diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/plan-mode.txt b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/plan-mode.txt
index 2057f36d7d..0057414d45 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/plan-mode.txt
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/plan-mode.txt
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ Goal: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the user's request by reading throug
 ### Phase 2: Design
 Goal: Design an implementation approach.
 
-Launch general agent(s) to design the implementation based on the user's intent and your exploration results from Phase 1.
+Launch explore agent(s) to check the design against the code, based on the user's intent and your exploration results from Phase 1. Only use the explore subagent type: plan mode denies subagents that can edit files.
 
 You can launch up to 1 agent(s) in parallel.
 
 **Guidelines:**
-- **Default**: Launch at least 1 Plan agent for most tasks - it helps validate your understanding and consider alternatives
+- **Default**: Launch at least 1 explore agent for most tasks - it helps validate your understanding and consider alternatives
 - **Skip agents**: Only for truly trivial tasks (typo fixes, single-line changes, simple renames)
 
 Examples of when to use multiple agents:
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/agent/plan-prompt-subagents.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/agent/plan-prompt-subagents.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..569d53d9c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/agent/plan-prompt-subagents.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { expect } from "bun:test"
+import { Effect, Layer } from "effect"
+import fs from "fs/promises"
+import path from "path"
+import { testEffect } from "../lib/effect"
+import { Agent } from "../../src/agent/agent"
+import { Auth } from "../../src/auth"
+import { Config } from "../../src/config/config"
+import { RuntimeFlags } from "../../src/effect/runtime-flags"
+import { Permission } from "../../src/permission"
+import { Plugin } from "../../src/plugin"
+import { Provider } from "../../src/provider/provider"
+import { Skill } from "../../src/skill"
+import { LocationServiceMap } from "@opencode-ai/core/location-layer"
+import { PermissionV1 } from "@opencode-ai/core/v1/permission"
+import { Wildcard } from "@opencode-ai/core/util/wildcard"
+import { ErrorDetail } from "../../src/altimate/telemetry/error-detail"
+
+const it = testEffect(
+  Agent.layer.pipe(
+    Layer.provide(Plugin.defaultLayer),
+    Layer.provide(Provider.defaultLayer),
+    Layer.provide(Auth.defaultLayer),
+    Layer.provide(Config.defaultLayer),
+    Layer.provide(Skill.defaultLayer),
+    Layer.provide(LocationServiceMap.layer),
+    Layer.provide(RuntimeFlags.layer({})),
+  ),
+)
+
+// The reported task denial (telemetry error_hash f55c9b41d367641d) is the plan agent's own
+// task rule rejecting the general subagent, built and formatted as Permission.ask and the
+// session processor do it.
+it.instance("plan agent denying the general subagent reproduces the reported task error", () =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const plan = (yield* Agent.Service.use((svc) => svc.list())).find((a) => a.name === "plan")!
+    expect(Permission.evaluate("task", "general", plan.permission).action).toBe("deny")
+    const denied = new PermissionV1.DeniedError({
+      ruleset: plan.permission.filter((rule) => Wildcard.match("task", rule.permission)),
+    })
+    // The tool error reaches the processor as a plain Error, so its text starts with "Error: ".
+    const detail = ErrorDetail.describeToolError(new Error(denied.message).toString())
+    expect(detail.errorMessage).toBe(
+      "error the user has specified a rule which <x> you from <x> this <x> tool call <x> are some of the <x> permission <x> permission task <x>",
+    )
+    expect(detail.errorHash).toBe("f55c9b41d367641d")
+  }),
+)
+
+// The plan agent denies some task subagents (general can edit). A plan prompt that tells the
+// model to launch one of them makes every such task call fail with a permission denial.
+for (const file of ["plan.txt", "plan-mode.txt"]) {
+  it.instance(`${file} only directs the plan agent to subagents it may launch`, () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const text = yield* Effect.promise(() =>
+        fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, "../../src/session/prompt", file), "utf-8"),
+      )
+      const agents = yield* Agent.Service.use((svc) => svc.list())
+      const plan = agents.find((a) => a.name === "plan")
+      expect(plan).toBeDefined()
+      const named = agents.filter((a) =>
+        new RegExp(`\\b${a.name}\\b\`?\\s+(sub)?agent`, "i").test(text),
+      )
+      expect(named.map((a) => a.name)).toContain("explore")
+      for (const agent of named) {
+        expect({ agent: agent.name, mode: agent.mode }).toEqual({ agent: agent.name, mode: "subagent" })
+        expect({ agent: agent.name, action: Permission.evaluate("task", agent.name, plan!.permission).action }).toEqual({
+          agent: agent.name,
+          action: "allow",
+        })
+      }
+    }),
+  )
+}