diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.test.ts
index 0f23e4ca..11837d76 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.test.ts
@@ -151,3 +151,40 @@ describe('skills marketplaces --json', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe('skills new command', () => {
+  let tempDir: string;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    if (tempDir) {
+      rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      tempDir = '';
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('stores a non-negative integer listing price in the manifest and marketplace command', async () => {
+    tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'sh1pt-skills-new-'));
+    const out = join(tempDir, 'sh1pt.skill.json');
+    const newCmd = skillsCmd.commands.find((c) => c.name() === 'new');
+    expect(newCmd).toBeDefined();
+
+    await newCmd?.parseAsync(['--out', out, '--name', 'qa-helper', '--price', '25'], { from: 'user' });
+
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(out, 'utf8'));
+    expect(manifest.price).toBe(25);
+    expect(manifest.marketplaces.ugig.command).toContain('--price 25');
+  });
+
+  it.each(['-5', '1.9', 'abc', '9007199254740992'])('rejects invalid listing price %s before writing the manifest', async (price) => {
+    tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'sh1pt-skills-new-'));
+    const out = join(tempDir, 'sh1pt.skill.json');
+    const newCmd = skillsCmd.commands.find((c) => c.name() === 'new');
+    expect(newCmd).toBeDefined();
+
+    await expect(
+      newCmd?.parseAsync(['--out', out, '--name', 'qa-helper', '--price', price], { from: 'user' })
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/--price must be/);
+    expect(existsSync(out)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.ts
index d7ecaf82..605eeb6a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/skills.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ function slugify(s: string): string {
 }
 function q(s: string): string { return JSON.stringify(s); }
 async function exists(path: string): Promise<boolean> { try { await access(path); return true; } catch { return false; } }
+function parseListingPrice(value: string): number {
+  const normalized = value.trim();
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(normalized)) {
+    throw new Error('--price must be a non-negative integer sat amount');
+  }
+  const price = Number.parseInt(normalized, 10);
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(price)) {
+    throw new Error('--price must be less than or equal to Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER');
+  }
+  return price;
+}
 function frontmatterValue(text: string, key: string): string | undefined {
   const m = text.match(new RegExp(`^${key}:\\s*["']?([^"'\\n]+)["']?\\s*$`, 'm'));
   return m?.[1]?.trim();
@@ -349,17 +360,19 @@ skillsCmd
     const name = slugify(opts.name ?? inferred.name ?? basename(dirname(skillFile)));
     const title = opts.title ?? inferred.title ?? name;
     const description = opts.description ?? inferred.description ?? `Agent skill: ${title}`;
+    const price = parseListingPrice(opts.price);
+    const tags = opts.tags.split(',').map(t => t.trim()).filter(Boolean).slice(0, 10);
     const manifest: SkillManifest = {
       name,
       title,
       description,
       tagline: opts.tagline,
       category: opts.category,
-      tags: opts.tags.split(',').map(t => t.trim()).filter(Boolean).slice(0, 10),
-      price: Number.parseInt(opts.price, 10) || 0,
+      tags,
+      price,
       skillFile,
       sourceUrl: opts.sourceUrl,
-      marketplaces: Object.fromEntries(MARKETPLACES.map(mp => [mp.id, { enabled: true, status: 'pending', command: 'command' in mp && mp.command ? mp.command({ name, title, description, tagline: opts.tagline, category: opts.category, tags: opts.tags.split(',').map(t => t.trim()).filter(Boolean).slice(0, 10), price: Number.parseInt(opts.price, 10) || 0, skillFile, sourceUrl: opts.sourceUrl, marketplaces: {} }) : undefined, note: 'note' in mp ? mp.note : undefined }])) as SkillManifest['marketplaces'],
+      marketplaces: Object.fromEntries(MARKETPLACES.map(mp => [mp.id, { enabled: true, status: 'pending', command: 'command' in mp && mp.command ? mp.command({ name, title, description, tagline: opts.tagline, category: opts.category, tags, price, skillFile, sourceUrl: opts.sourceUrl, marketplaces: {} }) : undefined, note: 'note' in mp ? mp.note : undefined }])) as SkillManifest['marketplaces'],
     };
     await mkdir(dirname(resolve(opts.out)), { recursive: true });
     await saveManifest(opts.out, manifest);