diff --git a/agents/dispatch/src/toolset.ts b/agents/dispatch/src/toolset.ts
index f273a330e..7ec80a64a 100644
--- a/agents/dispatch/src/toolset.ts
+++ b/agents/dispatch/src/toolset.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const tools = [
   "resume_agent",
   "interrupt_agent",
   "send_input",
+  "approve_worker_call",
   "read_agent_trace",
   "search_agents",
 ] as const;
diff --git a/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.test.ts b/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.test.ts
index 156704451..f8010b542 100644
--- a/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.test.ts
+++ b/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.test.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ describe("DISPATCH_TOOLS / ORCHESTRATOR_TOOLS", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test("approve_worker_call sits beside send_input on both dispatch surfaces", () => {
+    for (const surface of [DISPATCH_TOOLS, ORCHESTRATOR_TOOLS] as const) {
+      const names = surface as readonly string[];
+      const send = names.indexOf("send_input");
+      expect(send).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+      expect(names[send + 1]).toBe("approve_worker_call");
+    }
+  });
+
   test("skill_search + use_skill mount on every worker surface, never ask_operator", () => {
     expect([...SKILL_TOOLS]).toEqual(["skill_search", "use_skill"]);
     for (const surface of [
diff --git a/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.ts b/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.ts
index abe9fc31d..0189c8457 100644
--- a/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.ts
+++ b/src/agent/directors/tool-sets.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export const ORCHESTRATOR_TOOLS = [
   "resume_agent",
   "interrupt_agent",
   "send_input",
+  "approve_worker_call",
   "read_agent_trace",
 ] as const;
 
diff --git a/src/agent/prompt-sizes.test.ts b/src/agent/prompt-sizes.test.ts
index 75c82386f..97d92c114 100644
--- a/src/agent/prompt-sizes.test.ts
+++ b/src/agent/prompt-sizes.test.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,11 @@ describe("director prompt size budget", () => {
           }
         }
         if (DIRECTOR_REGISTRY[directorId].spawn.maySpawn) {
-          for (const verb of ["spawn_agent", "send_input"]) {
+          for (const verb of [
+            "spawn_agent",
+            "send_input",
+            "approve_worker_call",
+          ]) {
             expect(
               names.filter((n) => n === verb).length,
               `${directorId} [${family}] mounts ${verb} once`,
diff --git a/src/agent/prompt-sizes.ts b/src/agent/prompt-sizes.ts
index fe505b83a..a762d1849 100644
--- a/src/agent/prompt-sizes.ts
+++ b/src/agent/prompt-sizes.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export function canonicalToolNamesForDirector(
       "resume_agent",
       "interrupt_agent",
       "send_input",
+      "approve_worker_call",
     );
   }
   const dupe = names.find((name, index) => names.indexOf(name) !== index);
diff --git a/src/agent/tool-search.ts b/src/agent/tool-search.ts
index c9486db94..8b0d19295 100644
--- a/src/agent/tool-search.ts
+++ b/src/agent/tool-search.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export const CORE_TOOL_NAMES: readonly string[] = [
   "resume_agent",
   "interrupt_agent",
   "send_input",
+  "approve_worker_call",
 ];
 
 const ORCHESTRATOR_ONLY_TOOL_NAMES: readonly string[] = [
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ const ORCHESTRATOR_ONLY_TOOL_NAMES: readonly string[] = [
   "resume_agent",
   "interrupt_agent",
   "send_input",
+  "approve_worker_call",
 ];
 
 // Session-start facts gating a core tool's advertisement, fixed for the
diff --git a/src/exec/runner.test.ts b/src/exec/runner.test.ts
index de85c49d1..23701272a 100644
--- a/src/exec/runner.test.ts
+++ b/src/exec/runner.test.ts
@@ -750,6 +750,68 @@ describe("exec advertised tools vs TUI", () => {
     });
     expect(isAdvertised("ask_operator")).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  test("parent prefix and dispatch call gate list approve_worker_call after send_input", () => {
+    const stub = (name: string) => ({
+      name,
+      description: name,
+      inputSchema: { type: "object" as const, properties: {} },
+    });
+    const expectBesideSendInput = (names: readonly string[]) => {
+      const send = names.indexOf("send_input");
+      expect(send).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+      expect(names[send + 1]).toBe("approve_worker_call");
+    };
+    const registry = [
+      stub("read_file"),
+      stub("approve_worker_call"),
+      stub("send_input"),
+    ];
+    for (const toolAvailability of [
+      {
+        languageServerAvailable: false,
+        operatorAvailable: true,
+        waitAgentsMounted: false,
+      },
+      {
+        languageServerAvailable: false,
+        operatorAvailable: false,
+        waitAgentsMounted: true,
+      },
+    ] as const) {
+      expectBesideSendInput(
+        advertisedToolNamesForSessionMode(sessionMode, toolAvailability),
+      );
+      const tui = createAdvertisedToolset({
+        sessionMode,
+        toolAvailability,
+        getProvider: () => ({ providerName: "test", model: "test" }),
+      });
+      expectBesideSendInput(
+        tui.computeAdvertised(registry).map((def) => def.name),
+      );
+      expect(
+        createExecToolCallGate(tui.isAdvertised)("approve_worker_call"),
+      ).toBe(true);
+    }
+    const overlay = resolveExecDirectorOverlay("dispatch");
+    const exec = createAdvertisedToolset({
+      sessionMode,
+      toolAvailability: {
+        languageServerAvailable: false,
+        operatorAvailable: false,
+        waitAgentsMounted: true,
+      },
+      getProvider: () => ({ providerName: "test", model: "test" }),
+      builtInPrefix: overlay.advertisedAllow,
+    });
+    expectBesideSendInput(
+      exec.computeAdvertised(registry).map((def) => def.name),
+    );
+    expect(
+      createExecToolCallGate(exec.isAdvertised)("approve_worker_call"),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("exec tool call gate and promoter", () => {