diff --git a/docs/supported-tools.md b/docs/supported-tools.md
index 78837cb97d..f7b1861744 100644
--- a/docs/supported-tools.md
+++ b/docs/supported-tools.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ to read the hint.
 | Pi (`pi`) | `.pi/skills/openspec-*/SKILL.md` | `.pi/prompts/opsx-<id>.md` |
 | Qoder (`qoder`) | `.qoder/skills/openspec-*/SKILL.md` | `.qoder/commands/opsx/<id>.md` |
 | Qwen Code (`qwen`) | `.qwen/skills/openspec-*/SKILL.md` | `.qwen/commands/opsx-<id>.md` |
+| [Rovo Dev CLI](https://support.atlassian.com/rovo/docs/use-rovo-dev-cli/) (`rovodev`) | `.rovodev/skills/openspec-*/SKILL.md` | Not generated. Rovo has no slash-command surface — it matches skills automatically or by prompt (e.g. "use the openspec-propose skill"); `/skills` only manages them. Generated content references skills by name, never as `/openspec-*` commands. |
 | [Zoo Code](https://github.com/Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code) (`roocode`) | `.roo/skills/openspec-*/SKILL.md` | `.roo/commands/opsx-<id>.md` |
 | Trae (`trae`) | `.trae/skills/openspec-*/SKILL.md` | `.trae/commands/opsx-<id>.md` |
 | ZCode (`zcode`) | `.zcode/skills/openspec-*/SKILL.md` | `.zcode/commands/opsx/<id>.md` |
diff --git a/src/core/config.ts b/src/core/config.ts
index 876dda4f1e..4e027d28fb 100644
--- a/src/core/config.ts
+++ b/src/core/config.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export const AI_TOOLS: AIToolOption[] = [
   { name: 'Pi', value: 'pi', available: true, successLabel: 'Pi', skillsDir: '.pi' },
   { name: 'Qoder', value: 'qoder', available: true, successLabel: 'Qoder', skillsDir: '.qoder' },
   { name: 'Qwen Code', value: 'qwen', available: true, successLabel: 'Qwen Code', skillsDir: '.qwen' },
+  { name: 'Rovo Dev CLI', value: 'rovodev', available: true, successLabel: 'Rovo Dev CLI', skillsDir: '.rovodev', detectionPaths: ['.rovodev/skills', '.rovodev'] },
   { name: 'Zoo Code', value: 'roocode', available: true, successLabel: 'Zoo Code', skillsDir: '.roo' },
   { name: 'Trae', value: 'trae', available: true, successLabel: 'Trae', skillsDir: '.trae' },
   { name: 'ZCode', value: 'zcode', available: true, successLabel: 'ZCode', skillsDir: '.zcode' },
diff --git a/src/core/init.ts b/src/core/init.ts
index 93e428e2c6..28d2337168 100644
--- a/src/core/init.ts
+++ b/src/core/init.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { createRequire } from 'module';
 import { FileSystemUtils } from '../utils/file-system.js';
 import { classifyOpenSpecDir, storePointerProblem } from './project-config.js';
 import { findRepoPlanningRootSync } from './planning-home.js';
-import { getSkillReferenceTransformer, getTransformerForTool } from '../utils/command-references.js';
+import { getSkillReferenceTransformer, getTransformerForTool, usesNaturalLanguageSkillReferences } from '../utils/command-references.js';
 import {
   AI_TOOLS,
   OPENSPEC_DIR_NAME,
@@ -1041,7 +1041,13 @@ export class InitCommand {
           );
           hint = `Start your first change: ${transformer ? transformer(command) : command} "your idea"`;
         } else if (shouldGenerateSkillsForTool(tool.value, activeDelivery)) {
-          hint = `Start your first change: ${getSkillReferenceTransformer(tool.value)(command)} "your idea"`;
+          const skillReference = getSkillReferenceTransformer(tool.value)(command);
+          // Tools with no slash surface (e.g. Rovo Dev) reference skills as
+          // prose ("the openspec-propose skill"); phrase the hint so it reads
+          // as an instruction rather than a dead command with an argument.
+          hint = usesNaturalLanguageSkillReferences(tool.value)
+            ? `Start your first change: ask ${tool.name} to use ${skillReference} with "your idea"`
+            : `Start your first change: ${skillReference} "your idea"`;
         } else {
           continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/utils/command-references.ts b/src/utils/command-references.ts
index c4800513c9..d4cbf00d71 100644
--- a/src/utils/command-references.ts
+++ b/src/utils/command-references.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,32 @@ const SKILL_INVOCATION_PREFIX: Record<string, string> = {
   codex: '$',
 };
 
+/**
+ * Tools that have no slash-command surface at all: skills are matched
+ * automatically or invoked by natural-language prompts, never by typing a
+ * `/<name>` command. Rovo Dev CLI is such a tool — `/skills` only manages
+ * skills, and any `/openspec-*` form would be a dead command (see
+ * docs/supported-tools.md). References for these tools are spelled as prose
+ * ("the openspec-propose skill") so generated content never tells the user to
+ * type a command their CLI does not register.
+ */
+const NATURAL_LANGUAGE_SKILL_TOOLS = new Set<string>(['rovodev']);
+
+/**
+ * Whether a tool references skills by natural language rather than a slash
+ * command (see NATURAL_LANGUAGE_SKILL_TOOLS).
