diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/scripts/publish.sh b/.gitea/workflows/scripts/publish.sh
index 05cfd31..5ce5f52 100755
--- a/.gitea/workflows/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if [ "$MODE" != "pr" ]; then
     PRN=$(resolve_pr)
     if grep -qiE '^[[:space:]]*APPROVE[[:space:]]*$' /tmp/agent_out.md; then
       post_to "$ISSN" "$(printf '✅ Reviewed PR #%s — looks good.\n\n%s%s' "${PRN:-?}" "$reply" "$activity")"
-      trig    "$ISSN" "@pm — @qa approved PR #${PRN:-?} (issue #$ISSN). Over to you."
+      trig    "$ISSN" "@pm — I have reviewed and approved PR #${PRN:-?} (issue #$ISSN). Over to you."
     elif grep -qiE '^[[:space:]]*BOUNCE:[[:space:]]*@(junior|senior|lead)' /tmp/agent_out.md; then
       dev=$(grep -oiE 'BOUNCE:[[:space:]]*@(junior|senior|lead)' /tmp/agent_out.md | head -1 | grep -oiE '(junior|senior|lead)' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
       [ -z "$dev" ] && [ -n "$PRN" ] && dev=$(curl -sS "${hdr[@]}" "$API/pulls/$PRN" | jq -r '.user.login // "junior"')
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if [ "$MODE" != "pr" ]; then
         post_to "$ISSN" "🛑 Still not right after 3 fix attempts on PR #${PRN:-?} — handing to @ffaerber (details on the PR)."
       else
         n=$((prior + 1))
-        trig "$dest" "@${dev:-junior} please address @qa's review above and update PR #${PRN:-?} (fix attempt $n/3)."
+        trig "$dest" "@${dev:-junior} please address my review above and update PR #${PRN:-?} (fix attempt $n/3)."
       fi
     elif grep -qiE '^[[:space:]]*HALT([_ ]AUTOPILOT)?[[:space:]]*$' /tmp/agent_out.md; then
       [ "$AUTOPILOT" = "true" ] && del_autopilot_label "$ISSN"
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ if [ "$MODE" != "pr" ]; then
         echo "DELEGATE:@qa but no open PR yet for issue #$ISSN — not firing"
       fi
     else
-      trig "$ISSN" "@$target please proceed with issue #$ISSN per the plan above (delegated by $NAME)."
+      trig "$ISSN" "@$target please proceed with issue #$ISSN per my plan above."
     fi
   else
     echo "no DELEGATE marker — not delegating (agent is asking or finished)"
@@ -297,6 +297,6 @@ else
   # on the PR thread. The qa↔dev loop is direct — it does NOT go back through @pm each round.
   prpost "$prnum" "$(printf 'Pushed an update to PR #%s.%s' "$prnum" "$activity")"
   case "$NAME" in
-    junior|senior|lead) trig "$prnum" "@qa please re-verify PR #$prnum — the dev has pushed an update." ;;
+    junior|senior|lead) trig "$prnum" "@qa please re-verify PR #$prnum — I have pushed an update." ;;
   esac
 fi