diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/tool/shell.ts b/packages/opencode/src/tool/shell.ts
index 1e4423e01774..6fe4760246bc 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/tool/shell.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/tool/shell.ts
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ export const ShellTool = Tool.define(
         patterns: new Set<string>(),
         always: new Set<string>(),
       }
+      const found: { pattern: string; always: string }[] = []
       const shellKind = ShellID.toKind(Shell.name(shell))
 
       for (const node of commands(root)) {
@@ -405,11 +406,24 @@ export const ShellTool = Tool.define(
         }
 
         if (tokens.length && (!cmd || !CWD.has(cmd))) {
-          scan.patterns.add(source(node))
-          scan.always.add(BashArity.prefix(tokens).join(" ") + " *")
+          found.push({
+            pattern: source(node),
+            always: BashArity.prefix(tokens).join(" ") + " *",
+          })
         }
       }
 
+      for (const item of found) scan.patterns.add(item.pattern)
+
+      // A single "always" reply approves every pattern in `scan.always`, so the widened
+      // arity prefix is only safe when the request covers exactly one command. For a
+      // compound command the user is shown one prompt and makes one decision, but each
+      // command would contribute its own widened rule -- approving `git status && rm -rf ~`
+      // would install `git status *` AND `rm *`, the latter matching `rm -rf /`. Fall back
+      // to the literal commands so "always" grants exactly what was displayed.
+      if (found.length === 1) scan.always.add(found[0].always)
+      else for (const item of found) scan.always.add(item.pattern)
+
       return scan
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/tool/shell.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/tool/shell.test.ts
index a970f85d468f..0a516a01a87b 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/tool/shell.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/tool/shell.test.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,58 @@ describe("tool.shell permissions", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  each("widens the always pattern for a single command", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const tmp = yield* tmpdirScoped()
+      yield* runIn(
+        tmp,
+        Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const err = new Error("stop after permission")
+          const requests: Array<Omit<PermissionV1.Request, "id" | "sessionID" | "tool">> = []
+          expect(
+            yield* fail(
+              {
+                command: "git status",
+              },
+              capture(requests, err),
+            ),
+          ).toMatchObject({ message: err.message })
+          const bashReq = requests.find((r) => r.permission === "bash")
+          expect(bashReq).toBeDefined()
+          expect(bashReq!.always).toContain("git status *")
+        }),
+      )
+    }),
+  )
+
+  each("does not widen always patterns for compound commands", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const tmp = yield* tmpdirScoped()
+      yield* runIn(
+        tmp,
+        Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const err = new Error("stop after permission")
+          const requests: Array<Omit<PermissionV1.Request, "id" | "sessionID" | "tool">> = []
+          expect(
+            yield* fail(
+              {
+                command: "git status && rm -rf tmp",
+              },
+              capture(requests, err),
+            ),
+          ).toMatchObject({ message: err.message })
+          const bashReq = requests.find((r) => r.permission === "bash")
+          expect(bashReq).toBeDefined()
+          // Approving the prompt once must not install a rule that matches `rm -rf /`.
+          expect(bashReq!.always).not.toContain("rm *")
+          expect(bashReq!.always).not.toContain("git status *")
+          expect(bashReq!.always).toContain("git status")
+          expect(bashReq!.always).toContain("rm -rf tmp")
+        }),
+      )
+    }),
+  )
+
   for (const item of ps) {
     it.live(`parses PowerShell conditionals for permission prompts [${item.label}]`, () =>
       withShell(