diff --git a/autoplan/SKILL.md b/autoplan/SKILL.md
index 49db38ff9..2e4888b3b 100644
--- a/autoplan/SKILL.md
+++ b/autoplan/SKILL.md
@@ -1637,8 +1637,11 @@ if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       # Filter to current branch + recent commits, then keep records for the
       # latest run_id only. (Single phase may have multiple files if the user
       # re-ran the review; aggregator takes the newest.)
+      # Bind the record's .commit to $c BEFORE entering the split-array pipe —
+      # inside ($commits | split("|") | ...) the input is the array, so a bare
+      # index(.commit) would index the array with the string "commit" and error.
       jq -c --arg branch "$BRANCH" --arg commits "$COMMITS_RECENT" \
-        'select(.branch == $branch and ($commits | split("|") | index(.commit) != null))' \
+        'select(.branch == $branch and (.commit as $c | ($commits | split("|") | index($c)) != null))' \
         "$f" 2>/dev/null >> "$ALL_JSONL" || true
     done < <(find "$TASKS_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name "tasks-$phase-*.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | sort)
     # Reduce to latest run_id per phase
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts b/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
index 2f86f588b..13bc72d86 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,11 @@ if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       # Filter to current branch + recent commits, then keep records for the
       # latest run_id only. (Single phase may have multiple files if the user
       # re-ran the review; aggregator takes the newest.)
+      # Bind the record's .commit to \$c BEFORE entering the split-array pipe —
+      # inside (\$commits | split("|") | ...) the input is the array, so a bare
+      # index(.commit) would index the array with the string "commit" and error.
       jq -c --arg branch "$BRANCH" --arg commits "$COMMITS_RECENT" \\
-        'select(.branch == $branch and ($commits | split("|") | index(.commit) != null))' \\
+        'select(.branch == $branch and (.commit as $c | ($commits | split("|") | index($c)) != null))' \\
         "$f" 2>/dev/null >> "$ALL_JSONL" || true
     done < <(find "$TASKS_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name "tasks-$phase-*.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | sort)
     # Reduce to latest run_id per phase