diff --git a/docs/development/agent-workflow.md b/docs/development/agent-workflow.md
index 59c5ce06a..353182b13 100644
--- a/docs/development/agent-workflow.md
+++ b/docs/development/agent-workflow.md
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ for GitHub-compatible character filtering and duplicate suffixes. Explicit HTML
 use `parse5`, excluding comments, scripts, styles and template contents.
 Rendered HTML anchor hrefs and image sources use the same local-reference checks
 as Markdown links, including decoded attributes and fragment validation.
+Image references check file existence without interpreting image fragments as
+Markdown headings; document links keep anchor checks even when sharing a target.
+Inline guidance imports are rejected after punctuation as well as whitespace.
 The Nx test hash includes `marked`, `parse5` and `github-slugger` so dependency changes invalidate parser coverage.
 It cannot prove semantic equivalence; review changed contracts as well.
 
diff --git a/tools/skills/agent-guidance-markdown.mjs b/tools/skills/agent-guidance-markdown.mjs
index 7500b70e0..a977efb44 100644
--- a/tools/skills/agent-guidance-markdown.mjs
+++ b/tools/skills/agent-guidance-markdown.mjs
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ function htmlNavigation(html) {
                 (node.tagName === 'a' && attribute.name === 'href') ||
                 (node.tagName === 'img' && attribute.name === 'src')
             )
-                references.push(attribute.value);
+                references.push({
+                    target: attribute.value,
+                    image: node.tagName === 'img',
+                });
         }
         for (const child of node.childNodes ?? []) visit(child);
     }
@@ -157,15 +160,20 @@ export function guidanceReferences(markdown, includeLiterals) {
     const result = [];
     const destinations = new Set();
     const html = [];
-    function add(target, literal = false) {
-        const key = `${literal}:${target}`;
+    const definitions = [];
+    const usedTargets = new Set();
+    function add(target, literal = false, image = false) {
+        const key = `${literal}:${image}:${target}`;
+        usedTargets.add(target);
         if (!destinations.has(key)) {
             destinations.add(key);
-            result.push({ target, literal });
+            result.push({ target, literal, image });
         }
     }
     markdownLexer.walkTokens(markdownLexer.lexer(markdown), (token) => {
-        if (['link', 'image', 'def'].includes(token.type)) add(token.href);
+        if (['link', 'image'].includes(token.type))
+            add(token.href, false, token.type === 'image');
+        if (token.type === 'def') definitions.push(token.href);
         if (token.type === 'html') html.push(token.raw);
         if (token.type === 'unresolved-reference')
             result.push({ unresolvedReference: token.label });
@@ -176,7 +184,8 @@ export function guidanceReferences(markdown, includeLiterals) {
         )
             add(token.text, true);
     });
-    for (const target of htmlNavigation(html.join('\n')).references)
-        add(target);
+    for (const reference of htmlNavigation(html.join('\n')).references)
+        add(reference.target, false, reference.image);
+    for (const target of definitions) if (!usedTargets.has(target)) add(target);
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.mjs b/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.mjs
index 76232ae56..be5842102 100644
--- a/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.mjs
+++ b/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function within(root, path) {
 async function validateReference(
     rootDir,
     source,
-    { target, literal, unresolvedReference }
+    { target, literal, image, unresolvedReference }
 ) {
     if (unresolvedReference !== undefined)
         return `${source}: unresolved Markdown reference "${unresolvedReference}"`;
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ async function validateReference(
         const actual = await realpath(absolute);
         if (!within(rootDir, actual))
             return `${source}: referenced path escapes repository root: ${target}`;
-        if (anchor && !anchors(await readFile(actual, 'utf8')).has(anchor)) {
+        if (
+            anchor &&
+            !image &&
+            !anchors(await readFile(actual, 'utf8')).has(anchor)
+        ) {
             return `${source}: missing anchor "${anchor}" in ${target}`;
         }
     } catch (error) {
@@ -93,7 +97,9 @@ export async function validateAgentGuidance({ rootDir }) {
             const unfenced = guidanceProse(markdown);
             const imports = guidanceStandaloneImports(markdown);
             const prose = unfenced.replace(/`[^`\n]+`/gu, '');
-            const inlineImports = [...prose.matchAll(/(?:^|[\s(])@([^\s]+)/gu)]
+            const inlineImports = [
+                ...prose.matchAll(/(?:^|[^\p{L}\p{N}_@])@([^\s]+)/gu),
+            ]
                 .map((match) => match[1])
                 .filter(
                     (token) =>
diff --git a/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.test.mjs b/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.test.mjs
index ce0f7f995..3f39827ae 100644
--- a/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.test.mjs
+++ b/tools/skills/validate-agent-guidance.test.mjs
@@ -591,3 +591,50 @@ for (const tag of ['template', 'div']) {
         );
     });
 }
+
+for (const punctuation of ['"', "'", '[', '{', ':']) {
+    test(`rejects inline imports after ${punctuation}`, async (t) => {
+        assert.match(
+            (
+                await diagnostics(t, {
+                    'CLAUDE.md':
+                        '@AGENTS.md\n\nRead ' +
+                        punctuation +
+                        '@docs/example.md',
+                })
+            ).join('\n'),
+            /imports are not allowed/
+        );
+    });
+}
+for (const image of [
+    '![Diagram](docs/diagram.png#gh-dark-mode-only)',
+    '<img src="docs/diagram.png#gh-light-mode-only">',
+    '![Diagram][image]\n\n[image]: docs/diagram.png#gh-dark-mode-only',
+]) {
+    test(`image fragments are not Markdown headings: ${image}`, async (t) => {
+        assert.deepEqual(
+            await diagnostics(t, {
+                'AGENTS.md': image,
+                'docs/diagram.png': 'image fixture',
+            }),
+            []
+        );
+        assert.match(
+            (await diagnostics(t, { 'AGENTS.md': image })).join('\n'),
+            /does not exist/
+        );
+    });
+}
+
+test('sharing an image reference does not suppress document anchor checks', async (t) => {
+    assert.match(
+        (
+            await diagnostics(t, {
+                'AGENTS.md':
+                    '![Preview][target] [Read][target]\n\n[target]: docs/example.md#missing',
+            })
+        ).join('\n'),
+        /missing anchor/
+    );
+});