diff --git a/tools/test_triage_daemon.py b/tools/test_triage_daemon.py
index 04ad5255b..8c1726a49 100644
--- a/tools/test_triage_daemon.py
+++ b/tools/test_triage_daemon.py
@@ -775,6 +775,18 @@ def test_tells_the_agent_to_report_a_denial_rather_than_print_findings(self):
         completed review in the log. The prompt asks for a denial to be stated plainly."""
         self.assertIn("denied", triage_daemon.GH_API_ENDPOINT_FIRST_PROMPT)
 
+    def test_closes_the_skills_print_instead_fallback(self):
+        """/code-review --comment prefers mcp__github_inline_comment__create_inline_comment, and when
+        that is missing offers "fall back to gh api ... or print the findings instead". The tool is
+        never loaded here (--strict-mcp-config), so every review lands on that sentence, and PR
+        #5283's run took the print branch without ever trying gh api - no denial to report, so the
+        denial rule above never applied. The prompt must name the tool as absent and make gh api the
+        required path, with printing allowed only once a gh api call has actually been denied."""
+        prompt = triage_daemon.GH_API_ENDPOINT_FIRST_PROMPT
+        self.assertIn("mcp__github_inline_comment__create_inline_comment", prompt)
+        self.assertIn("never available", prompt)
+        self.assertIn("not an acceptable substitute", prompt)
+
     def test_steers_comment_bodies_into_a_scratch_file(self):
         """PR #5229's review had its endpoint-first POST denied because the body was an inline
         double-quoted argument holding backticks: the shell reads those as command substitution,
diff --git a/tools/triage_daemon.py b/tools/triage_daemon.py
index 2dec58e71..d2db8d403 100644
--- a/tools/triage_daemon.py
+++ b/tools/triage_daemon.py
@@ -470,7 +470,11 @@
 # a finished review in the log. It also moves comment bodies into a scratch file: PR #5229's
 # POSTs were endpoint-first and still denied, because a double-quoted body holding backticks is
 # command substitution to the shell, and the permission check denies the substituted commands
-# that no rule allows. Also carries the bot-disclosure requirement for these two flows:
+# that no rule allows. It also closes /code-review's own escape hatch: with its preferred
+# mcp__github_inline_comment tool missing (never loaded, see --strict-mcp-config), the skill
+# says "fall back to gh api ... or print the findings instead", and PR #5283's run (2026-09-28)
+# took the print branch without trying gh api at all - nothing was denied, so the denial rule
+# alone never fired. Also carries the bot-disclosure requirement for these two flows:
 # /code-review's own instructions live in a skill we don't own, so this prompt is the only
 # lever available for it; /pr-cleanup's SKILL.md already asks for disclosure directly, and
 # this is the belt-and-braces backup for it, same reasoning as the endpoint-first steer.
@@ -524,6 +528,10 @@
 )
 
 GH_API_ENDPOINT_FIRST_PROMPT = (
+    "The `mcp__github_inline_comment__create_inline_comment` tool is never available in this session, so post every PR comment "
+    "with `gh api` - that is the required path, not one option among several. Printing the findings instead of posting them is "
+    "not an acceptable substitute, even where a skill's instructions offer it as a fallback; it is permitted only after a `gh api` "
+    "call has actually been denied. "
     "Permission rules in this session match a literal command prefix, so `gh api` calls are only permitted when the current allowlist covers the exact spelling you use. "
     "Prefer the endpoint-first, unquoted form (endpoint immediately after `gh api`) and put flags after the endpoint - for example "
     f"`gh api repos/{REPO}/pulls/123/comments --method POST -f path=apps/predbat/example.py -F body=@{SCRATCH_DIR}/comment-1.md`. "