diff --git a/scanners/conflict-detector.mjs b/scanners/conflict-detector.mjs
index 53150ff..44038b2 100644
--- a/scanners/conflict-detector.mjs
+++ b/scanners/conflict-detector.mjs
@@ -10,24 +10,13 @@ import { finding, scannerResult } from './lib/output.mjs';
 import { SEVERITY } from './lib/severity.mjs';
 import { parseJson } from './lib/yaml-parser.mjs';
 import { truncate } from './lib/string-utils.mjs';
+import { rulesIntersect } from './lib/permission-rules.mjs';
 
 const SCANNER = 'CNF';
 
 // Keys checked separately or not meaningful to compare
 const SKIP_KEYS = new Set(['$schema', 'hooks', 'permissions']);
 
-/**
- * Extract the tool name prefix from a permission rule.
- * e.g., "Bash(npm run *)" → "Bash", "Read(src/**)" → "Read"
- * @param {string} rule
- * @returns {{ tool: string, pattern: string }}
- */
-function parsePermissionRule(rule) {
-  const match = rule.match(/^(\w+)\((.+)\)$/);
-  if (match) return { tool: match[1], pattern: match[2] };
-  return { tool: rule, pattern: '*' };
-}
-
 /**
  * Flatten an object's top-level keys into a simple key→value map.
  * Only first level — we compare top-level settings, not nested.
@@ -150,10 +139,8 @@ export async function scan(targetPath, discovery) {
 
       // Check: allow in A, deny in B (and vice versa)
       for (const allowRule of aAllow) {
-        const { tool: aTool, pattern: aPattern } = parsePermissionRule(allowRule);
         for (const denyRule of bDeny) {
-          const { tool: dTool, pattern: dPattern } = parsePermissionRule(denyRule);
-          if (aTool === dTool && (aPattern === dPattern || aPattern === '*' || dPattern === '*')) {
+          if (rulesIntersect(allowRule, denyRule)) {
             findings.push(finding({
               scanner: SCANNER,
               severity: SEVERITY.high,
@@ -169,10 +156,8 @@ export async function scan(targetPath, discovery) {
 
       // Reverse: allow in B, deny in A
       for (const allowRule of bAllow) {
-        const { tool: bTool, pattern: bPattern } = parsePermissionRule(allowRule);
         for (const denyRule of aDeny) {
-          const { tool: dTool, pattern: dPattern } = parsePermissionRule(denyRule);
-          if (bTool === dTool && (bPattern === dPattern || bPattern === '*' || dPattern === '*')) {
+          if (rulesIntersect(allowRule, denyRule)) {
             findings.push(finding({
               scanner: SCANNER,
               severity: SEVERITY.high,
diff --git a/scanners/disabled-in-schema-scanner.mjs b/scanners/disabled-in-schema-scanner.mjs
index 6c95627..0968493 100644
--- a/scanners/disabled-in-schema-scanner.mjs
+++ b/scanners/disabled-in-schema-scanner.mjs
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
  * intent. Often arises from copy-paste edits where one list was updated and
  * the other was forgotten.
  *
- * Compares tool identity by the bare tool name (everything before the first
- * `(`). `Bash(npm:*)` and `Bash` are treated as the same tool for collision
- * purposes — a deny on `Bash` blocks all `Bash(...)` allows.
+ * Compares rule identity param-aware (CC 2.1.178 `Tool(param:value)`,
+ * 2.1.172 `domain:` rules). An allow entry is dead only when some deny entry
+ * fully COVERS it: a bare `Bash` deny blocks all `Bash(...)` allows, but
+ * `Agent(model:opus)` deny does NOT kill an `Agent(model:sonnet)` allow.
+ * Coverage logic lives in `lib/permission-rules.mjs` (shared with CNF).
  *
  * Finding ID: CA-DIS-NNN. Severity: low.
  *
@@ -20,21 +22,13 @@ import { readTextFile } from './lib/file-discovery.mjs';
 import { finding, scannerResult } from './lib/output.mjs';
 import { SEVERITY } from './lib/severity.mjs';
 import { parseJson } from './lib/yaml-parser.mjs';
+import { dominates, parseRule } from './lib/permission-rules.mjs';
 
 const SCANNER = 'DIS';
 
 /**
- * Bare tool name = everything before the first `(`. `Bash(npm:*)` → `Bash`.
