diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.test.ts
index fb1328d73c9..d6cd30b5d00 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.test.ts
@@ -172,3 +172,9 @@ it("preserves a negation that directly governs the assignment verb", () => {
     expect(gradeIntegratorSkills(o).passed).toBe(true);
   }
 });
+
+it("preserves an explicitly qualified direct denial of global assignment", () => {
+  const o = authoredSelfUse();
+  o.reply += " Created the reusable skill. I have not explicitly enabled it for all agents.";
+  expect(gradeIntegratorSkills(o).passed).toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.ts
index 73fb70f26a2..c0e2fe7c886 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-skills.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function authorSkillAssignmentScoped(o: SkillsObservation, skill: CompanySkillDe
 }
 function claimsGlobalSkillAssignment(reply: string): boolean {
   const claims = /\b(?:enabled|assigned|activated|attached)\s+(?:it|the skill|this skill)?\s*(?:(?:for|to)\s+)?(?:all|every|everyone)\b/gi;
-  return [...reply.matchAll(claims)].some(match => !/\b(?:not|never|didn't|haven't|hasn't)\s+(?:(?:been|ever|yet|automatically)\s+){0,2}$/i.test(reply.slice(0, match.index)));
+  return [...reply.matchAll(claims)].some(match => !/\b(?:not|never|didn't|haven't|hasn't)\s+(?:(?:been|ever|yet|automatically|explicitly)\s+){0,2}$/i.test(reply.slice(0, match.index)));
 }
 export function gradeIntegratorSkills(value: unknown) {
   const c = checks(); const o = skillsObservation(value);