diff --git a/src/engine/spawnSubagent.ts b/src/engine/spawnSubagent.ts
index 69209eb..94bd271 100644
--- a/src/engine/spawnSubagent.ts
+++ b/src/engine/spawnSubagent.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export interface SpawnResult {
 /** #49: extract file paths a tool event touched, for the structured partial-result report.
  *  edit/write carry a `path` arg reliably; bash is best-effort (redirections `>`/`>>` + `tee` to a
  *  path-like token). Reads are NOT mutations and are excluded. */
-function extractTouchedFiles(toolName: string, args: unknown): string[] {
+export function extractTouchedFiles(toolName: string, args: unknown): string[] {
   if (!args || typeof args !== "object") return [];
   const a = args as Record<string, unknown>;
   // Case-insensitive: pi tools are lowercase ("edit"), claude's are capitalized ("Edit").
@@ -224,19 +224,41 @@ function extractTouchedFiles(toolName: string, args: unknown): string[] {
     const redir = />>?\s+([^\s|;&<>]+)/g;
     let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
     while ((m = redir.exec(cmd)) !== null) {
-      const tok = m[1];
-      if (tok && /[/.]/.test(tok)) out.push(tok);
+      const tok = m[1] ? shapeToken(m[1]) : undefined;
+      if (tok) out.push(tok);
     }
     const tee = /\btee\s+(?:-a\s+)?([^\s|;&<>]+)/g;
     while ((m = tee.exec(cmd)) !== null) {
-      const tok = m[1];
-      if (tok && /[/.]/.test(tok)) out.push(tok);
+      const tok = m[1] ? shapeToken(m[1]) : undefined;
+      if (tok) out.push(tok);
     }
     return out;
   }
   return [];
 }
 
+/** #87: decide whether a redirect/tee capture is plausibly a file path. The bare `/[/.]/`
+ *  test false-positived on `>` characters inside quoted strings/heredocs/code text
+ *  ("cache.load(name,,", "[...active],,") and swallowed trailing punctuation from code-y
+ *  commands ("/tmp/out.txt),"). Now: strip wrapping quotes, trim trailing punctuation,
+ *  then require a real path shape (contains `/`, or a dotted filename, or a leading-dot
+ *  file like .gitignore). */
+function shapeToken(raw: string): string | undefined {
+  let tok = raw.trim().replace(/^["']+/, "");
+  // trailing junk can interleave ("'/tmp/x.txt',") — strip quotes+punct until stable
+  let prev: string;
+  do {
+    prev = tok;
+    tok = tok.replace(/["',;)\]}]+$/g, "");
+  } while (tok !== prev);
+  if (!tok) return undefined;
+  if (/^\/dev\/(null|stdout|stderr|stdin|tty|zero)$/.test(tok)) return undefined; // pseudo-devices, not touched files
+  if (tok.includes("/")) return tok;
+  if (/^\.[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$/.test(tok)) return tok;            // .gitignore and friends
+  if (/^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9]+$/.test(tok)) return tok; // name.ext
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 export async function spawnSubagent(opts: SpawnOptions): Promise<SpawnResult> {
   const track = opts.track ?? true;
   const maxTurns = opts.maxTurns ?? DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS;
diff --git a/test/extract-touched-files.test.mts b/test/extract-touched-files.test.mts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dec707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extract-touched-files.test.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// test/extract-touched-files.test.mts
+// #87: the bash-redirect heuristic in extractTouchedFiles false-positived on ">" inside
+// quoted strings/heredocs/code text and swallowed trailing punctuation — the turn-budget
+// partial narrative then listed junk tokens ("cache.load(name,,", "[...active],,").
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import { deepStrictEqual, strictEqual } from "node:assert";
+import { extractTouchedFiles } from "../src/engine/spawnSubagent.ts";
+
+test("edit/write: path + file_path args (both casings) extract the path", () => {
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("edit", { path: "/repo/src/a.ts" }), ["/repo/src/a.ts"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("Edit", { file_path: "/repo/src/b.ts" }), ["/repo/src/b.ts"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("write", {}), []);
+});
+
+test("bash: plain redirects + tee capture the target", () => {
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: "echo hi > /tmp/out.txt" }), ["/tmp/out.txt"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: "echo hi >> /var/log/app.log" }), ["/var/log/app.log"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: "cat in | tee out.txt" }), ["out.txt"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: "cat in | tee -a out.txt" }), ["out.txt"]);
+});
+
+test("#87: the REAL reported junk tokens are NOT captured", () => {
+  // verbatim shapes from the #87 report (garbled "Files modified before the cut" list)
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `echo "if (x > y) cache.load(name,, 3)" > /tmp/e2e-out.txt` }),
+    ["/tmp/e2e-out.txt"], "code text after an in-string > must not be captured");
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `echo "spread: > [...active],," > /tmp/ms-leg.txt` }),
+    ["/tmp/ms-leg.txt"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `node -e 'console.log("> registered.set(t.name,")' > /tmp/x.txt` }),
+    ["/tmp/x.txt"]);
+  strictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `echo "> cache.load(name,," ` }).length, 0,
+    "junk token with no real path capture → nothing");
+  strictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `echo "> [...active],,"` }).length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#87: trailing punctuation from code-y commands is trimmed off real paths", () => {
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `run_suite() { ... } > /tmp/e2e-out.txt), 2>&1` }),
+    ["/tmp/e2e-out.txt"], "trailing ), stripped");
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `tee /tmp/ms-leg.txt, <<EOF` }),
+    ["/tmp/ms-leg.txt"], "trailing comma stripped");
+});
+
+test("#87: quoted redirect targets are unwrapped", () => {
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `echo hi > '/tmp/quoted.txt'` }), ["/tmp/quoted.txt"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `echo hi > "out.txt"` }), ["out.txt"]);
+});
+
+test("#87: bare words and non-path dots stay rejected; dotted filenames pass", () => {
+  strictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `echo done > y` }).length, 0, "bare word, no / or ext");
+  strictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `cmp a b > /dev/null` }).length, 0, "/dev/null is not a touched file");
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `git log > .gitignore` }), [".gitignore"], "leading-dot filenames allowed");
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `obj.dump > dump.out` }), ["dump.out"]);
+});
+
+test("#87 review NIT: interleaved quote+punctuation junk strips fully", () => {
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `diff <(sort a) <(sort b) > '/tmp/x.txt',` }), ["/tmp/x.txt"]);
+  deepStrictEqual(extractTouchedFiles("bash", { command: `run > "/tmp/y.txt");` }), ["/tmp/y.txt"]);
+});