diff --git a/src/__tests__/cli-grammar.test.ts b/src/__tests__/cli-grammar.test.ts
index 28066b6e2..d99195d15 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/cli-grammar.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/cli-grammar.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { test } from 'vitest';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { readInputFromCli } from '../commands/cli-grammar.ts';
+import type { CommandName } from '../commands/command-metadata.ts';
 import type { CliFlags } from '../commands/cli-grammar/flag-types.ts';
 
 const BASE_FLAGS: CliFlags = {
@@ -138,6 +139,38 @@ test('find and is grammar decodes command action positionals', () => {
   assert.equal(isOptions.value, 'Welcome');
 });
 
+// --no-record is accepted on every command (COMMON_COMMAND_SUPPORTED_FLAG_KEYS),
+// but it only reaches the daemon if the reader forwards it, so a reader that
+// never names it accepts the flag and silently ignores it. Cover every command
+// whose actions are recorded into a session script.
+test('readers forward --no-record instead of silently dropping it', () => {
+  const recordable: Array<[CommandName, string[]]> = [
+    ['press', ['@e5']],
+    ['click', ['@e5']],
+    ['fill', ['id=email', 'qa@example.com']],
+    ['longpress', ['@e5']],
+    ['swipe', ['up']],
+    ['focus', ['10', '20']],
+    ['type', ['hello']],
+    ['scroll', ['down']],
+    ['get', ['attrs', '@e5']],
+    ['is', ['visible', 'id=title']],
+    ['find', ['label', 'Continue', 'exists']],
+    ['snapshot', []],
+    ['wait', ['Continue']],
+  ];
+
+  for (const [command, positionals] of recordable) {
+    const options = readInputFromCli(command, positionals, { ...BASE_FLAGS, noRecord: true });
+    assert.equal(options.noRecord, true, `${command} dropped --no-record`);
+  }
+});
+
+test('readers omit noRecord entirely when the flag is absent', () => {
+  const options = readInputFromCli('press', ['@e5'], BASE_FLAGS);
+  assert.equal(Object.hasOwn(options, 'noRecord'), false);
+});
+
 test('is grammar accepts the selector-first form with a trailing predicate', () => {
   // `visible` is both a selector boolean key and a predicate; the trailing bare token
   // must be reserved as the predicate instead of being swallowed by the selector.
diff --git a/src/commands/capture/snapshot.ts b/src/commands/capture/snapshot.ts
index 674e29c15..1079a9e2c 100644
--- a/src/commands/capture/snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/commands/capture/snapshot.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { PUBLIC_COMMANDS } from '../../command-catalog.ts';
 import { SNAPSHOT_FLAGS } from '../cli-grammar/flag-groups.ts';
 import { booleanField, integerField, stringField } from '../command-input.ts';
 import { defineExecutableCommand } from '../command-contract.ts';
-import { commonInputFromFlags, direct } from '../cli-grammar/common.ts';
+import {
+  commonInputFromFlags,
+  direct,
+  recordControlInputFromFlags,
+} from '../cli-grammar/common.ts';
 import type { CliReader, DaemonWriter } from '../cli-grammar/types.ts';
 import { defineCommandFacet } from '../family/types.ts';
 import { defineFieldCommandMetadata } from '../field-command-contract.ts';
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ const snapshotCliSchema = {
 
 export const snapshotCliReader: CliReader = (_positionals, flags) => ({
   ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+  ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
   interactiveOnly: flags.snapshotInteractiveOnly,
   depth: flags.snapshotDepth,
   scope: flags.snapshotScope,
diff --git a/src/commands/capture/wait.ts b/src/commands/capture/wait.ts
index 32a3fe2bf..8dd2941f2 100644
--- a/src/commands/capture/wait.ts
+++ b/src/commands/capture/wait.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { defineExecutableCommand } from '../command-contract.ts';
 import {
   direct,
   optionalNumber,
+  recordControlInputFromFlags,
   selectionOptionsFromFlags,
   selectorSnapshotOptionsFromFlags,
 } from '../cli-grammar/common.ts';
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ function readWaitOptionsFromPositionals(
   const base = {
     ...selectionOptionsFromFlags(flags),
     ...selectorSnapshotOptionsFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
   };
   if (parsed.kind === 'sleep') return { ...base, durationMs: parsed.durationMs };
   if (parsed.kind === 'text') {
diff --git a/src/commands/cli-grammar/common.ts b/src/commands/cli-grammar/common.ts
index a5577a3e0..1e0cbb83e 100644
--- a/src/commands/cli-grammar/common.ts
+++ b/src/commands/cli-grammar/common.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ export function commonInputFromFlags(flags: CliFlags): Record<string, unknown> {
   });
 }
 
