diff --git a/.claude/skills/new-setup/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/new-setup/SKILL.md
index 3643b92..4c2a1fe 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/new-setup/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/new-setup/SKILL.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: new-setup
 description: Shortest path from zero to a working two-way agent chat, for any user regardless of technical background — ends at a running NanoClaw instance with at least one CLI-reachable agent.
-allowed-tools: Bash(bash setup.sh) Bash(node setup/probe.mjs) Bash(pnpm exec tsx setup/index.ts *) Bash(pnpm run chat *) Bash(brew install *) Bash(curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh) Bash(sudo usermod -aG docker *) Bash(open -a Docker) Bash(sudo systemctl start docker)
+allowed-tools: Bash(bash setup.sh) Bash(bash setup/probe.sh) Bash(pnpm exec tsx setup/index.ts *) Bash(pnpm run chat *) Bash(brew install *) Bash(curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh) Bash(sudo usermod -aG docker *) Bash(open -a Docker) Bash(sudo systemctl start docker)
 ---
 
 # NanoClaw bare-minimum setup
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Start with a probe: a single parallel scan that snapshots every prerequisite and
 
 ## Current state
 
-!`command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1 && node setup/probe.mjs || printf '=== NANOCLAW SETUP: PROBE ===\nSTATUS: unavailable\nREASON: node_not_installed\n=== END ===\n'`
+!`bash setup/probe.sh`
 
 ## Flow
 
diff --git a/setup/probe.sh b/setup/probe.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8be2948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/probe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Wrapper for setup/probe.mjs so /new-setup's inline `!` block is a single
+# shell command (permission-check friendly). When Node isn't installed yet,
+# emit an "unavailable" status block so the skill's flow knows to skip the
+# probe's skip-if conditions and run every step from 1.
+set -u
+
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+
+if command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  exec node "$PROJECT_ROOT/setup/probe.mjs" "$@"
+fi
+
+cat <<'EOF'
+=== NANOCLAW SETUP: PROBE ===
+STATUS: unavailable
+REASON: node_not_installed
+=== END ===
+EOF