diff --git a/hermes_cli/web_routers/skills.py b/hermes_cli/web_routers/skills.py
index e66fd9b6bb..f77ef46382 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/web_routers/skills.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/web_routers/skills.py
@@ -416,13 +416,14 @@ async def get_skill_content(name: str, profile: Optional[str] = None):
 
 
 @router.post("/api/skills")
-async def create_skill(body: SkillCreate):
+async def create_skill(body: SkillCreate, profile: Optional[str] = None):
     """Create a skill via the agent's ``skill_manage`` write path, minus the
-    write-approval gate — an authenticated dashboard write IS the user."""
+    write-approval gate — an authenticated dashboard write IS the user.
+    Profile from the body or ``?profile=``, like the rest of ``/api/skills``."""
     from tools.skill_manager_tool import _create_skill
 
     result = await scoped_to_thread(
-        body.profile, lambda: _create_skill(body.name, body.content, body.category or None))
+        body.profile or profile, lambda: _create_skill(body.name, body.content, body.category or None))
     if not result.get("success"):
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=result.get("error", "Failed to create skill."))
     _clear_skills_prompt_cache()
@@ -430,11 +431,11 @@ async def create_skill(body: SkillCreate):
 
 
 @router.put("/api/skills/content")
-async def update_skill_content(body: SkillContentUpdate):
+async def update_skill_content(body: SkillContentUpdate, profile: Optional[str] = None):
     """Replace the SKILL.md of an existing skill (full rewrite) from the editor."""
     from tools.skill_manager_tool import _edit_skill
 
-    result = await scoped_to_thread(body.profile, lambda: _edit_skill(body.name, body.content))
+    result = await scoped_to_thread(body.profile or profile, lambda: _edit_skill(body.name, body.content))
     if not result.get("success"):
         err = result.get("error", "Failed to update skill.")
         status = 404 if "not found" in str(err).lower() else 400
diff --git a/hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py b/hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py
index a6d037ea5c..3f3039461f 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py
@@ -703,19 +703,22 @@ async def get_learning_node(id: str, profile: Optional[str] = None):
 
 
 @router.delete("/api/learning/node")
-async def delete_learning_node(body: LearningNodeRef):
-    """Delete a journey node — skills are archived (restorable), memories removed."""
+async def delete_learning_node(body: LearningNodeRef, profile: Optional[str] = None):
+    """Delete a journey node — skills are archived (restorable), memories removed.
+
+    ``?profile=`` is honoured too: a shared-backend Desktop scopes this call by query only, and
+    ignoring it archived the same-named skill of the launch profile instead."""
     from agent.learning_mutations import delete_node
     return await _learning_mutation(
-        body.profile, lambda: delete_node(body.id), 400, "delete failed")
+        body.profile or profile, lambda: delete_node(body.id), 400, "delete failed")
 
 
 @router.put("/api/learning/node")
-async def update_learning_node(body: LearningNodeEdit):
-    """Rewrite a journey node's content (SKILL.md or memory chunk)."""
+async def update_learning_node(body: LearningNodeEdit, profile: Optional[str] = None):
+    """Rewrite a journey node's content (SKILL.md or memory chunk); profile as for DELETE."""
     from agent.learning_mutations import edit_node
     return await _learning_mutation(
-        body.profile, lambda: edit_node(body.id, body.content), 400, "edit failed")
+        body.profile or profile, lambda: edit_node(body.id, body.content), 400, "edit failed")
 
 
 # Portal — Nous Portal auth + Tool Gateway routing status (read-only).
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_skills_profiles.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_skills_profiles.py
index db394e8433..7084b4216c 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_skills_profiles.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_skills_profiles.py
@@ -92,6 +92,37 @@ class TestProfileScopedSkills:
         client.get("/api/skills", params={"profile": "worker_alpha"})
         assert skills_tool.SKILLS_DIR == before
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("method,path,body", [
+        ("PUT", "/api/learning/node", {"id": "shared-skill", "content": "EDITED"}),
+        ("DELETE", "/api/learning/node", {"id": "shared-skill"}),
+        ("PUT", "/api/skills/content", {"name": "shared-skill", "content": "EDITED"}),
+        ("POST", "/api/skills", {"name": "shared-skill-2", "content": "EDITED"}),
+    ])
+    def test_query_profile_scopes_skill_writes(self, client, isolated_profiles, method, path, body):
+        """A shared-backend Desktop names the profile in the query only; the write must land in
+        that profile and leave the same-named skill of the dashboard's own profile alone."""
+        skill_md = (
+            "---\nname: {name}\ndescription: edited\n---\n\n# EDITED\n").format(
+                name=body.get("name", body.get("id")))
+        if "content" in body:
+            body = {**body, "content": skill_md}
+        for home in isolated_profiles.values():
+            _write_skill(home / "skills", "shared-skill")
+        default_md = isolated_profiles["default"] / "skills" / "shared-skill" / "SKILL.md"
+        before = default_md.read_text()
+
+        resp = client.request(method, path, params={"profile": "worker_alpha"}, json=body)
+
+        assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+        worker_skills = isolated_profiles["worker_alpha"] / "skills"
+        if method == "DELETE":
+            assert not (worker_skills / "shared-skill").exists()
+        else:
+            target = body.get("name", body.get("id"))
+            assert "# EDITED" in (worker_skills / target / "SKILL.md").read_text()
+        assert default_md.read_text() == before
+        assert not (isolated_profiles["default"] / "skills" / "shared-skill-2").exists()
+
 
 class TestProfileScopedHubActions:
     def test_hub_install_spawns_with_profile_flag(
diff --git a/website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md b/website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md
index fe693cf400..a7cd53a100 100644
--- a/website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md
+++ b/website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ The management endpoint families — `/api/config`, `/api/env`, `/api/skills`,
 `/api/tools/toolsets`, `/api/mcp`,
 `/api/model/{info,options,auxiliary,set,recommended-default}`,
 `/api/cron/{delivery-targets,blueprints}`, `/api/audio/voice-config`,
-`/api/ops/debug-share`, `/api/learning/graph`, and `/api/dashboard/plugins/hub` —
+`/api/ops/debug-share`, `/api/learning/{graph,node}`, and `/api/dashboard/plugins/hub` —
 accept an optional `?profile=<name>` query parameter (or `"profile"` in the
 JSON body for writes) that scopes the read/write to that profile's
 `HERMES_HOME`. Omitted = the dashboard's own profile. Unknown profile names