diff --git a/src/fable5/factory-deploy.test.ts b/src/fable5/factory-deploy.test.ts
index 9240035..2699466 100644
--- a/src/fable5/factory-deploy.test.ts
+++ b/src/fable5/factory-deploy.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as fs from "node:fs";
 import * as os from "node:os";
 import * as path from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { deployToFactory, hasPassedGateReceipt, isAllowedFactoryCommand } from "./factory-deploy.js";
+import { deployToFactory, hasPassedGateReceipt, isAllowedDeployUrl, isAllowedFactoryCommand } from "./factory-deploy.js";
 
 const roots: string[] = [];
 
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ function tmpFile(name = "receipt.json"): string {
 
 function passedGateReceipt(): string {
   const file = tmpFile("zte-receipts.jsonl");
-  fs.writeFileSync(file, `${JSON.stringify({ status: "passed", task: "gate" })}\n`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, `${JSON.stringify({
+    status: "passed",
+    task: "gate",
+    repo: ".",
+    commands: ["fable-agent fable5 verify repo gate --repo ."],
+    createdAt: "2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z",
+  })}\n`);
   return file;
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ describe("factory deploy", () => {
     expect(receipt.reason).toContain("--yes");
   });
 
-  it("blocks without a passed gate receipt", async () => {
+  it("blocks without a passed verifier receipt", async () => {
     const receipt = await deployToFactory({ command: "echo ok", token: "token", yes: true });
 
     expect(receipt.status).toBe("blocked");
@@ -39,12 +45,34 @@ describe("factory deploy", () => {
     expect(receipt.reason).toContain("gate-receipt");
   });
 
+  it("blocks arbitrary deploy URLs before sending the token", async () => {
+    const calls: unknown[] = [];
+    const receipt = await deployToFactory({
+      command: "echo ok",
+      token: "token",
+      yes: true,
+      gateReceipt: passedGateReceipt(),
+      url: "https://attacker.test/deploy",
+      fetcher: async (_url, init) => {
+        calls.push(init);
+        return { status: 200, json: async () => ({}), text: async () => "" };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(receipt.status).toBe("blocked");
+    expect(receipt.deploy_attempted).toBe(false);
+    expect(receipt.reason).toContain("guarded 8099");
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(isAllowedDeployUrl("https://attacker.test/deploy")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("blocks unsafe command prefixes", async () => {
     const receipt = await deployToFactory({ command: "rm -rf /", token: "token", yes: true, gateReceipt: passedGateReceipt() });
 
     expect(receipt.status).toBe("blocked");
-    expect(receipt.reason).toContain("command must start");
+    expect(receipt.reason).toContain("allowlist");
     expect(isAllowedFactoryCommand("docker ps")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isAllowedFactoryCommand("docker ps; rm -rf /")).toBe(false);
     expect(isAllowedFactoryCommand("rm -rf /")).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -100,8 +128,11 @@ describe("factory deploy", () => {
     expect(fs.readFileSync(out, "utf-8")).toContain("network down");
   });
 
-  it("detects passed JSONL gate receipts", () => {
+  it("detects passed JSONL verifier receipts only", () => {
     expect(hasPassedGateReceipt(passedGateReceipt())).toBe(true);
+    const forged = tmpFile("forged.jsonl");
+    fs.writeFileSync(forged, `${JSON.stringify({ status: "passed", task: "gate" })}\n`);
+    expect(hasPassedGateReceipt(forged)).toBe(false);
     expect(hasPassedGateReceipt(tmpFile("missing.jsonl"))).toBe(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/fable5/factory-deploy.ts b/src/fable5/factory-deploy.ts
index 5b9de2a..887a180 100644
--- a/src/fable5/factory-deploy.ts
+++ b/src/fable5/factory-deploy.ts
@@ -25,11 +25,18 @@ export interface FactoryDeployReceipt {
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_URL = "http://77.42.112.29:8099/deploy";
-const ALLOWED_PREFIXES = ["docker ", "echo ", "curl ", "cat "];
+const SAFE_COMMANDS = [
+  /^echo [A-Za-z0-9 _.,:;@/+\-=]+$/,
+  /^cat \/tmp\/[A-Za-z0-9._/-]+$/,
+  /^docker ps(?: --format '[A-Za-z0-9 {}_.:;@/+\-=|]+')?$/,
+  /^docker logs --tail \d{1,4} [A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/,
+  /^docker inspect [A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/,
+  /^curl -fsS -m \d{1,2} http:\/\/127\.0\.0\.1:8099\/(?:health|factory-status)$/,
+];
 
 export async function deployToFactory(opts: FactoryDeployOptions): Promise<FactoryDeployReceipt> {
   const url = opts.url ?? DEFAULT_URL;
-  const blocked = blockReason(opts);
+  const blocked = blockReason(opts, url);
   if (blocked) return writeMaybe(opts.out, receipt(opts, url, "blocked", false, false, blocked));
 
   try {
@@ -52,18 +59,28 @@ export async function deployToFactory(opts: FactoryDeployOptions): Promise<Facto
 }
 
 export function isAllowedFactoryCommand(command: string): boolean {
-  return ALLOWED_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => command.trim().startsWith(prefix));
+  return SAFE_COMMANDS.some((pattern) => pattern.test(command.trim()));
+}
+
+export function isAllowedDeployUrl(url: string): boolean {
+  return url === DEFAULT_URL;
 }
 
 export function hasPassedGateReceipt(file: string): boolean {
   if (!fs.existsSync(file)) return false;
-  // ponytail: accept JSON or JSONL; ZTE currently appends JSONL receipts.
   return fs.readFileSync(file, "utf-8")
     .split(/\r?\n/)
     .filter(Boolean)
     .some((line) => {
       try {
-        return JSON.parse(line).status === "passed";
+        const json = JSON.parse(line) as { status?: unknown; task?: unknown; repo?: unknown; commands?: unknown; createdAt?: unknown };
+        return json.status === "passed"
+          && typeof json.task === "string"
+          && typeof json.repo === "string"
+          && Array.isArray(json.commands)
+          && json.commands.some((cmd) => typeof cmd === "string" && cmd.includes("fable5 verify"))
+          && typeof json.createdAt === "string"
+          && Number.isFinite(Date.parse(json.createdAt));
       } catch {
         return false;
       }
@@ -76,12 +93,13 @@ export function writeFactoryDeployReceipt(file: string, value: FactoryDeployRece
   return value;
 }
 
-function blockReason(opts: FactoryDeployOptions): string | undefined {
+function blockReason(opts: FactoryDeployOptions, url: string): string | undefined {
   if (!opts.yes) return "missing --yes human approval";
+  if (!isAllowedDeployUrl(url)) return "deploy url must be the guarded 8099 git-proxy route";
   if (!opts.gateReceipt) return "missing --gate-receipt verifier evidence";
-  if (!hasPassedGateReceipt(opts.gateReceipt)) return "gate receipt missing passed status";
+  if (!hasPassedGateReceipt(opts.gateReceipt)) return "gate receipt missing passed verifier status";
   if (!opts.token) return "missing deploy token";
-  if (!isAllowedFactoryCommand(opts.command)) return `command must start with one of: ${ALLOWED_PREFIXES.join(", ")}`;
+  if (!isAllowedFactoryCommand(opts.command)) return "command is outside the guarded deploy allowlist";
   return undefined;
 }