diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
index 00d5b4934..f11165a91 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
       "Bash(uv run --project ~/.claude/magpie/vetted-ops vetted-op-read *)",
       "Bash(uvx --from ~/.claude/magpie/vetted-ops vetted-op-read *)",
       "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_thread",
-      "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads",
-      "mcp__gmail-plaintext__create_draft",
-      "mcp__ponymail__search_list",
       "mcp__ponymail__auth_status",
       "mcp__ponymail__get_thread",
       "mcp__ponymail__get_email",
diff --git a/docs/setup/secure-agent-setup.md b/docs/setup/secure-agent-setup.md
index b7902ff26..e8b3ee870 100644
--- a/docs/setup/secure-agent-setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup/secure-agent-setup.md
@@ -696,17 +696,17 @@ The full block below is the two merged, annotated.
       "Bash(uv run --project ~/.claude/magpie/vetted-ops vetted-op-read *)",
       "Bash(uvx --from ~/.claude/magpie/vetted-ops vetted-op-read *)",   // same dispatcher, the form bulk gatherer agents use
       // Read-only MCP tools the security skills call on every sync / import /
-      // triage run. Without these, each archive or mailbox read prompts, and a
-      // bulk sync fans out into hundreds of prompts. Write tools stay off this
-      // list (drafts, logins, label/thread mutations keep their prompt), with
-      // one exception: gmail-plaintext `create_draft` only creates an unsent
-      // draft the operator reviews in Gmail.
-      "mcp__ponymail__search_list", "mcp__ponymail__get_thread", "mcp__ponymail__get_email",
+      // triage run. Without these, each read of a named thread or message
+      // prompts, and a bulk sync fans out into hundreds of prompts. Whole-mailbox
+      // and whole-list searches stay off this list, as do write tools (drafts,
+      // logins, label/thread mutations): these sessions read untrusted reports,
+      // so the operator sees those calls.
+      "mcp__ponymail__get_thread", "mcp__ponymail__get_email",
       "mcp__ponymail__get_source", "mcp__ponymail__list_lists", "mcp__ponymail__list_restrictions",
       "mcp__ponymail__auth_status",
-      "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads", "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_thread",
-      "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_message", "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_drafts", "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_draft",
-      "mcp__gmail-plaintext__create_draft", "mcp__gmail-plaintext__check_auth",
+      "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_thread", "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_message",
+      "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_drafts", "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_draft",
+      "mcp__gmail-plaintext__check_auth",
       "mcp__apache-projects__get_committee", "mcp__apache-projects__get_group_members",
       "mcp__apache-projects__get_person", "mcp__apache-projects__search_people",
       "mcp__apache-projects__project_stats", "mcp__apache-projects__get_releases",
diff --git a/plugins/magpie-security-tools/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py b/plugins/magpie-security-tools/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py
index f34baa31e..b8452d892 100644
--- a/plugins/magpie-security-tools/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py
+++ b/plugins/magpie-security-tools/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
     "security": frozenset(
         {
             "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_thread",
-            "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads",
             "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_drafts",
             "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_labels",
         }
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@
     "ASF": {
         "security": frozenset(
             {
-                "mcp__ponymail__search_list",
                 "mcp__ponymail__auth_status",
                 "mcp__ponymail__get_thread",
                 "mcp__ponymail__get_email",
diff --git a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/family-mcp-allows.json b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/family-mcp-allows.json
index 5996bed13..38b73fa26 100644
--- a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/family-mcp-allows.json
+++ b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/family-mcp-allows.json
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
     "instead of granted to everyone. setup adopt/upgrade write the allows for the families in",
     ".apache-magpie.lock into the committed .claude/settings.json (a derived key, like",
     "enabledPlugins); reconciliation adds the allows for families installed only on one machine",
-    "to .claude/settings.local.json. List read-only or draft-only tools only: a tool that sends,",
-    "posts or deletes stays behind the harness prompt and never belongs here.",
+    "to .claude/settings.local.json. List tools that read one named item or report state only:",
+    "a tool that sends, posts or deletes, creates a draft, or searches a whole mailbox or list",
+    "stays behind the harness prompt and never belongs here, because these sessions read",
+    "untrusted content and the operator should see those calls.",
     "The claude_ai_Gmail entries are reads; drafting goes through gmail-plaintext, which writes",
     "plain text with no tracking links."
   ],
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@
       ],
       "tools": [
         "get_thread",
-        "search_threads",
         "get_message",
         "list_drafts",
         "get_draft"
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@
         "security"
       ],
       "tools": [
-        "create_draft",
         "check_auth"
       ]
     },
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
         "security"
       ],
       "tools": [
-        "search_list",
         "auth_status",
         "get_thread",
         "get_email",
diff --git a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/install.md b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/install.md
index 7750c272b..f5bc0e4e3 100644
--- a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/install.md
+++ b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/install.md
@@ -1746,10 +1746,10 @@ Same hands-off contract as 9c — **surface, do not run**:
    is then usable by **any** agent session on the machine, Magpie-related
    or not (see [`tools/gmail/oauth-draft/README.md` → MCP server](../../../../tools/gmail/oauth-draft/README.md#mcp-server)).
 3. **Reflect the outcome** in the recommended permission allow-list
-   (add `mcp__gmail-plaintext__create_draft` alongside the Gmail read
-   tools — see [`verify.md`](verify.md) check 8d). It only ever creates
-   **unsent** drafts the human reviews and sends, so allow-listing it
-   avoids a prompt on every draft.
+   (add `mcp__gmail-plaintext__check_auth` alongside the Gmail read
+   tools — see [`verify.md`](verify.md) check 8d). Leave
+   `mcp__gmail-plaintext__create_draft` off it: each draft keeps its
+   harness prompt, so the operator sees it being created.
 4. **Tell the operator what to do next**, as a numbered list:
    1. Run the `claude mcp add gmail-plaintext …` command above.
    2. Restart the agent, so the `mcp__gmail-plaintext__*` tools load.
diff --git a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/setup_preflight/isolated_fingerprint.py b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/setup_preflight/isolated_fingerprint.py
index ea85e8520..0ecdbbb67 100644
--- a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/setup_preflight/isolated_fingerprint.py
+++ b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/setup_preflight/isolated_fingerprint.py
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 for installs that do not carry the framework source (see `isolated.py`).
 """
 
