/commands/shakespeare';
 import { auditCommand } from './src/commands/audit';
 import { doctorCommand } from './src/commands/doctor';
 import { migrateCommand } from './src/commands/migrate';
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ Wizard.use(basicIntegrationCommand)
   .use(replayVisionCommand)
   .use(aiObservabilityCommand)
   .use(metricsCommand)
+  .use(shakespeareCommand)
   .use(cliCommand)
   .use(auditCommand)
   .use(doctorCommand)
diff --git a/src/commands/shakespeare.ts b/src/commands/shakespeare.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..240b81e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/shakespeare.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { shakespeareConfig } from '@lib/programs/shakespeare/index';
+
+import type { Command } from './command';
+import { nativeCommandFactory } from './factories/native-command-factory';
+
+/**
+ * `wizard shakespeare` — internal test-only command. See
+ * `src/lib/programs/shakespeare/index.ts` for why this exists.
+ */
+export const shakespeareCommand: Command =
+  nativeCommandFactory(shakespeareConfig);
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/runner/switchboard/index.ts b/src/lib/agent/runner/switchboard/index.ts
index fb423203..56023931 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/runner/switchboard/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/runner/switchboard/index.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ export const PROGRAM_BINDINGS: Partial<Record<ProgramId, ProgramBinding>> = {
     model: SONNET_5_MODEL,
   },
   slack: DEFAULT_BINDING,
+  // Fixed skillId, single variant — no self-selection reasoning needed, so
+  // the plain default binding (unlike ai-observability).
+  shakespeare: DEFAULT_BINDING,
 };
 
 // ── Unified resolver ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/lib/programs/program-registry.ts b/src/lib/programs/program-registry.ts
index 2633c295..920abd33 100644
--- a/src/lib/programs/program-registry.ts
+++ b/src/lib/programs/program-registry.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { replayVisionConfig } from './replay-vision/index.js';
 import { aiObservabilityConfig } from './ai-observability/index.js';
 import { metricsConfig } from './metrics/index.js';
 import { slackConnectConfig } from './slack/index.js';
+import { shakespeareConfig } from './shakespeare/index.js';
 
 // Generic skill program — runs an arbitrary context-mill skill chosen at
 // dispatch time (session.skillId) rather than a registered named program.
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ export const PROGRAM_REGISTRY = [
   aiObservabilityConfig,
   metricsConfig,
   slackConnectConfig,
+  shakespeareConfig,
 ] as const satisfies readonly ProgramConfig[];
 
 /**
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ export const Program = {
   AiObservability: aiObservabilityConfig.id,
   Metrics: metricsConfig.id,
   SlackConnect: slackConnectConfig.id,
+  Shakespeare: shakespeareConfig.id,
 } as const;
 
