diff --git a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/loader/environment.rs b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/loader/environment.rs
index 5dc29ebfb263..93ab14e9aa58 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/loader/environment.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/loader/environment.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use codex_utils_path_uri::PathUri;
 use codex_utils_plugins::DISCOVERABLE_PLUGIN_MANIFEST_PATHS;
 use codex_utils_plugins::plugin_namespace_for_root_uri;
 use codex_utils_plugins::plugin_namespace_for_skill_uri;
+use futures::StreamExt;
 use futures::future::join_all;
 
 use crate::model::SkillDependencies;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ use super::sanitize_single_line;
 use super::validate_len;
 
 const MAX_SKILLS_ENTRIES_PER_ROOT: usize = 20_000;
+const MAX_CONCURRENT_SKILL_LOADS: usize = 64;
 
 /// URI-native metadata for one skill owned by an execution environment.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -220,24 +222,32 @@ pub async fn load_environment_skills_from_root(
         .filter_map(|(plugin_root, namespace)| namespace.map(|namespace| (plugin_root, namespace)))
         .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>();
 
-    for path in discovery.skill_files {
-        let mut ancestor = path.parent();
-        let plugin_namespace = loop {
-            let Some(current) = ancestor else {
-                break None;
+    // Remote executors can multiplex these independent per-skill reads, so polling a bounded
+    // number together allows the I/O for each skill and its metadata to happen concurrently.
+    let skill_results = futures::stream::iter(discovery.skill_files)
+        .map(|path| {
+            let mut ancestor = path.parent();
+            let plugin_namespace = loop {
+                let Some(current) = ancestor else {
+                    break None;
+                };
+                if let Some(namespace) = plugin_namespaces.get(&current) {
+                    break Some(namespace.as_str());
+                }
+                ancestor = current.parent();
             };
-            if let Some(namespace) = plugin_namespaces.get(&current) {
-                break Some(namespace.as_str());
+            async move {
+                let result =
+                    EnvironmentSkillMetadata::parse(file_system, &path, plugin_namespace).await;
+                (path, result)
             }
-            ancestor = current.parent();
-        };
-        match EnvironmentSkillMetadata::parse(
-            file_system,
-            &path,
-            /*plugin_namespace*/ plugin_namespace,
-        )
-        .await
-        {
+        })
+        .buffered(MAX_CONCURRENT_SKILL_LOADS)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await;
+
+    for (path, result) in skill_results {
+        match result {
             Ok(skill) if skill.matches_product_restriction(restriction_product) => {
                 outcome.skills.push(skill);
             }