diff --git a/ui/src/components/github-link-target.ts b/ui/src/components/github-link-target.ts
index 9a725e85518b..d5666340eaf7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/github-link-target.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/github-link-target.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function decodePathSegment(value: string): string | null {
   }
 }
 
-export function parseGitHubItemPath(url: URL): GitHubItemTarget | null {
+function parseGitHubItemPath(url: URL): GitHubItemTarget | null {
   const segments = url.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean);
   const owner = decodePathSegment(segments[0] ?? "");
   const repo = decodePathSegment(segments[1] ?? "");
@@ -52,18 +52,27 @@ export function parseGitHubLinkTarget(href: string): GitHubLinkTarget | null {
   return target ? { ...target, href: url.href } : null;
 }
 
-export function formatGitHubItemReference(target: GitHubItemTarget): string {
-  return `${target.owner}/${target.repo}#${target.number}`;
-}
-
-// Compaction to `owner/repo#N` is only safe when the URL names the generic
-// item root: any trailing path segment (/files, /commits, an issue comment
-// anchor) or query/fragment is a more specific destination than the compact
-// label communicates, even though `parseGitHubItemPath` still resolves an
-// identity for it (hovercards and navigation need that deep identity intact).
-export function isGitHubItemRootPath(url: URL): boolean {
+export function formatGitHubLinkLabel(url: URL): string {
   const segments = url.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean);
-  return segments.length === 4 && !url.search && !url.hash;
+  const item = parseGitHubItemPath(url);
+  if (item && segments.length === 4 && !url.search && !url.hash) {
+    return `#${item.number}`;
+  }
+  if (item) {
+    return url.href;
+  }
+  if (segments.length === 2) {
+    return segments.map((segment) => decodePathSegment(segment) ?? segment).join("/");
+  }
+  if (segments[2] === "blob" && segments.length > 4) {
+    const filename = decodePathSegment(segments.at(-1) ?? "");
+    if (filename) {
+      return filename;
+    }
+  }
+  const fallbackSegments = segments.length > 2 ? segments.slice(2) : segments;
+  const path = fallbackSegments.map((segment) => decodePathSegment(segment) ?? segment);
+  return ["github.com", ...path].join("/");
 }
 
 export function gitHubProfileUrl(login: string): string {
diff --git a/ui/src/components/markdown-links.test.ts b/ui/src/components/markdown-links.test.ts
index c87050512758..e1b498f43b4b 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/markdown-links.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/markdown-links.test.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe("toSanitizedMarkdownHtml links", () => {
     it("links http:// URLs", () => {
       const html = toSanitizedMarkdownHtml("Visit http://github.com/openclaw");
       expect(html).toBe(
-        '<p>Visit <a href="http://github.com/openclaw" class="markdown-bare-url markdown-github-link" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://github.com/openclaw</a></p>\n',
+        '<p>Visit <a href="http://github.com/openclaw" class="markdown-bare-url markdown-github-link" title="http://github.com/openclaw" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">github.com/openclaw</a></p>\n',
       );
     });
 
