diff --git a/skills/skill-comply/scripts/runner.py b/skills/skill-comply/scripts/runner.py
index 84421c4f4..fc052a579 100644
--- a/skills/skill-comply/scripts/runner.py
+++ b/skills/skill-comply/scripts/runner.py
@@ -122,6 +122,22 @@ def _setup_sandbox(sandbox_dir: Path, scenario: Scenario) -> None:
             continue
 
 
+def _redact_home_path(text: str) -> str:
+    """Replace the operator's home directory with a portable placeholder.
+
+    Observations flow into grade() and then into a written report
+    (results/<skill>.md) that's meant to be read, diffed, and shared —
+    an absolute path bakes the operator's username into every tool call
+    that happened to touch anything under $HOME (including the sandbox
+    itself, which lives under a tempdir but scenario setup_commands or
+    an agent's own tool calls can still reference $HOME directly).
+    """
+    home = str(Path.home())
+    if home and home != "/" and home in text:
+        return text.replace(home, "~")
+    return text
+
+
 def _parse_stream_json(stdout: str) -> list[ObservationEvent]:
     """Parse claude -p stream-json output into ObservationEvents.
 
@@ -154,7 +170,7 @@ def _parse_stream_json(stdout: str) -> list[ObservationEvent]:
                     )
                     pending[tool_use_id] = {
                         "tool": block.get("name", "unknown"),
-                        "input": input_str,
+                        "input": _redact_home_path(input_str),
                         "order": event_counter,
                     }
                     event_counter += 1
@@ -178,7 +194,7 @@ def _parse_stream_json(stdout: str) -> list[ObservationEvent]:
                             tool=info["tool"],
                             session=msg.get("session_id", "unknown"),
                             input=info["input"],
-                            output=output_str,
+                            output=_redact_home_path(output_str),
                         ))
 
     for _tool_use_id, info in pending.items():
diff --git a/skills/skill-comply/tests/test_runner.py b/skills/skill-comply/tests/test_runner.py
index 59b0700b3..2fef5a23e 100644
--- a/skills/skill-comply/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/skills/skill-comply/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ import subprocess
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
 
-from scripts.runner import _setup_sandbox, run_scenario
+from scripts.runner import _parse_stream_json, _setup_sandbox, run_scenario
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -143,6 +146,52 @@ class TestRunScenarioMaxTurnsTermination:
                 run_scenario(scenario, model="haiku")
 
 
+class TestParseStreamJsonRedactsHomePath:
+    """Observations feed grade() and then a written report (results/<skill>.md) —
+    a raw absolute path bakes the operator's username into every tool call
+    that touched anything under $HOME. --add-dir restricts the sandbox, but
+    scenario setup_commands or the model's own tool calls can still reference
+    $HOME directly (e.g. a Bash command using ~ expansion, or a scenario that
+    legitimately needs to read a dotfile). Redact to a portable placeholder
+    rather than persisting the raw path.
+    """
+
+    def _stream_json_for(self, tool_input: dict, output_text: str) -> str:
+        return (
+            '{"type":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use",'
+            '"id":"tu1","name":"Read","input":' + json.dumps(tool_input) + "}]}}\n"
+            '{"type":"user","session_id":"s1","message":{"content":[{"type":'
+            '"tool_result","tool_use_id":"tu1","content":' + json.dumps(output_text) + "}]}}\n"
+        )
+
+    def test_input_home_path_redacted(self):
+        home = str(Path.home())
+        stdout = self._stream_json_for(
+            {"file_path": f"{home}/notes/secrets.env"}, "irrelevant output"
+        )
+        events = _parse_stream_json(stdout)
+        assert len(events) == 1
+        assert home not in events[0].input
+        assert "~/notes/secrets.env" in events[0].input
+
+    def test_output_home_path_redacted(self):
+        home = str(Path.home())
+        stdout = self._stream_json_for(
+            {"file_path": "irrelevant"}, f"wrote to {home}/notes/secrets.env"
+        )
+        events = _parse_stream_json(stdout)
+        assert len(events) == 1
+        assert home not in events[0].output
+        assert "~/notes/secrets.env" in events[0].output
+
+    def test_paths_outside_home_untouched(self):
+        stdout = self._stream_json_for(
+            {"file_path": "/tmp/skill-comply-sandbox/t1/file.txt"}, "ok"
+        )
+        events = _parse_stream_json(stdout)
+        assert "/tmp/skill-comply-sandbox/t1/file.txt" in events[0].input
+
+
 class TestRunScenarioErrorIncludesStdoutTail:
     """Error messages must include stdout tail, not only stderr.