 /** Compile-time union of every registered program id. */
diff --git a/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/content/index.tsx b/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/content/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc1dc335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/content/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Shakespeare learn-deck — portrait, then what the program does, then a
+ * few lines it might drop into your code. Overrides the generic
+ * agent-skill deck (`programs/agent-skill/content/index.tsx`) that
+ * `createSkillProgram` wires up by default.
+ */
+
+import { TextRevealMode } from '@ui/tui/primitives/TextBlock';
+import type { ContentBlock } from '@ui/tui/primitives/content-types';
+import type { WizardStore } from '@ui/tui/store';
+import { PORTRAIT_BLOCK } from './portrait.js';
+
+const CLEAR: ContentBlock = { type: 'clear', pause: 1500 };
+
+export const getContentBlocks = (_store?: WizardStore): ContentBlock[] => [
+  // Scene 1 — portrait
+  PORTRAIT_BLOCK,
+
+  CLEAR,
+
+  // Scene 2 — what this program actually does
+  {
+    content: 'This one is an internal test, not a PostHog feature.',
+    pause: 4000,
+    mode: TextRevealMode.Typewriter,
+    animationInterval: 24,
+  },
+  {
+    content:
+      'It installs a single context-mill skill with no SDK and no product logic.',
+    pause: 5000,
+  },
+  {
+    content:
+      "Just one line of Shakespeare, dropped into your project's most prominent file.",
+    pause: 5000,
+  },
+  {
+    content: "It's here to test the skill-to-wizard-program pipeline end to end.",
+    pause: 5000,
+  },
+
+  CLEAR,
+
+  // Scene 3 — a few lines it might choose from
+  { content: 'A few of the lines it might pick:', pause: 2500 },
+
+  {
+    content: '"All the world\'s a stage, and all the men and women merely players."',
+    pause: 5000,
+    mode: TextRevealMode.SentenceFade,
+  },
+
+  {
+    content: '"To be, or not to be, that is the question."',
+    pause: 5000,
+    mode: TextRevealMode.SentenceFade,
+  },
+
+  {
+    content: '"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."',
+    pause: 5000,
+    mode: TextRevealMode.SentenceFade,
+  },
+];
diff --git a/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/content/portrait.tsx b/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/content/portrait.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d44b42b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/content/portrait.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * PORTRAIT_BLOCK — ASCII portrait shown first in the shakespeare Learn
+ * deck. Fixed at 37 chars wide (14 rows) to fit the LearnCard pane at an
+ * 80-column terminal — see the pane-width math in `LearnCard.tsx` and the
+ * same convention self-driving's `PIPELINE_BLOCK` follows. Rendered as
+ * exact `lines` (not a wrapped string) so word-wrap can't corrupt it.
+ */
+
+import { Text } from 'ink';
+import { Colors } from '@ui/tui/styles';
+import type { ContentBlock } from '@ui/tui/primitives/content-types';
+
+const PORTRAIT_ROWS = [
+  '%%%%%%%%%%%%%###=+*##%##%%%%%%%%%%%%%',
+  '%%%%%%%%%%##:*###**=--*#####%%%%%%%%%',
+  '%%%%%######:#%%%%%%#==:=#########%%%%',
+  '%%%######-:+##%####*+:-.:=*########%%',
+  '%#######+=:--+*=--=+=-:-..:**######%%',
+  '%#####**=--*++*#**#*=::-:..:******###',
+  '%###*****--+#%**#**+=:.:..:=*+*****##',
+  '####***+*+=:-==:=**--=#+:.-=++*++*+*#',
+  '####***+++*+-+**+-::+%*#*--++++*+++*#',
+  '##****+++++*+.:--.-%%####..:++++++**#',
+  '##***+++=:####:##%##%#%*:.:..::++==**',
+  '##****-.::#:.#*.#.##*.:-.-:.::..:--+*',
+  '%##*=:.=.+=.=..:.-:-:-:-==-=-:=:::==#',
+  '%##*-.-....+.=-.:.::=+:=+-+:-+=+:*=+#',
+];
+
+export const PORTRAIT_BLOCK: ContentBlock = {
+  type: 'lines',
+  interval: 50,
+  pause: 4000,
+  lines: PORTRAIT_ROWS.map((row, i) => (
+    <Text key={i} color={Colors.accent}>
+      {row}
+    </Text>
+  )),
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/index.ts b/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2d801af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/programs/shakespeare/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { createSkillProgram } from '@lib/programs/agent-skill/index';
+import type { ProgramConfig } from '@lib/programs/program-step';
+import { getContentBlocks } from './content/index.js';
+
+const SHAKESPEARE_REPORT_FILE = 'posthog-shakespeare-report.md';
+
+const baseConfig = createSkillProgram({
+  skillId: 'shakespeare',
+  command: 'shakespeare',
+  id: 'shakespeare',
+  description:
+    'Add a line of Shakespeare to your codebase (internal test only)',
+  integrationLabel: 'shakespeare',
+  successMessage: `Shakespeare quote added! View the report at ./${SHAKESPEARE_REPORT_FILE}`,
+  reportFile: SHAKESPEARE_REPORT_FILE,
+  docsUrl: 'https://github.com/PostHog/context-mill',
+  spinnerMessage: 'Consulting the Bard...',
+  estimatedDurationMinutes: 1,
+});
+
+/**
+ * `wizard shakespeare` — internal test-only program. Installs the
+ * context-mill `shakespeare` skill (single variant, no framework matching)
+ * and lets the agent run it end to end. Exists purely to exercise the
+ * skill-authoring → wizard-program pipeline in isolation; not a real
+ * PostHog product flow.
+ *
+ * Overrides `getContentBlocks` with its own Learn deck (portrait → what
+ * this program does → a few lines it might pick) instead of the generic
+ * three-line agent-skill deck `createSkillProgram` wires up by default.
+ */
+export const shakespeareConfig: ProgramConfig = {
+  ...baseConfig,
+  getContentBlocks,
+};