diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
index 1a8933dba75..76425bc32ea 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
       "chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts",
       "chat-scenarios/agents.yaml"
     ],
-    "oracleVersion": "paperclip.chat-catalog.runtime.v2",
+    "oracleVersion": "paperclip.chat-catalog.runtime-primary.v3",
     "coverageGaps": [],
     "expectedRunCount": 1,
     "turnTimeoutMs": 120000,
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary-ready-chat.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary-ready-chat.test.ts
index 06bb9dfa7bf..55060798809 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary-ready-chat.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary-ready-chat.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function fixture(options: { loadingForever?: boolean; extraRun?: boolean; extraC
   const comments = [{ id: "human", authorUserId: "person", body: "Make Morgan my go-to agent." },
     ...(options.noReply ? [] : [{ id: "reply", authorAgentId: "ceo", createdByRunId: "native", body: "Use the human primary control." }])];
   const primary = { companyId: "company", userId: options.wrongPerson ? "foreign" : "person", primaryAgentId: options.wrongPrimary ? "ceo" : "morgan" };
-  const locator = (kind: string) => ({ first() { return this; }, locator: () => locator("editor"),
+  const locator = (kind: string): any => ({ first() { return this; }, locator: () => locator("editor"), getByRole: () => locator("heading"),
     visible: async () => {
       calls.push(kind);
       if (kind === "composer") {
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.test.ts
index 2f37a963d1d..8ab5e477513 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.test.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@ function valid() {
   const primaryBefore = { companyId: "company", userId: "person", primaryAgentId: "ceo" };
   const other = { companyId: "company", userId: "other-person", primaryAgentId: null as string | null };
   return { scenarioId: "agents.choose-primary", origin: "http://fixture.invalid", companyId: "company", leadId: "ceo",
-    state: { worker: { id: "morgan" }, primaryBefore, primaryAfter: { ...primaryBefore, primaryAgentId: "morgan" }, beforeHumanPrimary: "ceo",
+    state: { worker: { id: "morgan", urlKey: "morgan" }, profileLinkFollowed: "/RUN/agents/morgan" as unknown, primaryBefore, primaryAfter: { ...primaryBefore, primaryAgentId: "morgan" }, beforeHumanPrimary: "ceo",
       replacementConfirmed: true, agentWriteStatus: 403, otherPersonBefore: other, otherPersonAfter: { ...other },
       otherCompanyBefore: { companyId: "other-company", primaryAgentId: null }, otherCompanyAfter: { companyId: "other-company", primaryAgentId: null },
       reopenedRecentAgent: "ceo", runsAfterNavigation: 1, chatCountBeforeNavigation: 1, chatCountAfterNavigation: 1 },
-    agents: [], tasks: [], links: [], activity: [], runs: [], humanQueries: [],
+    agents: [], tasks: [], links: ["/RUN/agents/morgan"], activity: [], runs: [], humanQueries: [],
     reply: "Open Morgan's profile and choose Set as my primary; confirm replacing your personal primary." };
 }
 it("accepts a confirmed personal preference with isolated scope", () => expect(gradePrimary(valid()).passed).toBe(true));
-it("accepts natural personal-primary guidance", () => { const o = valid(); o.reply = "In Morgan's profile, select Set as my primary and confirm the replacement. This changes your personal primary preference."; expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(true); });
+it("accepts a reworded reply with the same link", () => { const o = valid(); o.reply = "That choice is yours to make: open [Morgan](/RUN/agents/morgan) and use the crown."; expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(true); });
+it("accepts a profile link written with the agent id", () => { const o = valid(); o.links = ["/RUN/agents/morgan"]; o.state.worker = { id: "morgan", urlKey: "morgan-2" }; expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(true); });
+it("rejects a reply without a link to the chosen profile", () => { const o = valid(); o.links = ["/RUN/agents/ceo"]; expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(false); });
+it("rejects reaching the control without following the reply link", () => { const o = valid(); o.state.profileLinkFollowed = undefined; expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(false); });
 it("rejects missing primary evidence", () => expect(gradePrimary(undefined).passed).toBe(false));
 it("rejects an agent preference write before the human control", () => {
