diff --git a/.github/workflows/aeon.yml b/.github/workflows/aeon.yml
index a1400e8c06b..baf2a44addd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aeon.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aeon.yml
@@ -1059,6 +1059,39 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/iron/audit.jsonl
           if-no-files-found: ignore
 
+      # Prove the vuln-scanner actually invoked a scanner: the staged wrappers log
+      # each call to executions.log; model prose is not execution evidence. Best-effort,
+      # warnings only, never gates the run.
+      - name: Verify vuln-scanner execution evidence
+        if: always() && steps.work.outputs.mode != '' && steps.skill.outputs.name == 'vuln-scanner'
+        run: |
+          set -u
+          echo '--- staged scanner manifest ---'
+          if [ -f /tmp/vuln-scan/prefetch.txt ]; then cat /tmp/vuln-scan/prefetch.txt; else echo 'manifest=missing'; fi
+          echo '--- actual scanner invocations ---'
+          if [ -s /tmp/vuln-scan/executions.log ]; then
+            cat /tmp/vuln-scan/executions.log
+          else
+            echo 'executions=none'
+            echo '::warning::vuln-scanner produced no machine-readable scanner invocation evidence'
+          fi
+          echo '--- per-tool execution status ---'
+          for tool in semgrep trufflehog osv-scanner; do
+            if [ -s /tmp/vuln-scan/executions.log ] && grep -q "^${tool} " /tmp/vuln-scan/executions.log; then
+              echo "${tool}=observed"
+            else
+              echo "${tool}=not-observed"
+              echo "::warning::${tool} was staged but no invocation was recorded"
+            fi
+          done
+          for tool in slither cargo-fuzz; do
+            if [ -s /tmp/vuln-scan/executions.log ] && grep -q "^${tool} " /tmp/vuln-scan/executions.log; then
+              echo "${tool}=observed"
+            else
+              echo "${tool}=not-observed-or-not-applicable"
+            fi
+          done
+
       # Undo "Single-source standing instructions" so the working tree matches HEAD
       # before any capture/guard/commit step runs. always(): the file must come back
       # even if Run failed or timed out. The move is a plain rename back — it touches
diff --git a/scripts/stage-vuln-scanner.sh b/scripts/stage-vuln-scanner.sh
index 475d735bcb6..b67e135c254 100755
--- a/scripts/stage-vuln-scanner.sh
+++ b/scripts/stage-vuln-scanner.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@ MANIFEST=/tmp/vuln-scan/prefetch.txt
 log()    { echo "stage-vuln-scanner: $*"; }
 record() { echo "$1=$2" >> "$MANIFEST"; }   # tool=installed|fail|skipped
 
+# Keep machine-readable evidence that the agent actually invoked a scanner. The
+# post-run workflow check reads this file; model prose is not execution evidence.
+EXEC_LOG=/tmp/vuln-scan/executions.log
+: > "$EXEC_LOG"
+
+instrument() { # command name, real executable
+  local name="$1" real="$2" wrapper="$BIN/$1"
+  [ -x "$real" ] || return 0
+  mv "$real" "$BIN/.${name}.real" 2>/dev/null || return 0
+  rm -f "$wrapper"   # drop any dangling symlink so the heredoc writes a plain file into $BIN
+  cat > "$wrapper" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+printf '%s %s\\n' '$name' "\$*" >> '$EXEC_LOG'
+exec '$BIN/.${name}.real' "\$@"
+EOF
+  chmod +x "$wrapper"
+}
+
 pip_install() { # package
   pip install --quiet "$1" 2>/dev/null \
     || pip3 install --quiet "$1" 2>/dev/null \
@@ -117,5 +135,12 @@ else
   record cargo-fuzz skipped
 fi
 
+# Wrap staged binaries after installation so every actual invocation is recorded.
+instrument semgrep "$(command -v semgrep 2>/dev/null || true)"
+instrument trufflehog "$BIN/trufflehog"
+instrument osv-scanner "$BIN/osv-scanner"
+instrument slither "$(command -v slither 2>/dev/null || true)"
+instrument cargo-fuzz "$(command -v cargo-fuzz 2>/dev/null || true)"
+
 log "manifest (/tmp/vuln-scan/prefetch.txt):"
 cat "$MANIFEST"