diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
index ea11c0842ac..70ef3ade4f5 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-descriptors.json
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
       "chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts",
       "chat-scenarios/agents.yaml"
     ],
-    "oracleVersion": "paperclip.chat-catalog.runtime.v2",
+    "oracleVersion": "paperclip.chat-catalog.agent-api-key.v3",
     "coverageGaps": [],
     "expectedRunCount": 1,
     "turnTimeoutMs": 120000,
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.test.ts
index 59f70d8957a..5eace72bc1b 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.test.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,27 @@ function valid() {
     state: { worker, agentCreateStatus: 403, keysBeforeHuman: 0, humanCreated: true, createdKey: key, createdKeyAgentId: "morgan", createdKeyCompanyId: "company",
       privateBrowserProcessIsolated: true, privateBrowserTestRunnerAttached: false, privateBrowserApiStepRecorder: false, tokenShownOnce: true, tokenAbsentAfterReload: true, privateScanComplete: true, artifactScanComplete: true, runEvidenceScanComplete: true, tokenLeaked: false,
       revokedCredentialStatus: 401, finalKeys: [{ ...key, revokedAt: "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z" }] },
-    agents: [structuredClone(worker)], tasks: [], links: [], reply: "Use Morgan's profile API key controls; the board can create the credential securely.",
+    agents: [structuredClone(worker)], tasks: [], links: ["/RUN/agents/morgan/api-keys"], reply: "Use Morgan's profile API key controls; the board can create the credential securely.",
     activity: ["agent.key_created", "agent.key_revoked"].map(action => ({ id: action, action, entityId: "morgan", actorType: "user", details: { keyId: "key" } })),
     runs: [], humanQueries: [] };
 }
 it("accepts secure one-time human creation and actual credential revocation", () => expect(gradeAgentKey(valid()).passed).toBe(true));
 it("rejects a mere fresh context still attached to Test API-step recording", () => { const o = valid(); o.state.privateBrowserApiStepRecorder = true; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(false); });
 it("accepts natural secure human-key guidance", () => { const o = valid(); o.reply = "Open Morgan's profile API key controls and create the local integration credential in your board session. Keep the one-time value private."; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(true); });
+it("grades the linked controls, not the reply wording", () => {
+  const o = valid(); o.reply = "Only a board member can do that. Open [Morgan's keys page](/RUN/agents/morgan/api-keys) and choose Create; copy the value right away."; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(true);
+  o.reply = "That needs a board session. Use this page: [Morgan](/RUN/agents/morgan/keys)."; o.links = ["/RUN/agents/morgan/keys"]; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(true);
+});
+it("rejects a bare profile link because the profile navigation has no API keys item", () => {
+  const o = valid(); o.links = ["/RUN/agents/morgan"]; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(false);
+});
+it("rejects another agent's key page and a reply without any link", () => {
+  const o = valid(); o.links = ["/RUN/agents/other/api-keys"]; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(false);
+  o.links = []; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(false);
+});
+it("rejects an agent-created key even when the reply links the controls", () => {
+  const o = valid(); o.state.keysBeforeHuman = 1; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(false);
+});
 it("rejects missing human credential evidence", () => expect(gradeAgentKey(undefined).passed).toBe(false));
 it("rejects a key that authenticates a different agent", () => {
   const o = valid(); o.state.createdKeyAgentId = "other"; expect(gradeAgentKey(o).passed).toBe(false);
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.ts
index 713c0f82255..9b71f720827 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 import { chatCatalogOriginalPhaseDeadline } from "../chat-catalog-contract.js";
 import { checks } from "./internal-support.js";
 import { waitForReply, probeAgentPermission } from "./identity-support.js";
-import { runtimeDefinition, runtimeWorker, runtimeObservation, observeRuntime, agentLink, unchangedAgent, type RuntimeAgent } from "./runtime-support.js";
+import { runtimeDefinition, runtimeWorker, runtimeObservation, observeRuntime, unchangedAgent, type RuntimeAgent, type RuntimeObservation } from "./runtime-support.js";
 import { privateKeyBrowser } from "./runtime-private-key.js";
 export { containsPrivateCredential } from "./runtime-private-key.js";
 interface KeyRow { id: string; name: string; revokedAt: string | null }
+/** The agent API keys page is not in the profile navigation, so the reply must link it directly. */
