diff --git a/skills/scripts/bootstrap-reverse.sh b/skills/scripts/bootstrap-reverse.sh
index 9ec06e4..fae4b01 100644
--- a/skills/scripts/bootstrap-reverse.sh
+++ b/skills/scripts/bootstrap-reverse.sh
@@ -679,7 +679,14 @@ ensure_anything_analyzer() {
   if $START_SERVICES; then
     (cd "$dir" && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile) || return 1
     install_git_commit "$repo" "$commit" "$dir" || return 1
-    (cd "$dir" && nohup pnpm dev >/tmp/anything-analyzer.log 2>&1 &)
+    (
+      cd "$dir" || exit 1
+      if has_cmd nohup; then
+        nohup pnpm dev >/tmp/anything-analyzer.log 2>&1 &
+      else
+        pnpm dev >/tmp/anything-analyzer.log 2>&1 &
+      fi
+    )
     if wait_for_port 23816 120; then
       if test_mcp_http 23816; then
         log_ok "anything-analyzer MCP server ready on port 23816 (HTTP verified)"
diff --git a/skills/scripts/test-bootstrap-manifest.sh b/skills/scripts/test-bootstrap-manifest.sh
index de98039..7234141 100644
--- a/skills/scripts/test-bootstrap-manifest.sh
+++ b/skills/scripts/test-bootstrap-manifest.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cat > "$STUB_BIN/command-stub" <<'STUB'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 name="$(basename "$0")"
 { printf '%s' "$name"; for arg in "$@"; do printf '|%s' "$arg"; done; printf '\n'; } >> "$CALL_LOG"
-if [[ "$name" == sudo ]]; then
+if [[ "$name" == sudo || "$name" == nohup ]]; then
   next="${1:-}"; shift || true
   exec "$(dirname "$0")/$next" "$@"
 fi
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ esac
 [[ "${STUB_FAIL_COMMAND:-}" != "$name" ]]
 STUB
 chmod +x "$STUB_BIN/command-stub"
-for name in git node npm npx pipx pnpm sleep nc apt-get sudo; do ln -s command-stub "$STUB_BIN/$name"; done
+for name in git node npm npx pipx pnpm sleep nc apt-get sudo nohup; do ln -s command-stub "$STUB_BIN/$name"; done
 ln -s command-stub "$STUB_BIN/brew"
 
 cat > "$STUB_BIN/python3" <<STUB
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ anything_pin=$(json_value anything-analyzer pinnedCommit)
 NO_PYTHON_BIN="$SCRATCH/no-python-bin"
 PARSER_FIXTURE="$SCRATCH/parser-bootstrap"
 mkdir -p "$NO_PYTHON_BIN"
-for name in git node npm npx pipx pnpm sleep nc brew apt-get sudo; do ln -s "$STUB_BIN/command-stub" "$NO_PYTHON_BIN/$name"; done
+for name in git node npm npx pipx pnpm sleep nc brew apt-get sudo nohup; do ln -s "$STUB_BIN/command-stub" "$NO_PYTHON_BIN/$name"; done
 for tool in bash uname dirname mktemp rm head tr basename mkdir cat ln; do ln -s "$(command -v "$tool")" "$NO_PYTHON_BIN/$tool"; done
 mkdir -p "$PARSER_FIXTURE"
 cp "$BOOTSTRAP" "$PARSER_FIXTURE/bootstrap-reverse.sh"