diff --git a/docs/audience-scoping-backlog.md b/docs/audience-scoping-backlog.md
index 51e0bd6..c6387a1 100644
--- a/docs/audience-scoping-backlog.md
+++ b/docs/audience-scoping-backlog.md
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 - `resource.importSkillMatrix`: documented as self-service and auth-verified
 - `project.isImageGenConfigured`, `project.isDalleConfigured`: covered as authenticated low-risk configuration checks
 - `notification` self-service and manager boundaries: auth-covered across list, unread counts, reminders, deletes, broadcasts, task creation, and assignment boundaries
+- `assistant-tools` parity metadata: descriptions and parity assertions now match narrowed router audiences for resource overview, controller-only, self-service, and manager broadcast/task tools
 
 ### Dirty Files To Avoid Mixing Into This Batch
 
-- `packages/api/src/router/assistant-tools.ts`
 - `packages/api/src/__tests__/assistant-tools-advanced.test.ts`
 - `packages/api/src/router/notification.ts`
 - `packages/api/src/__tests__/assistant-tools-import-export.test.ts`
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ These files already have unrelated local edits. Audience parity work that would
 
 ### No Further Small Slices Currently Ready
 
-- the previously identified small hardening and tests/docs candidates have been completed, including the notification auth follow-up
-- the remaining audience work is now either architectural (`comment.ts`) or blocked by dirty files owned elsewhere
+- the previously identified small hardening and tests/docs candidates have been completed, including the notification auth follow-up and assistant tool parity metadata cleanup
+- the remaining audience work is now architectural (`comment.ts`) or depends on broader policy decisions rather than another ready-made auth slice
 
 ### Needs Architecture Or Policy Design
 
@@ -63,21 +63,9 @@ These routes should not be batch-edited as “small safe slices” until a visib
 - Recommended path:
   - treat comments as a separate architecture ticket, not part of the quick hardening batch
 
-### Blocked By Dirty Files
-
-#### `packages/api/src/router/assistant-tools.ts`
-
-- Why blocked:
-  - unrelated local edits are already present
-  - tool gating changes would mix poorly with concurrent work
-- Interim rule:
-  - keep parity changes on the `assistant.ts` side where possible
-  - defer tool-level cleanups until the file is stable
-
 ## Recommended Next Order
 
 1. `comment` architecture design ticket
-2. assistant-tools parity cleanup once the dirty files are free again
 
 ## Slice Definition
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/__tests__/assistant-router.test.ts b/packages/api/src/__tests__/assistant-router.test.ts
index e39ca42..1e7138c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/__tests__/assistant-router.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/__tests__/assistant-router.test.ts
@@ -955,9 +955,16 @@ describe("assistant router tool gating", () => {
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("list_users")).toContain("Admin role");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("list_assignable_users")).toContain("Manager or admin role");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("get_current_user")).toContain("authenticated user's own profile");
+    expect(toolDescriptions.get("search_resources")).toContain("Resource overview access required");
+    expect(toolDescriptions.get("search_by_skill")).toContain("Controller/manager/admin access required");
+    expect(toolDescriptions.get("list_notifications")).toContain("current user");
+    expect(toolDescriptions.get("get_unread_notification_count")).toContain("current user");
+    expect(toolDescriptions.get("list_tasks")).toContain("current user");
+    expect(toolDescriptions.get("get_task_counts")).toContain("current user");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("create_notification")).toContain("Manager or admin role");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("create_task_for_user")).toContain("Manager or admin role");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("send_broadcast")).toContain("Manager or admin role");
+    expect(toolDescriptions.get("list_broadcasts")).toContain("Manager or admin role");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("get_broadcast_detail")).toContain("Manager or admin role");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("create_client")).toContain("manager or admin role");
     expect(toolDescriptions.get("update_client")).toContain("manager or admin role");
diff --git a/packages/api/src/router/assistant-tools.ts b/packages/api/src/router/assistant-tools.ts
index 10e06f8..d7f1e30 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/router/assistant-tools.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/router/assistant-tools.ts
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ export const TOOL_DEFINITIONS: ToolDef[] = [
     type: "function",
     function: {
       name: "search_resources",
-      description: "Search for resources (employees) by name, employee ID, chapter, country, metro city, org unit, or role. Returns a list of matching resources with key details.",
+      description: "Search for resources (employees) by name, employee ID, chapter, country, metro city, org unit, or role. Resource overview access required. Returns a list of matching resources with key details.",
       parameters: {
         type: "object",
         properties: {
@@ -2442,7 +2442,7 @@ export const TOOL_DEFINITIONS: ToolDef[] = [
     type: "function",
     function: {
       name: "search_by_skill",
-      description: "Find resources that have a specific skill.",
+      description: "Find resources that have a specific skill. Controller/manager/admin access required.",
       parameters: {
         type: "object",
         properties: {