diff --git a/src/langbot/pkg/api/http/controller/groups/skills.py b/src/langbot/pkg/api/http/controller/groups/skills.py
index 9bcddb6e2..59c091917 100644
--- a/src/langbot/pkg/api/http/controller/groups/skills.py
+++ b/src/langbot/pkg/api/http/controller/groups/skills.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import quart
 
+from langbot.pkg.cloud.entitlements import EntitlementFeatureUnavailableError
 from langbot_plugin.box.errors import BoxError
 
 from ...authz import Permission
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ class SkillsRouterGroup(group.RouterGroup):
         async def list_skills(request_context: RequestContext) -> quart.Response:
             try:
                 skills = await self.ap.skill_service.list_skills(request_context)
+            except EntitlementFeatureUnavailableError:
+                # Plans without managed sandbox support have no runnable skills.
+                # Treat that capability absence as an empty collection so the
+                # shared UI can render normally instead of surfacing a 500.
+                return self.success(data={'skills': []})
             except (ValueError, BoxError) as exc:
                 return self.http_status(400, -1, str(exc))
             return self.success(data={'skills': skills})
diff --git a/src/langbot/pkg/cloud/entitlements.py b/src/langbot/pkg/cloud/entitlements.py
index b9476e6ba..d6d34afd5 100644
--- a/src/langbot/pkg/cloud/entitlements.py
+++ b/src/langbot/pkg/cloud/entitlements.py
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@ class EntitlementUnavailableError(RuntimeError):
         self.entitlement_revision = entitlement_revision
 
 
+class EntitlementFeatureUnavailableError(EntitlementUnavailableError):
+    """Raised only when an active entitlement does not grant one feature."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        feature: str,
+        *,
+        entitlement_revision: int | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.feature = feature
+        super().__init__(
+            f'Workspace entitlement does not grant {feature}',
+            entitlement_revision=entitlement_revision,
+        )
+
+
 class EntitlementSnapshot(pydantic.BaseModel):
     """Capability projection consumed by open-source Core.
 
@@ -82,7 +98,10 @@ class EntitlementSnapshot(pydantic.BaseModel):
 
     def require_feature(self, feature: str) -> None:
         if self.features.get(feature) is not True:
-            raise EntitlementUnavailableError(f'Workspace entitlement does not grant {feature}')
+            raise EntitlementFeatureUnavailableError(
+                feature,
+                entitlement_revision=self.entitlement_revision,
+            )
 
     def limit(self, name: str) -> int:
         value = self.limits.get(name)
diff --git a/tests/integration/api/test_skills_entitlements.py b/tests/integration/api/test_skills_entitlements.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..baafe1f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/api/test_skills_entitlements.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+"""Skills API behavior when a workspace plan has no managed sandbox."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
+
+import pytest
+import quart
+
+from langbot.pkg.api.http.controller.groups.skills import SkillsRouterGroup
+from langbot.pkg.cloud.entitlements import (
+    EntitlementFeatureUnavailableError,
+    EntitlementUnavailableError,
+)
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.integration
+WORKSPACE_UUID = '11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111'
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def skills_api():
+    account = SimpleNamespace(uuid='owner-account', user='owner@example.com')
+    access = SimpleNamespace(
+        workspace=SimpleNamespace(uuid=WORKSPACE_UUID),
+        membership=SimpleNamespace(uuid='member-owner', role='owner', projection_revision=1),
+        execution=SimpleNamespace(instance_uuid='instance-a', placement_generation=1),
+    )
+    application = Mock()
+    application.deployment = SimpleNamespace(multi_workspace_enabled=False)
+    application.persistence_mgr = SimpleNamespace(tenant_uow=None)
+    application.user_service.get_authenticated_account = AsyncMock(return_value=account)
+    application.workspace_collaboration_service.resolve_account_workspace = AsyncMock(return_value=access)
+    application.skill_service.list_skills = AsyncMock(
+        side_effect=EntitlementFeatureUnavailableError(
+            'managed_sandbox',
+            entitlement_revision=1,
+        )
+    )
+
+    quart_app = quart.Quart(__name__)
+    router = SkillsRouterGroup(application, quart_app)
+    await router.initialize()
+    return application, quart_app.test_client()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_list_skills_is_empty_when_plan_has_no_managed_sandbox(skills_api):
+    application, client = skills_api
+    response = await client.get(
+        '/api/v1/skills',
+        headers={
+            'Authorization': 'Bearer owner-token',
+            'X-Workspace-Id': WORKSPACE_UUID,
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    payload = await response.get_json()
+    assert payload['data'] == {'skills': []}
+    application.skill_service.list_skills.assert_awaited_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_list_skills_does_not_hide_other_entitlement_failures(skills_api):
+    application, client = skills_api
+    application.skill_service.list_skills.side_effect = EntitlementUnavailableError(
+        'Workspace entitlement revision rolled back'
+    )
+
+    response = await client.get(
+        '/api/v1/skills',
+        headers={
+            'Authorization': 'Bearer owner-token',
+            'X-Workspace-Id': WORKSPACE_UUID,
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 500