diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/agent-permission-policy.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/agent-permission-policy.test.ts
index 8542aa0883..e327b401f1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/agent-permission-policy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/agent-permission-policy.test.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ import { AGENT_PERMISSION_POLICY_ACTION_CATEGORIES } from "../types.js";
 import {
   ACTION_GATE_TASK_AGENT_MANAGEMENT_TOOLS,
   COORDINATION_EXEMPT_TOOLS,
+  READONLY_FN_TOOLS,
 } from "../../../engine/src/gating-classifications.js";
 
+// FN-7733: the GitLab browse tools are read-only discovery tools (they list issues/MRs without
+// creating task rows) and must never be governed as task_agent_mutation examples.
+const GITLAB_BROWSE_TOOLS = [
+  "fn_task_browse_gitlab_project_issues",
+  "fn_task_browse_gitlab_group_issues",
+  "fn_task_browse_gitlab_merge_requests",
+] as const;
+
 describe("agent-permission-policy", () => {
   it("returns the canonical built-in preset catalog", () => {
     const presets = getBuiltInAgentPermissionPolicyPresets();
@@ -122,6 +131,16 @@ describe("agent-permission-policy", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("excludes read-only GitLab browse tools from task_agent_mutation examples and pins them as READONLY_FN_TOOLS", () => {
+    // FN-7733: regression coverage for the invariant, not just the reported repro — the browse
+    // tools must never appear as mutation examples, and must remain positively classified as
+    // read-only so this cannot silently regress.
+    for (const toolName of GITLAB_BROWSE_TOOLS) {
+      expect(AGENT_PERMISSION_POLICY_CATEGORY_TOOL_EXAMPLES.task_agent_mutation).not.toContain(toolName);
+      expect(READONLY_FN_TOOLS.has(toolName)).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("keeps exempt examples aligned with coordination-exempt classifications", () => {
     for (const toolName of AGENT_PERMISSION_POLICY_EXEMPT_TOOL_EXAMPLES) {
       expect(COORDINATION_EXEMPT_TOOLS).toContain(toolName);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index a8c98f5525..1fc4093034 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -6736,7 +6736,8 @@ export const AGENT_PERMISSION_POLICY_CATEGORY_TOOL_EXAMPLES: Record<
   command_execution: ["bash (non-git)", "fn_run_verification", "fn_acquire_repo_worktree", "read", "find", "grep", "ls"],
   network_api: ["fn_research_run (web/research)", "fn_research_cancel", "fn_web_fetch", "worktrunk_install"],
   /* FNXC:ToolGovernance 2026-06-27-16:51: Dashboard policy examples must mirror action-gate mutation exports. Identity reflection is exempt heartbeat coordination, so it is intentionally not advertised as task_agent_mutation.
-   * FNXC:WorkflowAuthoringTools 2026-06-29-23:40: Published workflow authoring tools are now agent-visible, so policy examples include the mutating workflow create/update/delete/settings/select surface operators can approve or block. */
+   * FNXC:WorkflowAuthoringTools 2026-06-29-23:40: Published workflow authoring tools are now agent-visible, so policy examples include the mutating workflow create/update/delete/settings/select surface operators can approve or block.
+   * FNXC:ToolGovernance 2026-07-09-09:36: FN-7733 — the GitLab browse tools (fn_task_browse_gitlab_project_issues, fn_task_browse_gitlab_group_issues, fn_task_browse_gitlab_merge_requests) are read-only discovery tools that never create task rows and are already classified under READONLY_FN_TOOLS in gating-classifications.ts; they were never members of ACTION_GATE_TASK_AGENT_MANAGEMENT_TOOLS. Listing them here as task_agent_mutation examples broke the invariant that this list must be a subset of the action-gate mutation classification, so they are intentionally excluded. The mutating fn_task_import_gitlab_* variants (which do create task rows) remain listed below. */
   task_agent_mutation: [
     "fn_task_create",
     "fn_delegate_task",
@@ -6745,9 +6746,6 @@ export const AGENT_PERMISSION_POLICY_CATEGORY_TOOL_EXAMPLES: Record<
     "fn_task_import_gitlab_project_issues",
     "fn_task_import_gitlab_group_issues",
     "fn_task_import_gitlab_merge_requests",
-    "fn_task_browse_gitlab_project_issues",
-    "fn_task_browse_gitlab_group_issues",
-    "fn_task_browse_gitlab_merge_requests",
     "fn_spawn_agent",
     "fn_update_agent_config",
     "fn_task_update",