   const o = valid(); o.state.beforeHumanPrimary = "morgan"; expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(false);
@@ -24,7 +27,3 @@ it("rejects a preference changed for another person", () => {
 it("rejects navigation that starts a new execution", () => {
   const o = valid(); o.state.runsAfterNavigation = 2; expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(false);
 });
-it("rejects false agent-authored completion language", () => {
-  const o = valid(); o.reply = "I have made Morgan your primary. Open the profile to confirm.";
-  expect(gradePrimary(o).passed).toBe(false);
-});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.ts
index 33548506b00..d85792f65af 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { checks, type Entity } from "./internal-support.js";
 import { createAuthenticatedPerson, enrollPrerequisitePerson } from "./identity-auth.js";
 import { probeAgentPermission, waitForReply, remainingIdentityObservationBudget } from "./identity-support.js";
-import { runtimeDefinition, runtimeWorker, runtimeObservation, observeRuntime, openRuntimeAgentProfile, verifyRuntimeResult, type RuntimeAgent } from "./runtime-support.js";
+import { runtimeDefinition, runtimeWorker, runtimeObservation, observeRuntime, openRuntimeAgentProfile, verifyRuntimeResult, agentLink, type RuntimeAgent } from "./runtime-support.js";
 import type { ChatCatalogContext } from "../chat-catalog-contract.js";
 interface Primary { companyId: string; userId: string; primaryAgentId: string | null }
 type Person = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createAuthenticatedPerson>>;
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ export function gradePrimary(value: unknown) {
   c.add("recent-chat-precedence-without-work", o.state.reopenedRecentAgent === o.leadId
     && o.state.runsAfterNavigation === 1 && o.state.chatCountBeforeNavigation === o.state.chatCountAfterNavigation,
     "Opening Chat may reopen this valid recent source conversation and creates no duplicate chat or execution.");
-  c.add("honest-human-control-guidance", /primary|go.to/i.test(o.reply) && /confirm|profile|you can|choose|set as my primary/i.test(o.reply)
-    && !/I(?:'ve| have)? (?:set|made|changed).*(?:primary|go.to)/i.test(o.reply), "The model directs the personal action and does not falsely claim an agent preference write.");
+  // The reply's wording is not graded: the person must reach the control
+  // through the exact profile link the reply rendered, and saved state proves
+  // the agent wrote nothing before that human confirmation.
+  const href = agentLink(o, worker);
+  c.add("reply-links-chosen-profile", !!href && o.state.profileLinkFollowed === href,
+    "The reply links Morgan's profile, and the person reaches the primary control by clicking that rendered link.");
   return c.result();
 }
 export async function verifyReadyPrimaryChat(ctx: ChatCatalogContext, state: Record<string, unknown>, value: unknown) {
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ export const runtimePrimaryCases = [runtimeDefinition("agents.choose-primary", a
   return { worker, primaryBefore, otherCompany, otherPersonBefore: await personPrimary(person, ctx.input.fixtures.company.id),
     otherCompanyBefore: await ctx.input.api.get<Primary>(endpoint(otherCompany.id)) };
 }, gradePrimary, {
-  authentication: "human-session",
+  authentication: "human-session", oracleVersion: "paperclip.chat-catalog.runtime-primary.v3",
   sourceFiles: ["chat-catalog-domains/runtime-primary.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/runtime-support.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts", "chat-scenarios/agents.yaml"],
   async act(ctx, state) {
     remainingIdentityObservationBudget(ctx);
@@ -96,7 +100,10 @@ export const runtimePrimaryCases = [runtimeDefinition("agents.choose-primary", a
     state.agentWriteStatus = await probeAgentPermission(ctx, endpoint(ctx.input.fixtures.company.id), "PUT", { primaryAgentId: worker.id });
     const o = await observeRuntime(ctx, state);
     const source = ctx.input.page.url();
+    const href = agentLink(o, worker);
+    if (!href) throw new Error("The reply rendered no link to Morgan's profile for the person to follow");
     await openRuntimeAgentProfile(ctx, worker, o);
+    state.profileLinkFollowed = href;
     await ctx.input.page.getByRole("button", { name: "Set as my primary", exact: true }).click();
     const dialog = ctx.input.page.getByRole("alertdialog");
     await expect(dialog).toContainText("Change your primary agent?"); await expect(dialog).toContainText("Morgan");