diff --git a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/mod.rs b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/mod.rs
index 05196b0..44f59d9 100644
--- a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/mod.rs
@@ -76,16 +76,49 @@ pub fn parse_text(text: &str, options: &ParseOptions<'_>) -> ParseOutcome {
     let diagnostics = scan.diagnostics;
 
     if calls.is_empty() {
-        let joined = parts.join("\n");
-        let (cleaned, glm_calls) = grammar::glm::parse_and_strip(&joined);
+        let (cleaned, glm_calls) = parse_unprotected_glm(text, &scan.kept);
         if !glm_calls.is_empty() {
             calls = glm_calls;
-            return finalize(cleaned.trim().to_string(), calls, diagnostics, options);
+            return finalize(cleaned, calls, diagnostics, options);
         }
     }
     finalize(parts.join("\n"), calls, diagnostics, options)
 }
 
+/// Parses GLM calls outside fences and keeps fenced examples in the narrative.
+fn parse_unprotected_glm(text: &str, kept: &[Range<usize>]) -> (String, Vec<ParsedToolCall>) {
+    let protected = protected::fence_ranges(text);
+    let mut parts = Vec::new();
+    let mut calls = Vec::new();
+    for range in kept {
+        let mut cursor = range.start;
+        let mut cleaned = String::new();
+        for fence in &protected {
+            if fence.end <= cursor || fence.start >= range.end {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if cursor < fence.start {
+                let (part, parsed) = grammar::glm::parse_and_strip(&text[cursor..fence.start]);
+                cleaned.push_str(&part);
+                calls.extend(parsed);
+            }
+            let end = fence.end.min(range.end);
+            cleaned.push_str(&text[cursor.max(fence.start)..end]);
+            cursor = end;
+        }
+        if cursor < range.end {
+            let (part, parsed) = grammar::glm::parse_and_strip(&text[cursor..range.end]);
+            cleaned.push_str(&part);
+            calls.extend(parsed);
+        }
+        let cleaned = cleaned.trim();
+        if !cleaned.is_empty() {
+            parts.push(cleaned.to_string());
+        }
+    }
+    (parts.join("\n"), calls)
+}
+
 /// Name resolution and the diagnostics it produces.
 fn finalize(
     text: String,
diff --git a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/glm.rs b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/glm.rs
index 1eb6cd4..42ee463 100644
--- a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/glm.rs
+++ b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/glm.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ fn glm_lines_parse_when_nothing_else_matched() {
     assert_eq!(calls[0].name, "shell");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn fenced_example_survives_a_real_glm_call() {
+    let input = "Before\n```text\nshell/command>example\n```\nAfter\nshell/command>real";
+    let (text, calls) = parse(input);
+    assert_eq!(calls.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(calls[0].name, "shell");
+    assert_eq!(calls[0].arguments, serde_json::json!({"command": "real"}));
+    assert!(text.contains("```text\nshell/command>example\n```"));
+    assert!(text.contains("Before"));
+    assert!(text.contains("After"));
+    assert!(!text.contains("shell/command>real"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn glm_parser_covers_json_payloads_invalid_urls_and_plain_commands() {
     let calls = parse_glm_style_tool_calls(concat!(
diff --git a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/markup.rs b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/markup.rs
index dca5d3e..9c572d4 100644
--- a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/markup.rs
+++ b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/markup.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 
 use crate::parse::contains_call_markup;
 
+#[test]
+fn glm_fallback_keeps_fenced_text_within_a_kept_range() {
+    let input = "discard\nintro\n```text\nshell/command>example\n```\nshell/command>real";
+    let start = input.find("intro").unwrap();
+    let kept = start..input.len();
+    let (text, calls) = super::super::parse_unprotected_glm(input, std::slice::from_ref(&kept));
+    assert_eq!(calls.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(calls[0].arguments, serde_json::json!({"command": "real"}));
+    assert!(text.starts_with("intro\n```text\nshell/command>example\n```"));
+    assert!(!text.contains("discard"));
+    assert!(!text.contains("shell/command>real"));
+}
+
 /// What `DeepSeek` V4 returned in place of a summary when its request declared
 /// no tools (captured from the `OpenHuman` harness benchmark).
 const DSML: &str = "<｜｜DSML｜｜ calls>\n<｜｜DSML｜｜ invoke name=\"shell\">\n\
@@ -46,5 +59,6 @@ fn prose_a_bare_json_answer_and_a_quoted_example_are_not_markup() {
     assert!(!contains_call_markup(
         "The format is:\n```xml\n<invoke name=\"shell\"><parameter name=\"command\">ls</parameter></invoke>\n```"
     ));
+    assert!(!contains_call_markup("```text\nshell/command>ls\n```"));
     assert!(!contains_call_markup(""));
 }