diff --git a/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.test.ts b/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.test.ts
index 15ba8f0c677..118e7af4027 100644
--- a/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ describe("agentCliCommand", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("suppresses silent gateway summaries when no payloads are returned", async () => {
+    await withTempStore(async () => {
+      vi.mocked(callGateway).mockResolvedValue({
+        runId: "idem-1",
+        status: "ok",
+        summary: " ANNOUNCE_SKIP ",
+        result: { payloads: [], meta: { stub: true } },
+      });
+
+      await agentCliCommand({ message: "hi", to: "+1555" }, runtime);
+
+      expect(runtime.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   it("falls back to embedded agent when gateway fails", async () => {
     await withTempStore(async () => {
       vi.mocked(callGateway).mockRejectedValue(new Error("gateway not connected"));
diff --git a/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts b/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts
index 79e05cc6047..3b4111b723b 100644
--- a/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts
+++ b/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {
 import { agentCommand } from "./agent.js";
 import { resolveSessionKeyForRequest } from "./agent/session.js";
 
+const SILENT_AGENT_SUMMARIES = new Set(["NO_REPLY", "ANNOUNCE_SKIP"]);
+
 type AgentGatewayResult = {
   payloads?: Array<{
     text?: string;
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@ type GatewayAgentResponse = {
 
 const NO_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_147_000_000;
 
+function isSilentAgentSummary(text: string | undefined): boolean {
+  const normalized = text?.trim();
+  return normalized ? SILENT_AGENT_SUMMARIES.has(normalized) : false;
+}
+
 export type AgentCliOpts = {
   message: string;
   agent?: string;
@@ -164,7 +171,10 @@ export async function agentViaGatewayCommand(opts: AgentCliOpts, runtime: Runtim
   const payloads = result?.payloads ?? [];
 
   if (payloads.length === 0) {
-    runtime.log(response?.summary ? String(response.summary) : "No reply from agent.");
+    const summary = response?.summary ? String(response.summary) : undefined;
+    if (!isSilentAgentSummary(summary)) {
+      runtime.log(summary ?? "No reply from agent.");
+    }
     return response;
   }