diff --git a/plugin/skills/smart-explore/SKILL.md b/plugin/skills/smart-explore/SKILL.md
index 0f3777e6..19799d86 100644
--- a/plugin/skills/smart-explore/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugin/skills/smart-explore/SKILL.md
@@ -143,3 +143,24 @@ Use smart_* tools for code exploration, Read for non-code files. Mix freely.
 | Explore agent | ~39,000-59,000 | Cross-file synthesis with narrative |
 
 **4-8x savings** on file understanding (outline + unfold vs Read). **11-18x savings** on codebase exploration vs Explore agent. The narrower the query, the wider the gap — a 27-line function costs 55x less to read via unfold than via an Explore agent, because the agent still reads the entire file.
+
+## Language Support
+
+Smart-explore uses **tree-sitter AST parsing** for structural analysis. Unsupported file types fall back to text-based search.
+
+### Bundled Languages
+
+| Language | Extensions |
+|----------|-----------|
+| JavaScript | `.js`, `.mjs`, `.cjs` |
+| TypeScript | `.ts` |
+| TSX / JSX | `.tsx`, `.jsx` |
+| Python | `.py`, `.pyw` |
+| Go | `.go` |
+| Rust | `.rs` |
+| Ruby | `.rb` |
+| Java | `.java` |
+| C | `.c`, `.h` |
+| C++ | `.cpp`, `.cc`, `.cxx`, `.hpp`, `.hh` |
+
+Files with unrecognized extensions are parsed as plain text — `smart_search` still works (grep-style), but `smart_outline` and `smart_unfold` will not extract structured symbols.
diff --git a/tests/utils/skill-docs-placement.test.ts b/tests/utils/skill-docs-placement.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3b46d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/skill-docs-placement.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Regression test for misplaced smart-explore language docs (#1651)
+ *
+ * The smart-explore language support section was missing from smart-explore/SKILL.md
+ * and had previously been in mem-search/SKILL.md (where it doesn't belong).
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'bun:test';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+const SKILLS_DIR = join(import.meta.dir, '../../plugin/skills');
+
+describe('skill docs placement (#1651)', () => {
+  it('smart-explore/SKILL.md contains Language Support section', () => {
+    const path = join(SKILLS_DIR, 'smart-explore/SKILL.md');
+    expect(existsSync(path)).toBe(true);
+    const content = readFileSync(path, 'utf-8');
+
+    expect(content).toContain('Language Support');
+    expect(content).toContain('tree-sitter');
+  });
+
+  it('smart-explore/SKILL.md lists bundled languages', () => {
+    const content = readFileSync(join(SKILLS_DIR, 'smart-explore/SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
+
+    // Core languages must be documented
+    expect(content).toContain('JavaScript');
+    expect(content).toContain('TypeScript');
+    expect(content).toContain('Python');
+    expect(content).toContain('Go');
+    expect(content).toContain('Rust');
+  });
+
+  it('mem-search/SKILL.md does NOT contain tree-sitter or language grammar docs', () => {
+    const path = join(SKILLS_DIR, 'mem-search/SKILL.md');
+    expect(existsSync(path)).toBe(true);
+    const content = readFileSync(path, 'utf-8');
+
+    // Language support docs belong in smart-explore, not mem-search
+    expect(content).not.toContain('tree-sitter');
+    expect(content).not.toContain('Bundled Languages');
+  });
+});