diff --git a/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/MateClawApplication.java b/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/MateClawApplication.java
index bd54f768..0d699cbb 100644
--- a/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/MateClawApplication.java
+++ b/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/MateClawApplication.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package vip.mate;
 
-import com.baomidou.mybatisplus.annotation.DbType;
 import com.baomidou.mybatisplus.extension.plugins.MybatisPlusInterceptor;
 import com.baomidou.mybatisplus.extension.plugins.inner.PaginationInnerInterceptor;
 import org.mybatis.spring.annotation.MapperScan;
@@ -33,12 +32,17 @@ public class MateClawApplication {
     }
 
     /**
-     * MyBatis Plus 分页插件
+     * MyBatis Plus pagination plugin.
+     *
+     * <p>DbType is auto-detected from the JDBC connection at runtime rather
+     * than hardcoded. Hardcoding H2 here meant the MySQL deployment used
+     * the H2 dialect for the count query, which silently returned 0 —
+     * frontends saw records but total=0 and couldn't paginate (RFC-042 P0).
      */
     @Bean
     public MybatisPlusInterceptor mybatisPlusInterceptor() {
         MybatisPlusInterceptor interceptor = new MybatisPlusInterceptor();
-        interceptor.addInnerInterceptor(new PaginationInnerInterceptor(DbType.H2));
+        interceptor.addInnerInterceptor(new PaginationInnerInterceptor());
         return interceptor;
     }
 }
diff --git a/mateclaw-ui/src/views/SkillMarket.vue b/mateclaw-ui/src/views/SkillMarket.vue
index 7d4779b7..c8b30ec5 100644
--- a/mateclaw-ui/src/views/SkillMarket.vue
+++ b/mateclaw-ui/src/views/SkillMarket.vue
@@ -416,8 +416,20 @@ async function loadSkills() {
 
     const res: any = await skillApi.page(params)
     const data = res.data || {}
-    skills.value = data.records || []
-    total.value = data.total || 0
+    const records: Skill[] = Array.isArray(data.records) ? data.records : []
+    skills.value = records
+    // Defensive total: if the backend pagination count is broken (seen with the
+    // old hardcoded-H2 MyBatisPlus interceptor on MySQL), infer a floor so the
+    // user can at least reach the next page. The real total overrides this.
+    const reportedTotal = Number(data.total) || 0
+    const inferredMin = records.length >= query.size
+      ? query.page * query.size + 1  // at least one more page exists
+      : (query.page - 1) * query.size + records.length
+    total.value = Math.max(reportedTotal, inferredMin)
+    if (records.length > 0 && reportedTotal === 0) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.warn('[SkillMarket] backend returned records but total=0; rebuild server JAR to pick up the DbType fix')
+    }
   } catch (e) {
     skills.value = []
     total.value = 0