diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts
index bf37c2771..4175f1d38 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ test("parseDiscordResponse rejects multi-question reaction parsing", () => {
   assert.match(String(result.answers.second.user_note), /single-question prompts/i);
 });
 
+test("parseSlackReply truncates user_note longer than 500 chars", () => {
+  const longText = "x".repeat(600);
+  const result = parseSlackReply(longText, [{
+    id: "q1",
+    header: "Q1",
+    question: "Pick",
+    allowMultiple: false,
+    options: [{ label: "A", description: "a" }],
+  }]);
+
+  const note = result.answers.q1.user_note!;
+  assert.ok(note.length <= 502, `note should be truncated, got ${note.length} chars`);
+  assert.ok(note.endsWith("…"), "truncated note should end with ellipsis");
+});
+
 test("isValidChannelId rejects invalid Slack channel IDs", () => {
   // Too short
   assert.equal(isValidChannelId("slack", "C123"), false);
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/format.ts b/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/format.ts
index dd01039b8..1e03c637b 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/format.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/format.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface DiscordEmbed {
 }
 
 const NUMBER_EMOJIS = ["1️⃣", "2️⃣", "3️⃣", "4️⃣", "5️⃣"];
+const MAX_USER_NOTE_LENGTH = 500;
 
 export function formatForSlack(prompt: RemotePrompt): SlackBlock[] {
   const blocks: SlackBlock[] = [
@@ -154,5 +155,9 @@ function parseAnswerForQuestion(text: string, q: RemoteQuestion): { answers: str
     return { answers: [q.options[single - 1].label] };
   }
 
-  return { answers: [], user_note: text };
+  return { answers: [], user_note: truncateNote(text) };
+}
+
+function truncateNote(text: string): string {
+  return text.length > MAX_USER_NOTE_LENGTH ? text.slice(0, MAX_USER_NOTE_LENGTH) + "…" : text;
 }