@@ -596,11 +596,14 @@ describe("toSanitizedMarkdownHtml links", () => {
 
   describe("github link marks", () => {
     it.each([
-      ["bare autolink", "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/3434", "openclaw/openclaw#3434"],
+      ["bare pull request", "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/3434", "#3434"],
+      ["bare issue", "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/3435", "#3435"],
+      ["repository", "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw", "openclaw/openclaw"],
+      ["repository file", "https://github.com/blader/humanizer/blob/main/SKILL.md", "SKILL.md"],
       [
-        "bare issue autolink",
-        "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/3435",
-        "openclaw/openclaw#3435",
+        "other path",
+        "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/123",
+        "github.com/actions/runs/123",
       ],
       ["issue shorthand", "[#3434](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/3434)", "#3434"],
       ["labelled link", "[the fix](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/3434)", "the fix"],
@@ -621,12 +624,20 @@ describe("toSanitizedMarkdownHtml links", () => {
         ),
       );
       const link = fragment.querySelector<HTMLAnchorElement>("a");
-      expect(link?.textContent).toBe(
-        "a-very-long-organization-name/a-very-long-repository-name#3434",
-      );
+      expect(link?.textContent).toBe("#3434");
       expect(link?.classList.contains("markdown-bare-url")).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it("keeps the specific destination addressable after shortening its label", () => {
+      const input = "https://github.com/blader/humanizer/blob/main/SKILL.md";
+      const fragment = htmlFragment(toSanitizedMarkdownHtml(input));
+      const link = fragment.querySelector<HTMLAnchorElement>("a");
+      expect(link?.classList.contains("markdown-github-link")).toBe(true);
+      expect(link?.textContent).toBe("SKILL.md");
+      expect(link?.getAttribute("href")).toBe(input);
+      expect(link?.getAttribute("title")).toBe(input);
+    });
+
     it.each([
       ["a files-tab path", "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/3434/files"],
       ["a commits path", "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/3434/commits"],
diff --git a/ui/src/components/markdown-parser.ts b/ui/src/components/markdown-parser.ts
index 4525bc8e28db..790c82d77211 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/markdown-parser.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/markdown-parser.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ import markdownItTaskLists from "markdown-it-task-lists";
 import type Token from "markdown-it/lib/token.mjs";
 import { t } from "../i18n/index.ts";
 import { fileKindForPath, shortestFileLabels } from "./file-kind.ts";
-import {
-  formatGitHubItemReference,
-  isGitHubItemRootPath,
-  parseGitHubItemPath,
-} from "./github-link-target.ts";
+import { formatGitHubLinkLabel } from "./github-link-target.ts";
 import {
   installAssistantTranscriptRoleImageRenderer,
   installAssistantTranscriptRoleMarkdown,
@@ -520,7 +516,6 @@ export function createMarkdownParser(): MarkdownIt {
         const generatedUrlLabel = open.markup === "linkify" || open.markup === "autolink";
         const host = url.hostname.toLowerCase();
         const githubLink = host === "github.com" || host === "www.github.com";
-        const itemTarget = githubLink ? parseGitHubItemPath(url) : null;
         if (generatedUrlLabel) {
           open.attrJoin("class", BARE_URL_CLASS);
         }
@@ -542,8 +537,9 @@ export function createMarkdownParser(): MarkdownIt {
             break;
           }
         }
-        if (generatedUrlLabel && itemTarget && labelToken && isGitHubItemRootPath(url)) {
-          labelToken.content = formatGitHubItemReference(itemTarget);
+        if (generatedUrlLabel && labelToken) {
+          labelToken.content = formatGitHubLinkLabel(url);
+          open.attrSet("title", href ?? url.href);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/ui/src/e2e/github-link-hovercard.e2e.test.ts b/ui/src/e2e/github-link-hovercard.e2e.test.ts
index ce69494d24cc..cb615c2d0490 100644
--- a/ui/src/e2e/github-link-hovercard.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/e2e/github-link-hovercard.e2e.test.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ async function openPullPreviewPage(): Promise<{
   });
   await page.goto(`${server.baseUrl}chat`);
 
-  const pullLink = page.getByRole("link", { name: "openclaw/openclaw#99816" });
+  const pullLink = page.locator('a.markdown-github-link[href$="/pull/99816"]');
   const card = page.locator(".github-link-hovercard");
   await pullLink.waitFor({ state: "visible" });
   return { card, page, pullLink };
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ describeControlUiE2e("GitHub link hover cards", () => {
                 "then https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/99815.",
                 "A [missing item](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/999999) stays usable.",
                 "The [repository](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) has no item preview.",
+                "The skill lives at https://github.com/blader/humanizer/blob/main/SKILL.md.",
                 "Styling notes live in [the docs](https://docs.openclaw.ai/web/control-ui).",
               ].join(" "),
             },
@@ -227,36 +228,23 @@ describeControlUiE2e("GitHub link hover cards", () => {
       await expect.poll(() => page.locator("html").getAttribute("data-theme-mode")).toBe("light");
     }
 