- */
-function bareTool(entry) {
-  if (typeof entry !== 'string') return null;
-  const idx = entry.indexOf('(');
-  return (idx === -1 ? entry : entry.slice(0, idx)).trim();
-}
-
-/**
- * Find tools whose bare name appears in both deny and allow within the same
- * settings.json. Returns array of { tool, allowEntry, denyEntry }.
+ * Find allow entries that are dead config because some deny entry fully covers
+ * them. Returns array of { tool, allowEntry, denyEntry }.
  */
 function findDenyAllowOverlaps(settings) {
   if (!settings || typeof settings !== 'object') return [];
@@ -45,20 +39,14 @@ function findDenyAllowOverlaps(settings) {
   const denyList = Array.isArray(perms.deny) ? perms.deny : [];
   if (allowList.length === 0 || denyList.length === 0) return [];
 
-  const denyByBare = new Map();
-  for (const d of denyList) {
-    const bare = bareTool(d);
-    if (bare && !denyByBare.has(bare)) denyByBare.set(bare, d);
-  }
-
   const overlaps = [];
   const seen = new Set();
   for (const a of allowList) {
-    const bare = bareTool(a);
-    if (!bare) continue;
-    if (denyByBare.has(bare) && !seen.has(bare)) {
-      overlaps.push({ tool: bare, allowEntry: a, denyEntry: denyByBare.get(bare) });
-      seen.add(bare);
+    if (typeof a !== 'string' || seen.has(a)) continue;
+    const dominator = denyList.find(d => dominates(d, a));
+    if (dominator) {
+      overlaps.push({ tool: parseRule(a).tool, allowEntry: a, denyEntry: dominator });
+      seen.add(a);
     }
   }
   return overlaps;
diff --git a/scanners/lib/permission-rules.mjs b/scanners/lib/permission-rules.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..773af69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanners/lib/permission-rules.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/**
+ * Permission rule matching — shared by the DIS scanner (dead-allow detection)
+ * and the CNF conflict-detector (cross-scope allow/deny conflicts).
+ *
+ * Claude Code permission rules are either bare (`Tool`) or param-qualified
+ * (`Tool(param)`): `Bash`, `Bash(npm:*)`, `Agent(model:opus)`,
+ * `WebFetch(domain:*)`. CC 2.1.178 made `Tool(param:value)` matching
+ * meaningful and 2.1.172 added `domain:` rules, so rule identity must be
+ * param-aware — `Agent(model:opus)` and `Agent(model:sonnet)` are DISTINCT,
+ * not "the same tool".
+ *
+ * Two distinct predicates are exported because the scanners ask different
+ * questions:
+ *   - DIS asks "is this allow entry dead?" → does some deny fully COVER it
+ *     (`dominates`). A bare allow survives a specific deny.
+ *   - CNF asks "do these two cross-scope rules conflict?" → do their match
+ *     sets INTERSECT (`rulesIntersect`). A bare allow conflicts with a
+ *     specific deny, because the denied case is a real contradiction.
+ *
+ * Zero external dependencies.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Split a permission entry into its bare tool name and optional param.
+ *   `Bash`        → { tool: 'Bash', param: null }
+ *   `Bash(npm:*)` → { tool: 'Bash', param: 'npm:*' }
+ * @param {string} entry
+ * @returns {{ tool: string|null, param: string|null }}
+ */
+export function parseRule(entry) {
+  if (typeof entry !== 'string') return { tool: null, param: null };
+  const idx = entry.indexOf('(');
+  if (idx === -1) return { tool: entry.trim() || null, param: null };
+  const tool = entry.slice(0, idx).trim();
+  let param = entry.slice(idx + 1).trim();
+  if (param.endsWith(')')) param = param.slice(0, -1).trim();
+  return { tool: tool || null, param };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Glob match a permission param against a concrete value. `*` matches any run
+ * of characters; everything else is literal. Anchored (full-string) match.
