diff --git a/scripts/dashboard-web.js b/scripts/dashboard-web.js
index a7d5316de..271cc6961 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboard-web.js
+++ b/scripts/dashboard-web.js
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ function readFrontmatter(p) {
       const s = l.indexOf(':'); if (s <= 0) continue;
       let k = l.slice(0, s).trim(), v = l.slice(s + 1).trim();
       if ((v.startsWith('"') && v.endsWith('"')) || (v.startsWith("'") && v.endsWith("'"))) v = v.slice(1, -1);
-      if (v.startsWith('[') && v.endsWith(']')) { try { v = JSON.parse(v); } catch { v = v.slice(1, -1).split(',').map(x => x.trim().replace(/["']/g, '')); } }
-      if (k === 'tools') v = normalizeAgentTools(v);
+      if (k === 'tools') {
+        v = normalizeAgentTools(v);
+      } else if (v.startsWith('[') && v.endsWith(']')) {
+        try { v = JSON.parse(v); } catch { v = v.slice(1, -1).split(',').map(x => x.trim().replace(/["']/g, '')); }
+      }
       fm[k] = v;
     }
     fm._body = c.replace(/^---[\s\S]*?---\n*/, '').trim();
diff --git a/tests/scripts/dashboard-web.test.js b/tests/scripts/dashboard-web.test.js
index 68ca16b26..304f3c921 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/dashboard-web.test.js
+++ b/tests/scripts/dashboard-web.test.js
@@ -125,6 +125,26 @@ test('readFrontmatter parses array tools field', () => {
   cleanup(testRoot);
 });
 
+test('readFrontmatter preserves scoped tools in legacy flow sequences', () => {
+  const { readFrontmatter } = require(SCRIPT);
+  testRoot = createTempDir('ecc-test-');
+  writeFile(testRoot, 'agent.md', [
+    '---',
+    'name: scoped-agent',
+    'tools: [Agent(worker, researcher), Read, Bash(git commit:*, git status:*)]',
+    '---',
+    'body',
+  ].join('\n'));
+
+  const fm = readFrontmatter(path.join(testRoot, 'agent.md'));
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(fm.tools, [
+    'Agent(worker, researcher)',
+    'Read',
+    'Bash(git commit:*, git status:*)',
+  ]);
+  cleanup(testRoot);
+});
+
 test('readFrontmatter normalizes comma-separated scalar tools to an array', () => {
   const { readFrontmatter } = require(SCRIPT);
   testRoot = createTempDir('ecc-test-');