-    const longLink = page.getByRole("link", {
-      name: "a-very-long-organization-name/a-very-long-repository-name#99817",
-    });
-    await page.setViewportSize({ height: 800, width: 360 });
-    expect(await longLink.evaluate((element) => getComputedStyle(element).lineBreak)).toBe(
-      "anywhere",
-    );
-    const longMessageBox = await longLink
-      .locator("xpath=ancestor::*[contains(@class, 'chat-text')]")
-      .boundingBox();
-    const longLinkBox = await longLink.boundingBox();
-    expect(longMessageBox).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(longLinkBox).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(longLinkBox!.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(longMessageBox!.x);
-    expect(longLinkBox!.x + longLinkBox!.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
-      longMessageBox!.x + longMessageBox!.width,
-    );
-    await page.setViewportSize({ height: 800, width: 1180 });
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => page.getByRole("link", { name: "#99817" }).getAttribute("href"))
+      .toBe(
+        "https://github.com/a-very-long-organization-name/a-very-long-repository-name/issues/99817",
+      );
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => page.getByRole("link", { name: "SKILL.md" }).getAttribute("href"))
+      .toBe("https://github.com/blader/humanizer/blob/main/SKILL.md");
 
-    const pullLink = page.getByRole("link", { name: "openclaw/openclaw#99816" });
+    const pullLink = page.locator('a.markdown-github-link[href$="/pull/99816"]');
 
-    // The mark carries the link signal at rest, so the underline only returns on
-    // hover. Non-GitHub links keep the base underline, which keeps the rule scoped.
     const decorationLine = (link: Locator) =>
       link.evaluate((element) => getComputedStyle(element).textDecorationLine);
     expect(await decorationLine(pullLink)).toBe("none");
     expect(await decorationLine(page.getByRole("link", { name: "the docs" }))).toBe("underline");
 
     await pullLink.hover();
-    await expect.poll(() => decorationLine(pullLink)).toBe("underline");
     const card = page.locator(".github-link-hovercard");
     await expectText(card, "Merged");
     await expectText(card, "openclaw/openclaw #99816");
@@ -272,7 +260,7 @@ describeControlUiE2e("GitHub link hover cards", () => {
     expect(pullBox!.x + pullBox!.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1180);
     expect(pullBox!.y + pullBox!.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(800);
 
-    const issueLink = page.getByRole("link", { name: "openclaw/openclaw#99815" });
+    const issueLink = page.locator('a.markdown-github-link[href$="/issues/99815"]');
     await issueLink.hover();
     await expectText(card, "Keep hover previews compact");
     await expectText(card, "octocat");
diff --git a/ui/src/styles/chat-github-link-presentation.browser.test.ts b/ui/src/styles/chat-github-link-presentation.browser.test.ts
index f08b51c9afff..5c419a7f5061 100644
--- a/ui/src/styles/chat-github-link-presentation.browser.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/styles/chat-github-link-presentation.browser.test.ts
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@ function readChatCss(): string {
 }
 
 // The three shapes the parser can produce, all carrying the same mark:
-// a bare item URL whose label it rewrites to owner/repo#number, a bare URL to
+// a bare item URL whose label it rewrites to #number, a compact fallback for
 // any other GitHub path, and an authored label. Only the first two carry
 // markdown-bare-url, so the sweep covers both wrap regimes.
 const LINK_FORMS = [
   {
     className: "markdown-bare-url markdown-github-link",
     id: "human-ref",
-    label: "openclaw/openclaw#123309",
+    label: "#123309",
     lead: "then follow-up tracked in ",
   },
   {
     className: "markdown-bare-url markdown-github-link",
     id: "bare-url",
-    label: "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/ui/src/styles/chat/text.css#L254",
+    label: "text.css",
     lead: "then the owning rule lives at ",
   },
   {
diff --git a/ui/src/styles/chat/text.css b/ui/src/styles/chat/text.css
index 15fb44bae398..0f0679d7c0ef 100644
--- a/ui/src/styles/chat/text.css
+++ b/ui/src/styles/chat/text.css
@@ -529,9 +529,6 @@
   -webkit-mask: var(--github-mark) center / contain no-repeat;
 }
 
-/* The glyph already marks these as links; a resting underline doubles the
-   signal and clutters dense URL text. Hover restores it as the affordance,
-   like the file-link convention below. */
 .chat-text :where(a.markdown-github-link) {
   /* The mark is painted out of flow with its space reserved here, so nothing
      inside the anchor precedes the label: an in-flow atomic mark carries a soft
@@ -543,10 +540,6 @@
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 
-.chat-text :where(a.markdown-github-link:hover) {
-  text-decoration: underline;
-}
-
 /* The inherited `overflow-wrap: anywhere` breaks a word only once every other
    option is gone, so a long URL is pushed whole onto the next line, leaving the
    line it should have filled ragged. Unconditional break points make the URL