+ * @param {string} pattern
+ * @param {string} value
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+export function paramMatches(pattern, value) {
+  if (typeof pattern !== 'string' || typeof value !== 'string') return false;
+  if (pattern === value) return true;
+  const rx = '^' + pattern
+    .replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
+    .replace(/\\\*/g, '.*') + '$';
+  return new RegExp(rx).test(value);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Does the deny entry fully cover the allow entry, making the allow dead config?
+ * Used by DIS. Bare deny covers everything; a specific deny only covers the
+ * matching (or wildcard-subsumed) param — and does NOT cover a bare allow.
+ * @param {string} denyEntry
+ * @param {string} allowEntry
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+export function dominates(denyEntry, allowEntry) {
+  const d = parseRule(denyEntry);
+  const a = parseRule(allowEntry);
+  if (!d.tool || !a.tool || d.tool !== a.tool) return false;
+  if (d.param === null) return true;   // bare deny covers all params
+  if (a.param === null) return false;  // specific deny does not kill a bare allow
+  if (d.param === a.param) return true;
+  return paramMatches(d.param, a.param); // wildcard deny covers a matching literal allow
+}
+
+/**
+ * Do two permission rules' match sets intersect (genuine cross-scope conflict)?
+ * Used by CNF. A bare rule intersects any same-tool rule; param rules intersect
+ * when equal or when either wildcard-matches the other.
+ * @param {string} ruleA
+ * @param {string} ruleB
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+export function rulesIntersect(ruleA, ruleB) {
+  const a = parseRule(ruleA);
+  const b = parseRule(ruleB);
+  if (!a.tool || !b.tool || a.tool !== b.tool) return false;
+  if (a.param === null || b.param === null) return true; // bare ∩ anything (same tool)
+  if (a.param === b.param) return true;
+  return paramMatches(a.param, b.param) || paramMatches(b.param, a.param);
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/param-conflict-project/.claude/settings.json b/tests/fixtures/param-conflict-project/.claude/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5dd2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/param-conflict-project/.claude/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": ["WebFetch(domain:good.com)", "Agent(model:sonnet)"],
+    "deny": []
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/param-conflict-project/.claude/settings.local.json b/tests/fixtures/param-conflict-project/.claude/settings.local.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9da00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/param-conflict-project/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [],
+    "deny": ["WebFetch(domain:*)", "Agent(model:opus)"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/param-qualified-permissions/.claude/settings.json b/tests/fixtures/param-qualified-permissions/.claude/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b83cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/param-qualified-permissions/.claude/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": ["Agent(model:sonnet)", "WebFetch(domain:good.com)", "Bash(npm:*)"],
+    "deny": ["Agent(model:opus)", "WebFetch(domain:evil.com)", "Bash"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/lib/permission-rules.test.mjs b/tests/lib/permission-rules.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa139b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/permission-rules.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import {
+  parseRule,
+  paramMatches,
+  dominates,
+  rulesIntersect,
+} from '../../scanners/lib/permission-rules.mjs';
+
+describe('permission-rules — parseRule', () => {
+  it('bare tool → param null', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(parseRule('Bash'), { tool: 'Bash', param: null });
+  });
+
+  it('param-qualified tool → tool + param', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(parseRule('Bash(npm:*)'), { tool: 'Bash', param: 'npm:*' });
+  });
+
