diff --git a/src/components/SkillsGrid.tsx b/src/components/SkillsGrid.tsx
index 1158073b2..23b3aebdb 100644
--- a/src/components/SkillsGrid.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SkillsGrid.tsx
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function SkillActionButton({
         name: skill.name,
         version: '0.0.0',
         description: skill.description,
-        runtime: 'v8',
+        runtime: 'quickjs',
       });
       // If skill has setup, the manager will set setup_required status
       // and the grid will re-render with the "Setup" button
diff --git a/src/lib/skills/runtime.ts b/src/lib/skills/runtime.ts
index 78813ede4..d487b047b 100644
--- a/src/lib/skills/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/lib/skills/runtime.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class SkillRuntime {
 
   /**
    * Send skill/load with manifest + data dir.
-   * With V8, loading is handled by the Rust engine during start_skill,
+   * Loading is handled by the Rust engine during start_skill,
    * so this sends a no-op skill/load RPC for protocol compatibility.
    */
   async load(additionalParams?: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/lib/skills/transport.ts b/src/lib/skills/transport.ts
index 366e48338..4f8c1fad5 100644
--- a/src/lib/skills/transport.ts
+++ b/src/lib/skills/transport.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 /**
  * JSON-RPC 2.0 transport over Tauri IPC commands.
  *
- * Routes JSON-RPC requests to the Rust V8 runtime engine via
- * `invoke('runtime_rpc', ...)`. Replaces the previous stdin/stdout
- * subprocess transport while keeping the same public API.
- *
- * Reverse RPC (state/get, state/set, data/read, data/write) is now
- * handled by bridge globals inside the V8 engine, so the transport
- * no longer needs to handle reverse RPC from the skill.
+ * Routes JSON-RPC requests to the Rust QuickJS runtime engine via
+ * `invoke('runtime_rpc', ...)`. Reverse RPC (state/get, state/set,
+ * data/read, data/write) is handled by bridge globals inside the
+ * QuickJS engine.
  */
 
 import { invoke } from '@tauri-apps/api/core';
@@ -23,16 +20,16 @@ export class SkillTransport {
 
   /**
    * Set a handler for reverse RPC calls from the skill process.
-   * With V8, reverse RPC is handled by bridge globals, so this
+   * With QuickJS, reverse RPC is handled by bridge globals, so this
    * is kept for API compatibility but is a no-op.
    */
   onReverseRpc(_handler: ReverseRpcHandler): void {
-    // No-op: V8 bridge globals handle state/data directly
+    // No-op: QuickJS bridge globals handle state/data directly
   }
 
   /**
    * Initialize the transport for a skill.
-   * With V8, the skill process is managed by the Rust runtime engine,
+   * With QuickJS, the skill process is managed by the Rust runtime engine,
    * so this just stores the skill ID for routing RPC calls.
    *
    * @param skillId - The skill ID to route requests to.
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ export class SkillTransport {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Stop the transport. With V8, this is a no-op since the
+   * Stop the transport. With QuickJS, this is a no-op since the
    * Rust engine manages skill lifecycle. Use runtime_stop_skill instead.
    */
   async kill(): Promise<void> {