diff --git a/packages/skills/src/asset-history.ts b/packages/skills/src/asset-history.ts
index 4c41367ab..47f38021b 100644
--- a/packages/skills/src/asset-history.ts
+++ b/packages/skills/src/asset-history.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 // resolves for a given `{ kind, id }`. Both `@corbits/skills`' skill assets
 // and `@corbits/agent-directory`'s workflow-kind definition assets read
 // their history through this one walk.
+//
+// Consumer history omits the hub's genesis commit — every `createAsset` →
+// `initRepo` path writes an "Initialize repository" scaffolding commit
+// authored as interchange-hub. That is substrate, not a person-saved
+// version, so it never surfaces in the version list a saver reads back.
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import git from "isomorphic-git";
 
@@ -10,6 +15,13 @@ import type { RepoId, RepoStore } from "@intx/hub-sessions";
 
 import type { SkillCommit } from "./asset-store";
 
+/** The hub genesis commit message — substrate scaffolding, not a save. */
+export const ASSET_GENESIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE = "Initialize repository";
+
+export function isAssetGenesisCommit(message: string): boolean {
+  return message.trim() === ASSET_GENESIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE;
+}
+
 export async function readAssetCommitHistory(input: {
   readonly repoStore: RepoStore;
   readonly kind: RepoId["kind"];
@@ -28,9 +40,11 @@ export async function readAssetCommitHistory(input: {
   }
   const commits: SkillCommit[] = [];
   for (const entry of entries) {
+    const message = entry.commit.message.trim();
+    if (isAssetGenesisCommit(message)) continue;
     commits.push({
       commitSha: entry.oid,
-      message: entry.commit.message.trim(),
+      message,
       author: entry.commit.author.name,
       committedAtIso: new Date(
         entry.commit.author.timestamp * 1000,
diff --git a/packages/skills/src/hub-asset-store.ts b/packages/skills/src/hub-asset-store.ts
index 83388cbcf..e410de9ba 100644
--- a/packages/skills/src/hub-asset-store.ts
+++ b/packages/skills/src/hub-asset-store.ts
@@ -158,12 +158,23 @@ export function createHubSkillAssetStore(
     },
 
     async history(assetId) {
-      return readAssetCommitHistory({
+      // RepoStore always commits as `interchange-hub` (fixed git identity).
+      // Only the skill's author may save, so attribute every consumer-visible
+      // version to that principal — never the machine account.
+      const commits = await readAssetCommitHistory({
         repoStore,
         kind: SKILL_ASSET_KIND,
         assetId,
         ref: DEFAULT_ASSET_REF,
       });
+      const row = await db.query.asset.findFirst({
+        where: eq(assetTable.id, assetId),
+      });
+      const author = row?.creatorPrincipalId;
+      if (author === undefined || author === null || author === "") {
+        return commits;
+      }
+      return commits.map((commit) => ({ ...commit, author }));
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/skills/src/index.ts b/packages/skills/src/index.ts
index d82c5d322..fcbe70fd6 100644
--- a/packages/skills/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/skills/src/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export {
   type SkillCaller,
 } from "./access";
 export { createDrizzleSkillAccessStore } from "./access-store";
-export { readAssetCommitHistory } from "./asset-history";
+export { readAssetCommitHistory, isAssetGenesisCommit } from "./asset-history";
 export {
   skillMdPath,
   type SkillAssetRow,
diff --git a/packages/skills/test/asset-history.test.ts b/packages/skills/test/asset-history.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..529601956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/skills/test/asset-history.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Consumer history must hide the hub's genesis commit — a person who just
+// created a skill should see their "Create …" version, never the substrate's
+// "Initialize repository" scaffolding authored as interchange-hub.
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import git from "isomorphic-git";
+
+import { readAssetCommitHistory } from "../src/asset-history";
+import type { RepoId, RepoStore } from "@intx/hub-sessions";
+
+const dirs: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const dir of dirs.splice(0)) {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+function tempDir(): string {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "skill-history-"));
+  dirs.push(dir);
+  return dir;
+}
+
+function repoStoreFor(dir: string): RepoStore {
+  return {
+    getRepoDir: async (_id: RepoId) => dir,
+  } as unknown as RepoStore;
+}
+
+describe("readAssetCommitHistory", () => {
+  test("hides the Initialize repository genesis from consumer history", async () => {
+    const dir = tempDir();
+    await git.init({ fs, dir, defaultBranch: "main" });
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(dir, ".gitignore"), "keys/\n");
+    await git.add({ fs, dir, filepath: ".gitignore" });
+    await git.commit({
+      fs,
+      dir,
+      message: "Initialize repository",
+      author: {
+        name: "interchange-hub",
+        email: "hub@interchange.local",
+      },
+    });
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(path.join(dir, "triage"), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(
+      path.join(dir, "triage", "SKILL.md"),
+      "---\nname: triage\ndescription: Sort issues.\n---\n\nBody.\n",
+    );
+    await git.add({ fs, dir, filepath: "triage/SKILL.md" });
+    await git.commit({
+      fs,
+      dir,
+      message: "Create triage",
+      author: {
+        name: "interchange-hub",
+        email: "hub@interchange.local",
+      },
+    });
+
+    const history = await readAssetCommitHistory({
+      repoStore: repoStoreFor(dir),
+      kind: "skill",
+      assetId: "asset_1",
+      ref: "main",
+    });
+
+    expect(history.map((entry) => entry.message)).toEqual(["Create triage"]);
+    expect(
+      history.some((entry) => entry.message === "Initialize repository"),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/skills/test/fakes.ts b/packages/skills/test/fakes.ts
index a1ab0c542..5d784e621 100644
Binary files a/packages/skills/test/fakes.ts and b/packages/skills/test/fakes.ts differ
diff --git a/packages/skills/test/registry.test.ts b/packages/skills/test/registry.test.ts
index 63b65bd9d..1c66a8cb1 100644
--- a/packages/skills/test/registry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/skills/test/registry.test.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,17 @@ describe("versions", () => {
     expect(versions[0]?.message).toBe("Create triage");
   });
 
+  test("after create, consumer history is one real version authored by the saver", async () => {
+    await publish("tenant");
+    const versions = await registry.versions(AUTHOR, "triage");
+    expect(versions).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(versions[0]?.message).toBe("Create triage");
+    expect(versions[0]?.author).toBe(AUTHOR.principalId);
+    expect(
+      versions.some((version) => version.message === "Initialize repository"),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test("restore re-commits an older version and marks it current", async () => {
     await publish("tenant");
     const first = (await registry.versions(AUTHOR, "triage"))[0];