diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-ci-fix.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-ci-fix.yaml
index 517bb410..8f89ebcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-ci-fix.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-ci-fix.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-mention.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-mention.yaml
index 4ae8bddf..8f6ca61c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-mention.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-mention.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -341,26 +341,6 @@ jobs:
           PAYLOAD_PR: ${{ github.event.client_payload.pr }}
           PAYLOAD_ID: ${{ github.event.client_payload.id }}
 
-      # The dispatch arm covers a relayed inline comment, whose id the check
-      # step verified belongs to this PR; a review *submission* has no single
-      # comment to react to, so it gets no eyes — same as when the events
-      # arrived directly.
-      - name: React with eyes
-        if: |
-          steps.check.outputs.should_run == 'true'
-          && ((github.event.comment && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@dormouse-bot'))
-              || (github.event.client_payload.kind == 'pull_request_review_comment'
-                  && steps.check.outputs.reason == 'mention'))
-        run: |
-          gh api "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions" -f content=eyes --silent \
-            || echo "::warning::could not add the eyes reaction"
-        env:
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          TARGET: ${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
-            && format('issues/comments/{0}', github.event.comment.id)
-            || format('pulls/comments/{0}', github.event.comment.id || github.event.client_payload.id) }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
   handle:
     needs: verify
     if: needs.verify.outputs.should_run == 'true'
@@ -377,6 +357,32 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       issues: write
     steps:
+      # Both halves of the reaction belong to this job, so the eyes can only
+      # go on once the job that takes them off has started. Put them in
+      # `verify` and `handle` respectively and the routine burst case strands
+      # them: a third mention on one thread evicts the second's pending
+      # `handle` — a job cancelled while queued allocates no runner and runs
+      # no steps, `always()` included — while its `verify` already reacted.
+      #
+      # The dispatch arm covers a relayed inline comment, whose id the check
+      # step verified belongs to this PR; a review *submission* has no single
+      # comment to react to, so it gets no eyes — same as when the events
+      # arrived directly. The job's own `if` already carries `should_run`.
+      - name: React with eyes
+        if: |
+          ((github.event.comment && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@dormouse-bot'))
+              || (github.event.client_payload.kind == 'pull_request_review_comment'
+                  && needs.verify.outputs.reason == 'mention'))
+        run: |
+          gh api "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions" -f content=eyes --silent \
+            || echo "::warning::could not add the eyes reaction"
+        env:
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          TARGET: ${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
+            && format('issues/comments/{0}', github.event.comment.id)
+            || format('pulls/comments/{0}', github.event.comment.id || github.event.client_payload.id) }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ jobs:
           # the API record — the dispatch payload never carries one to spoof.
           EVENT_TS: ${{ github.event.comment.updated_at || needs.verify.outputs.ts || github.event.issue.updated_at }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
@@ -448,7 +454,8 @@ jobs:
               || (github.event.client_payload.kind == 'pull_request_review_comment'
                   && needs.verify.outputs.reason == 'mention'))
         run: |
-          REACTION_ID=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions?content=eyes" \
+          REACTION_ID=$(gh api --paginate \
+            "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions?content=eyes&per_page=100" \
             --jq ".[] | select(.user.login == \"$BOT_NAME\") | .id" | head -n1)
           if [ -n "$REACTION_ID" ]; then
             gh api -X DELETE "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions/$REACTION_ID" --silent \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-nightly.yaml
index 404500e6..11bee848 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-nightly.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-notifications.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-notifications.yaml
index 17bde21b..70e8cdf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-notifications.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-notifications.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         if: steps.check.outputs.count != '0' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-review-runs.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-review-runs.yaml
index b153b0ef..b0aef480 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-review-runs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-review-runs.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml
index 33a99e0e..beef6851 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         if: steps.gate.outputs.should_run == 'true'
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Remove the eyes reaction
         if: always() && (steps.gate.outputs.should_run == 'true')
         run: |
-          REACTION_ID=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions?content=eyes" \
+          REACTION_ID=$(gh api --paginate \
+            "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions?content=eyes&per_page=100" \
             --jq ".[] | select(.user.login == \"$BOT_NAME\") | .id" | head -n1)
           if [ -n "$REACTION_ID" ]; then
             gh api -X DELETE "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions/$REACTION_ID" --silent \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-triage.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-triage.yaml
index 6a04549f..9e8452bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-triage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-triage.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Remove the eyes reaction
         if: always()
         run: |
-          REACTION_ID=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions?content=eyes" \
+          REACTION_ID=$(gh api --paginate \
+            "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions?content=eyes&per_page=100" \
             --jq ".[] | select(.user.login == \"$BOT_NAME\") | .id" | head -n1)
           if [ -n "$REACTION_ID" ]; then
             gh api -X DELETE "repos/$REPO/$TARGET/reactions/$REACTION_ID" --silent \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-weekly.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-weekly.yaml
index 2eb75913..f0c95d2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-weekly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-weekly.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.17. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.18. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.17
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.18
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}