+ */
+export function usesNaturalLanguageSkillReferences(toolId: string): boolean {
+  return NATURAL_LANGUAGE_SKILL_TOOLS.has(toolId);
+}
+
+function replaceCommandsWithNaturalLanguageSkillReferences(text: string): string {
+  return text.replace(/\/opsx:([a-z-]+)/g, (match, commandId: string) => {
+    const skillName = COMMAND_TO_SKILL_NAME[commandId];
+    return skillName === undefined ? match : `the ${skillName} skill`;
+  });
+}
+
 function replaceCommandsWithSkillReferences(text: string, prefix: string): string {
   return text.replace(/\/opsx:([a-z-]+)/g, (match, commandId: string) => {
     const skillName = COMMAND_TO_SKILL_NAME[commandId];
@@ -121,12 +147,17 @@ export function transformToSkillReferences(text: string): string {
 /**
  * Returns the skill-reference transformer for a specific tool, honoring the
  * tool's documented skill invocation syntax (e.g. Kimi Code's
- * `/skill:openspec-propose`). Falls back to the default `/openspec-*` form.
+ * `/skill:openspec-propose`). Tools with no slash surface (e.g. Rovo Dev) get
+ * natural-language references ("the openspec-propose skill"); everything else
+ * falls back to the default `/openspec-*` form.
  *
- * @param toolId - The AI tool identifier (e.g. 'kimi', 'vibe')
+ * @param toolId - The AI tool identifier (e.g. 'kimi', 'vibe', 'rovodev')
  * @returns A transformer converting `/opsx:*` references to skill invocations
  */
 export function getSkillReferenceTransformer(toolId: string): (text: string) => string {
+  if (usesNaturalLanguageSkillReferences(toolId)) {
+    return replaceCommandsWithNaturalLanguageSkillReferences;
+  }
   const prefix = SKILL_INVOCATION_PREFIX[toolId];
   if (prefix === undefined) {
     return transformToSkillReferences;
diff --git a/test/core/init.test.ts b/test/core/init.test.ts
index 9002902cdc..216ebff77a 100644
--- a/test/core/init.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/init.test.ts
@@ -524,6 +524,55 @@ describe('InitCommand', () => {
       ).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('should support Rovo Dev CLI as an adapterless skills-only tool', async () => {
+      saveGlobalConfig({
+        featureFlags: {},
+        profile: 'core',
+        delivery: 'both',
+      });
+
+      const initCommand = new InitCommand({ tools: 'rovodev', force: true });
+      await initCommand.execute(testDir);
+
+      const skillFile = path.join(testDir, '.rovodev', 'skills', 'openspec-explore', 'SKILL.md');
+      expect(await fileExists(skillFile)).toBe(true);
+
+      const commandsDir = path.join(testDir, '.rovodev', 'commands');
+      expect(await directoryExists(commandsDir)).toBe(false);
+
+      // Rovo has no slash-command surface: skills are invoked by natural
+      // language, so no generated skill may tell the user to type a
+      // `/openspec-*` or `/opsx…` command that its CLI never registers.
+      const skillsRoot = path.join(testDir, '.rovodev', 'skills');
+      const skillDirs = await fs.readdir(skillsRoot);
+      expect(skillDirs.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      for (const dir of skillDirs) {
+        const body = await fs.readFile(path.join(skillsRoot, dir, 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
+        expect(body, `${dir}/SKILL.md should not reference /openspec-* commands`).not.toMatch(/\/openspec-/);
+        expect(body, `${dir}/SKILL.md should not reference /opsx commands`).not.toMatch(/\/opsx[:-]/);
+      }
+      // The apply skill hands off to other workflows; confirm the handoff is
+      // spelled as a natural-language skill reference.
+      const applyBody = await fs.readFile(
+        path.join(skillsRoot, 'openspec-apply-change', 'SKILL.md'),
+        'utf-8',
+      );
+      expect(applyBody).toMatch(/the openspec-archive-change skill/);
+
+      const rovoLogCalls = (console.log as unknown as { mock: { calls: unknown[][] } }).mock.calls.flat().map(String);
+      expect(rovoLogCalls.some((entry) => entry.includes('Created: Rovo Dev CLI'))).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        rovoLogCalls.some(
+          (entry) => entry.includes('Commands skipped for: rovodev') && entry.includes('(no adapter)'),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(true);
+      // The getting-started hint must not advertise a dead slash command.
+      const hintLine = rovoLogCalls.find((entry) => entry.includes('Start your first change'));
+      expect(hintLine).toBeDefined();
+      expect(hintLine).not.toMatch(/\/openspec-/);
+      expect(hintLine).toContain('the openspec-propose skill');
+    });
+
     it('should support Hermes Agent as an adapterless skills-only tool with a setup note', async () => {
       saveGlobalConfig({
         featureFlags: {},
diff --git a/test/utils/command-references.test.ts b/test/utils/command-references.test.ts
index 27a937208e..d5886f2dfe 100644
--- a/test/utils/command-references.test.ts
+++ b/test/utils/command-references.test.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,17 @@ describe('getSkillReferenceTransformer', () => {
     expect(transformer('/opsx:propose')).toBe('$openspec-propose');
     expect(transformer('/opsx:unknown-command')).toBe('/opsx:unknown-command');
   });
+
+  it('uses natural-language references for Rovo Dev, which has no slash surface', () => {
+    const transformer = getSkillReferenceTransformer('rovodev');
+    expect(transformer('/opsx:propose')).toBe('the openspec-propose skill');
+    expect(transformer('Run `/opsx:apply` then /opsx:archive')).toBe(
+      'Run `the openspec-apply-change skill` then the openspec-archive-change skill'
+    );
+    // No `/openspec-*` or other slash-command form is ever emitted.
+    expect(transformer('/opsx:propose')).not.toMatch(/\/openspec-/);
+    expect(transformer('/opsx:unknown-command')).toBe('/opsx:unknown-command');
+  });
 });
 
 describe('getTransformerForTool', () => {