diff --git a/assistant/src/daemon/ipc-contract-inventory.json b/assistant/src/daemon/ipc-contract-inventory.json
index 06a2d125750..70632e455d2 100644
--- a/assistant/src/daemon/ipc-contract-inventory.json
+++ b/assistant/src/daemon/ipc-contract-inventory.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "GalleryInstallRequest",
     "GalleryListRequest",
     "GetSigningIdentityResponse",
+    "GuardianVerificationRequest",
     "HistoryRequest",
     "HomeBaseGetRequest",
     "IdentityGetRequest",
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@
     "GenerationCancelled",
     "GenerationHandoff",
     "GetSigningIdentityRequest",
+    "GuardianVerificationResponse",
     "HistoryResponse",
     "HomeBaseGetResponse",
     "IdentityGetResponse",
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@
     "gallery_install",
     "gallery_list",
     "get_signing_identity_response",
+    "guardian_verification",
     "history_request",
     "home_base_get",
     "identity_get",
@@ -400,6 +403,7 @@
     "generation_cancelled",
     "generation_handoff",
     "get_signing_identity",
+    "guardian_verification_response",
     "history_response",
     "home_base_get_response",
     "identity_get_response",
diff --git a/assistant/src/runtime/channel-guardian-service.ts b/assistant/src/runtime/channel-guardian-service.ts
index 74c9ee4f1dc..2e26631db0c 100644
--- a/assistant/src/runtime/channel-guardian-service.ts
+++ b/assistant/src/runtime/channel-guardian-service.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function createVerificationChallenge(
   return {
     challengeId,
     secret,
-    instruction: `Send \`/guardian-verify ${secret}\` to your bot from your Telegram account within 10 minutes.`,
+    instruction: `Send \`/guardian_verify ${secret}\` to your bot from your Telegram account within 10 minutes.`,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/assistant/src/runtime/routes/channel-routes.ts b/assistant/src/runtime/routes/channel-routes.ts
index db4df38219a..3c362fa483d 100644
--- a/assistant/src/runtime/routes/channel-routes.ts
+++ b/assistant/src/runtime/routes/channel-routes.ts
@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ export async function handleChannelInbound(
   // Handled before normal message processing so it never enters the agent loop.
   if (
     !result.duplicate &&
-    trimmedContent.startsWith('/guardian-verify ') &&
+    trimmedContent.startsWith('/guardian_verify ') &&
     replyCallbackUrl &&
     body.senderExternalUserId
   ) {
-    const token = trimmedContent.slice('/guardian-verify '.length).trim();
+    const token = trimmedContent.slice('/guardian_verify '.length).trim();
     if (token.length > 0) {
       const verifyResult = validateAndConsumeChallenge(
         'self',