diff --git a/hive-agent/src/turn.rs b/hive-agent/src/turn.rs
index aeadb1d2..8d05dfc2 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/turn.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/turn.rs
@@ -344,8 +344,9 @@ fn acp_permission_policy() -> PermissionPolicy {
 /// Whether an ACP agent may run the tool call it asks about. Default-deny,
 /// allowing what a claude agent has:
 ///
-/// - tools of the MCP servers the session was handed — which of those an
-///   agent gets is already decided by its tool groups (`mcp_config`);
+/// - `other`-kind calls to tools of the MCP servers the session was handed
+///   — which of those an agent gets is already decided by its tool groups
+///   (`mcp_config`);
 /// - the file tools, mirroring the claude built-ins
 ///   (`hive_sh4re::permissions`): `read`, `edit`, `search`;
 /// - `fetch` with the `web_tools` group (`web`).
@@ -353,10 +354,8 @@ fn acp_permission_policy() -> PermissionPolicy {
 /// Everything else is refused, including a built-in shell (`execute`) —
 /// shell goes through `mcp__bash__run` — and any kind this list doesn't name.
 fn acp_permits(ask: &PermissionAsk<'_>, web: bool) -> bool {
-    if ask.mcp_server.is_some() {
-        return true;
-    }
     match ask.kind {
+        "other" => ask.mcp_server.is_some(),
         "read" | "edit" | "search" => true,
         "fetch" => web,
         _ => false,
@@ -891,6 +890,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(acp_permits(&mcp, false));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn an_mcp_looking_title_does_not_lift_execute_or_fetch() {
+        let execute = PermissionAsk {
+            kind: "execute",
+            mcp_server: Some("hyperhive"),
+        };
+        assert!(!acp_permits(&execute, true));
+        let fetch = PermissionAsk {
+            kind: "fetch",
+            mcp_server: Some("hyperhive"),
+        };
+        assert!(!acp_permits(&fetch, false));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn acp_fetch_follows_the_web_tools_group() {
         assert!(acp_permits(&ask("fetch"), true));
diff --git a/hive-runtime/src/acp/mod.rs b/hive-runtime/src/acp/mod.rs
index 73b60828..fbe29b88 100644
--- a/hive-runtime/src/acp/mod.rs
+++ b/hive-runtime/src/acp/mod.rs
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ pub struct PermissionAsk<'a> {
     /// The tool call's ACP `kind` (`read`, `edit`, `execute`, `fetch`, …;
     /// `other` when the agent gives none).
     pub kind: &'a str,
-    /// The MCP server, of those handed to the session, whose tool this is:
-    /// the tool call's title names it as `<server>_<tool>`,
-    /// `<server>__<tool>` or `mcp__<server>__<tool>`.
+    /// For a `kind` of `other`: the MCP server, of those handed to the
+    /// session, whose tool this is — the tool call's title names it as
+    /// `<server>_<tool>`, `<server>__<tool>` or `mcp__<server>__<tool>`.
+    /// `None` for every other kind.
     pub mcp_server: Option<&'a str>,
 }
 
diff --git a/hive-runtime/src/acp/rpc.rs b/hive-runtime/src/acp/rpc.rs
index 076024b6..d3db7cea 100644
--- a/hive-runtime/src/acp/rpc.rs
+++ b/hive-runtime/src/acp/rpc.rs
@@ -239,9 +239,14 @@ pub(super) fn permission_outcome(
 ) -> Value {
     let tool_call = params.get("toolCall");
     let field = |k: &str| tool_call.and_then(|t| t.get(k)).and_then(Value::as_str);
+    let kind = field("kind").unwrap_or("other");
     let ask = PermissionAsk {
-        kind: field("kind").unwrap_or("other"),
-        mcp_server: field("title").and_then(|title| mcp_server_of(title, servers)),
+        kind,
+        // MCP tool calls are kind `other`; a title alone must not lift another
+        // kind (`execute`, `fetch`) into one.
+        mcp_server: (kind == "other")
+            .then(|| field("title").and_then(|title| mcp_server_of(title, servers)))
+            .flatten(),
     };
     let wanted = if permit(&ask) {
         ["allow_once", "allow_always"]
@@ -334,6 +339,26 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// A title shaped like `<server>_<tool>` marks an MCP call only on kind
+    /// `other`, which is what an agent gives an MCP tool call.
+    #[test]
+    fn an_mcp_looking_title_on_execute_or_fetch_is_not_an_mcp_call() {
+        let policy: PermissionPolicy = Arc::new(|ask: &PermissionAsk<'_>| ask.mcp_server.is_some());
+        for kind in ["execute", "fetch"] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                permission_outcome(&request(kind, "hyperhive_send"), &policy, &servers())["outcome"]
+                    ["optionId"],
+                "reject",
+                "{kind}"
+            );
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            permission_outcome(&request("other", "hyperhive_send"), &policy, &servers())["outcome"]
+                ["optionId"],
+            "once"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn no_matching_option_cancels() {
         let req = json!({ "toolCall": { "kind": "execute" },