diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4350e04..ac43aaa 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 ## 7.0.0b5 (unreleased)
 
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Fix `plonecli skill install --force` (and other flags) being rejected when
+  passed after the action argument, caused by the chained top-level group.
+  [MrTango]
+
+- Default `plonecli skill install|update` to `--scope user` so the skill lands
+  in `~/.agents/skills` / `~/.claude/skills` instead of the current directory.
+  Use `--scope project` for a project-local install.
+  [MrTango]
 
 
 ## 7.0.0b4 (2026-05-21)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1c77ccc..e1f9a0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ This pulls the latest copier-templates and checks PyPI for plonecli updates.
 plonecli ships an [Agent Skill](https://www.anthropic.com/news/skills) that teaches AI coding agents how to use it. Because the skill follows the Agent Skills open standard, the same `SKILL.md` is loaded by Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and other compatible agents.
 
 ```shell
-# install into the current project (.agents/skills + .claude/skills)
+# install globally for your user (~/.agents/skills + ~/.claude/skills)
 plonecli skill install
 
-# install globally for your user (~/.agents/skills + ~/.claude/skills)
-plonecli skill install --scope user
+# install into the current project (.agents/skills + .claude/skills)
+plonecli skill install --scope project
 
 # refresh after upgrading plonecli
 plonecli skill update
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ plonecli skill update
 plonecli skill status
 ```
 
-The skill is written to `.agents/skills/plonecli` (the open-standard discovery path) and linked from `.claude/skills/plonecli` for Claude Code. Pass `--copy` if your environment cannot create symlinks, and `--force` to overwrite an existing install.
+The skill is written to `~/.agents/skills/plonecli` (the open-standard discovery path) and linked from `~/.claude/skills/plonecli` for Claude Code. Use `--scope project` to install into the current project instead. Pass `--copy` if your environment cannot create symlinks, and `--force` to overwrite an existing install.
 
 
 ### Reconfiguring an Existing Project
diff --git a/plonecli/cli.py b/plonecli/cli.py
index 2437422..230a745 100644
--- a/plonecli/cli.py
+++ b/plonecli/cli.py
@@ -315,13 +315,29 @@ def update(context):
     echo(f"\nTemplates: {get_templates_info(config)}", fg="green")
 
 
-@cli.command("skill")
+class InterspersedCommand(click.Command):
+    """A command that accepts options after its positional arguments.
+
+    The top-level ``cli`` group is chained, which makes Click disable
+    interspersed args for every subcommand, so ``plonecli skill install
+    --force`` leaks ``--force`` back to the parent parser. Re-enabling it on
+    this command's own parser keeps chaining intact while letting flags follow
+    the action argument.
+    """
+
+    def make_parser(self, ctx):
+        parser = super().make_parser(ctx)
+        parser.allow_interspersed_args = True
+        return parser
+
+
+@cli.command("skill", cls=InterspersedCommand)
 @click.argument("action", type=click.Choice(["install", "update", "status"]))
 @click.option(
     "--scope",
     type=click.Choice(["project", "user"]),
-    default="project",
-    help="Install for this project (default) or globally for the current user.",
+    default="user",
+    help="Install globally for the current user (default) or into this project.",
 )
 @click.option(
     "--copy",
@@ -335,9 +351,9 @@ def skill(context, action, scope, copy_only, force):
     """Install/update the plonecli Agent Skill for AI coding agents.
 
     Drops the bundled SKILL.md (Agent Skills open standard) into
-    `.agents/skills/plonecli` and links it from `.claude/skills/plonecli`, so
-    Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and other compatible agents pick it
-    up. Use --scope user to install into your home directory instead.
+    `~/.agents/skills/plonecli` and links it from `~/.claude/skills/plonecli`,
+    so Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and other compatible agents pick
+    it up. Use --scope project to install into the current project instead.
     """
     from plonecli import skill_installer
 
diff --git a/tests/test_skill.py b/tests/test_skill.py
index edad34a..c836db8 100644
--- a/tests/test_skill.py
+++ b/tests/test_skill.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def test_copy_only_makes_claude_a_copy(tmp_path):
 def test_cli_skill_install(mock_config, mock_project, runner, tmp_path):
     mock_config.return_value = MagicMock(templates_dir="/tmp/nonexistent")
     with runner.isolated_filesystem(temp_dir=tmp_path) as fs:
-        result = runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install"])
+        result = runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install", "--scope", "project"])
         assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
         assert "Installed plonecli skill" in result.output
         from pathlib import Path
@@ -79,12 +79,47 @@ def test_cli_skill_install(mock_config, mock_project, runner, tmp_path):
         assert (Path(fs) / ".agents" / "skills" / "plonecli" / "SKILL.md").is_file()
 
 
+@patch("plonecli.cli.find_project_root", return_value=None)
+@patch("plonecli.cli.load_config")
+def test_cli_skill_install_defaults_to_user_scope(
+    mock_config, mock_project, runner, tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """No --scope must install into the user home, not the current directory."""
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    mock_config.return_value = MagicMock(templates_dir="/tmp/nonexistent")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", classmethod(lambda cls: tmp_path))
+    with runner.isolated_filesystem(temp_dir=tmp_path) as fs:
+        result = runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install"])
+        assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+        assert (tmp_path / ".agents" / "skills" / "plonecli" / "SKILL.md").is_file()
+        assert not (Path(fs) / ".agents").exists()
+
+
+@patch("plonecli.cli.find_project_root", return_value=None)
+@patch("plonecli.cli.load_config")
+def test_cli_skill_install_force_after_action(
+    mock_config, mock_project, runner, tmp_path
+):
+    """`--force` must work after the action despite the chained parent group."""
+    mock_config.return_value = MagicMock(templates_dir="/tmp/nonexistent")
+    with runner.isolated_filesystem(temp_dir=tmp_path):
+        assert (
+            runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install", "--scope", "project"]).exit_code
+            == 0
+        )
+        result = runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install", "--scope", "project", "--force"])
+        assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+        assert "Installed plonecli skill" in result.output
+
+
 @patch("plonecli.cli.find_project_root", return_value=None)
 @patch("plonecli.cli.load_config")
 def test_cli_skill_install_twice_errors(mock_config, mock_project, runner, tmp_path):
     mock_config.return_value = MagicMock(templates_dir="/tmp/nonexistent")
     with runner.isolated_filesystem(temp_dir=tmp_path):
-        assert runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install"]).exit_code == 0
-        result = runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install"])
+        first = runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install", "--scope", "project"])
+        assert first.exit_code == 0
+        result = runner.invoke(cli, ["skill", "install", "--scope", "project"])
         assert result.exit_code != 0
         assert "already installed" in result.output