+  it('domain rule → tool + param', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(parseRule('WebFetch(domain:example.com)'), {
+      tool: 'WebFetch',
+      param: 'domain:example.com',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('non-string → tool null', () => {
+    assert.equal(parseRule(null).tool, null);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('permission-rules — paramMatches (glob)', () => {
+  it('wildcard matches any suffix', () => {
+    assert.equal(paramMatches('domain:*', 'domain:good.com'), true);
+    assert.equal(paramMatches('npm:*', 'npm:install'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('exact literal matches', () => {
+    assert.equal(paramMatches('domain:good.com', 'domain:good.com'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('distinct literals do not match', () => {
+    assert.equal(paramMatches('domain:evil.com', 'domain:good.com'), false);
+    assert.equal(paramMatches('model:opus', 'model:sonnet'), false);
+  });
+
+  it('literal pattern does not match a wildcard value', () => {
+    assert.equal(paramMatches('domain:good.com', 'domain:*'), false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('permission-rules — dominates (deny fully covers allow → dead allow)', () => {
+  it('bare deny covers any param-qualified allow', () => {
+    assert.equal(dominates('Bash', 'Bash(npm:*)'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('exact param deny covers identical allow', () => {
+    assert.equal(dominates('Agent(model:opus)', 'Agent(model:opus)'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('wildcard deny covers matching literal allow', () => {
+    assert.equal(dominates('WebFetch(domain:*)', 'WebFetch(domain:example.com)'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('distinct param deny does NOT cover a different param allow (the false positive)', () => {
+    assert.equal(dominates('Agent(model:opus)', 'Agent(model:sonnet)'), false);
+    assert.equal(dominates('WebFetch(domain:evil.com)', 'WebFetch(domain:good.com)'), false);
+  });
+
+  it('specific deny does NOT cover a bare allow (sonnet still allowed)', () => {
+    assert.equal(dominates('Agent(model:opus)', 'Agent'), false);
+  });
+
+  it('different tools never dominate', () => {
+    assert.equal(dominates('Bash', 'Read'), false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('permission-rules — rulesIntersect (cross-scope conflict)', () => {
+  it('exact same rule intersects', () => {
+    assert.equal(rulesIntersect('Bash(npm run *)', 'Bash(npm run *)'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('bare tool intersects any param of same tool', () => {
+    assert.equal(rulesIntersect('Bash', 'Bash(npm:*)'), true);
+    assert.equal(rulesIntersect('Agent(model:opus)', 'Agent'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('wildcard intersects matching literal (currently a false negative)', () => {
+    assert.equal(rulesIntersect('WebFetch(domain:*)', 'WebFetch(domain:good.com)'), true);
+    assert.equal(rulesIntersect('WebFetch(domain:good.com)', 'WebFetch(domain:*)'), true);
+  });
+
+  it('distinct literal params are disjoint (no conflict)', () => {
+    assert.equal(rulesIntersect('Agent(model:opus)', 'Agent(model:sonnet)'), false);
+  });
+
+  it('different tools never intersect', () => {
+    assert.equal(rulesIntersect('Read', 'Write'), false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/scanners/conflict-detector.test.mjs b/tests/scanners/conflict-detector.test.mjs
index cfca3be..7ab59d5 100644
--- a/tests/scanners/conflict-detector.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/scanners/conflict-detector.test.mjs
@@ -122,3 +122,37 @@ describe('CNF scanner — minimal project', () => {
     assert.equal(result.findings.length, 0);
   });
 });
+
+describe('CNF scanner — param-qualified cross-scope conflicts', () => {
+  // project allow: WebFetch(domain:good.com), Agent(model:sonnet)
+  // local   deny:  WebFetch(domain:*),        Agent(model:opus)
+  // WebFetch: deny domain:* covers allow domain:good.com → genuine conflict.
+  // Agent:    deny model:opus vs allow model:sonnet → disjoint → NO conflict.
