diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates.dart
index 6f3bae57a2..930ccef2b3 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ bool agentIsSharedWithUser(
   Set<String> sharedChannelIds,
   String? currentPubkey,
 ) {
+  if (currentPubkey != null &&
+      agent.ownerPubkey == currentPubkey.toLowerCase() &&
+      const ['owner-only', 'allowlist', 'anyone'].contains(agent.respondTo)) {
+    return true;
+  }
   if (agent.respondTo == 'allowlist' && currentPubkey != null) {
     return agent.respondToAllowlist.contains(currentPubkey.toLowerCase());
   }
@@ -62,6 +67,11 @@ List<MentionCandidate> buildMentionCandidates({
     final profile = userCache[pk];
     final ownerPubkey = ownerByAgentPubkey[pk] ?? profile?.ownerPubkey;
     final isAgent = member.isBot || ownerPubkey != null;
+    final policy = relayAgents.where((agent) => agent.pubkey == pk).firstOrNull;
+    if (policy?.ownerPubkey != null &&
+        !agentIsSharedWithUser(policy!, sharedChannelIds, currentPubkey)) {
+      continue;
+    }
     candidates.add(
       MentionCandidate(
         pubkey: pk,
@@ -121,6 +131,12 @@ List<MentionCandidate> buildMentionCandidates({
       // verified NIP-OA owner) or shared via the relay agent directory.
       final ownedByCurrentUser =
           currentLower != null && ownerPubkey?.toLowerCase() == currentLower;
+      final policy = relayAgents
+          .where((agent) => agent.pubkey == pk)
+          .firstOrNull;
+      if (policy?.ownerPubkey != null && !sharedAgentPubkeys.contains(pk)) {
+        continue;
+      }
       if (!ownedByCurrentUser && !sharedAgentPubkeys.contains(pk)) {
         continue;
       }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart
index d69c749f79..e5be060be4 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../../shared/crypto/nip_oa.dart';
+import '../../shared/crypto/signed_event.dart';
 import '../../shared/relay/relay.dart';
 
+part 'agent_policy.dart';
+
 /// A relay agent parsed from its kind:10100 agent-profile event.
 ///
 /// Mirrors the fields desktop's `RelayAgent` uses for mention eligibility
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ import '../../shared/relay/relay.dart';
 class AgentDirectoryEntry {
   final String pubkey;
   final String? displayName;
+  final String? ownerPubkey;
   final String? respondTo;
   final List<String> respondToAllowlist;
   final List<String> channelIds;
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ class AgentDirectoryEntry {
   const AgentDirectoryEntry({
     required this.pubkey,
     this.displayName,
+    this.ownerPubkey,
     this.respondTo,
     this.respondToAllowlist = const [],
     this.channelIds = const [],
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ final agentDirectoryProvider = FutureProvider<List<AgentDirectoryEntry>>((
   if (sessionState.status != SessionStatus.connected) return const [];
   final session = ref.read(relaySessionProvider.notifier);
   final events = await session.fetchHistory(NostrFilters.agentProfiles());
-  return [for (final event in events) AgentDirectoryEntry.fromEvent(event)];
+  return resolveAgentPolicies(session, events);
 });
 
 /// Verified NIP-OA owner pubkey per agent pubkey, from the agents' kind:0
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/mentions/agent_policy.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/mentions/agent_policy.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be7f6642b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/mentions/agent_policy.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+part of 'agent_identity_provider.dart';
+
+bool _newer(NostrEvent event, NostrEvent previous) =>
+    event.createdAt > previous.createdAt ||
+    (event.createdAt == previous.createdAt &&
+        event.id.compareTo(previous.id) < 0);
+
+/// Exact-coordinate queries, bounded to ten filters in flight. An empty result
+/// is distinct from a failed read; failures must never revive runtime access.
+Future<List<NostrEvent>> _queryAgentFilters(
+  RelaySessionNotifier session,
+  List<NostrFilter> filters,
+) async {
+  final events = <NostrEvent>[];
+  for (var start = 0; start < filters.length; start += 10) {
+    events.addAll(
+      await session.queryRelay(filters.skip(start).take(10).toList()),
+    );
+  }
+  return events;
+}
+
+/// Overlay current owner-authenticated policy onto the existing runtime
+/// directory. This does not expand discovery to owner-only coordinates yet.
+Future<List<AgentDirectoryEntry>> resolveAgentPolicies(
+  RelaySessionNotifier session,
+  List<NostrEvent> runtimeEvents,
+) async {
+  final latest = <String, NostrEvent>{};
+  for (final event in runtimeEvents.where((event) => event.kind == 10100)) {
+    final previous = latest[event.pubkey];
+    if (previous == null || _newer(event, previous)) {
+      latest[event.pubkey] = event;
+    }
+  }
+  final profiles = latestProfileEvents(
+    await _queryAgentFilters(session, [
+      for (final key in latest.keys)
+        NostrFilter(kinds: const [0], authors: [key], limit: 1),
+    ]),
+  );
+  final owners = <String, String>{};
+  for (final profile in profiles.values) {
+    final owner = verifiedOaOwnerPubkey(profile);
+    if (owner != null && latest.containsKey(profile.pubkey)) {
+      owners[profile.pubkey] = owner;
+    }
+  }
+  final policies = await _queryAgentFilters(session, [
+    for (final owner in owners.entries)
+      NostrFilter(
+        kinds: const [30177],
+        authors: [owner.value],
+        tags: {
+          '#d': [owner.key],
+        },
+        limit: 1,
+      ),
+  ]);
+  return mergeAgentPolicies(latest.values, policies, owners);
+}
+
+/// Latest signed owner policy is the access authority, not runtime claims.
+/// Malformed/revoked policy reserves the identity with deny-all permissions;
+/// it must not fall back to an older permissive policy or kind:10100 record.
+List<AgentDirectoryEntry> mergeAgentPolicies(
+  Iterable<NostrEvent> runtimeEvents,
+  Iterable<NostrEvent> policies,
+  Map<String, String> verifiedOwners,
+) {
+  final latestPolicies = <String, NostrEvent>{};
+  for (final event in policies) {
+    final key = event.getTagValue('d');
+    if (key == null || verifiedOwners[key] != event.pubkey) continue;
+    final previous = latestPolicies[key];
+    if (previous == null || _newer(event, previous)) {
+      latestPolicies[key] = event;
+    }
+  }
+  final agents = <String, AgentDirectoryEntry>{};
+  for (final event in runtimeEvents) {
+    if (event.kind != 10100 || !verifySignedEvent(event)) continue;
+    final data = _tryDecodeJsonMap(event.content);
+    if (data == null) continue;
+    agents[event.pubkey] = AgentDirectoryEntry(
+      pubkey: event.pubkey,
+      displayName: data['display_name'] is String
+          ? data['display_name'] as String
+          : data['name'] is String
+          ? data['name'] as String
+          : null,
+      respondTo: data['respond_to'] is String
+          ? data['respond_to'] as String
+          : null,
+      respondToAllowlist: _stringList(data['respond_to_allowlist']) ?? const [],
+      channelIds: _stringList(data['channel_ids']) ?? const [],
+    );
+  }
+  for (final entry in latestPolicies.entries) {
+    final event = entry.value;
+    final data = _tryDecodeJsonMap(event.content);
+    final mode = data?['respond_to'];
+    final parallelism = data?['parallelism'];
+    final allowlist = _stringList(data?['respond_to_allowlist'] ?? []);
+    final valid =
+        event.kind == 30177 &&
+        verifySignedEvent(event) &&
+        event.tags.where((tag) => tag.isNotEmpty && tag[0] == 'd').length ==
+            1 &&
+        data?['name'] is String &&
+        parallelism is int &&
+        parallelism >= 0 &&
+        parallelism <= 4294967295 &&
+        const ['owner-only', 'allowlist', 'anyone', 'nobody'].contains(mode) &&
+        allowlist != null &&
+        const [
+          'persona_id',
+          'system_prompt',
+          'model',
+          'provider',
+          'persona_source_version',
+        ].every((key) => data?[key] == null || data?[key] is String);
+    agents[entry.key] = AgentDirectoryEntry(
+      pubkey: entry.key,
+      ownerPubkey: event.pubkey,
+      displayName: valid
+          ? data!['name'] as String
+          : agents[entry.key]?.displayName,
+      respondTo: valid ? mode as String : 'nobody',
+      respondToAllowlist: valid ? allowlist : const [],
+      channelIds: agents[entry.key]?.channelIds ?? const [],
+    );
+  }
+  return agents.values.toList();
+}
+
+List<String>? _stringList(Object? value) =>
+    value is List && value.every((v) => v is String)
+    ? value.cast<String>().map((v) => v.toLowerCase()).toList()
+    : null;
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/mentions/agent_policy_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/mentions/agent_policy_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85cdc6faef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/mentions/agent_policy_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+
+import 'package:buzz/features/channels/channel_management_provider.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/features/channels/mentions/mention_candidates.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/mentions/agent_identity_provider.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/profile/user_profile.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
+import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
+
+import '../crypto/nip_oa_test.dart' show authTag, profile;
+
+NostrEvent signed(
+  nostr.Keys key,
+  int kind,
+  Object content, {
+  int time = 100,
+  List<List<String>> tags = const [],
+}) => NostrEvent.fromJson(
+  nostr.Event.from(
+    kind: kind,
+    content: content is String ? content : jsonEncode(content),
+    secretKey: key.secret,
+    createdAt: time,
+    tags: tags,
+  ).toMap(),
+);
+
+class PolicySession extends RelaySessionNotifier {
+  PolicySession(this.events, {this.failPolicy = false});
+  final List<NostrEvent> events;
+  final bool failPolicy;
+  final queries = <NostrFilter>[];
+  @override
+  SessionState build() => const SessionState(status: SessionStatus.connected);
+  @override
+  Future<List<NostrEvent>> fetchHistory(
+    NostrFilter filter, {
+    Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 8),
+  }) async => events.where((e) => e.kind == 10100).toList();
+  @override
+  Future<List<NostrEvent>> queryRelay(
+    List<NostrFilter> filters, {
+    Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 8),
+  }) async {
+    expect(filters.length, lessThanOrEqualTo(10));
+    queries.addAll(filters);
+    if (failPolicy && filters.any((f) => f.kinds.contains(30177))) {
+      throw StateError('policy read failed');
+    }
+    return events
+        .where(
+          (event) => filters.any(
+            (f) =>
+                f.kinds.contains(event.kind) &&
+                f.authors!.contains(event.pubkey) &&
+                (f.tags['#d'] == null ||
+                    f.tags['#d']!.contains(event.getTagValue('d'))),
+          ),
+        )
+        .toList();
+  }
+}
+
+void main() {
+  final owner = nostr.Keys.generate();
+  final agent = nostr.Keys.generate();
+  final stranger = nostr.Keys.generate();
+  final owned = profile(agent, [authTag(owner, agent.public)]);
+  final runtime = signed(agent, 10100, {
+    'name': 'runtime',
+    'respond_to': 'anyone',
+    'channel_ids': ['channel'],
+  });
+  NostrEvent policy(Object content, {int time = 100, nostr.Keys? author}) =>
+      signed(
+        author ?? owner,
+        30177,
+        content,
+        time: time,
+        tags: [
+          ['d', agent.public],
+        ],
+      );
+  final allow = policy({
+    'name': 'Agent',
+    'parallelism': 1,
+    'respond_to': 'owner-only',
+  });
+
+  Future<List<AgentDirectoryEntry>> directory(
+    List<NostrEvent> events, {
+    bool failPolicy = false,
+    void Function(PolicySession)? inspect,
+  }) async {
+    final session = PolicySession(events, failPolicy: failPolicy);
+    final container = ProviderContainer(
+      overrides: [relaySessionProvider.overrideWith(() => session)],
+    );
+    try {
+      final result = await container.read(agentDirectoryProvider.future);
+      inspect?.call(session);
+      return result;
+    } finally {
+      container.dispose();
+    }
+  }
+
+  test(
+    'production directory reads exact authenticated owner coordinates',
+    () async {
+      final agents = await directory(
+        [runtime, owned, allow],
+        inspect: (session) {
+          final query = session.queries.singleWhere(
+            (q) => q.kinds.contains(30177),
+          );
+          expect(query.authors, [owner.public]);
+          expect(query.tags, {
+            '#d': [agent.public],
+          });
+          expect(query.limit, 1);
+        },
+      );
+      expect(agents.single.ownerPubkey, owner.public);
+      expect(agents.single.respondTo, 'owner-only');
+      expect(agents.single.displayName, 'Agent');
+      expect(agentIsSharedWithUser(agents.single, {}, owner.public), isTrue);
+      expect(
+        agentIsSharedWithUser(agents.single, {'channel'}, stranger.public),
+        isFalse,
