diff --git a/crates/agent-artifact-admission/src/policy.rs b/crates/agent-artifact-admission/src/policy.rs
index f54a2e05..60261821 100644
--- a/crates/agent-artifact-admission/src/policy.rs
+++ b/crates/agent-artifact-admission/src/policy.rs
@@ -403,34 +403,44 @@ fn artifact_ecosystem_matches_executable(executable: &str, ecosystem: &str) -> b
 }
 
 fn requests_indirect_artifact_source(executable: &str, arguments: &[String]) -> bool {
-    let contains_flag = |flags: &[&str]| {
+    let contains_flag = |arguments: &[String], flags: &[&str]| {
         arguments
             .iter()
             .any(|argument| flags.iter().any(|flag| matches_cli_flag(argument, flag)))
     };
 
     match executable {
-        "pip" | "pip3" => contains_flag(&[
-            "-r",
-            "--requirement",
-            "-e",
-            "--editable",
-            "--requirements-from-script",
-        ]),
-        "uv" if arguments.first().is_some_and(|argument| argument == "pip")
-            && arguments
-                .get(1)
-                .is_some_and(|argument| argument == "install") =>
-        {
-            contains_flag(&[
+        "pip" | "pip3" => contains_flag(
+            arguments,
+            &[
                 "-r",
                 "--requirement",
-                "--requirements",
                 "-e",
                 "--editable",
-                "--group",
-                "--project",
-            ])
+                "--requirements-from-script",
+            ],
+        ),
+        "uv" => {
+            let Some(pip_index) = uv_active_command_index(arguments) else {
+                return false;
+            };
+            if arguments.get(pip_index).map(String::as_str) != Some("pip")
+                || arguments.get(pip_index + 1).map(String::as_str) != Some("install")
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            contains_flag(
+                &arguments[pip_index + 2..],
+                &[
+                    "-r",
+                    "--requirement",
+                    "--requirements",
+                    "-e",
+                    "--editable",
+                    "--group",
+                    "--project",
+                ],
+            )
         }
         _ => false,
     }
diff --git a/crates/agent-artifact-admission/tests/uv_global_indirect_artifact_source_authority_contract.rs b/crates/agent-artifact-admission/tests/uv_global_indirect_artifact_source_authority_contract.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daf2264c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/agent-artifact-admission/tests/uv_global_indirect_artifact_source_authority_contract.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+use wardnet_agent_artifact_admission::{
+    AdmissionPolicy, ApprovedArtifact, ApprovedManifest, ArtifactCoordinate, DecisionKind,
+    InstallIntent, InstructionSource, InstructionSourceKind, ReasonCode, admission_decision,
+    sha256_hex,
+};
+
+#[test]
+fn approved_uv_install_without_global_parser_options_remains_admissible() {
+    let (policy, intent) = approved_uv_install();
+
+    let decision = admission_decision(&policy, &intent);
+
+    assert_eq!(decision.decision, DecisionKind::Allow);
+    assert!(decision.reason_codes.is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn uv_global_requirement_source_preserves_indirect_artifact_evidence() {
+    let (policy, mut hostile) = approved_uv_install();
+    hostile.argv = vec![
+        "uv".to_string(),
+        "--color".to_string(),
+        "never".to_string(),
+        "pip".to_string(),
+        "install".to_string(),
+        "-r".to_string(),
+        "cwl-example==1.2.3".to_string(),
+        "--require-hashes".to_string(),
+        "--no-deps".to_string(),
+        "--no-python-downloads".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let decision = admission_decision(&policy, &hostile);
+
+    assert_eq!(decision.decision, DecisionKind::Block);
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ForbiddenCommand),
+        "reviewed uv global-option grammar remains outside the deliberately narrow supported command: {:?}",
+        decision.reason_codes
+    );
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ArtifactNotApproved),
+        "a requirements-file operand must not masquerade as the reviewed direct package after uv global options: {:?}",
+        decision.reason_codes
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decision.command_sha256,
+        sha256_hex(hostile.argv.join("\u{1f}").as_bytes()),
+        "audit identity must remain bound to the exact submitted argv"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn attached_uv_global_option_preserves_indirect_artifact_evidence() {
+    let (policy, mut hostile) = approved_uv_install();
+    hostile.argv = vec![
+        "uv".to_string(),
+        "--color=never".to_string(),
+        "pip".to_string(),
+        "install".to_string(),
+        "-r".to_string(),
+        "cwl-example==1.2.3".to_string(),
