diff --git a/skills/writing-skills/render-graphs.js b/skills/writing-skills/render-graphs.js
index 1d670fbb..14988965 100755
--- a/skills/writing-skills/render-graphs.js
+++ b/skills/writing-skills/render-graphs.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
 
 function extractDotBlocks(markdown) {
   const blocks = [];
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ${bodies.join('\n\n')}
 
 function renderToSvg(dotContent) {
   try {
-    return execSync('dot -Tsvg', {
+    return execFileSync('dot', ['-Tsvg'], {
       input: dotContent,
       encoding: 'utf-8',
       maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ function main() {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
-  // Check if dot is available
+  // Check if dot is available. Run the binary directly rather than probing
+  // with `which`, which is not a command on Windows.
   try {
-    execSync('which dot', { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+    execFileSync('dot', ['-V'], { stdio: 'ignore' });
   } catch {
     console.error('Error: graphviz (dot) not found. Install with:');
     console.error('  brew install graphviz    # macOS');