From a89006376eaa1b987492381a83746e0ff72cf127 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Heuser <jakob@codedrift.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:37:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(report): relay the report summary as chat text, not a
 code block

"Show it exactly as printed" read as verbatim, so agents fenced the
summary, which made the link unclickable. Say to relay it as ordinary
text with the link on its own line, and drop the delete reminder the
summary already carries.
---
 packages/cli/src/agent/report.md | 14 +++++++++-----
 packages/cli/test/report.test.ts |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/agent/report.md b/packages/cli/src/agent/report.md
index 5336274e..58387bd3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/agent/report.md
+++ b/packages/cli/src/agent/report.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Topic: report     (CLI v%(CLI_VERSION)s / topic v3)
+# Topic: report     (CLI v%(CLI_VERSION)s / topic v4)
 
 ## Goal
 Publish a Taskless report: an unlisted page on tskl.es that shows what
@@ -79,10 +79,14 @@ later and deletes one on request.
 
 4. **Show the result.** On success the CLI prints a short summary: the
    rules, what they found in the code today, what review raised over
-   the window, the link, and when it expires. Show it to the user
-   exactly as printed. Then tell them, in one line, that the report can
-   be deleted after they have reviewed it, and that they only need to
-   ask.
+   the window, the link, and when it expires. Relay it to the user as
+   ordinary chat text, NOT inside a code block or quote: a fenced block
+   makes the link unclickable and buries the report the whole session
+   led up to. Keep its content and order; do not add, drop, or reword
+   facts. Put the link on its own line as a plain URL or a Markdown
+   link, so the user can open it directly, and render the rules as a
+   list. The summary already says the report can be deleted on
+   request, so do not repeat it.
 
    If you restate any of the report's numbers in your own words, keep
    the kinds apart and label each: counts the CLI found **in the code
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts
index 8b11cea9..f2fe3f9b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ describe("taskless report", () => {
   it("counts only review comments, and asks for a candidate estimate, not pricing", async () => {
     const { stdout, exitCode } = await run(["agent", "report"]);
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
-    expect(stdout).toMatch(/^# Topic: report {5}\(CLI v.+ \/ topic v3\)/m);
+    expect(stdout).toMatch(/^# Topic: report {5}\(CLI v.+ \/ topic v4\)/m);
     const flat = stdout.replaceAll(/\s+/g, " ");
     const counting = flat.slice(flat.indexOf("## Counting surfaced"));
     expect(counting).toContain("**Only review comments count.**");

From 6dc8c77392debaa248670c33574631d0f1e12471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Heuser <jakob@codedrift.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:46:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test(report): pin the relay-as-chat-text instruction in
 step 4

---
 packages/cli/test/report.test.ts | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts
index f2fe3f9b..937b24d2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/report.test.ts
@@ -899,6 +899,25 @@ describe("taskless report", () => {
     expect(show).toContain("which are **your estimate**");
   });
 
+  // "Show it exactly as printed" read as verbatim, so agents fenced the
+  // summary and its link stopped being clickable. The summary already says it
+  // can be deleted, so the recipe no longer asks for that line again.
+  it("relays the summary as chat text, not a code block", async () => {
+    const { stdout, exitCode } = await run(["agent", "report"]);
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+    const flat = stdout.replaceAll(/\s+/g, " ");
+    const show = flat.slice(
+      flat.indexOf("**Show the result.**"),
+      flat.indexOf("**Clean up.**")
+    );
+    expect(show).toContain(
+      "Relay it to the user as ordinary chat text, NOT inside a code block or quote"
+    );
+    expect(show).toContain("Put the link on its own line");
+    expect(show).not.toContain("exactly as printed");
+    expect(show).toContain("so do not repeat it");
+  });
+
   it("refuses --from and --delete together", async () => {
     const { stderr, exitCode } = await run([
       "report",