diff --git a/agentydragon/README.md b/agentydragon/README.md
index 5dea20ef97..f75221ef47 100644
--- a/agentydragon/README.md
+++ b/agentydragon/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Tasks live under `agentydragon/tasks/` as individual Markdown files. Please upda
 agentydragon/tasks/launch-commit-agent.sh <task-slug|NN> [<task-slug|NN>...]
 ```
 
-After the Developer agent finishes and updates the task file, the Commit agent will emit the commit message on stdout. An external orchestrator will then stage files, run pre-commit hooks, and perform the actual `git commit`. You do not need to run `git commit` manually.
+After the Developer agent finishes and updates the task file, the Commit agent will write the commit message to a temporary file and then commit using that file (`git commit -F`). An external orchestrator can then stage files and run pre-commit hooks as usual. You do not need to run `git commit` manually.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/agentydragon/tasks/launch-commit-agent.sh b/agentydragon/tasks/launch-commit-agent.sh
index c0dd63f8fa..3cd58e823c 100755
--- a/agentydragon/tasks/launch-commit-agent.sh
+++ b/agentydragon/tasks/launch-commit-agent.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 # Launch the non-interactive Codex Commit agent for a given task worktree,
 # using the prompt in prompts/commit.md and the task's Markdown file.
 #
-# Usage: launch-commit-agent.sh <task-slug|NN>
-
+# Usage: launch-commit-agent.sh <task-slug|NN> [<task-slug|NN>...]
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Allocate a temporary file to capture the agent's commit message
+last_message_file="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$last_message_file"' EXIT
+
 # Usage: one or more task IDs or slugs
 if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
   echo "Usage: $0 <task-slug|NN> [<task-slug|NN>...]" >&2
@@ -57,9 +60,10 @@ for input in "$@"; do
   # Perform commit in the task worktree
   echo "--- Processing task $task_slug ---"
   cd "$worktree_path"
-  cmd=(codex --full-auto exec)
+  cmd=(codex --full-auto exec --output-last-message "$last_message_file")
   echo "Running: ${cmd[*]}"
-  message=$("${cmd[@]}" "$(<"$prompt_file")"$'\n\n'"$(<"$task_file")")
+  # Write the agent's final message to file, then commit using that file
+  "${cmd[@]}" "$(<"$prompt_file")"$'\n\n'"$(<"$task_file")"
   git add -u
-  git commit -m "$message"
+  git commit -F "$last_message_file"
 done