+  let result;
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    resetCounter();
+    const discovery = await discoverConfigFiles(resolve(FIXTURES, 'param-conflict-project'));
+    result = await scan(resolve(FIXTURES, 'param-conflict-project'), discovery);
+  });
+
+  it('detects the WebFetch wildcard-domain conflict (currently a false negative)', () => {
+    const perm = result.findings.filter(f => f.title.includes('Permission allow/deny'));
+    assert.ok(
+      perm.some(f => /WebFetch/.test(`${f.description} ${f.evidence}`)),
+      `expected a WebFetch allow/deny conflict; got: ${perm.map(f => f.evidence).join(' | ') || '(none)'}`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT flag Agent(model:sonnet) vs Agent(model:opus) as a conflict', () => {
+    const perm = result.findings.filter(f => f.title.includes('Permission allow/deny'));
+    assert.ok(
+      !perm.some(f => /Agent/.test(`${f.description} ${f.evidence}`)),
+      'distinct model params must not conflict',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('reports exactly one permission conflict', () => {
+    const perm = result.findings.filter(f => f.title.includes('Permission allow/deny'));
+    assert.equal(perm.length, 1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/scanners/disabled-in-schema.test.mjs b/tests/scanners/disabled-in-schema.test.mjs
index f4be4f3..807e38a 100644
--- a/tests/scanners/disabled-in-schema.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/scanners/disabled-in-schema.test.mjs
@@ -66,3 +66,32 @@ describe('DIS scanner — orchestrator wiring', () => {
     assert.ok(dis, `expected DIS in orchestrator results; got: ${env.scanners.map(r => r.scanner).join(', ')}`);
   });
 });
+
+describe('DIS scanner — param-qualified permissions are param-aware', () => {
+  // settings.json:
+  //   allow: Agent(model:sonnet), WebFetch(domain:good.com), Bash(npm:*)
+  //   deny:  Agent(model:opus),   WebFetch(domain:evil.com),  Bash
+  // Only the bare `Bash` deny dominates an allow (Bash(npm:*)). The param-
+  // qualified deny/allow pairs are DISTINCT specs (CC 2.1.178 param-matching,
+  // 2.1.172 domain rules) and must NOT be flagged as dead config.
+
+  it('flags exactly the Bash overlap (bare deny covers param allow)', async () => {
+    const result = await runScanner('param-qualified-permissions');
+    const f = result.findings.find(x => /both permissions/i.test(x.title || ''));
+    assert.ok(f, 'expected the Bash overlap to still be flagged');
+    assert.match(String(f.evidence || ''), /Bash/);
+    assert.match(String(f.description || ''), /contains 1 tool\b/);
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT flag Agent(model:opus)/Agent(model:sonnet) as dead config', async () => {
+    const result = await runScanner('param-qualified-permissions');
+    const f = result.findings.find(x => /both permissions/i.test(x.title || ''));
+    assert.doesNotMatch(String(f?.evidence || ''), /Agent/);
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT flag WebFetch(domain:good.com)/WebFetch(domain:evil.com) as dead config', async () => {
+    const result = await runScanner('param-qualified-permissions');
+    const f = result.findings.find(x => /both permissions/i.test(x.title || ''));
+    assert.doesNotMatch(String(f?.evidence || ''), /WebFetch/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/default-output/posture.json b/tests/snapshots/default-output/posture.json
index b34af99..8f1e118 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/default-output/posture.json
+++ b/tests/snapshots/default-output/posture.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "kind": "text",
-  "payload": "`[CML] CLAUDE.md Linter`: 1 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[SET] Settings Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[HKV] Hook Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[RUL] Rules Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[MCP] MCP Config Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[IMP] Import Resolver`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[CNF] Conflict Detector`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[GAP] Feature Gap Scanner`: 17 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[TOK] Token Hotspots`: 1 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[CPS] Cache-Prefix Stability`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[DIS] Disabled-In-Schema`: 1 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[COL] Plugin Skill Collision`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n Configuration health\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n\n Health: A (97/100) — Healthy setup, only minor polish needed\n 9 areas reviewed\n\n Area scores\n ───────────\n `CLAUDE.md` ........... A (90)      `Settings` ............ A (90)\n `Hooks` ............... A (100)     `Rules` ............... A (100)\n `MCP` ................. A (100)     `Imports` ............. A (100)\n `Conflicts` ........... A (100)     `Token Efficiency` .... A (90)\n `Plugin Hygiene` ...... A (100)\n\n 17 ways you could get more out of Claude Code — see /config-audit feature-gap\n\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  "payload": "`[CML] CLAUDE.md Linter`: 1 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[SET] Settings Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[HKV] Hook Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[RUL] Rules Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[MCP] MCP Config Validator`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[IMP] Import Resolver`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[CNF] Conflict Detector`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[GAP] Feature Gap Scanner`: 17 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[TOK] Token Hotspots`: 1 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[CPS] Cache-Prefix Stability`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[DIS] Disabled-In-Schema`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n  `[COL] Plugin Skill Collision`: 0 finding(s) (0ms)\n\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n Configuration health\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n\n Health: A (98/100) — Healthy setup, only minor polish needed\n 9 areas reviewed\n\n Area scores\n ───────────\n `CLAUDE.md` ........... A (90)      `Settings` ............ A (100)\n `Hooks` ............... A (100)     `Rules` ............... A (100)\n `MCP` ................. A (100)     `Imports` ............. A (100)\n `Conflicts` ........... A (100)     `Token Efficiency` .... A (90)\n `Plugin Hygiene` ...... A (100)\n\n 17 ways you could get more out of Claude Code — see /config-audit feature-gap\n\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
 }
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/default-output/scan-orchestrator.json b/tests/snapshots/default-output/scan-orchestrator.json
index 8474bd6..d3c67b7 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/default-output/scan-orchestrator.json
+++ b/tests/snapshots/default-output/scan-orchestrator.json
@@ -517,29 +517,12 @@
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         "duration_ms": 0,
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-            "scanner": "DIS",
-            "severity": "low",
-            "title": "A tool is in both the let-in list and the shut-out list",
-            "description": "When a tool is in both lists, the shut-out always wins, so the let-in entry does nothing. It looks like the tool is approved, but it isn't.",
-            "file": "/Users/ktg/repos/ktg-plugin-marketplace/config-audit/tests/fixtures/marketplace-medium/.claude/settings.json",
-            "line": null,
-            "evidence": "Read: allow=\"Read(src/**)\" + deny=\"Read(./.env)\"",
-            "category": "permissions-hygiene",
-            "recommendation": "Decide whether the tool should be allowed or denied, and remove it from the other list.",
-            "autoFixable": false,
-            "userImpactCategory": "Dead config",
-            "userActionLanguage": "Optional cleanup",
-            "relevanceContext": "test-fixture-no-impact"
-          }
-        ],
+        "findings": [],
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           "high": 0,
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-          "low": 1,
+          "low": 0,
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@@ -559,15 +542,15 @@
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+      "total_findings": 19,
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+        "low": 7,
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+      "risk_score": 11,
       "risk_band": "Medium",
       "verdict": "PASS",
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diff --git a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0-stderr/posture.txt b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0-stderr/posture.txt
index d605446..4814745 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0-stderr/posture.txt
+++ b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0-stderr/posture.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-  [CML] CLAUDE.md Linter: 1 finding(s) (13ms)
+  [CML] CLAUDE.md Linter: 1 finding(s) (14ms)
   [SET] Settings Validator: 0 finding(s) (1ms)
   [HKV] Hook Validator: 0 finding(s) (1ms)
   [RUL] Rules Validator: 0 finding(s) (1ms)
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@
   [GAP] Feature Gap Scanner: 17 finding(s) (2ms)
   [TOK] Token Hotspots: 1 finding(s) (8ms)
   [CPS] Cache-Prefix Stability: 0 finding(s) (1ms)
-  [DIS] Disabled-In-Schema: 1 finding(s) (1ms)
-  [COL] Plugin Skill Collision: 0 finding(s) (0ms)
+  [DIS] Disabled-In-Schema: 0 finding(s) (0ms)
+  [COL] Plugin Skill Collision: 0 finding(s) (1ms)
 
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  Config-Audit Health Score
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 
- Health: A (97/100)    9 areas scanned
+ Health: A (98/100)    9 areas scanned
 
  Area Scores
  ───────────