+// --no-record is a common flag, but it only takes effect if the reader forwards
+// it: command-flags.ts maps options.noRecord onto the daemon request, and
+// recordActionEntry reads it from there. A reader that never names it accepts
+// the flag and silently drops it.
+export function recordControlInputFromFlags(flags: CliFlags): Record<string, unknown> {
+  return compactRecord({
+    noRecord: flags.noRecord,
+  });
+}
+
 export function selectionOptionsFromFlags(flags: CliFlags): SelectionOptions {
   return {
     platform: flags.platform,
diff --git a/src/commands/interaction/interactions.ts b/src/commands/interaction/interactions.ts
index 5e2eb6b1d..cf1672c29 100644
--- a/src/commands/interaction/interactions.ts
+++ b/src/commands/interaction/interactions.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   optionalNumber,
   readElementTargetFromPositionals,
   readGetFormat,
+  recordControlInputFromFlags,
   request,
   requiredDaemonString,
   repeatedInputFromFlags,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import type { CliReader, DaemonWriter } from '../cli-grammar/types.ts';
 export const interactionCliReaders = {
   click: (positionals, flags) => ({
     ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...selectorSnapshotInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...repeatedInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...settleInputFromFlags(flags),
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ export const interactionCliReaders = {
   }),
   press: (positionals, flags) => ({
     ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...selectorSnapshotInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...repeatedInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...settleInputFromFlags(flags),
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ export const interactionCliReaders = {
     const decoded = readLongPressTargetFromPositionals(positionals);
     return {
       ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+      ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
       ...selectorSnapshotInputFromFlags(flags),
       ...settleInputFromFlags(flags),
       target: targetInputFromClientTarget(decoded),
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ export const interactionCliReaders = {
   },
   swipe: (positionals, flags) => ({
     ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...swipePayloadFromPositionals(positionals, {
       count: flags.count,
       pauseMs: flags.pauseMs,
@@ -70,11 +75,13 @@ export const interactionCliReaders = {
   }),
   focus: (positionals, flags) => ({
     ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     x: Number(positionals[0]),
     y: Number(positionals[1]),
   }),
   type: (positionals, flags) => ({
     ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     text: positionals.join(' '),
     delayMs: flags.delayMs,
   }),
@@ -82,6 +89,7 @@ export const interactionCliReaders = {
     const decoded = readFillTargetFromPositionals(positionals);
     return {
       ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+      ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
       ...selectorSnapshotInputFromFlags(flags),
       ...settleInputFromFlags(flags),
       target: targetInputFromClientTarget(decoded.target),
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@ export const interactionCliReaders = {
   },
   scroll: (positionals, flags) => ({
     ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     direction: readScrollDirection(positionals[0]),
     amount: optionalCliNumber(positionals[1]),
     pixels: flags.pixels,
@@ -99,6 +108,7 @@ export const interactionCliReaders = {
   }),
   get: (positionals, flags) => ({
     ...commonInputFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     ...selectorSnapshotInputFromFlags(flags),
     format: readGetFormat(positionals[0]),
     target: targetInputFromClientTarget(readElementTargetFromPositionals(positionals.slice(1))),
diff --git a/src/commands/interaction/selectors.ts b/src/commands/interaction/selectors.ts
index 98b89b474..e8ffef175 100644
--- a/src/commands/interaction/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/commands/interaction/selectors.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   direct,
   optionalCliNumber,
   optionalNumber,
+  recordControlInputFromFlags,
   request,
   selectionOptionsFromFlags,
   selectorSnapshotOptionsFromFlags,
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ function readFindOptionsFromPositionals(positionals: string[], flags: CliFlags):
   const base = {
     ...findSnapshotOptionsFromFlags(flags),
     ...selectionOptionsFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
     first: flags.findFirst,
     last: flags.findLast,
   };
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ function readIsOptionsFromPositionals(positionals: string[], flags: CliFlags): I
   const base = {
     ...selectorSnapshotOptionsFromFlags(flags),
     ...selectionOptionsFromFlags(flags),
+    ...recordControlInputFromFlags(flags),
   };
   const normalized = normalizeIsPositionals(positionals);
   const predicate = normalized[0];