diff --git a/test/gen-skill-docs.test.ts b/test/gen-skill-docs.test.ts
index adb33456..e0e5a499 100644
--- a/test/gen-skill-docs.test.ts
+++ b/test/gen-skill-docs.test.ts
@@ -1886,19 +1886,95 @@ describe('Factory generation (--host factory)', () => {
   });
 });
 
+// ─── Parameterized host smoke tests (config-driven) ─────────
+
+import { ALL_HOST_CONFIGS, getExternalHosts } from '../hosts/index';
+
+describe('Parameterized host smoke tests', () => {
+  for (const hostConfig of getExternalHosts()) {
+    describe(`${hostConfig.displayName} (--host ${hostConfig.name})`, () => {
+      const hostDir = path.join(ROOT, hostConfig.hostSubdir, 'skills');
+
+      test('generates output that exists on disk', () => {
+        // Generated dir should exist (created by earlier bun run gen:skill-docs --host all)
+        if (!fs.existsSync(hostDir)) {
+          // Generate if not already done
+          Bun.spawnSync(['bun', 'run', 'scripts/gen-skill-docs.ts', '--host', hostConfig.name], {
+            cwd: ROOT, stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe',
+          });
+        }
+        expect(fs.existsSync(hostDir)).toBe(true);
+        const skills = fs.readdirSync(hostDir).filter(d =>
+          fs.existsSync(path.join(hostDir, d, 'SKILL.md'))
+        );
+        expect(skills.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      });
+
+      test('no .claude/skills path leakage in non-root skills', () => {
+        if (!fs.existsSync(hostDir)) return; // skip if not generated
+        const skills = fs.readdirSync(hostDir);
+        for (const skill of skills) {
+          // Skip root gstack skill — it contains preamble with intentional .claude/skills
+          // fallback paths for binary lookup and skill prefix instructions
+          if (skill === 'gstack') continue;
+          const skillMd = path.join(hostDir, skill, 'SKILL.md');
+          if (!fs.existsSync(skillMd)) continue;
+          const content = fs.readFileSync(skillMd, 'utf-8');
+          // Strip bash blocks (which have legitimate fallback paths)
+          const noBash = content.replace(/```bash\n[\s\S]*?```/g, '');
+          const leaks = noBash.split('\n').filter(l => l.includes('.claude/skills'));
+          if (leaks.length > 0) {
+            throw new Error(`${skill}: .claude/skills leakage:\n${leaks.slice(0, 3).join('\n')}`);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      test('frontmatter has name and description', () => {
+        if (!fs.existsSync(hostDir)) return;
+        const skills = fs.readdirSync(hostDir);
+        for (const skill of skills) {
+          const skillMd = path.join(hostDir, skill, 'SKILL.md');
+          if (!fs.existsSync(skillMd)) continue;
+          const content = fs.readFileSync(skillMd, 'utf-8');
+          expect(content).toMatch(/^---\n/);
+          expect(content).toMatch(/^name:\s/m);
+          expect(content).toMatch(/^description:\s/m);
+        }
+      });
+
+      test('--dry-run freshness check passes', () => {
+        const result = Bun.spawnSync(
+          ['bun', 'run', 'scripts/gen-skill-docs.ts', '--host', hostConfig.name, '--dry-run'],
+          { cwd: ROOT, stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe' }
+        );
+        expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+        const output = result.stdout.toString();
+        expect(output).not.toContain('STALE');
+      });
+
+      if (hostConfig.generation.skipSkills?.includes('codex')) {
+        test('/codex skill excluded', () => {
+          expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(hostDir, 'gstack-codex', 'SKILL.md'))).toBe(false);
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  }
+});
+
 // ─── --host all tests ────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe('--host all', () => {
-  test('--host all generates for claude, codex, and factory', () => {
+  test('--host all generates for all registered hosts', () => {
     const result = Bun.spawnSync(['bun', 'run', 'scripts/gen-skill-docs.ts', '--host', 'all', '--dry-run'], {
       cwd: ROOT, stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe',
     });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     const output = result.stdout.toString();
-    // All three hosts should appear in output
+    // All hosts should appear in output
     expect(output).toContain('FRESH: SKILL.md');           // claude
-    expect(output).toContain('FRESH: .agents/skills/');     // codex
-    expect(output).toContain('FRESH: .factory/skills/');    // factory
+    for (const hostConfig of getExternalHosts()) {
+      expect(output).toContain(`FRESH: ${hostConfig.hostSubdir}/skills/`);
+    }
   });
 });