- CLAUDE.md ........... A (90)      Settings ............ A (90)
+ CLAUDE.md ........... A (90)      Settings ............ A (100)
  Hooks ............... A (100)     Rules ............... A (100)
  MCP ................. A (100)     Imports ............. A (100)
  Conflicts ........... A (100)     Token Efficiency .... A (90)
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/drift.json b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/drift.json
index 9ff166a..07a63fb 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/drift.json
+++ b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/drift.json
@@ -248,29 +248,16 @@
       "category": "token-efficiency",
       "recommendation": "Install the package locally (so detect-mcp-tool-count can read its manifest), or run the server once and cache its tools/list response under ~/.claude/config-audit/mcp-cache/<name>.json. See knowledge/cache-telemetry-recipe.md.",
       "autoFixable": false
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "CA-DIS-001",
-      "scanner": "DIS",
-      "severity": "low",
-      "title": "Tool listed in both permissions.deny and permissions.allow",
-      "description": ".claude/settings.json contains 1 tool present in both deny and allow lists. The deny list wins — the allow entries are dead config but still load on every turn and may confuse future readers about intent.",
-      "file": "/Users/ktg/repos/ktg-plugin-marketplace/config-audit/tests/fixtures/marketplace-medium/.claude/settings.json",
-      "line": null,
-      "evidence": "Read: allow=\"Read(src/**)\" + deny=\"Read(./.env)\"",
-      "category": "permissions-hygiene",
-      "recommendation": "Remove the redundant allow entries. If you actually want this tool enabled, remove it from the deny list instead. Settings should express intent clearly.",
-      "autoFixable": false
     }
   ],
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   "scoreChange": {
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-      "score": 91,
+      "score": 92,
       "grade": "A"
     },
     "after": {
-      "score": 91,
+      "score": 92,
       "grade": "A"
     },
     "delta": 0
@@ -291,11 +278,11 @@
     {
       "name": "Settings",
       "before": {
-        "score": 90,
+        "score": 100,
         "grade": "A"
       },
       "after": {
-        "score": 90,
+        "score": 100,
         "grade": "A"
       },
       "delta": 0
@@ -398,8 +385,8 @@
     }
   ],
   "summary": {
-    "totalBefore": 20,
-    "totalAfter": 20,
+    "totalBefore": 19,
+    "totalAfter": 19,
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     "resolvedCount": 0,
     "trend": "stable"
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/fix-cli.json b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/fix-cli.json
index 5d45a67..b644b54 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/fix-cli.json
+++ b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/fix-cli.json
@@ -118,12 +118,6 @@
       "title": "High MCP tool-schema budget on server \"memory\"",
       "file": ".mcp.json",
       "recommendation": "Install the package locally (so detect-mcp-tool-count can read its manifest), or run the server once and cache its tools/list response under ~/.claude/config-audit/mcp-cache/<name>.json. See knowledge/cache-telemetry-recipe.md."
-    },
-    {
-      "findingId": "CA-DIS-001",
-      "title": "Tool listed in both permissions.deny and permissions.allow",
-      "file": "/Users/ktg/repos/ktg-plugin-marketplace/config-audit/tests/fixtures/marketplace-medium/.claude/settings.json",
-      "recommendation": "Remove the redundant allow entries. If you actually want this tool enabled, remove it from the deny list instead. Settings should express intent clearly."
     }
   ],
   "backupId": null
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/posture.json b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/posture.json
index 603da98..cf709c4 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/posture.json
+++ b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/posture.json
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
       "id": "settings",
       "name": "Settings",
       "grade": "A",
-      "score": 90,
-      "findingCount": 1
+      "score": 100,
+      "findingCount": 0
     },
     {
       "id": "hooks",
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   "scannerEnvelope": {
     "meta": {
       "target": "/Users/ktg/repos/ktg-plugin-marketplace/config-audit/tests/fixtures/marketplace-medium",
-      "timestamp": "2026-06-18T10:18:35.634Z",
+      "timestamp": "2026-06-18T11:03:14.339Z",
       "version": "2.2.0",
       "tool": "config-audit"
     },
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         "scanner": "CML",
         "status": "ok",
         "files_scanned": 1,
-        "duration_ms": 3,
+        "duration_ms": 2,
         "findings": [
           {
             "id": "CA-CML-001",
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
         "scanner": "IMP",
         "status": "ok",
