diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a6f0480e48..a668c6264b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Memory/QMD: cap QMD command output buffering to prevent memory exhaustion from pathological `qmd` command output.
 - Memory/QMD: query QMD index using exact docid matches before falling back to prefix lookup for better recall correctness and index efficiency.
 - Memory/QMD: make QMD result JSON parsing resilient to noisy command output by extracting the first JSON array from noisy `stdout`.
+- Memory/QMD: pass result limits to `search`/`vsearch` commands so QMD can cap results earlier.
 - Models/CLI: guard `models status` string trimming paths to prevent crashes from malformed non-string config values. (#16395) Thanks @BinHPdev.
 
 ## 2026.2.14
diff --git a/src/memory/qmd-manager.test.ts b/src/memory/qmd-manager.test.ts
index cb906b354e2..a4dda48d4ef 100644
--- a/src/memory/qmd-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/memory/qmd-manager.test.ts
@@ -340,7 +340,15 @@ describe("QmdMemoryManager", () => {
     ).resolves.toEqual([]);
 
     const searchCall = spawnMock.mock.calls.find((call) => call[1]?.[0] === "search");
-    expect(searchCall?.[1]).toEqual(["search", "test", "--json", "-c", "workspace"]);
+    expect(searchCall?.[1]).toEqual([
+      "search",
+      "test",
+      "--json",
+      "-n",
+      String(resolved.qmd?.limits.maxResults),
+      "-c",
+      "workspace",
+    ]);
     expect(spawnMock.mock.calls.some((call) => call[1]?.[0] === "query")).toBe(false);
     expect(maxResults).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     await manager.close();
@@ -394,7 +402,7 @@ describe("QmdMemoryManager", () => {
         (args): args is string[] => Array.isArray(args) && ["search", "query"].includes(args[0]),
       );
     expect(searchAndQueryCalls).toEqual([
-      ["search", "test", "--json", "-c", "workspace"],
+      ["search", "test", "--json", "-n", String(maxResults), "-c", "workspace"],
       ["query", "test", "--json", "-n", String(maxResults), "-c", "workspace"],
     ]);
     await manager.close();
@@ -558,7 +566,21 @@ describe("QmdMemoryManager", () => {
 
     await manager.search("test", { sessionKey: "agent:main:slack:dm:u123" });
     const searchCall = spawnMock.mock.calls.find((call) => call[1]?.[0] === "search");
-    expect(searchCall?.[1]).toEqual(["search", "test", "--json", "-c", "workspace", "-c", "notes"]);
+    const maxResults = resolved.qmd?.limits.maxResults;
+    if (!maxResults) {
+      throw new Error("qmd maxResults missing");
+    }
+    expect(searchCall?.[1]).toEqual([
+      "search",
+      "test",
+      "--json",
+      "-n",
+      String(maxResults),
+      "-c",
+      "workspace",
+      "-c",
+      "notes",
+    ]);
     await manager.close();
   });
 
diff --git a/src/memory/qmd-manager.ts b/src/memory/qmd-manager.ts
index ec65cbdaa6a..c1b3fe36af0 100644
--- a/src/memory/qmd-manager.ts
+++ b/src/memory/qmd-manager.ts
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ export class QmdMemoryManager implements MemorySearchManager {
     if (command === "query") {
       return ["query", query, "--json", "-n", String(limit)];
     }
-    return [command, query, "--json"];
+    return [command, query, "--json", "-n", String(limit)];
   }
 }