diff --git a/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/finder.ts b/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/finder.ts
index 8ac8a1463..e04cfab74 100644
--- a/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/finder.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/finder.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { constants, promises as fsPromises } from "node:fs";
 import { dirname, isAbsolute, join, resolve } from "node:path";
 
 import { AGENTS_FILENAME } from "./constants";
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ export function resolveFilePath(rootDirectory: string, path: string): string | n
   return resolve(rootDirectory, path);
 }
 
-export function findAgentsMdUp(input: {
+export async function findAgentsMdUp(input: {
   startDir: string;
   rootDir: string;
-}): string[] {
+}): Promise<string[]> {
   const found: string[] = [];
   let current = input.startDir;
 
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ export function findAgentsMdUp(input: {
     const isRootDir = current === input.rootDir;
     if (!isRootDir) {
       const agentsPath = join(current, AGENTS_FILENAME);
-      if (existsSync(agentsPath)) {
+      const exists = await fsPromises
+        .access(agentsPath, constants.F_OK)
+        .then(() => true)
+        .catch(() => false);
+      if (exists) {
         found.push(agentsPath);
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.test.ts b/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.test.ts
index 8f5701645..822381a69 100644
--- a/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,23 @@ describe("processFilePathForAgentsInjection", () => {
     expect(output.output).toContain(srcAgentsContent)
   })
 
+  it("finds AGENTS.md files while walking up directories", async () => {
+    // given
+    const { findAgentsMdUp } = await import("./finder")
+
+    // when
+    const agentsPaths = await findAgentsMdUp({
+      startDir: componentsDirectory,
+      rootDir: testRoot,
+    })
+
+    // then
+    expect(agentsPaths).toEqual([
+      join(srcDirectory, "AGENTS.md"),
+      join(componentsDirectory, "AGENTS.md"),
+    ])
+  })
+
   it("skips root-level AGENTS.md", async () => {
     // given
     rmSync(join(srcDirectory, "AGENTS.md"), { force: true })
diff --git a/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.ts b/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.ts
index 28d0be943..3ff40784d 100644
--- a/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/directory-agents-injector/injector.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { PluginInput } from "@opencode-ai/plugin";
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { promises as fsPromises } from "node:fs";
 import { dirname } from "node:path";
 
 import type { createDynamicTruncator } from "../../shared/dynamic-truncator";
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function processFilePathForAgentsInjection(input: {
 
   const dir = dirname(resolved);
   const cache = getSessionCache(input.sessionCaches, input.sessionID);
-  const agentsPaths = findAgentsMdUp({ startDir: dir, rootDir: input.ctx.directory });
+  const agentsPaths = await findAgentsMdUp({ startDir: dir, rootDir: input.ctx.directory });
 
   let dirty = false;
   for (const agentsPath of agentsPaths) {
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export async function processFilePathForAgentsInjection(input: {
     if (cache.has(agentsDir)) continue;
 
     try {
-      const content = readFileSync(agentsPath, "utf-8");
+      const content = await fsPromises.readFile(agentsPath, "utf-8");
+      cache.add(agentsDir);
       const { result, truncated } = await input.truncator.truncate(
         input.sessionID,
         content,
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ export async function processFilePathForAgentsInjection(input: {
         ? `\n\n[Note: Content was truncated to save context window space. For full context, please read the file directly: ${agentsPath}]`
         : "";
       input.output.output += `\n\n[Directory Context: ${agentsPath}]\n${result}${truncationNotice}`;
-      cache.add(agentsDir);
       dirty = true;
     } catch {}
   }