diff --git a/src/cli/hook_augment.c b/src/cli/hook_augment.c
index 79a197716..ef6b7a3fe 100644
--- a/src/cli/hook_augment.c
+++ b/src/cli/hook_augment.c
@@ -377,6 +377,13 @@ static char *ha_build_args(const char *project, const char *token) {
     return out; /* caller frees */
 }
 
+/* Closes every search augmentation that found symbols: cbm's own statement,
+ * outside the untrusted data block, naming the graph tool for the likely next
+ * question at the moment the agent greps. Facts, not commands. */
+static const char HA_SEARCH_FOLLOW_UP[] =
+    "\n[codebase-memory] For these symbols, trace_path lists callers and callees, "
+    "get_code_snippet returns the exact source, and search_graph finds related symbols by name.";
+
 /* Parse the MCP envelope returned by cbm_mcp_handle_tool and, if it is a
  * successful search_graph result with >=1 hit, format a compact
  * additionalContext string. Returns malloc'd text or NULL.
@@ -432,7 +439,7 @@ static char *ha_format_context(const char *envelope, const char *token, bool *is
         return NULL; /* valid project, just no matching symbols */
     }
 
-    char *text = malloc(4096);
+    char *text = malloc(4096 + sizeof(HA_SEARCH_FOLLOW_UP));
     if (!text) {
         yyjson_doc_free(idoc);
         yyjson_doc_free(edoc);
@@ -476,6 +483,10 @@ static char *ha_format_context(const char *envelope, const char *token, bool *is
                             safe_path, safe_label[0] ? "  " : "", safe_label);
         }
     }
+    /* off can run past the list cap when a row is truncated, so append at the
+     * real end; the allocation reserves room for the whole follow-up line. */
+    size_t used = strlen(text);
+    snprintf(text + used, 4096 + sizeof(HA_SEARCH_FOLLOW_UP) - used, "%s", HA_SEARCH_FOLLOW_UP);
 
     yyjson_doc_free(idoc);
     yyjson_doc_free(edoc);
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.c b/tests/test_cli.c
index c02091d78..539b0df18 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.c
+++ b/tests/test_cli.c
@@ -13498,6 +13498,50 @@ TEST(cli_hook_augment_context_tracks_search_json_shape) {
     PASS();
 }
 
+/* A search that found symbols closes with cbm's own follow-up line, after the
+ * untrusted symbol list and on its own line, naming the graph tools for the
+ * next question; it carries no repository-derived value. */
+TEST(cli_hook_augment_context_names_graph_follow_ups) {
+    cbm_mcp_server_t *srv = cbm_mcp_server_new(NULL);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(srv);
+    cbm_store_t *st = cbm_mcp_server_store(srv);
+    const char *proj = "hookproj";
+    cbm_mcp_server_set_project(srv, proj);
+    cbm_store_upsert_project(st, proj, "/tmp/hookproj");
+    cbm_node_t n = {.project = proj,
+                    .label = "Function",
+                    .name = "someIndexedSymbol",
+                    .qualified_name = "hookproj.mod.someIndexedSymbol",
+                    .file_path = "mod.py",
+                    .start_line = 1,
+                    .end_line = 4};
+    ASSERT_GT(cbm_store_upsert_node(st, &n), 0);
+    char *envelope =
+        cbm_mcp_handle_tool(srv, "search_graph",
+                            "{\"project\":\"hookproj\",\"name_pattern\":\".*someIndexedSymbol.*\","
+                            "\"limit\":5,\"format\":\"json\"}");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(envelope);
+
+    bool is_error = true;
+    char *ctx =
+        cbm_hook_augment_format_context_for_testing(envelope, "someIndexedSymbol", &is_error);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(is_error);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+    const char *list = strstr(ctx, "\n- hookproj.mod.someIndexedSymbol");
+    const char *follow = strstr(ctx, "\n[codebase-memory] For these symbols, trace_path lists "
+                                     "callers and callees, get_code_snippet returns the exact "
+                                     "source, and search_graph finds related symbols by name.");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(list);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(follow);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(follow > list);
+    ASSERT_NULL(strstr(follow, "someIndexedSymbol"));
+    ASSERT_NULL(strstr(follow, "mod.py"));
+    free(ctx);
+    free(envelope);
+    cbm_mcp_server_free(srv);
+    PASS();
+}
+
 /* Exercise the real PreToolUse + Bash route instead of calling only the
  * tokenizer seam. This pins the event guard and the graph lookup path together.
  */
@@ -18479,6 +18523,7 @@ SUITE(cli) {
     RUN_TEST(cli_codex_preflight_reports_heading_and_reason);
 #endif
     RUN_TEST(cli_hook_augment_context_tracks_search_json_shape);
+    RUN_TEST(cli_hook_augment_context_names_graph_follow_ups);
     RUN_TEST(cli_hook_augment_bash_pretooluse_reaches_augmenter);
     RUN_TEST(cli_hook_augment_bash_pattern_extractor);
     RUN_TEST(cli_hook_augment_coverage_requests_machine_json);