diff --git a/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml b/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml
index b724e730..f95821c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml
@@ -148,15 +148,15 @@ jobs:
             > 🤖 Reviewed by `${{ env.REVIEW_MODEL }}`
 
             ## IMPORTANT: Posting the Review
-            After completing your analysis, you MUST post the review as a PR comment using:
+            After completing your analysis, post the review as a PR comment. Use this exact pattern:
+            ```bash
+            gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.issue.number || github.event.inputs.pr_number }} --body "YOUR_REVIEW_HERE"
             ```
-            gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.issue.number || github.event.inputs.pr_number }} --body "<your review>"
-            ```
-            Use a heredoc for the body to handle multi-line content properly.
+            For multi-line reviews, escape newlines or use simple string. Do NOT use heredocs, cat, echo, or pipes - just put the content directly in --body quotes.
 
           claude_args: |
             --model ${{ env.REVIEW_MODEL }}
-            --allowedTools "Bash(gh pr comment:*),Bash(gh pr diff:*),Bash(gh pr view:*),Read,Glob,Grep"
+            --allowedTools "Bash(gh pr comment *),Bash(gh pr diff *),Bash(gh pr view *),Read,Glob,Grep"
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Add success reaction
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57ac9422..ea12e5f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [7.19.1](https://github.com/kaitranntt/ccs/compare/v7.19.0...v7.19.1) (2026-01-13)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** update allowedTools pattern to prevent token waste on retries ([edec6f6](https://github.com/kaitranntt/ccs/commit/edec6f6df242a092545a3c7ffd2856aad4f3f2af))
+
 ## [7.19.0](https://github.com/kaitranntt/ccs/compare/v7.18.3...v7.19.0) (2026-01-13)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d07d48e4..105fcb0e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kaitranntt/ccs",
-  "version": "7.19.0",
+  "version": "7.19.1",
   "description": "Claude Code Switch - Instant profile switching between Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GLM 4.6",
   "keywords": [
     "cli",