Workspace is not a valid skill project

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Describe the bug

When opening a skill, the extension reports Workspace is not a valid skill project

To Reproduce

• Windows 11 Pro
• VSCode 1.104.2
• Alexa Skills Kit 2.16.0
• Create a new skill, or load an existing one

Extension Logs

[debug - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.426Z] Calling method: askContainer.skill-actions.refresh 
[debug - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Calling method: g.getChildren 
[verbose - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Calling method: getSkillFolderInWs 
[verbose - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Calling method: doesWorkSpaceExist 
[verbose - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Calling method: getSkillDetailsFromWorkspace 
[verbose - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Calling method: getSkillFolderInWs 
[verbose - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Calling method: doesWorkSpaceExist 
[verbose - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Calling method: getAskResourceConfig 
[error - 2025-09-30 13:27:27.428Z] Workspace is not a valid skill project. 

Expected behavior

ASK should recognize that the workspace contains a skill.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

OS	Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Visual Studio Code Version	1.104.2
Alexa Skills Toolkit Version	2.16.0
Git Version	git version 2.51.0.windows.1

Additional context

• I tried "Open folder ..."
• I tried to create a workspace and add the folder

Here's the folder content:

> find . -type f | grep -v "^./.git"
./.ask/ask-states.json
./.ask/schema/skillPackageSchema.json
./ask-resources.json
./lambda/lambda_function.py
./lambda/requirements.txt
./skill-package/assets/images/de-DE_largeIconUri.png
./skill-package/assets/images/de-DE_smallIconUri.png
./skill-package/interactionModels/custom/de-DE.json
./skill-package/skill.json

Same problem.