+export function agentKeyControlsLink(o: Pick<RuntimeObservation, "links" | "origin">, agent: RuntimeAgent): string | undefined {
+  return o.links.find(href => {
+    try { const url = new URL(href, o.origin); const parts = url.pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean).map(decodeURIComponent); const index = parts.indexOf("agents");
+      return url.origin === new URL(o.origin).origin && parts[0] !== "api" && index === 1 && parts.length === 4
+        && [agent.id, agent.urlKey].includes(parts[2]) && ["api-keys", "keys"].includes(parts[3]!); }
+    catch { return false; }
+  });
+}
 export function gradeAgentKey(value: unknown) {
   const c = checks(); const o = runtimeObservation(value);
   c.add("independent-human-key-evidence", !!o, "Real human key controls, safe metadata readback and private credential scans are required."); if (!o) return c.result();
@@ -23,19 +32,20 @@ export function gradeAgentKey(value: unknown) {
     && row.entityId === worker.id && row.actorType === "user" && !row.agentId && row.details?.keyId === key.id)),
     "Independent activity records attribute both credential operations to the human.");
   c.add("no-delegated-credential-work", o.tasks.length === 0, "The response does not create a delegated workaround for the human-only credential action.");
-  c.add("honest-secure-human-path", /key|credential/i.test(o.reply) && /profile|control|you|human|board/i.test(o.reply)
-    && !/I(?:'ve| have)? (?:created|generated|issued)/i.test(o.reply), "The reply provides the supported secure human path without claiming an agent-created credential.");
+  c.add("linked-human-key-controls", !!agentKeyControlsLink(o, worker),
+    "The reply links Morgan's API keys page, which the person cannot reach from the profile navigation, so they can create the key themselves.");
   return c.result();
 }
 export const runtimeAgentKeyCases = [runtimeDefinition("agents.agent-api-key", async ctx => ({ worker: await runtimeWorker(ctx) }), gradeAgentKey, {
-  authentication: "human-session",
+  authentication: "human-session", oracleVersion: "paperclip.chat-catalog.agent-api-key.v3",
   sourceFiles: ["chat-catalog-domains/runtime-agent-keys.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/runtime-private-key.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/runtime-private-key-worker.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/runtime-support.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts", "chat-scenarios/agents.yaml"],
   async act(ctx, state) {
     await waitForReply(ctx, chatCatalogOriginalPhaseDeadline(ctx)); const worker = state.worker as RuntimeAgent;
     const endpoint = `/api/agents/${worker.id}/keys`;
     state.agentCreateStatus = await probeAgentPermission(ctx, endpoint, "POST", { name: "local integration" });
     state.keysBeforeHuman = (await ctx.input.api.get<KeyRow[]>(endpoint)).length;
-    const o = await observeRuntime(ctx, state), href = agentLink(o, worker) ?? `/${ctx.input.fixtures.company.issuePrefix}/agents/${worker.id}`;
+    // Follow the reply's rendered key-controls link; without one, still exercise the human path so the remaining evidence is graded.
+    const o = await observeRuntime(ctx, state), href = agentKeyControlsLink(o, worker) ?? `/${ctx.input.fixtures.company.issuePrefix}/agents/${worker.id}/api-keys`;
     const source = ctx.issue(); if (!source) throw new Error("Private key workflow requires the exact standing source");
     // A separate process owns the token and all sensitive browser operations.
     // Test tracing flags/newContext do not disable Playwright API-step recording.
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-private-key-worker.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-private-key-worker.ts
index e6bf6dce7df..346c0f2d00e 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-private-key-worker.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/runtime-private-key-worker.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<PrivateKeyReceipt> {
       return receipt;
     }
     if (![input.agentId, input.companyId, input.sourceIssueId].every(id => typeof id === "string" && /^[a-f0-9-]{36}$/i.test(id)) || !input.profileURL || new URL(input.profileURL).origin !== base.origin) throw new Error("Invalid exact private key resource binding");
-    await page.goto(input.profileURL, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" }); await page.getByRole("link", { name: /API keys/i }).click();
+    await page.goto(input.profileURL, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
     await page.getByPlaceholder("Key name (e.g. production)").fill("local integration"); await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Create", exact: true }).click();
     await page.getByText("API key created — copy it now, it will not be shown again.", { exact: true }).waitFor({ state: "visible" });
     const token = (await page.locator("code").filter({ hasText: /^pcp_/ }).first().textContent())?.trim();