diff --git a/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.mjs b/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.mjs
index 7b0c12db..38765d70 100644
--- a/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.mjs
+++ b/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.mjs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ export const SKILL_MENTION_PATTERNS = [
   /superpowers:[a-z-]+/g,
   /Skill\(([^)]+)\)/g,
   /\binvoke\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/gi,
-  /\bвызови\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/giu,
-  /\bделай\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/giu,
+  /(?<![\p{L}\p{N}_])вызови\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/giu,
+  /(?<![\p{L}\p{N}_])делай\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/giu,
 ];
 
 function normSkill(name) {
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ export function extractSkillMentions(todoItems) {
     const text = itemText(item);
     const status = item.status || 'pending';
     const found = new Set();
-    // superpowers: full names
-    for (const m of text.matchAll(/superpowers:[a-z-]+/g)) found.add(normSkill(m[0]));
-    // Skill(...)
-    for (const m of text.matchAll(/Skill\(([^)]+)\)/g)) found.add(normSkill(m[1]));
-    // invoke / вызови / делай <name>
-    for (const re of [/\binvoke\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/gi, /\bвызови\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/giu, /\bделай\s+([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)/giu]) {
-      for (const m of text.matchAll(re)) found.add(normSkill(m[1]));
+    for (const pat of SKILL_MENTION_PATTERNS) {
+      const re = new RegExp(pat.source, pat.flags);
+      for (const m of String(text).matchAll(re)) {
+        // superpowers: and Skill() use m[0] / m[1] respectively
+        // invoke/вызови/делай capture group 1 for skill name
+        const val = m[1] !== undefined ? m[1] : m[0];
+        found.add(normSkill(val));
+      }
     }
     for (const skill_name of found) out.push({ skill_name, text, status });
   }
diff --git a/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.test.mjs b/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.test.mjs
index ec2c78f9..12c14966 100644
--- a/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.test.mjs
+++ b/tools/todowrite-skill-verifier.test.mjs
@@ -103,3 +103,18 @@ describe('extractSkillMentions — dedup', () => {
     expect(names.filter((n) => n === 'superpowers:writing-plans').length).toBe(1);
   });
 });
+
+describe('extractSkillMentions — cyrillic patterns', () => {
+  it('вызови pattern detects skill mention', () => {
+    const m = extractSkillMentions([{ content: 'вызови brain-retro', status: 'pending' }]);
+    expect(m.some((x) => x.skill_name === 'brain-retro')).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('делай pattern detects skill mention', () => {
+    const m = extractSkillMentions([{ content: 'делай subagent-driven-development', status: 'pending' }]);
+    expect(m.some((x) => x.skill_name === 'subagent-driven-development')).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('no match inside longer word (перевызови)', () => {
+    const m = extractSkillMentions([{ content: 'перевызови foo', status: 'pending' }]);
+    expect(m.some((x) => x.skill_name === 'foo')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});