2.4: Strip frontmatter in press_release.py _load_skill()

The _load_skill() function now strips YAML frontmatter (--- ... ---)
before returning skill content. This prevents the execution brain
from receiving metadata intended for the skill registry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

cheddahbot/tools/press_release.py

@@ -49,11 +49,19 @@ def _set_status(ctx: dict | None, message: str) -> None:
 
 
 def _load_skill(filename: str) -> str:
-    """Read a markdown skill file from the skills/ directory."""
+    """Read a markdown skill file from the skills/ directory, stripping frontmatter."""
     path = _SKILLS_DIR / filename
     if not path.exists():
         raise FileNotFoundError(f"Skill file not found: {path}")
-    return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    # Strip YAML frontmatter (--- ... ---) if present
+    if text.startswith("---"):
+        end = text.find("---", 3)
+        if end != -1:
+            text = text[end + 3 :].strip()
+
+    return text
 
 
 def _load_file_if_exists(path: Path) -> str: