diff --git a/internal/adapter/claude/handler_stream_test.go b/internal/adapter/claude/handler_stream_test.go
index 77e62c8..3d574fe 100644
--- a/internal/adapter/claude/handler_stream_test.go
+++ b/internal/adapter/claude/handler_stream_test.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func TestHandleClaudeStreamRealtimeToolSafetyAcrossStructuredFormats(t *testing.
 	}
 }
 
-func TestHandleClaudeStreamRealtimePromotesUnclosedFencedToolExample(t *testing.T) {
+func TestHandleClaudeStreamRealtimeIgnoresUnclosedFencedToolExample(t *testing.T) {
 	h := &Handler{}
 	resp := makeClaudeSSEHTTPResponse(
 		"data: {\"p\":\"response/content\",\"v\":\"Here is an example:\\n```json\\n{\\\"tool_calls\\\":[{\\\"name\\\":\\\"Bash\\\",\\\"input\\\":{\\\"command\\\":\\\"pwd\\\"}}]}\"}",
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ func TestHandleClaudeStreamRealtimePromotesUnclosedFencedToolExample(t *testing.
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if !foundToolUse {
-		t.Fatalf("expected tool_use for fenced example, body=%s", rec.Body.String())
+	if foundToolUse {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no tool_use for fenced example, body=%s", rec.Body.String())
 	}
 
 	foundToolStop := false
@@ -391,7 +391,12 @@ func TestHandleClaudeStreamRealtimePromotesUnclosedFencedToolExample(t *testing.
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if !foundToolStop {
-		t.Fatalf("expected stop_reason=tool_use, body=%s", rec.Body.String())
+	if foundToolStop {
+		t.Fatalf("expected stop_reason to remain content-only, body=%s", rec.Body.String())
 	}
 }
+
+// Backward-compatible alias for historical test name used in CI logs.
+func TestHandleClaudeStreamRealtimePromotesUnclosedFencedToolExample(t *testing.T) {
+	TestHandleClaudeStreamRealtimeIgnoresUnclosedFencedToolExample(t)
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapter/openai/handler_toolcall_test.go b/internal/adapter/openai/handler_toolcall_test.go
index f85ad48..d3b849a 100644
--- a/internal/adapter/openai/handler_toolcall_test.go
+++ b/internal/adapter/openai/handler_toolcall_test.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestHandleNonStreamEmbeddedToolCallExamplePromotesToolCall(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestHandleNonStreamFencedToolCallExamplePromotesToolCall(t *testing.T) {
+func TestHandleNonStreamFencedToolCallExampleDoesNotPromoteToolCall(t *testing.T) {
 	h := &Handler{}
 	resp := makeSSEHTTPResponse(
 		"data: {\"p\":\"response/content\",\"v\":\"```json\\n{\\\"tool_calls\\\":[{\\\"name\\\":\\\"search\\\",\\\"input\\\":{\\\"q\\\":\\\"go\\\"}}]}\\n```\"}",
@@ -259,20 +259,25 @@ func TestHandleNonStreamFencedToolCallExamplePromotesToolCall(t *testing.T) {
 	out := decodeJSONBody(t, rec.Body.String())
 	choices, _ := out["choices"].([]any)
 	choice, _ := choices[0].(map[string]any)
-	if choice["finish_reason"] != "tool_calls" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected finish_reason=tool_calls, got %#v", choice["finish_reason"])
+	if choice["finish_reason"] == "tool_calls" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected fenced example to remain content-only, got finish_reason=%#v", choice["finish_reason"])
 	}
 	msg, _ := choice["message"].(map[string]any)
 	toolCalls, _ := msg["tool_calls"].([]any)
-	if len(toolCalls) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected one tool_call field for fenced example: %#v", msg["tool_calls"])
+	if len(toolCalls) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no tool_call field for fenced example: %#v", msg["tool_calls"])
 	}
 	content, _ := msg["content"].(string)
-	if strings.Contains(content, `"tool_calls"`) {
-		t.Fatalf("expected raw tool_calls json stripped from content, got %q", content)
+	if !strings.Contains(content, `"tool_calls"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected fenced example content preserved, got %q", content)
 	}
 }
 
+// Backward-compatible alias for historical test name used in CI logs.
+func TestHandleNonStreamFencedToolCallExamplePromotesToolCall(t *testing.T) {
+	TestHandleNonStreamFencedToolCallExampleDoesNotPromoteToolCall(t)
+}
+
 func TestHandleStreamToolCallInterceptsWithoutRawContentLeak(t *testing.T) {
 	h := &Handler{}
 	resp := makeSSEHTTPResponse(
diff --git a/internal/format/openai/render_test.go b/internal/format/openai/render_test.go
index 952d0ef..8f7a2c9 100644
--- a/internal/format/openai/render_test.go
+++ b/internal/format/openai/render_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package openai
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func TestBuildResponseObjectPromotesMixedProseToolPayloadToFunctionCall(t *testi
 	}
 }
 
-func TestBuildResponseObjectPromotesFencedToolPayloadToFunctionCall(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBuildResponseObjectKeepsFencedToolPayloadAsText(t *testing.T) {
 	obj := BuildResponseObject(
 		"resp_test",
 		"gpt-4o",
@@ -80,19 +81,24 @@ func TestBuildResponseObjectPromotesFencedToolPayloadToFunctionCall(t *testing.T
 	)
 
 	outputText, _ := obj["output_text"].(string)
-	if outputText != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected output_text hidden for fenced tool payload, got %q", outputText)
+	if !strings.Contains(outputText, "\"tool_calls\"") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected output_text to preserve fenced tool payload, got %q", outputText)
 	}
 	output, _ := obj["output"].([]any)
 	if len(output) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected one function_call output item, got %#v", obj["output"])
+		t.Fatalf("expected one message output item, got %#v", obj["output"])
 	}
 	first, _ := output[0].(map[string]any)
-	if first["type"] != "function_call" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected function_call output type, got %#v", first["type"])
+	if first["type"] != "message" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected message output type, got %#v", first["type"])
 	}
 }
 
+// Backward-compatible alias for historical test name used in CI logs.
+func TestBuildResponseObjectPromotesFencedToolPayloadToFunctionCall(t *testing.T) {
+	TestBuildResponseObjectKeepsFencedToolPayloadAsText(t)
+}
+
 func TestBuildResponseObjectReasoningOnlyFallsBackToOutputText(t *testing.T) {
 	obj := BuildResponseObject(
 		"resp_test",
diff --git a/internal/js/helpers/stream-tool-sieve/parse.js b/internal/js/helpers/stream-tool-sieve/parse.js
index 132baff..586c45b 100644
--- a/internal/js/helpers/stream-tool-sieve/parse.js
+++ b/internal/js/helpers/stream-tool-sieve/parse.js
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@ function looksLikeToolCallSyntax(text) {
 }
 
 function shouldSkipToolCallParsingForCodeFenceExample(text) {
+  if (!looksLikeToolCallSyntax(text)) {
     return false;
   }
-  return /<(?:(?:[a-z0-9_:-]+:)?(?:tool_call|function_call|invoke)\b)/i.test(raw)
-    || /<(?:[a-z0-9_:-]+:)?function_calls\b/i.test(raw)
-    || /<(?:[a-z0-9_:-]+:)?tool_use\b/i.test(raw);
+  const stripped = stripFencedCodeBlocks(text);
+  return !looksLikeToolCallSyntax(stripped);
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/internal/util/toolcalls_candidates.go b/internal/util/toolcalls_candidates.go
index f847580..122ac7f 100644
--- a/internal/util/toolcalls_candidates.go
+++ b/internal/util/toolcalls_candidates.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func looksLikeToolExampleContext(text string) bool {
 }
 
 func shouldSkipToolCallParsingForCodeFenceExample(text string) bool {
-	if !looksLikeToolCallSyntax(text) || looksLikeMarkupToolSyntax(text) {
+	if !looksLikeToolCallSyntax(text) {
 		return false
 	}
 	stripped := strings.TrimSpace(stripFencedCodeBlocks(text))