diff --git a/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/storage/connection.ts b/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/storage/connection.ts
index 704434e39..a633b0b33 100644
--- a/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/storage/connection.ts
+++ b/apps/memos-local-plugin/core/storage/connection.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ export function openDb(opts: OpenDbOptions): StorageDb {
     raw.pragma(`busy_timeout = ${busyTimeoutMs}`);
     // Better concurrency: stop readers from blocking writers briefly.
     raw.pragma("wal_autocheckpoint = 1000");
+    // FTS-sync correctness (issue #2363): the row-DELETE that SQLite runs
+    // internally as part of `INSERT OR REPLACE` (used by skills / traces /
+    // policies / world_model repos) only fires AFTER DELETE triggers when
+    // `recursive_triggers` is ON. Without this, every upsert-on-conflict
+    // leaves an orphan row in the paired `*_fts` table because the AFTER
+    // DELETE cleanup trigger is skipped while the AFTER INSERT trigger still
+    // runs. SQLite's default is host-dependent (SQLCipher and several ORMs
+    // set it to 0), so we make it explicit here.
+    raw.pragma("recursive_triggers = ON");
   } else {
     raw.pragma(`busy_timeout = ${busyTimeoutMs}`);
     raw.pragma("foreign_keys = ON");
diff --git a/apps/memos-local-plugin/tests/unit/storage/skills-fts-upsert.test.ts b/apps/memos-local-plugin/tests/unit/storage/skills-fts-upsert.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94d38c426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/memos-local-plugin/tests/unit/storage/skills-fts-upsert.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/**
+ * Regression guard for issue #2363:
+ *
+ * `skills.upsert` compiles to `INSERT OR REPLACE INTO skills`. SQLite implements
+ * REPLACE by internally deleting the conflicting row and then inserting the new
+ * one. Per SQLite's docs, the row-delete happens WITHOUT firing DELETE triggers
+ * unless `PRAGMA recursive_triggers` is ON. Because SQLite defaults that pragma
+ * to OFF (and better-sqlite3 does not override it), the AFTER DELETE trigger
+ * `skills_fts_ad` never fires on upsert-on-conflict, leaving the old FTS row
+ * behind while the AFTER INSERT trigger appends a fresh one. `skills_fts` then
+ * accumulates orphan rows relative to `skills`, and `searchByText` starts to
+ * rank/paginate over duplicate/stale hits.
+ *
+ * These tests exercise the DB layer directly (no core.skill pipeline needed) so
+ * the failing case is obvious.
+ */
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { makeTmpDb, type TmpDbHandle } from "../../helpers/tmp-db.js";
+
+function vec(arr: number[]): Float32Array {
+  return new Float32Array(arr);
+}
+
+function baseSkill(handle: TmpDbHandle, opts: {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  invocationGuide: string;
+}) {
+  handle.repos.skills.upsert({
+    id: opts.id as never,
+    name: opts.name,
+    status: "active",
+    invocationGuide: opts.invocationGuide,
+    procedureJson: null,
+    eta: 0.5,
+    support: 1,
+    gain: 0.2,
+    trialsAttempted: 0,
+    trialsPassed: 0,
+    sourcePolicyIds: [],
+    sourceWorldModelIds: [],
+    evidenceAnchors: [],
+    vec: vec([1, 0, 0]),
+    createdAt: 0 as never,
+    updatedAt: 0 as never,
+    version: 1,
+  });
+}
+
+function countFts(handle: TmpDbHandle, table: string, idCol: string, id: string): number {
+  return (
+    handle.db
+      .prepare<{ id: string }, { n: number }>(
+        `SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM ${table} WHERE ${idCol} = @id`,
+      )
+      .get({ id })?.n ?? 0
+  );
+}
+
+describe("storage/skills — upsert keeps skills_fts consistent (regression #2363)", () => {
+  it("upserting an existing skill does not leave an orphan skills_fts row", () => {
+    const handle = makeTmpDb();
+    try {
+      const id = "sk_upsert_2363";
+      baseSkill(handle, {
+        id,
+        name: "original name",
+        invocationGuide: "originalguideneedle",
+      });
+
+      // Sanity: the AFTER INSERT trigger populated the FTS side.
+      expect(countFts(handle, "skills_fts", "skill_id", id)).toBe(1);
+
+      // Upsert same id with new indexed content. Under recursive_triggers=OFF,
+      // the internal REPLACE delete skips the AFTER DELETE trigger, so the old
+      // FTS row is left behind AND the AFTER INSERT trigger appends a new one.
+      baseSkill(handle, {
+        id,
+        name: "revised name",
+        invocationGuide: "revisedguideneedle",
+      });
+
+      // Base row is still a single row (REPLACE semantics on `skills`).
+      const skillRows = handle.db
+        .prepare<{ id: string }, { n: number }>(
+          `SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM skills WHERE id = @id`,
+        )
+        .get({ id })?.n;
+      expect(skillRows).toBe(1);
+
+      // FTS side must mirror the base row: exactly one entry for this skill.
+      expect(countFts(handle, "skills_fts", "skill_id", id)).toBe(1);
+
+      // Global invariant: skills_fts row count matches skills row count.
+      const total = handle.db
+        .prepare<unknown, { skills: number; fts: number }>(
+          `SELECT (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM skills) AS skills,
+                  (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM skills_fts) AS fts`,
+        )
+        .get();
+      expect(total?.fts).toBe(total?.skills);
+    } finally {
+      handle.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("stale invocation-guide text no longer matches after upsert", () => {
+    const handle = makeTmpDb();
+    try {
+      const id = "sk_stale_2363";
+      baseSkill(handle, {
+        id,
+        name: "docker syslib install fix",
+        invocationGuide: "obsoletetokenalpha kubernetes pod restart",
+      });
+
+      // Pre-upsert: the old token should hit.
+      const preHits = handle.repos.skills.searchByText('"obsoletetokenalpha"', 10);
+      expect(preHits.map((h) => h.id)).toContain(id);
+
+      baseSkill(handle, {
+        id,
+        name: "docker syslib install fix",
+        invocationGuide: "freshtokenbeta kubernetes pod restart",
+      });
+
+      // Post-upsert: the old token must NOT hit any longer — otherwise the
+      // repos.searchByText ranker will surface stale content.
+      const staleHits = handle.repos.skills.searchByText('"obsoletetokenalpha"', 10);
+      expect(staleHits.map((h) => h.id)).not.toContain(id);
+
+      const freshHits = handle.repos.skills.searchByText('"freshtokenbeta"', 10);
+      expect(freshHits.map((h) => h.id)).toContain(id);
+    } finally {
+      handle.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("connection sets recursive_triggers ON so REPLACE-driven deletes fire triggers", () => {
+    const handle = makeTmpDb();
+    try {
+      const rt = (handle.db.raw.pragma("recursive_triggers") as Array<{
+        recursive_triggers: number;
+      }>)[0]?.recursive_triggers;
+      expect(rt).toBe(1);
+    } finally {
+      handle.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});