diff --git a/guarantees/agent/golden/scenes/component-boundaries.scene.yaml b/guarantees/agent/golden/scenes/component-boundaries.scene.yaml
index a180019e..16a0b66f 100644
--- a/guarantees/agent/golden/scenes/component-boundaries.scene.yaml
+++ b/guarantees/agent/golden/scenes/component-boundaries.scene.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ id: sdk.golden.component-boundaries
 title: sdk golden component boundaries
 scope: local-component-tests
 workflow:
+  - id: cli-read-library-unit
+    action: { verifier: sdk.golden.cli-read-library-unit }
+    expect: { status: passed }
+  - id: cli-read-proposal-unit
+    action: { verifier: sdk.golden.cli-read-proposal-unit }
+    expect: { status: passed }
+  - id: cli-read-team-unit
+    action: { verifier: sdk.golden.cli-read-team-unit }
+    expect: { status: passed }
+  - id: cli-read-denials-unit
+    action: { verifier: sdk.golden.cli-read-denials-unit }
+    expect: { status: passed }
   - id: frozen-draft-unit
     action: { verifier: sdk.golden.frozen-draft-unit }
     expect: { status: passed }
diff --git a/guarantees/verifiers/golden.verifiers.yaml b/guarantees/verifiers/golden.verifiers.yaml
index 7eb09c59..c5c9e1c5 100644
--- a/guarantees/verifiers/golden.verifiers.yaml
+++ b/guarantees/verifiers/golden.verifiers.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
 schemaVersion: treeseed.guarantee-verifiers/v1
 ownerPackage: "@treeseed/sdk"
 verifiers:
+  sdk.golden.cli-read-library-unit:
+    kind: vitestCase
+    ownerPackage: "@treeseed/sdk"
+    testFile: tests/unit/operator-contracts/acceptance/golden-cli-arguments.test.ts
+    testName: "retains supported library read arguments without unsupported server or team flags"
+  sdk.golden.cli-read-proposal-unit:
+    kind: vitestCase
+    ownerPackage: "@treeseed/sdk"
+    testFile: tests/unit/operator-contracts/acceptance/golden-cli-arguments.test.ts
+    testName: "retains exact project proposal authority without adding a team selector"
+  sdk.golden.cli-read-team-unit:
+    kind: vitestCase
+    ownerPackage: "@treeseed/sdk"
+    testFile: tests/unit/operator-contracts/acceptance/golden-cli-arguments.test.ts
+    testName: "retains exact team and local server authority for workday assignment and graph reads"
+  sdk.golden.cli-read-denials-unit:
+    kind: vitestCase
+    ownerPackage: "@treeseed/sdk"
+    testFile: tests/unit/operator-contracts/acceptance/golden-cli-arguments.test.ts
+    testName: "denies missing unknown mutating and duplicate reader scope without rewriting arguments"
   sdk.golden.fixed-permissions-unit:
     kind: vitestCase
     ownerPackage: "@treeseed/sdk"
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/golden-product.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/golden-product.test.ts
index 6f1deb63..0b954e94 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/golden-product.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/golden-product.test.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import test from 'node:test';
-import { sdkGoldenSource, sdkGoldenWorkdayId, verifySdkGoldenProduct, sdkGoldenProposalProvenance, sdkGoldenFrozenProposal, sdkGoldenLibraryFiles, sdkGoldenProposalDocument, type SdkGoldenOriginal } from './golden-product.ts';
+import { sdkGoldenReadArguments, sdkGoldenSource, sdkGoldenWorkdayId, verifySdkGoldenProduct, sdkGoldenProposalProvenance, sdkGoldenFrozenProposal, sdkGoldenLibraryFiles, sdkGoldenProposalDocument, type SdkGoldenOriginal } from './golden-product.ts';
 import { assignmentAttemptSchema, assignmentResultSchema } from '@treeseed/sdk/agent-capacity';
 
 test('SDK golden retains exact source and passing measured candidate release gates', () => {
 	const read = (args: string[]) => {
-		const envelope = JSON.parse(execFileSync('trsd', [...args, '--server', 'local', '--team', process.env.TREESEED_ACCEPTANCE_TEAM ?? 'treeseed', '--json'],
+		const envelope = JSON.parse(execFileSync('trsd', sdkGoldenReadArguments(args, process.env.TREESEED_ACCEPTANCE_TEAM ?? 'treeseed'),
 			{ encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 30000, maxBuffer: 32 * 1024 * 1024 }));
 		assert.equal(envelope.ok, true, 'ACCEPTANCE_SDK_READ: Authoritative read failed'); return envelope.result;
 	};
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/golden-product.ts b/tests/acceptance/golden-product.ts
