diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/socket_server/mod.rs b/hive-c0re/src/socket_server/mod.rs
index c939590d..5084cd30 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/socket_server/mod.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/socket_server/mod.rs
@@ -180,9 +180,10 @@ pub(crate) fn recv_timeout(wait_seconds: Option<u64>) -> std::time::Duration {
 
 /// Handle the subset of `Request` variants that are identical on both
 /// the agent socket and the manager socket. Returns `Some(response)` for
-/// every variant it handles; returns `None` for variants with socket-specific
-/// semantics (e.g. `GetLooseEnds`, where the manager can target other
-/// agents) or for manager-only variants.
+/// every variant it handles; returns `None` for the remaining variants —
+/// `ListDescendants` and the orchestration verbs (schedules / meta-inputs),
+/// which need per-verb tool-group gating — or for host-admin / unknown
+/// requests invalid on either socket.
 ///
 /// The unified `dispatch` calls this first; the remaining arms (which gate
 /// on topology / capabilities / tool-groups) are handled there.