+        "--require-hashes".to_string(),
+        "--no-deps".to_string(),
+        "--no-python-downloads".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let decision = admission_decision(&policy, &hostile);
+
+    assert_eq!(decision.decision, DecisionKind::Block);
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ForbiddenCommand)
+    );
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ArtifactNotApproved),
+        "attached parser-valid uv global options must not erase indirect-source evidence: {:?}",
+        decision.reason_codes
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn non_install_uv_grammar_does_not_inherit_indirect_install_source_semantics() {
+    let (policy, mut intent) = approved_uv_install();
+    intent.argv = vec![
+        "uv".to_string(),
+        "--color".to_string(),
+        "never".to_string(),
+        "pip".to_string(),
+        "sync".to_string(),
+        "-r".to_string(),
+        "cwl-example==1.2.3".to_string(),
+        "--no-python-downloads".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let decision = admission_decision(&policy, &intent);
+
+    assert_eq!(decision.decision, DecisionKind::Block);
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ForbiddenCommand)
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ArtifactNotApproved),
+        "non-install uv grammar must not inherit pip-install indirect-source semantics: {:?}",
+        decision.reason_codes
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        decision.command_sha256,
+        sha256_hex(intent.argv.join("\u{1f}").as_bytes())
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn consumed_install_root_value_cannot_masquerade_as_the_reviewed_artifact() {
+    let (policy, mut intent) = approved_uv_install();
+    intent.argv = vec![
+        "uv".to_string(),
+        "--color".to_string(),
+        "never".to_string(),
+        "pip".to_string(),
+        "install".to_string(),
+        "--target".to_string(),
+        "cwl-example==1.2.3".to_string(),
+        "--require-hashes".to_string(),
+        "--no-deps".to_string(),
+        "--no-python-downloads".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    let decision = admission_decision(&policy, &intent);
+
+    assert_eq!(decision.decision, DecisionKind::Block);
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ForbiddenCommand)
+    );
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::AlternateInstallRoot)
+    );
+    assert!(
+        decision
+            .reason_codes
+            .contains(&ReasonCode::ArtifactNotApproved),
+        "a selector-consumed value is not a direct package operand merely because it equals the approved token: {:?}",
+        decision.reason_codes
+    );
+}
+
+fn approved_uv_install() -> (AdmissionPolicy, InstallIntent) {
+    let artifact = ArtifactCoordinate {
+        ecosystem: "pypi".to_string(),
+        name: "cwl-example".to_string(),
+        version: "1.2.3".to_string(),
+        registry_url: "https://pypi.org/simple".to_string(),
+        owner: "ContextualWisdomLab".to_string(),
+        sha256: "cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc".to_string(),
+        artifact_argument: "cwl-example==1.2.3".to_string(),
+    };
+    let policy = AdmissionPolicy {
+        policy_id: "uv-global-indirect-source-authority".to_string(),
+        policy_revision: "2026-09-15.1".to_string(),
+        allowed_executables: vec!["uv".to_string()],
+        approved_manifests: vec![ApprovedManifest {
+            workspace_id: "ContextualWisdomLab/wardnet".to_string(),
+            sha256: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa".to_string(),
+        }],
+        approved_artifacts: vec![ApprovedArtifact {
+            ecosystem: artifact.ecosystem.clone(),
+            name: artifact.name.clone(),
+            version: artifact.version.clone(),
+            registry_url: artifact.registry_url.clone(),
+            owner: artifact.owner.clone(),
+            sha256: artifact.sha256.clone(),
+            artifact_argument: artifact.artifact_argument.clone(),
+        }],
+    };
+    let intent = InstallIntent {
+        request_id: "req-uv-global-indirect-source-authority".to_string(),
+        actor_id: "agent:wardnet:admission".to_string(),
+        workspace_id: "ContextualWisdomLab/wardnet".to_string(),
+        operation: "install".to_string(),
+        argv: vec![
+            "uv".to_string(),
+            "pip".to_string(),
+            "install".to_string(),
+            "cwl-example==1.2.3".to_string(),
+            "--require-hashes".to_string(),
+            "--no-deps".to_string(),
+            "--no-python-downloads".to_string(),
+        ],
+        manifest_sha256: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
+            .to_string(),
+        source: InstructionSource {
+            kind: InstructionSourceKind::ReviewedConfig,
+            uri: None,
+            content_sha256: None,
+        },
+        artifacts: vec![artifact],
+    };
+    (policy, intent)
+}