diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 490cd7705..e547cace8 100644
--- a/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -2358,6 +2358,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             if openhuman_core::core::observability::is_transient_backend_api_failure(&event)
                 || openhuman_core::core::observability::is_transient_integrations_failure(&event)
                 || openhuman_core::core::observability::is_updater_transient_event(&event)
+                || openhuman_core::core::observability::is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure(&event)
             {
                 return None;
             }
diff --git a/docs/agent-workflows/cursor-cloud-agents.md b/docs/agent-workflows/cursor-cloud-agents.md
index 5fc4bbfcf..04bd7eee1 100644
--- a/docs/agent-workflows/cursor-cloud-agents.md
+++ b/docs/agent-workflows/cursor-cloud-agents.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Cursor Cloud Agents — parallel workflow
 
-Operator playbook for running 15–20 [Cursor Cloud Agents](https://docs.cursor.com/agents/cloud) in parallel against OpenHuman. Companion to [`codex-pr-checklist.md`](codex-pr-checklist.md); the same merge gates apply.
+Operator playbook for running 15–20 [Cursor Cloud Agents](https://cursor.com/docs/cloud-agent) in parallel against OpenHuman. Companion to [`codex-pr-checklist.md`](codex-pr-checklist.md); the same merge gates apply.
 
 This doc closes [`tinyhumansai/openhuman#1480`](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/issues/1480).
 
diff --git a/src/core/observability.rs b/src/core/observability.rs
index 061c8bdc4..8edf52279 100644
--- a/src/core/observability.rs
+++ b/src/core/observability.rs
@@ -2665,6 +2665,29 @@ pub fn is_transient_backend_api_failure(event: &sentry::protocol::Event<'_>) ->
     is_transient_domain_failure(event, "backend_api")
 }
 
+/// Defense-in-depth `before_send` filter for skill-install fetch 4xx statuses.
+///
+/// A user/catalog-supplied `SKILL.md` URL returning 4xx means the remote skill
+/// path is missing, private, or otherwise unavailable to that user. The install
+/// RPC still returns the error so the UI can surface it, but Sentry should keep
+/// reporting server-side and transport failures only.
+pub fn is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure(event: &sentry::protocol::Event<'_>) -> bool {
+    let tags = &event.tags;
+    if tags.get("domain").map(String::as_str) != Some("skills") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if tags.get("operation").map(String::as_str) != Some("install_fetch") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if tags.get("failure").map(String::as_str) != Some("non_2xx") {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    tags.get("status")
+        .and_then(|status| status.parse::<u16>().ok())
+        .is_some_and(|status| (400..500).contains(&status))
+}
+
 /// Transient integrations / Composio failures (timeout, connection reset,
 /// gateway hiccups).
 ///
@@ -6104,6 +6127,65 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn skills_install_fetch_filter_drops_client_error_statuses() {
+        for status in ["400", "401", "403", "404", "410", "499"] {
+            let event = event_with_tags(&[
+                ("domain", "skills"),
+                ("operation", "install_fetch"),
+                ("failure", "non_2xx"),
+                ("status", status),
+            ]);
+            assert!(
+                is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure(&event),
+                "skills install_fetch status {status} must be treated as user/catalog state"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn skills_install_fetch_filter_keeps_server_and_wrong_shape_failures() {
+        for status in ["500", "502", "503"] {
+            let event = event_with_tags(&[
+                ("domain", "skills"),
+                ("operation", "install_fetch"),
+                ("failure", "non_2xx"),
+                ("status", status),
+            ]);
+            assert!(
+                !is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure(&event),
+                "skills install_fetch status {status} must remain reportable"
+            );
+        }
+
+        for tags in [
+            [
+                ("domain", "skills"),
+                ("operation", "install_fetch"),
+                ("failure", "transport"),
+                ("status", "404"),
+            ],
+            [
+                ("domain", "skills"),
+                ("operation", "run"),
+                ("failure", "non_2xx"),
+                ("status", "404"),
+            ],
+            [
+                ("domain", "backend_api"),
+                ("operation", "install_fetch"),
+                ("failure", "non_2xx"),
+                ("status", "404"),
+            ],
+        ] {
+            let event = event_with_tags(&tags);
+            assert!(
+                !is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure(&event),
+                "only skills.install_fetch non_2xx 4xx events may be filtered: {tags:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn integrations_filter_drops_transient_statuses() {
         for status in TRANSIENT_HTTP_STATUSES {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5727b27c8..45324defe 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ fn main() {
             if openhuman_core::core::observability::is_transient_backend_api_failure(&event)
                 || openhuman_core::core::observability::is_transient_integrations_failure(&event)
                 || openhuman_core::core::observability::is_updater_transient_event(&event)
+                || openhuman_core::core::observability::is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure(&event)
             {
                 return None;
             }
diff --git a/src/openhuman/workflows/ops.rs b/src/openhuman/workflows/ops.rs
index db3116557..d6ad88310 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/workflows/ops.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/workflows/ops.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub(crate) use super::ops_discover::discover_workflows_inner;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use super::ops_install::{
     derive_install_slug, install_workflow_from_url_with_home, normalize_install_url,
+    should_report_install_fetch_status,
 };
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use super::ops_types::{
diff --git a/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_install.rs b/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_install.rs
index faa990e99..be2f81e5c 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_install.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_install.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ pub async fn install_workflow_from_url(
     install_workflow_from_url_with_home(workspace_dir, params, home.as_deref()).await
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn should_report_install_fetch_status(status: reqwest::StatusCode) -> bool {
+    !status.is_success() && !status.is_client_error()
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn install_workflow_from_url_with_home(
     workspace_dir: &Path,
     params: InstallWorkflowFromUrlParams,
@@ -196,8 +200,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn install_workflow_from_url_with_home(
 
