diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4dda81f..ed93af9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ ignore = [
   "COM812",  # missing-trailing-comma
   "PLC0415",  # import-outside-top-level
   "TID252",
+  # Same axis as C901 (conditional branches per function) but a looser default,
+  # and C901 flags every function it does — keep the one gate (see AGENTS.md).
+  "PLR0912",  # too-many-branches
   "PLR0913",  # too-many-arguments (common on constructors/composed functions)
 ]
 allowed-confusables = [
diff --git a/src/plyngent/agent/loop.py b/src/plyngent/agent/loop.py
index 4bc72b5..b3cda4f 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/agent/loop.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/agent/loop.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ async def _maybe_inject_directive_checkpoints(
     return new_band
 
 
-async def run_chat_loop(  # noqa: C901, PLR0912 — multi-phase tool loop
+async def run_chat_loop(  # noqa: C901 — multi-phase tool loop
     client: AnyLLMClient,
     messages: list[AnyChatMessage],
     *,
diff --git a/src/plyngent/cli/app.py b/src/plyngent/cli/app.py
index a8aa5d2..46f21a2 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/cli/app.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/cli/app.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ async def _run_oneshot(state: ReplState, prompt_text: str) -> int:
     return EXIT_OK if ok else EXIT_TURN_FAILED
 
 
-async def _run_chat(  # noqa: C901, PLR0912, PLR0915 — chat orchestration
+async def _run_chat(  # noqa: C901, PLR0915 — chat orchestration
     *,
     config_path: Path | None,
     provider_name: str | None,
diff --git a/src/plyngent/cli/display.py b/src/plyngent/cli/display.py
index 8ce0cc9..0cc8244 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/cli/display.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/cli/display.py
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ def _flush_assistant_markdown(body: str, *, pretty: bool) -> None:
         click.echo()
 
 
-async def render_events(  # noqa: C901, PLR0912, PLR0915 — one branch per event type
+async def render_events(  # noqa: C901, PLR0915 — one branch per event type
     events: AsyncIterator[AgentEvent],
     *,
     verbose: bool | None = None,
diff --git a/src/plyngent/cli/slash.py b/src/plyngent/cli/slash.py
index 1802cee..15ad642 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/cli/slash.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/cli/slash.py
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ def history_cmd(
 @click.argument("action", required=False, type=TODOS_ACTION)
 @click.argument("rest", required=False, nargs=-1, type=str)
 @click.pass_obj
-def todos_cmd(  # noqa: C901, PLR0911, PLR0912, PLR0915 — one branch per /todos action
+def todos_cmd(  # noqa: C901, PLR0911, PLR0915 — one branch per /todos action
     state: ReplState, action: str | None, rest: tuple[str, ...]
 ) -> None:
     """Show or edit the LIFO stack of **task groups**.