diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
index c97369cad50..f0db9a6f1ee 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ async function prepareCronRunContext(params: {
   }
   commandBody = appendCronDeliveryInstruction({ commandBody, deliveryRequested });
 
-  const skillsSnapshot = resolveCronSkillsSnapshot({
+  const skillsSnapshot = await resolveCronSkillsSnapshot({
     workspaceDir,
     config: cfgWithAgentDefaults,
     agentId,
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.runtime.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.runtime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f9439c103c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.runtime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export { canExecRequestNode } from "../../agents/exec-defaults.js";
+export {
+  buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshot,
+  getRemoteSkillEligibility,
+  getSkillsSnapshotVersion,
+} from "./run.runtime.js";
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.test.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.test.ts
index 3e0db14515a..234750ca51c 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.test.ts
@@ -2,20 +2,26 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 const {
   buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshotMock,
+  canExecRequestNodeMock,
   getRemoteSkillEligibilityMock,
   getSkillsSnapshotVersionMock,
   resolveAgentSkillsFilterMock,
 } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshotMock: vi.fn(),
+  canExecRequestNodeMock: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
   getRemoteSkillEligibilityMock: vi.fn(),
   getSkillsSnapshotVersionMock: vi.fn(),
   resolveAgentSkillsFilterMock: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
-vi.mock("./run.runtime.js", () => ({
+vi.mock("./skills-snapshot.runtime.js", () => ({
   buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshot: buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshotMock,
+  canExecRequestNode: canExecRequestNodeMock,
   getRemoteSkillEligibility: getRemoteSkillEligibilityMock,
   getSkillsSnapshotVersion: getSkillsSnapshotVersionMock,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./run.runtime.js", () => ({
   resolveAgentSkillsFilter: resolveAgentSkillsFilterMock,
 }));
 
@@ -34,10 +40,10 @@ describe("resolveCronSkillsSnapshot", () => {
     buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshotMock.mockReturnValue({ prompt: "fresh", skills: [] });
   });
 
-  it("refreshes when the cached skill filter changes", () => {
+  it("refreshes when the cached skill filter changes", async () => {
     resolveAgentSkillsFilterMock.mockReturnValue(["docs-search", "github"]);
 
-    const result = resolveCronSkillsSnapshot({
+    const result = await resolveCronSkillsSnapshot({
       workspaceDir: "/tmp/workspace",
       config: {} as never,
       agentId: "writer",
@@ -58,10 +64,10 @@ describe("resolveCronSkillsSnapshot", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ prompt: "fresh", skills: [] });
   });
 
-  it("refreshes when the process version resets to 0 but the cached snapshot is stale", () => {
+  it("refreshes when the process version resets to 0 but the cached snapshot is stale", async () => {
     getSkillsSnapshotVersionMock.mockReturnValue(0);
 
-    resolveCronSkillsSnapshot({
+    await resolveCronSkillsSnapshot({
       workspaceDir: "/tmp/workspace",
       config: {} as never,
       agentId: "writer",
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.ts
index c66825c9204..9bd6d2ced13 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/skills-snapshot.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
-import { canExecRequestNode } from "../../agents/exec-defaults.js";
 import type { SkillSnapshot } from "../../agents/skills.js";
 import { matchesSkillFilter } from "../../agents/skills/filter.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
-import {
-  buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshot,
-  getRemoteSkillEligibility,
-  getSkillsSnapshotVersion,
-  resolveAgentSkillsFilter,
-} from "./run.runtime.js";
+import { resolveAgentSkillsFilter } from "./run.runtime.js";
 
-export function resolveCronSkillsSnapshot(params: {
+let skillsSnapshotRuntimePromise:
+  | Promise<typeof import("./skills-snapshot.runtime.js")>
+  | undefined;
+
+async function loadSkillsSnapshotRuntime() {
+  skillsSnapshotRuntimePromise ??= import("./skills-snapshot.runtime.js");
+  return await skillsSnapshotRuntimePromise;
+}
+
+export async function resolveCronSkillsSnapshot(params: {
   workspaceDir: string;
   config: OpenClawConfig;
   agentId: string;
   existingSnapshot?: SkillSnapshot;
   isFastTestEnv: boolean;
-}): SkillSnapshot {
+}): Promise<SkillSnapshot> {
   if (params.isFastTestEnv) {
     // Fast unit-test mode skips filesystem scans and snapshot refresh writes.
     return params.existingSnapshot ?? { prompt: "", skills: [] };
   }
 
-  const snapshotVersion = getSkillsSnapshotVersion(params.workspaceDir);
+  const runtime = await loadSkillsSnapshotRuntime();
+  const snapshotVersion = runtime.getSkillsSnapshotVersion(params.workspaceDir);
   const skillFilter = resolveAgentSkillsFilter(params.config, params.agentId);
   const existingSnapshot = params.existingSnapshot;
   const shouldRefresh =
@@ -32,13 +36,13 @@ export function resolveCronSkillsSnapshot(params: {
     return existingSnapshot;
   }
 
-  return buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshot(params.workspaceDir, {
+  return runtime.buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshot(params.workspaceDir, {
     config: params.config,
     agentId: params.agentId,
     skillFilter,
     eligibility: {
-      remote: getRemoteSkillEligibility({
-        advertiseExecNode: canExecRequestNode({
+      remote: runtime.getRemoteSkillEligibility({
+        advertiseExecNode: runtime.canExecRequestNode({
           cfg: params.config,
           agentId: params.agentId,
         }),