diff --git a/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/SKILL.md b/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/SKILL.md
index 8e16527f..014be53a 100644
--- a/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/SKILL.md
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ sendwait() {
   printf '%s\n' "$r"
 }
 # sendmark <sid> <prompt> [timeoutSec] -> one JSON line, for an AGENT worker with no
-# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, and opencode, gemini, pi,
-# grok, omp, copilot or a hook-less claude (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
+# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, a hook-less claude, and
+# every external agent mode but deepseek (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
 #   {"token":…,"delivered":true,"matched":true,"answerFile":"<path>","answer":"<text>",…}
 # rc 0: the marker printed and the answer file was read. 2: no marker within the timeout
 # (default 600 s; the worker may still be working, so nothing is deleted). 3: the worker's
diff --git a/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/preamble.sh b/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/preamble.sh
index c71a1606..7901e617 100644
--- a/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/preamble.sh
+++ b/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/preamble.sh
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ sendwait() {
   printf '%s\n' "$r"
 }
 # sendmark <sid> <prompt> [timeoutSec] -> one JSON line, for an AGENT worker with no
-# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, and opencode, gemini, pi,
-# grok, omp, copilot or a hook-less claude (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
+# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, a hook-less claude, and
+# every external agent mode but deepseek (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
 #   {"token":…,"delivered":true,"matched":true,"answerFile":"<path>","answer":"<text>",…}
 # rc 0: the marker printed and the answer file was read. 2: no marker within the timeout
 # (default 600 s; the worker may still be working, so nothing is deleted). 3: the worker's
diff --git a/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md b/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md
index 3a18a70d..07f442c0 100644
--- a/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md
+++ b/plugins/codeman/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ snippet carries the exit code back to you.
 For a **claude** worker with no hooks, ask for the marker in halves in the prompt
 itself ("print the word WORKDONE immediately followed by `_<token>`") for the same
 reason, and match the joined token. For any **agent** worker without `stop` (a hook-less
-claude, opencode, gemini, pi, grok, omp, copilot, a worker on the local model), the
+claude, a worker on the local model, every external agent mode but deepseek), the
 preamble's `sendmark <sid> "<prompt>"` is exactly that in one call, and also asks for the
 answer in a file it reads back: [§5.16](#516-a-worker-on-the-local-model). ⚠️ Against a TUI, match a single space-free token:
 a full-screen TUI positions text with cursor movements rather than literal spaces, so
diff --git a/skills/codeman/SKILL.md b/skills/codeman/SKILL.md
index 8e16527f..014be53a 100644
--- a/skills/codeman/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/codeman/SKILL.md
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ sendwait() {
   printf '%s\n' "$r"
 }
 # sendmark <sid> <prompt> [timeoutSec] -> one JSON line, for an AGENT worker with no
-# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, and opencode, gemini, pi,
-# grok, omp, copilot or a hook-less claude (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
+# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, a hook-less claude, and
+# every external agent mode but deepseek (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
 #   {"token":…,"delivered":true,"matched":true,"answerFile":"<path>","answer":"<text>",…}
 # rc 0: the marker printed and the answer file was read. 2: no marker within the timeout
 # (default 600 s; the worker may still be working, so nothing is deleted). 3: the worker's
diff --git a/skills/codeman/preamble.sh b/skills/codeman/preamble.sh
index c71a1606..7901e617 100644
--- a/skills/codeman/preamble.sh
+++ b/skills/codeman/preamble.sh
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ sendwait() {
   printf '%s\n' "$r"
 }
 # sendmark <sid> <prompt> [timeoutSec] -> one JSON line, for an AGENT worker with no
-# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, and opencode, gemini, pi,
-# grok, omp, copilot or a hook-less claude (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
+# end-of-turn signal: a `local` worker whose agent is not claude, a hook-less claude, and
+# every external agent mode but deepseek (a shell worker takes §5.5's echo form instead):
 #   {"token":…,"delivered":true,"matched":true,"answerFile":"<path>","answer":"<text>",…}
 # rc 0: the marker printed and the answer file was read. 2: no marker within the timeout
 # (default 600 s; the worker may still be working, so nothing is deleted). 3: the worker's
diff --git a/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md b/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md
index 3a18a70d..07f442c0 100644
--- a/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md
+++ b/skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ snippet carries the exit code back to you.
 For a **claude** worker with no hooks, ask for the marker in halves in the prompt
 itself ("print the word WORKDONE immediately followed by `_<token>`") for the same
 reason, and match the joined token. For any **agent** worker without `stop` (a hook-less
-claude, opencode, gemini, pi, grok, omp, copilot, a worker on the local model), the
+claude, a worker on the local model, every external agent mode but deepseek), the
 preamble's `sendmark <sid> "<prompt>"` is exactly that in one call, and also asks for the
 answer in a file it reads back: [§5.16](#516-a-worker-on-the-local-model). ⚠️ Against a TUI, match a single space-free token:
 a full-screen TUI positions text with cursor movements rather than literal spaces, so