diff --git a/skills/ce-code-review/scripts/cross-model-adversarial-review.sh b/skills/ce-code-review/scripts/cross-model-adversarial-review.sh
index f9f3907e5..84e9d6684 100755
--- a/skills/ce-code-review/scripts/cross-model-adversarial-review.sh
+++ b/skills/ce-code-review/scripts/cross-model-adversarial-review.sh
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ adapter_argv() {
     grok-cli)
       # Read allowed (in-tree context); deny writes / shell / subagents / web / MCP.
       # Schema forces non-streaming json on grok — keep hard-only (no PEERLOG idle).
-      printf '%s\0' grok --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" --model "$(route_model grok-cli)" --effort high \
+      # --verbatim: without it grok offloads a large prompt to a session file and
+      # sends only a preview, spending scarce turns to re-read what it was given.
+      printf '%s\0' grok --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" --verbatim --model "$(route_model grok-cli)" --effort high \
         --cwd "$PEER_WORKDIR" --permission-mode dontAsk
       [ -z "${LARGE_DIFF_CONTEXT_DIR:-}" ] || printf '%s\0' --allow "Read($LARGE_DIFF_CONTEXT_DIR/**)"
       printf '%s\0' --deny Edit --deny Write --deny Bash --deny Task --deny 'mcp__*' \
diff --git a/skills/ce-doc-review/scripts/cross-model-doc-review.sh b/skills/ce-doc-review/scripts/cross-model-doc-review.sh
index 970477ff6..b4f925045 100755
--- a/skills/ce-doc-review/scripts/cross-model-doc-review.sh
+++ b/skills/ce-doc-review/scripts/cross-model-doc-review.sh
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ adapter_argv() {
       ;;
     grok-cli)
       # Schema forces buffered json — hard-only, no PEERLOG idle (#1270).
-      printf '%s\0' grok --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" --model "$(route_model grok-cli)" --effort high \
+      # --verbatim: without it grok offloads a large prompt to a session file and
+      # sends only a preview — unrecoverable here, because Read is denied below.
+      printf '%s\0' grok --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" --verbatim --model "$(route_model grok-cli)" --effort high \
         --cwd "$PEER_WORKDIR" --permission-mode dontAsk \
         --deny Read --deny Edit --deny Write --deny Bash --deny Task --deny 'mcp__*' \
         --disable-web-search --no-subagents --max-turns 15 \
diff --git a/skills/ce-pov/scripts/cross-model-pov.sh b/skills/ce-pov/scripts/cross-model-pov.sh
index 858796eda..4a64fcd14 100755
--- a/skills/ce-pov/scripts/cross-model-pov.sh
+++ b/skills/ce-pov/scripts/cross-model-pov.sh
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ adapter_argv() {
       ;;
     grok-cli)
       # Schema forces buffered json — hard-only, no PEERLOG idle (#1270).
-      printf '%s\0' grok --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" --model "$(route_model grok-cli)" --effort high \
+      # --verbatim: without it grok offloads a large prompt to a session file and
+      # sends only a preview, spending scarce turns to re-read what it was given.
+      printf '%s\0' grok --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" --verbatim --model "$(route_model grok-cli)" --effort high \
         --cwd "$READ_ROOT" --permission-mode dontAsk \
         --deny Edit --deny Write --deny Bash --deny Task --deny 'mcp__*' \
         --no-subagents --max-turns 15 \
diff --git a/tests/skills/ce-code-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts b/tests/skills/ce-code-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts
index 6551bad7a..233ced4f4 100644
--- a/tests/skills/ce-code-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts
+++ b/tests/skills/ce-code-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ printf '%s' '{"structured_output":{"reviewer":"adversarial","findings":[],"resid
     expect(cmd).toContain("--deny Edit")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--deny Write")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--deny Bash")
+    // Without --verbatim grok offloads a large prompt to a session file and
+    // sends only a preview, so the peer reviews a diff it never received.
+    expect(cmd).toContain("--verbatim")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--disable-web-search")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--no-subagents")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--permission-mode dontAsk")
diff --git a/tests/skills/ce-doc-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts b/tests/skills/ce-doc-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts
index 460336032..27b91774e 100644
--- a/tests/skills/ce-doc-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts
+++ b/tests/skills/ce-doc-review-cross-model-routes.test.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ printf '%s' '{"structured_output":{"reviewer":"adversarial","findings":[],"resid
   test("grok CLI: deny Read + web/subagents off + dontAsk + effort high", () => {
     const cmd = emitAdapter("grok-cli")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--deny Read")
+    // Load-bearing with --deny Read: without --verbatim grok offloads a large
+    // prompt to a session file the peer is then forbidden to read back.
+    expect(cmd).toContain("--verbatim")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--disable-web-search")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--no-subagents")
     expect(cmd).toContain("--permission-mode dontAsk")
diff --git a/tests/skills/ce-pov-cross-model-routes.test.ts b/tests/skills/ce-pov-cross-model-routes.test.ts
index efbe8ce10..b9d9ccd74 100644
--- a/tests/skills/ce-pov-cross-model-routes.test.ts
+++ b/tests/skills/ce-pov-cross-model-routes.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ describe("ce-pov cross-model route safety", () => {
     expect(emit("grok-cli")).toContain("--deny Edit")
     expect(emit("grok-cli")).toContain("--deny Write")
     expect(emit("grok-cli")).toContain("--deny Bash")
+    // Without --verbatim grok offloads a large prompt to a session file and
+    // sends only a preview, so the peer answers on context it never received.
+    expect(emit("grok-cli")).toContain("--verbatim")
     expect(emit("grok-cli")).toContain("--output-format json")
     expect(emit("grok-cli")).not.toContain("stream-json")
     for (const route of ["grok-cursor", "cursor", "composer"]) {