diff --git a/plugins/core/hooks/tests/test-verify-deliverables.sh b/plugins/core/hooks/tests/test-verify-deliverables.sh
index 01863d0..f17e446 100755
--- a/plugins/core/hooks/tests/test-verify-deliverables.sh
+++ b/plugins/core/hooks/tests/test-verify-deliverables.sh
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ TX_NEGATION=$(write_transcript "negated" \
     '{"type":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Investigated src/foo.ts — not all tests pass yet."}]}}'
 )
 
+# Space-terminated pattern: "Implemented the fix in src/x.ts" should trigger.
+TX_IMPLEMENTED=$(write_transcript "implemented-space" \
+    '{"type":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"Read","input":{"file_path":"src/x.ts"}}]}}' \
+    '{"type":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Implemented the fix in src/x.ts to resolve the issue."}]}}'
+)
+
 # Trailing boundary: "fixed itself" should not match "fixed it".
 TX_FIXED_ITSELF=$(write_transcript "fixed-itself" \
     '{"type":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"Read","input":{"file_path":"src/x.ts"}}]}}' \
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ run_case "alt payload shape (.tool_input.file_path)" "$(make_payload "$TX_ALT_SH
 run_case "pure analyst (no claim, no mutations)" "$(make_payload "$TX_ANALYST")" silent
 run_case "trivial chatter (claim word but no file token)" "$(make_payload "$TX_TRIVIAL")" silent
 run_case "negated 'not all tests pass' (no flag)" "$(make_payload "$TX_NEGATION")" silent
+run_case "space-terminated 'implemented' triggers advisory" "$(make_payload "$TX_IMPLEMENTED")" "made no file changes"
 run_case "'fixed itself' does not match 'fixed it'" "$(make_payload "$TX_FIXED_ITSELF")" silent
 run_case "broken symlink counts as present" "$(make_payload "$TX_BROKEN_SYMLINK")" silent
 run_case "long transcript (Write at line 1, msg after 60 Reads)" "$(make_payload "$TX_LONG")" silent
diff --git a/plugins/core/hooks/verify-deliverables.sh b/plugins/core/hooks/verify-deliverables.sh
index 0e31257..66f3f50 100755
--- a/plugins/core/hooks/verify-deliverables.sh
+++ b/plugins/core/hooks/verify-deliverables.sh
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@ ISSUES=""
 
 if [ -n "$LAST_MSG" ] && [ "$MUTATING_CALLS" = "0" ]; then
     # Conservative completion patterns. False positives are noisier than
-    # false negatives, so we only fire on strong signals. Trailing
-    # boundary keeps "fixed it" from matching inside "fixed itself"
-    # and "all tests pass" from matching inside "passenger".
-    if echo "$LAST_MSG" | grep -qiE '(^|[^a-z])(done\.|complete\.|completed\.|finished\.|implemented |fixed it|created the |wrote the |added the |saved the |all tests pass(ed)?)([^a-zA-Z]|$)'; then
+    # false negatives, so we only fire on strong signals.
+    # Two groups: (1) patterns needing a trailing boundary to avoid
+    # substring matches ("fixed it" vs "fixed itself"), and
+    # (2) space-terminated patterns where the space IS the boundary.
+    if echo "$LAST_MSG" | grep -qiE '(^|[^a-z])(done\.|complete\.|completed\.|finished\.|fixed it|all tests pass(ed)?)([^a-zA-Z]|$)' ||
+       echo "$LAST_MSG" | grep -qiE '(^|[^a-z])(implemented |created the |wrote the |added the |saved the )'; then
         # Reject negated phrasing — "not all tests pass" should not trigger.
         if ! echo "$LAST_MSG" | grep -qiE "(not|n't|cannot|couldn't|didn't|haven't|hasn't|wasn't)([[:space:]]+(yet|fully|quite|all|even))?[[:space:]]+(done|complete|completed|finished|implemented|fixed|added|wrote|created|saved|all tests pass)"; then
             # Require a file-path-shaped token. Pure analysis output