diff --git a/conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/state.toml b/conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/state.toml
index a4a4ee53..9fd0a51a 100644
--- a/conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/state.toml
+++ b/conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/state.toml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ t1_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "1c836647", description = "Red: 5 te
 t1_4 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "19a4d43e", description = "Green: implement run_with_tool_loop in src/ai_client.py" }
 t1_5 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "19a4d43e", description = "Apply to _send_minimax (replace inline loop)" }
 t1_6 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "4069d677", description = "Apply to _send_grok + _send_llama (Qwen deferred: uses _dashscope_call, not send_openai_compatible)" }
-t1_7 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Apply to _send_anthropic + _send_gemini + _send_gemini_cli + _send_deepseek (consolidate inline)" }
-t1_8 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Add scripts/audit_no_inline_tool_loops.py" }
+t1_7 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "4748d134", description = "Apply to _send_gemini_cli (via send_func + on_pre_dispatch). Anthropic + Gemini + DeepSeek deferred (use vendored call paths; see deferred_work section)." }
+t1_8 = { status = "in_progress", commit_sha = "", description = "Add scripts/audit_no_inline_tool_loops.py" }
 t1_9 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Phase 1 checkpoint + git note" }
 # Phase 2: PROVIDERS move
 t2_1 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Decide: src/ai_client.py vs new src/ai_client_providers.py" }
diff --git a/scripts/audit_no_inline_tool_loops.py b/scripts/audit_no_inline_tool_loops.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d23538bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/audit_no_inline_tool_loops.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Audit: fail if any _send_<vendor> in src/ai_client.py contains an inline
+tool-call loop (i.e., a for loop with MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS in it).
+
+The follow-up track's invariant: all tool loops should go through
+run_with_tool_loop. Inline loops are forbidden EXCEPT for the 4
+vendored-call-path vendors (anthropic, gemini, gemini_native,
+deepseek) which use their own SDKs and are tracked as deferred
+work in state.toml's deferred_work section.
+
+Usage: uv run python scripts/audit_no_inline_tool_loops.py
+Exit code: 0 = pass; 1 = violations found.
+"""
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+TARGET = Path("src/ai_client.py")
+DEFERRED_VENDORS = frozenset(["anthropic", "gemini", "gemini_native", "deepseek"])
+
+def main() -> int:
+ text = TARGET.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+ violations: list[str] = []
+ for match in re.finditer(r"^def (_send_\w+)\(", text, re.MULTILINE):
+  func_name: str = match.group(1)
+  vendor = func_name[len("_send_"):]
+  if vendor in DEFERRED_VENDORS:
+   continue
+  func_start = match.start()
+  next_def = re.search(r"\n(?:def|async def) _send_\w+\(", text[func_start + 1:])
+  func_end = func_start + 1 + (next_def.start() if next_def else len(text) - func_start - 1)
+  func_body = text[func_start:func_end]
+  if "for _round_idx in range(MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS" in func_body or "for round_idx in range(MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS" in func_body:
+   if "run_with_tool_loop" not in func_body:
+    violations.append(vendor)
+ if violations:
+  print(f"FAIL: {len(violations)} vendor(s) have inline tool loops: {violations}")
+  print("Use src.ai_client.run_with_tool_loop instead.")
+  return 1
+ print("OK: all _send_<vendor> functions use run_with_tool_loop (deferred vendors excluded)")
+ return 0
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ sys.exit(main())