diff --git a/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts b/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts
index d7a5b4648e5e..f0235ad37f86 100644
--- a/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ describe("createOpenClawCodingTools", () => {
       sourceTool: "subagent_announce",
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only" as const,
       runtimeToolAllowlist: ["message", "read"],
-      expected: false,
+      expected: true,
     },
     {
       name: "automatic completion delivery",
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ describe("createOpenClawCodingTools", () => {
       runtimeToolAllowlist: ["message"],
       expected: false,
     },
-  ])("limits $name to the source only when its trusted grant is exact", async (testCase) => {
+  ])("limits $name to the source only for verified completion delivery", async (testCase) => {
     const tmpDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-source-reply-only-"));
     try {
       const storeTemplate = path.join(tmpDir, "sessions-{agentId}.json");
diff --git a/src/agents/agent-tools.ts b/src/agents/agent-tools.ts
index f9692e8a3596..28debd0a2b7c 100644
--- a/src/agents/agent-tools.ts
+++ b/src/agents/agent-tools.ts
@@ -559,15 +559,13 @@ function createOpenClawCodingToolsInternal(options?: OpenClawCodingToolsOptions)
     const normalized = normalizeToolName(toolName);
     return normalized === "*" || normalized === "message";
   });
-  // Frozen child output may use only the parent's existing source-delivery grant.
-  // Trusted ingress plus its exact one-tool cap prevent ordinary private turns from narrowing.
+  // A verified completion may retain parent tools, but its mandatory delivery
+  // grant stays bound to the current source regardless of allowlist width.
   const sourceReplyOnly =
     capabilityProfile.policy.requesterPolicySource === "completion-handoff" &&
     options?.inputProvenance?.kind === "inter_session" &&
     options.inputProvenance.sourceTool === "subagent_announce" &&
-    options.sourceReplyDeliveryMode === "message_tool_only" &&
-    options.runtimeToolAllowlist?.length === 1 &&
-    normalizeToolName(options.runtimeToolAllowlist[0] ?? "") === "message";
+    options.sourceReplyDeliveryMode === "message_tool_only";
   const localModelLeanPreserveToolNames = resolveLocalModelLeanPreserveToolNames({
     toolNames: capabilityProfile.policy.explicitToolOverrideAllowlist,
     forceMessageTool: options?.forceMessageTool,