diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.lock.yml
index 242c462d358..3b9f988645b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.lock.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 # Daily exploratory testing of audit, logs, and compile tools in gh-aw CLI
 #
-# frontmatter-hash: fc352f2d89c4737ca090591c135242a8e29e14c751026cfcb1905ff1445c7617
+# frontmatter-hash: 13e6366eabbcf59563c6b66ae5f39221f920e15225ccde76f0bfe59d12f5813e
 
 name: "Daily CLI Tools Exploratory Tester"
 "on":
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
           cat > /opt/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json << 'EOF'
-          {"create_issue":{"expires":168,"max":5},"missing_data":{},"missing_tool":{},"noop":{"max":1}}
+          {"create_issue":{"expires":168,"max":1},"missing_data":{},"missing_tool":{},"noop":{"max":1}}
           EOF
           cat > /opt/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json << 'EOF'
           [
             {
-              "description": "Create a new GitHub issue for tracking bugs, feature requests, or tasks. Use this for actionable work items that need assignment, labeling, and status tracking. For reports, announcements, or status updates that don't require task tracking, use create_discussion instead. CONSTRAINTS: Maximum 5 issue(s) can be created. Title will be prefixed with \"[cli-tools-test] \". Labels [testing automation cli-tools] will be automatically added.",
+              "description": "Create a new GitHub issue for tracking bugs, feature requests, or tasks. Use this for actionable work items that need assignment, labeling, and status tracking. For reports, announcements, or status updates that don't require task tracking, use create_discussion instead. CONSTRAINTS: Maximum 1 issue(s) can be created. Title will be prefixed with \"[cli-tools-test] \". Labels [testing automation cli-tools] will be automatically added.",
               "inputSchema": {
                 "additionalProperties": false,
                 "properties": {
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8.0.0
         env:
           GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT: ${{ env.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT }}
-          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_HANDLER_CONFIG: "{\"create_issue\":{\"expires\":168,\"labels\":[\"testing\",\"automation\",\"cli-tools\"],\"max\":5,\"title_prefix\":\"[cli-tools-test] \"},\"missing_data\":{},\"missing_tool\":{}}"
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_HANDLER_CONFIG: "{\"create_issue\":{\"expires\":168,\"labels\":[\"testing\",\"automation\",\"cli-tools\"],\"max\":1,\"title_prefix\":\"[cli-tools-test] \"},\"missing_data\":{},\"missing_tool\":{}}"
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.md b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.md
index 9bf6e0c753e..5478965822c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ safe-outputs:
     expires: 7d
     title-prefix: "[cli-tools-test] "
     labels: [testing, automation, cli-tools]
-    max: 5
+    max: 1
   noop:
 timeout-minutes: 60
 strict: true