-FRAMEWORK_FINGERPRINT = "sha256:362e4711c8e0274f"
+FRAMEWORK_FINGERPRINT = "sha256:3814a0293e38b051"
diff --git a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/verify.md b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/verify.md
index e245daf87..4c85735c4 100644
--- a/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/verify.md
+++ b/plugins/magpie-setup/skills/setup/verify.md
@@ -677,12 +677,9 @@ adopter opted into via
 
 - **`security` family** —
   - `mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_thread`
-  - `mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads`
   - `mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_drafts`
   - `mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_labels`
-  - `mcp__gmail-plaintext__create_draft`
   - and, only when `project.md` declares `organization: ASF` (they are ASF services):
-  - `mcp__ponymail__search_list`
   - `mcp__ponymail__auth_status`
   - `mcp__ponymail__get_thread`
   - `mcp__ponymail__get_email`
diff --git a/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py b/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py
index f34baa31e..b8452d892 100644
--- a/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py
+++ b/tools/permission-audit/src/permission_audit/audit.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
     "security": frozenset(
         {
             "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_thread",
-            "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads",
             "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_drafts",
             "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__list_labels",
         }
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@
     "ASF": {
         "security": frozenset(
             {
-                "mcp__ponymail__search_list",
                 "mcp__ponymail__auth_status",
                 "mcp__ponymail__get_thread",
                 "mcp__ponymail__get_email",
diff --git a/tools/permission-audit/tests/test_audit.py b/tools/permission-audit/tests/test_audit.py
index fea201a6f..f02982d41 100644
--- a/tools/permission-audit/tests/test_audit.py
+++ b/tools/permission-audit/tests/test_audit.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 def test_empty_allow_only_misses_recommended():
     result = audit_settings(allow_list=[], families=["security"])
     assert result.forbidden == []
-    # lychee (default family "") + 4 generic security entries = 5
-    assert len(result.missing_recommended) == 5
+    # lychee (default family "") + 3 generic security entries = 4
+    assert len(result.missing_recommended) == 4
 
 
 def test_forbidden_python_wildcard_flagged_with_pointer():
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_default_family_always_included_even_when_not_requested():
 def test_asf_only_recommendations_need_the_asf_organization():
     """PonyMail, the ASF project directory and Vulnogram are ASF services."""
     asf_only = {
-        "mcp__ponymail__search_list",
+        "mcp__ponymail__get_thread",
         "mcp__apache-projects__get_person",
         "Bash(vulnogram-api-record-fetch *)",
     }
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ def test_asf_only_recommendations_need_the_asf_organization():
     assert not asf_only & elsewhere
     assert not asf_only & independent
     assert asf_only <= asf
-    # lychee + 4 generic + 11 ASF security entries
-    assert len(asf) == 16
+    # lychee + 3 generic + 10 ASF security entries
+    assert len(asf) == 14
diff --git a/tools/sandbox-lint/expected.json b/tools/sandbox-lint/expected.json
index aa2926186..122733c72 100644
--- a/tools/sandbox-lint/expected.json
+++ b/tools/sandbox-lint/expected.json
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@
       "Bash(gh browse *)",
       "Bash(gh auth status)",
       "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__get_thread",
-      "mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads",
-      "mcp__gmail-plaintext__create_draft",
-      "mcp__ponymail__search_list",
       "mcp__ponymail__auth_status",
       "mcp__ponymail__get_thread",
       "mcp__ponymail__get_email",