diff --git a/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.test.ts b/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.test.ts
index 03f2c1aa6..13a6c5f18 100644
--- a/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.test.ts
+++ b/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,75 @@ describe("extractCouncilResponse", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("#given literal opening AND closing tags appear inside the actual response body", () => {
+    it("#then extracts the full structural response, not the literal mention", () => {
+      const text = [
+        "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>",
+        "## Finding 1: Triplicated Tag Constants",
+        "- Evidence:",
+        '  - `council-response-extractor.ts:1-2`: `export const OPENING_TAG = "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>"`, `export const CLOSING_TAG = "</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>"`',
+        "## Finding 2: Another issue",
+        "Some more analysis text here.",
+        "</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>",
+      ].join("\n")
+      const result = extractCouncilResponse(text)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        has_response: true,
+        response_complete: true,
+        result: [
+          "## Finding 1: Triplicated Tag Constants",
+          "- Evidence:",
+          '  - `council-response-extractor.ts:1-2`: `export const OPENING_TAG = "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>"`, `export const CLOSING_TAG = "</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>"`',
+          "## Finding 2: Another issue",
+          "Some more analysis text here.",
+        ].join("\n"),
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given multiple literal tag mentions scattered inside the response body", () => {
+    it("#then extracts the full structural response ignoring all literal mentions", () => {
+      const text = [
+        "preamble text",
+        "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>",
+        "The system uses <COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> for opening.",
+        "And </COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> for closing.",
+        "Also mentions <COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> again here.",
+        "Final analysis paragraph.",
+        "</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>",
+      ].join("\n")
+      const result = extractCouncilResponse(text)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        has_response: true,
+        response_complete: true,
+        result: [
+          "The system uses <COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> for opening.",
+          "And </COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> for closing.",
+          "Also mentions <COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE> again here.",
+          "Final analysis paragraph.",
+        ].join("\n"),
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given a complete pair followed by a trailing incomplete opening tag", () => {
+    it("#then returns the incomplete trailing content as partial response", () => {
+      const text = [
+        "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>first complete</COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>",
+        "<COUNCIL_MEMBER_RESPONSE>partial trailing content",
+      ].join("\n")
+      const result = extractCouncilResponse(text)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        has_response: true,
+        response_complete: false,
+        result: "partial trailing content",
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("#given an empty string", () => {
     it("#then returns has_response false and null result", () => {
       const result = extractCouncilResponse("")
diff --git a/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.ts b/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.ts
index 67f0c91fa..6c5aba9a9 100644
--- a/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.ts
+++ b/src/tools/council-archive/council-response-extractor.ts
@@ -10,22 +10,104 @@ export interface CouncilResponseExtraction {
 }
 
 export function extractCouncilResponse(fullText: string): CouncilResponseExtraction {
-  const lastOpenIdx = fullText.lastIndexOf(OPENING_TAG)
-  if (lastOpenIdx === -1) {
-    return { has_response: false, response_complete: false, result: null }
-  }
+  const lastCloseIdx = findLastStructuralClose(fullText)
 
-  const contentStart = lastOpenIdx + OPENING_TAG.length
-  const closingAfterLastOpen = fullText.indexOf(CLOSING_TAG, contentStart)
-
-  if (closingAfterLastOpen === -1) {
-    const partial = fullText.slice(contentStart).trim()
+  if (lastCloseIdx === -1) {
+    const lastOpenIdx = findLastStructuralOpen(fullText)
+    if (lastOpenIdx === -1) {
+      return { has_response: false, response_complete: false, result: null }
+    }
+    const partial = fullText.slice(lastOpenIdx + OPENING_TAG.length).trim()
     return { has_response: true, response_complete: false, result: partial || null }
   }
 
-  const content = fullText.slice(contentStart, closingAfterLastOpen).trim()
+  const openAfterLastClose = findFirstStructuralOpenAfter(fullText, lastCloseIdx + CLOSING_TAG.length)
+  if (openAfterLastClose !== -1) {
+    const partial = fullText.slice(openAfterLastClose + OPENING_TAG.length).trim()
+    return { has_response: true, response_complete: false, result: partial || null }
+  }
+
+  const matchingOpenIdx = findLastStructuralOpenBefore(fullText, lastCloseIdx)
+  if (matchingOpenIdx === -1) {
+    return { has_response: false, response_complete: false, result: null }
+  }
+
+  const content = fullText.slice(matchingOpenIdx + OPENING_TAG.length, lastCloseIdx).trim()
   if (content.length < MIN_RESPONSE_LENGTH) {
     return { has_response: false, response_complete: true, result: content }
   }
   return { has_response: true, response_complete: true, result: content }
 }
+
+function isStructuralOpen(text: string, idx: number): boolean {
+  return idx === 0 || text[idx - 1] === "\n"
+}
+
+function isStructuralClose(text: string, idx: number): boolean {
+  const afterIdx = idx + CLOSING_TAG.length
+  return afterIdx === text.length || text[afterIdx] === "\n"
+}
+
+function findLastStructuralClose(text: string): number {
+  let searchFrom = text.length
+  while (searchFrom >= 0) {
+    const idx = text.lastIndexOf(CLOSING_TAG, searchFrom - 1)
+    if (idx === -1) return -1
+    if (isStructuralClose(text, idx)) return idx
+    searchFrom = idx
+  }
+  return -1
+}
+
+function findLastStructuralOpen(text: string): number {
+  let searchFrom = text.length
+  while (searchFrom >= 0) {
+    const idx = text.lastIndexOf(OPENING_TAG, searchFrom - 1)
+    if (idx === -1) return -1
+    if (isStructuralOpen(text, idx)) return idx
+    searchFrom = idx
+  }
+  return -1
+}
+
+function findFirstStructuralOpenAfter(text: string, fromIdx: number): number {
+  let searchFrom = fromIdx
+  while (searchFrom < text.length) {
+    const idx = text.indexOf(OPENING_TAG, searchFrom)
+    if (idx === -1) return -1
+    if (isStructuralOpen(text, idx)) return idx
+    searchFrom = idx + OPENING_TAG.length
+  }
+  return -1
+}
+
+function findLastStructuralOpenBefore(text: string, beforeIdx: number): number {
+  let searchFrom = beforeIdx
+  let nestedCloseCount = 0
+
+  while (searchFrom > 0) {
+    const openIdx = text.lastIndexOf(OPENING_TAG, searchFrom - 1)
+    const closeIdx = text.lastIndexOf(CLOSING_TAG, searchFrom - 1)
+
+    if (openIdx === -1 && closeIdx === -1) return -1
+
+    if (closeIdx > openIdx) {
+      if (isStructuralClose(text, closeIdx)) {
+        nestedCloseCount += 1
+      }
+      searchFrom = closeIdx
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (!isStructuralOpen(text, openIdx)) {
+      searchFrom = openIdx
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (nestedCloseCount === 0) return openIdx
+    nestedCloseCount -= 1
+    searchFrom = openIdx
+  }
+
+  return -1
+}