diff --git a/app/tools/url_policy.go b/app/tools/url_policy.go
index 3fb19f98..8eebe2a9 100644
--- a/app/tools/url_policy.go
+++ b/app/tools/url_policy.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 type directURLContextKey struct{}
 
-var directURLPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`https?://[^\s<>"']+`)
+var directURLPattern = regexp.MustCompile("https?://[^\\s<>\"'`]+")
 
 func WithAllowedDirectURLs(ctx context.Context, text string) context.Context {
 	allowed := make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -40,9 +40,12 @@ func addAllowedDirectURLToMap(allowed map[string]struct{}, raw string) {
 
 func allowedDirectURL(ctx context.Context, raw string) bool {
 	allowed, _ := ctx.Value(directURLContextKey{}).(map[string]struct{})
-	raw = cleanDirectURL(raw)
+	cleaned := cleanDirectURL(raw)
+	if cleaned == "" || cleaned != raw {
+		return false
+	}
 
-	_, ok := allowed[raw]
+	_, ok := allowed[cleaned]
 	return ok
 }
 
diff --git a/app/tools/url_policy_test.go b/app/tools/url_policy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b80de9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/tools/url_policy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//go:build windows || darwin
+
+package tools
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestDirectURLsFromText_RejectsChangedToolArgument(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := WithAllowedDirectURLs(t.Context(), "summarize https://attacker.example/x")
+
+	if allowedDirectURL(ctx, "https://attacker.example/x!!!!") {
+		t.Fatal("expected changed tool argument to be rejected")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDirectURLsFromText_ExtractsMarkdownCodeSpanURL(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := WithAllowedDirectURLs(t.Context(), "summarize `https://example.com/privacy`")
+
+	if !allowedDirectURL(ctx, "https://example.com/privacy") {
+		t.Fatal("expected URL wrapped in backticks to be allowed")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/app/tools/web_fetch.go b/app/tools/web_fetch.go
index ce91d1bd..bf11e63d 100644
--- a/app/tools/web_fetch.go
+++ b/app/tools/web_fetch.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ func (w *WebFetch) Execute(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any) (any, strin
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
+	for _, link := range result.Links {
+		addAllowedDirectURL(ctx, link)
+	}
 
 	return result, "", nil
 }