diff --git a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs
index 1c956d79b9..b4e0d7396c 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs
@@ -327,8 +327,16 @@ fn finalize_skill_outcome(
     disabled_paths: HashSet<AbsolutePathBuf>,
 ) -> SkillLoadOutcome {
     outcome.disabled_paths = disabled_paths;
-    let (by_scripts_dir, by_doc_path) =
-        build_implicit_skill_path_indexes(outcome.allowed_skills_for_implicit_invocation());
+    // Usage-event detection should see any enabled skill file/script read, even when the
+    // skill is not model-routable through implicit invocation.
+    let (by_scripts_dir, by_doc_path) = build_implicit_skill_path_indexes(
+        outcome
+            .skills
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|skill| outcome.is_skill_enabled(skill))
+            .cloned()
+            .collect(),
+    );
     outcome.implicit_skills_by_scripts_dir = Arc::new(by_scripts_dir);
     outcome.implicit_skills_by_doc_path = Arc::new(by_doc_path);
     outcome
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service_tests.rs b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service_tests.rs
index 23a15f7955..3187586471 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service_tests.rs
@@ -402,6 +402,64 @@ async fn skills_for_config_disables_plugin_skills_by_name() {
     );
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn skills_for_config_indexes_usage_detection_for_non_implicit_skills() {
+    let codex_home = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    let cwd = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    let skill_dir = codex_home.path().join("skills/preflight");
+    let agents_dir = skill_dir.join("agents");
+    let scripts_dir = skill_dir.join("scripts");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&agents_dir).expect("create skill metadata dir");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&scripts_dir).expect("create scripts dir");
+    let skill_path = skill_dir.join("SKILL.md");
+    let script_path = scripts_dir.join("preflight.py");
+    fs::write(
+        &skill_path,
+        "---\nname: preflight-skill\ndescription: support/preflight skill\n---\n\n# Body\n",
+    )
+    .expect("write skill");
+    fs::write(
+        agents_dir.join("openai.yaml"),
+        "policy:\n  allow_implicit_invocation: false\n",
+    )
+    .expect("write skill metadata");
+    fs::write(&script_path, "print('ok')\n").expect("write script");
+
+    let config_layer_stack = config_stack(&codex_home, "");
+    let skills_service = SkillsService::new(
+        codex_home.path().abs(),
+        /*bundled_skills_enabled*/ true,
+    );
+
+    let outcome =
+        skills_for_config_with_stack(&skills_service, &cwd, &config_layer_stack, &[]).await;
+    assert!(
+        !outcome
+            .allowed_skills_for_implicit_invocation()
+            .iter()
+            .any(|skill| skill.name == "preflight-skill")
+    );
+    let workdir = cwd.path().abs();
+    let detected_names = [
+        format!("sed -n '1,20p' {}", skill_path.display()),
+        format!("python3 {}", script_path.display()),
+    ]
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(|command| {
+        crate::detect_implicit_skill_invocation_for_command(&outcome, &command, &workdir)
+            .map(|skill| skill.name)
+    })
+    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        detected_names,
+        vec![
+            Some("preflight-skill".to_string()),
+            Some("preflight-skill".to_string())
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn skills_for_cwd_loads_repo_and_user_roots_with_local_fs() {
     let codex_home = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");