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  test(
+    'latest malformed policy reserves deny-all, never runtime/older fallback',
+    () async {
+      for (final body in [
+        '',
+        '{}',
+        {'name': 'Agent', 'parallelism': 1, 'respond_to': 'unknown'},
+        {
+          'name': 'Agent',
+          'parallelism': 1,
+          'respond_to': 'anyone',
+          'respond_to_allowlist': [3],
+        },
+        {'name': 'Agent', 'parallelism': -1, 'respond_to': 'anyone'},
+      ]) {
+        final bad = policy(body, time: 101);
+        for (final policies in [
+          [allow, bad],
+          [bad, allow],
+        ]) {
+          final result = await directory([runtime, owned, ...policies]);
+          expect(result.single.respondTo, 'nobody');
+          expect(
+            agentIsSharedWithUser(result.single, {'channel'}, owner.public),
+            isFalse,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
+  test(
+    'same-second policy ties are independent of response ordering',
+    () async {
+      final deny = policy({
+        'name': 'Agent',
+        'parallelism': 1,
+        'respond_to': 'nobody',
+      });
+      for (final policies in [
+        [allow, deny],
+        [deny, allow],
+      ]) {
+        expect(
+          (await directory([runtime, owned, ...policies])).single.respondTo,
+          allow.id.compareTo(deny.id) < 0 ? 'owner-only' : 'nobody',
+        );
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
+  test(
+    'tampered authenticated policy cannot revive runtime permission',
+    () async {
+      final tampered = NostrEvent.fromJson({
+        ...allow.toJson(),
+        'content': '{}',
+      });
+      expect(
+        (await directory([runtime, owned, tampered])).single.respondTo,
+        'nobody',
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  test(
+    'foreign policy cannot override a headless runtime; revoked owner is not revived',
+    () async {
+      final foreign = policy({}, author: stranger);
+      expect(
+        (await directory([runtime, owned, foreign])).single.respondTo,
+        'anyone',
+      );
+      final revoked = profile(agent, [], createdAt: 101);
+      final result = await directory([runtime, owned, revoked, allow]);
+      expect(result.single.ownerPubkey, isNull);
+      expect(result.single.respondTo, 'anyone'); // OSS headless compatibility.
+    },
+  );
+
+  test(
+    'policy read failure propagates instead of falling back to runtime',
+    () async {
+      await expectLater(
+        directory([runtime, owned, allow], failPolicy: true),
+        throwsStateError,
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  test('latest tampered runtime never revives older valid runtime', () async {
+    final bad = NostrEvent.fromJson({...runtime.toJson(), 'created_at': 102});
+    expect(await directory([runtime, bad]), isEmpty);
+  });
+
+  test(
+    'policy denial applies to member, non-member and owned search candidates',
+    () async {
+      final deny = policy({
+        'name': 'Agent',
+        'parallelism': 1,
+        'respond_to': 'nobody',
+      });
+      final agents = await directory([runtime, owned, deny]);
+      for (final members in [
+        <ChannelMember>[],
+        [
+          ChannelMember(
+            pubkey: agent.public,
+            role: 'bot',
+            joinedAt: DateTime(2026),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ]) {
+        final candidates = buildMentionCandidates(
+          members: members,
+          relayAgents: agents,
+          sharedChannelIds: {'channel'},
+          userCache: {},
+          ownerByAgentPubkey: {agent.public: owner.public},
+          currentPubkey: owner.public,
+          searchResults: [
+            UserProfile(pubkey: agent.public, ownerPubkey: owner.public),
+          ],
+        );
+        expect(candidates, isEmpty);
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
+  test('owner is allowed by each supported mode except nobody', () async {
+    for (final mode in ['owner-only', 'allowlist', 'anyone', 'nobody']) {
+      final agents = await directory([
+        runtime,
+        owned,
+        policy({'name': 'Agent', 'parallelism': 1, 'respond_to': mode}),
+      ]);
+      expect(
+        agentIsSharedWithUser(agents.single, {}, owner.public),
+        mode != 'nobody',
+      );
+    }
+  });
+}