diff --git a/tests/acceptance/5/CRITERIA.json b/tests/acceptance/5/CRITERIA.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9eba52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/5/CRITERIA.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "schema": "elffuss-t2t/criteria@2",
+  "issue": 5,
+  "criteria": [
+    {
+      "index": 1,
+      "tests": [
+        "tests/acceptance/5/criteria.test.js::criterion 1"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "index": 2,
+      "tests": [
+        "tests/acceptance/5/criteria.test.js::criterion 2"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "index": 3,
+      "tests": [
+        "tests/acceptance/5/criteria.test.js::criterion 3"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/5/criteria.test.js b/tests/acceptance/5/criteria.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5794ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/5/criteria.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import * as mod from '../../../web/js/skills.js' // the code under test: call it as mod.<name>(...)
+const source = readFileSync(new URL('../../../web/js/skills.js', import.meta.url), 'utf8') // the text of web/js/skills.js, for a criterion about how the file is written
+
+test('criterion 1', () => {
+  // `parseSkill("---\r\nname: demo\r\ndescription: x\r\n---\r\nBody")` returns `{ name: "demo", description: "x", content: "Body" }`.
+  assert.deepEqual(mod.parseSkill("---\r\nname: demo\r\ndescription: x\r\n---\r\nBody"), { name: "demo", description: "x", content: "Body" })
+})
+
+test('criterion 2', () => {
+  // `parseSkill("---\nname: demo\ndescription: x\n---\nBody")` returns `{ name: "demo", description: "x", content: "Body" }`.
+  assert.deepEqual(mod.parseSkill("---\nname: demo\ndescription: x\n---\nBody"), { name: "demo", description: "x", content: "Body" })
+})
+
+test('criterion 3', () => {
+  // `parseSkill("Body only", "fallback")` returns `{ name: "fallback", description: "", content: "Body only" }`.
+  assert.deepEqual(mod.parseSkill("Body only", "fallback"), { name: "fallback", description: "", content: "Body only" })
+})
diff --git a/web/js/skills.js b/web/js/skills.js
index 6effe6b..45d80c2 100644
--- a/web/js/skills.js
+++ b/web/js/skills.js
@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@ export async function installFromRepo(entry) {
 
 // SKILL.md → { name, description, content }
 export function parseSkill(md, fallbackName = 'skill') {
-  const fm = md.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/);
+  const normalizedMd = md.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
+  const fm = normalizedMd.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/);
   const meta = fm?.[1] || '';
   const name = meta.match(/^name:\s*(.+)$/m)?.[1]?.trim() || fallbackName;
   const description = (meta.match(/^description:\s*([\s\S]+?)(?:\n\w+:|$)/m)?.[1] || '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
-  const content = md.replace(/^---\n[\s\S]*?\n---\n?/, '').trim();
+  const content = normalizedMd.replace(/^---\n[\s\S]*?\n---\n?/, '').trim();
   return { name, description, content };
 }