     let status = response.status();
     if !status.is_success() {
-        let code = status.as_u16();
-        let msg = format!("fetch failed: {fetch_url} returned status {code}");
         // A 4xx (esp. 404/410) means the requested SKILL.md is gone or the URL
         // is wrong — expected user/catalog input state, surfaced to the UI as
         // "skill not found". Don't page Sentry for it (TAURI-RUST-CGE: ~1,446
@@ -205,9 +207,16 @@ pub(crate) async fn install_workflow_from_url_with_home(
         // reporting 5xx — a genuine remote failure is still Sentry-actionable.
         // The `Err(msg)` return is unchanged in both cases so the UI always
         // surfaces the failure.
-        if !status.is_client_error() {
-            let status_str = code.to_string();
-            let report_msg = format!("fetch failed: {redacted_fetch_url} returned status {code}");
+        let status_str = status.as_u16().to_string();
+        let msg = format!(
+            "fetch failed: {fetch_url} returned status {}",
+            status.as_u16()
+        );
+        let report_msg = format!(
+            "fetch failed: {redacted_fetch_url} returned status {}",
+            status.as_u16()
+        );
+        if should_report_install_fetch_status(status) {
             crate::core::observability::report_error(
                 report_msg.as_str(),
                 "skills",
@@ -218,6 +227,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn install_workflow_from_url_with_home(
                     ("failure", "non_2xx"),
                 ],
             );
+        } else {
+            tracing::debug!(
+                fetch_url = %redacted_fetch_url,
+                status = status.as_u16(),
+                "[skills] install_workflow_from_url: skipped Sentry report for user/catalog fetch status"
+            );
         }
         return Err(msg);
     }
diff --git a/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_tests.rs b/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_tests.rs
index 24e5a4017..c102a62a0 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_tests.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/workflows/ops_tests.rs
@@ -1244,6 +1244,23 @@ async fn install_workflow_from_url_is_idempotent_when_skill_already_exists() {
     assert!(second.stdout.contains("already installed"), "{second:?}");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn install_fetch_status_reporting_suppresses_client_errors_only() {
+    assert!(!should_report_install_fetch_status(reqwest::StatusCode::OK));
+    assert!(!should_report_install_fetch_status(
+        reqwest::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND
+    ));
+    assert!(!should_report_install_fetch_status(
+        reqwest::StatusCode::GONE
+    ));
+    assert!(should_report_install_fetch_status(
+        reqwest::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+    ));
+    assert!(should_report_install_fetch_status(
+        reqwest::StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY
+    ));
+}
+
 /// Happy path: install a SKILL.md under a synthetic user home, verify
 /// discovery sees it, uninstall, verify discovery no longer sees it and
 /// the on-disk dir is gone.
diff --git a/tests/observability_smoke.rs b/tests/observability_smoke.rs
index 304694f4e..151f11f66 100644
--- a/tests/observability_smoke.rs
+++ b/tests/observability_smoke.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
 use openhuman_core::core::observability::{
     is_all_transient_provider_exhaustion_event, is_budget_event, is_session_expired_event,
-    is_transient_backend_api_failure, is_transient_integrations_failure,
-    is_transient_provider_http_failure, is_updater_transient_event,
+    is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure, is_transient_backend_api_failure,
+    is_transient_integrations_failure, is_transient_provider_http_failure,
+    is_updater_transient_event,
 };
 use sentry::protocol::Event;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ fn count_captured(events: Vec<Event<'static>>) -> usize {
                 || is_transient_integrations_failure(&event)
                 || is_budget_event(&event)
                 || is_updater_transient_event(&event)
+                || is_skill_install_user_fetch_failure(&event)
                 || is_session_expired_event(&event)
             {
                 None
@@ -119,6 +121,36 @@ fn drops_backend_api_transient_statuses() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn drops_skills_install_fetch_404() {
+    let event = event_with_tags(&[
+        ("domain", "skills"),
+        ("operation", "install_fetch"),
+        ("failure", "non_2xx"),
+        ("status", "404"),
+    ]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        count_captured(vec![event]),
+        0,
+        "user/catalog skill install 4xx failures must be filtered in before_send"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keeps_skills_install_fetch_500() {
+    let event = event_with_tags(&[
+        ("domain", "skills"),
+        ("operation", "install_fetch"),
+        ("failure", "non_2xx"),
+        ("status", "500"),
+    ]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        count_captured(vec![event]),
+        1,
+        "skill install server failures must still reach Sentry"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn drops_integrations_transient_transport_timeout() {
     let event = event_with_tags_and_message(