diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/pre-execution-checks.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/pre-execution-checks.ts
index 1e49a3909..2719cb746 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/pre-execution-checks.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/pre-execution-checks.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,38 @@ function extractPathFromAnnotation(raw: string): string {
   return trimmed.replace(/`/g, "");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Planning units sometimes use task.inputs for prose like "Current enum shape"
+ * instead of concrete file paths. Those entries should not fail path checks.
+ * Keep validation for anything that still looks like a real file reference:
+ * explicit backticks, globs, separators, dot-paths, or single-token basenames
+ * like Dockerfile.
+ */
+function shouldValidateInputAsPath(raw: string): boolean {
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return false;
+
+  if (/^`+[^`]+`+/.test(trimmed)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const candidate = extractPathFromAnnotation(trimmed);
+  if (!candidate) return false;
+
+  if (!/\s/.test(candidate)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    candidate.startsWith("/") ||
+    candidate.startsWith("./") ||
+    candidate.startsWith("../") ||
+    candidate.startsWith("~/") ||
+    /[\\/]/.test(candidate) ||
+    /[*?[\]{}]/.test(candidate)
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Build a set of files that will be created by tasks up to (but not including) taskIndex.
  * All paths are normalized for consistent comparison.
@@ -318,6 +350,7 @@ export function checkFilePathConsistency(
     for (const file of filesToCheck) {
       // Skip empty strings
       if (!file.trim()) continue;
+      if (!shouldValidateInputAsPath(file)) continue;
 
       // Normalize path for consistent comparison
       const normalizedFile = normalizeFilePath(file);
@@ -378,6 +411,8 @@ export function checkTaskOrdering(
     const filesToCheck = [...task.inputs];
 
     for (const file of filesToCheck) {
+      if (!shouldValidateInputAsPath(file)) continue;
+
       const normalizedFile = normalizeFilePath(file);
       const creator = fileCreators.get(normalizedFile);
       if (creator && creator.index > i) {
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/pre-execution-checks.test.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/pre-execution-checks.test.ts
index 79ac6a692..e7cf2a70c 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/pre-execution-checks.test.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/pre-execution-checks.test.ts
@@ -1175,6 +1175,23 @@ describe("checkFilePathConsistency additional edge cases", () => {
     assert.equal(results![0].blocking, true);
   });
 
+  test("multi-word prose inputs are ignored by path consistency checks", () => {
+    const tasks = [
+      createTask({
+        id: "T01",
+        files: [],
+        inputs: [
+          "Current WIZARD_PRODUCTS enum",
+          "Existing test patterns in wizard.test.ts",
+        ],
+        expected_output: [],
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    const results = checkFilePathConsistency(tasks, "/tmp");
+    assert.equal(results.length, 0, "Prose planning hints should not be treated as missing file paths");
+  });
+
   test("empty inputs array produces no results", () => {
     // A task with no inputs and only files should produce zero results from
     // consistency check — files are not checked (#3626).