         "files_scanned": 1,
-        "duration_ms": 2,
+        "duration_ms": 1,
         "findings": [],
         "counts": {
           "critical": 0,
@@ -551,26 +551,12 @@
         "status": "ok",
         "files_scanned": 1,
         "duration_ms": 0,
-        "findings": [
-          {
-            "id": "CA-DIS-001",
-            "scanner": "DIS",
-            "severity": "low",
-            "title": "Tool listed in both permissions.deny and permissions.allow",
-            "description": ".claude/settings.json contains 1 tool present in both deny and allow lists. The deny list wins — the allow entries are dead config but still load on every turn and may confuse future readers about intent.",
-            "file": "/Users/ktg/repos/ktg-plugin-marketplace/config-audit/tests/fixtures/marketplace-medium/.claude/settings.json",
-            "line": null,
-            "evidence": "Read: allow=\"Read(src/**)\" + deny=\"Read(./.env)\"",
-            "category": "permissions-hygiene",
-            "recommendation": "Remove the redundant allow entries. If you actually want this tool enabled, remove it from the deny list instead. Settings should express intent clearly.",
-            "autoFixable": false
-          }
-        ],
+        "findings": [],
         "counts": {
           "critical": 0,
           "high": 0,
           "medium": 0,
-          "low": 1,
+          "low": 0,
           "info": 0
         }
       },
@@ -578,7 +564,7 @@
         "scanner": "COL",
         "status": "ok",
         "files_scanned": 0,
-        "duration_ms": 0,
+        "duration_ms": 1,
         "findings": [],
         "counts": {
           "critical": 0,
@@ -590,15 +576,15 @@
       }
     ],
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+      "total_findings": 19,
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         "high": 0,
         "medium": 1,
-        "low": 8,
+        "low": 7,
         "info": 11
       },
-      "risk_score": 12,
+      "risk_score": 11,
       "risk_band": "Medium",
       "verdict": "PASS",
       "scanners_ok": 11,
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/scan-orchestrator.json b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/scan-orchestrator.json
index af1d507..3b8f5eb 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/scan-orchestrator.json
+++ b/tests/snapshots/v5.0.0/scan-orchestrator.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "meta": {
     "target": "/Users/ktg/repos/ktg-plugin-marketplace/config-audit/tests/fixtures/marketplace-medium",
-    "timestamp": "2026-06-18T10:18:35.439Z",
+    "timestamp": "2026-06-18T11:03:14.159Z",
     "version": "2.2.0",
     "tool": "config-audit"
   },
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       "scanner": "GAP",
       "status": "ok",
       "files_scanned": 4,
-      "duration_ms": 2,
+      "duration_ms": 1,
       "findings": [
         {
           "id": "CA-GAP-001",
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
       "scanner": "TOK",
       "status": "ok",
       "files_scanned": 2,
-      "duration_ms": 8,
+      "duration_ms": 7,
       "findings": [
         {
           "id": "CA-TOK-001",
@@ -457,27 +457,13 @@
       "scanner": "DIS",
       "status": "ok",
       "files_scanned": 1,
-      "duration_ms": 1,
-      "findings": [
-        {
-          "id": "CA-DIS-001",
-          "scanner": "DIS",
-          "severity": "low",
-          "title": "Tool listed in both permissions.deny and permissions.allow",
-          "description": ".claude/settings.json contains 1 tool present in both deny and allow lists. The deny list wins — the allow entries are dead config but still load on every turn and may confuse future readers about intent.",
-          "file": "/Users/ktg/repos/ktg-plugin-marketplace/config-audit/tests/fixtures/marketplace-medium/.claude/settings.json",
-          "line": null,
-          "evidence": "Read: allow=\"Read(src/**)\" + deny=\"Read(./.env)\"",
-          "category": "permissions-hygiene",
-          "recommendation": "Remove the redundant allow entries. If you actually want this tool enabled, remove it from the deny list instead. Settings should express intent clearly.",
-          "autoFixable": false
-        }
-      ],
+      "duration_ms": 0,
+      "findings": [],
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         "critical": 0,
         "high": 0,
         "medium": 0,
-        "low": 1,
+        "low": 0,
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@@ -485,7 +471,7 @@
       "scanner": "COL",
       "status": "ok",
       "files_scanned": 0,
-      "duration_ms": 0,
+      "duration_ms": 1,
       "findings": [],
       "counts": {
         "critical": 0,
@@ -497,15 +483,15 @@
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+    "total_findings": 19,
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+      "low": 7,
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-    "risk_score": 12,
+    "risk_score": 11,
     "risk_band": "Medium",
     "verdict": "PASS",
     "scanners_ok": 11,