index 0fdeeba5..1a19b262 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/golden-product.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/golden-product.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,25 @@ import { exactEntityReferenceSchema, executionEdgeSchema, activityProfileSchema
 import { validatePortableContentData } from '@treeseed/sdk/content-validation';
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { parse, parseDocument, visit } from 'yaml';
+import { TREESEED_COMMAND_TREE_V1, type CommandLeafDescriptor } from '@treeseed/sdk/operator-contracts';
 
 type Row = Record<string, any>;
+export function sdkGoldenReadArguments(args: readonly string[], team: string): string[] {
+	let nodes = TREESEED_COMMAND_TREE_V1.commands, selected: CommandLeafDescriptor | undefined;
+	for (const segment of args) {
+		const node = nodes.find(value => value.segment === segment);
+		assert.ok(node, 'ACCEPTANCE_SDK_READ: Supported public read command required');
+		if (node.nodeType === 'leaf') { selected = node; break; }
+		nodes = node.children;
+	}
+	assert.ok(selected?.kind === 'read', 'ACCEPTANCE_SDK_READ: Supported public read command required');
+	const operation = selected.execution.kind === 'operation' ? selected.execution : undefined;
+	const scopedTeam = operation?.input.some(input => input.source === 'context' && input.name === 'team');
+	assert.ok(!scopedTeam || (typeof team === 'string' && team.trim()), 'ACCEPTANCE_SDK_READ: Exact team required');
+	assert.ok(!args.some(value => ['--server', '--team', '--json'].includes(value)),
+		'ACCEPTANCE_SDK_READ: Scope selectors must be supplied once by the owning reader');
+	return [...args, ...(operation ? ['--server', 'local'] : []), ...(scopedTeam ? ['--team', team] : []), '--json'];
+}
 export type SdkGoldenOriginal = { binding: Row; files: Row; initialProposal: Row; teamLibrary?: Row; referenceFiles?: Row[]; graph?: Row };
 /** The selected scene consumes the existing CLI library-read result. */
 export function sdkGoldenLibraryFiles(readback: Row): Row {
diff --git a/tests/unit/operator-contracts/acceptance/golden-cli-arguments.test.ts b/tests/unit/operator-contracts/acceptance/golden-cli-arguments.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ff98fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/operator-contracts/acceptance/golden-cli-arguments.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { sdkGoldenReadArguments } from '../../../acceptance/golden-product.ts';
+
+it('retains supported library read arguments without unsupported server or team flags', () => {
+	for (const args of [['library', 'show', 'sdk'], ['library', 'show', 'team'],
+		['library', 'read', 'sdk', 'proposals/current.mdx', '--ref', 'a'.repeat(40)]]) {
+		const held = [...args];
+		expect.soft(sdkGoldenReadArguments(args, 'governed-team')).toEqual([...args, '--json']);
+		expect(args).toEqual(held);
+	}
+});
+
+it('retains exact project proposal authority without adding a team selector', () => {
+	const args = ['proposals', 'show', 'original-proposal', '--project', 'original-project'], held = [...args];
+	expect(sdkGoldenReadArguments(args, 'governed-team')).toEqual([...args, '--server', 'local', '--json']);
+	expect(args).toEqual(held);
+});
+
+it('denies missing unknown mutating and duplicate reader scope without rewriting arguments', () => {
+	for (const args of [[], ['unknown'], ['library'], ['workdays', 'stop', 'original-workday'],
+		['workdays', 'show', 'original-workday', '--server', 'foreign'],
+		['library', 'show', 'sdk', '--team', 'foreign'], ['library', 'show', 'sdk', '--json']]) {
+		const held = [...args]; expect.soft(() => sdkGoldenReadArguments(args, 'governed-team')).toThrow('ACCEPTANCE_SDK_READ');
+		expect(args).toEqual(held);
+	}
+	for (const team of ['', ' ']) expect(() => sdkGoldenReadArguments(['assignments', 'list'], team)).toThrow('ACCEPTANCE_SDK_READ');
+});
+
+it('retains exact team and local server authority for workday assignment and graph reads', () => {
+	for (const args of [['workdays', 'show', 'original-workday'], ['assignments', 'list', '--limit', '50'],
+		['assignments', 'show', 'original-attempt'], ['execution', 'graph', 'show']]) {
+		const held = [...args];
+		expect(sdkGoldenReadArguments(args, 'governed-team')).toEqual([...args, '--server', 'local', '--team', 'governed-team', '--json']);
+		expect(args).toEqual(held);
+	}
+});