diff --git a/gateway/kanban_watchers.py b/gateway/kanban_watchers.py
index f29777d310..df6342adbd 100644
--- a/gateway/kanban_watchers.py
+++ b/gateway/kanban_watchers.py
@@ -613,7 +613,16 @@ class GatewayKanbanWatchersMixin:
                             # first-class review lane. Wake the origin thread.
                             handoff = ""
                             if ev.payload and ev.payload.get("summary"):
-                                handoff = f"\n{str(ev.payload['summary'])[:200]}"
+                                summary = str(ev.payload["summary"])
+                                handoff = f"\n{summary[:200]}"
+                                # Carry the worker's handoff into the wake turn
+                                # like ``completed`` does: a reviewer woken with
+                                # a bare "ready for review" has to re-read the
+                                # board to learn what was implemented.
+                                lines = summary.strip().splitlines()
+                                wake_handoff = (
+                                    lines[0][:200] if lines else summary[:200]
+                                )
                             msg = (
                                 f"👀 {board_tag}{tag}Kanban {sub['task_id']} ready for review"
                                 f" — {title}{handoff}"
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier.py b/tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier.py
index 27f4122358..78add1d2ba 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier.py
@@ -640,7 +640,11 @@ def _wake_text(adapter):
     return getattr(adapter.handled[0], "text", "") or ""
 
 
-def _review_handoff_task(*, delivery_mode="notify+wake"):
+def _review_handoff_task(
+    *,
+    delivery_mode="notify+wake",
+    summary="PR ready: https://example.invalid/pr/7\nfull details below",
+):
     conn = kb.connect()
     try:
         tid = kb.create_task(
@@ -660,7 +664,7 @@ def _review_handoff_task(*, delivery_mode="notify+wake"):
         kb.claim_task(conn, tid)
         run_id = kb.get_task(conn, tid).current_run_id
         assert kb.request_review(
-            conn, tid, summary="implementation done", expected_run_id=run_id,
+            conn, tid, summary=summary, expected_run_id=run_id,
         ) is True
         return tid
     finally:
@@ -668,7 +672,7 @@ def _review_handoff_task(*, delivery_mode="notify+wake"):
 
 
 def test_review_requested_wakes_the_origin_session(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
-    """A review handoff wakes the origin on top of the passive ping."""
+    """A review handoff wakes the origin and carries the worker's summary."""
     monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_KANBAN_DB", str(tmp_path / "review-wake.db"))
     kb.init_db()
     tid = _review_handoff_task()
@@ -679,7 +683,13 @@ def test_review_requested_wakes_the_origin_session(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
 
     assert len(adapter.sent) == 1, "the passive review ping is unchanged"
     assert "ready for review" in adapter.sent[0]["text"]
-    assert tid in _wake_text(adapter)
+
+    wake = _wake_text(adapter)
+    assert tid in wake
+    assert "PR ready: https://example.invalid/pr/7" in wake, (
+        "the worker's handoff must ride the wake turn like it does for "
+        "`completed`, otherwise the woken reviewer has to re-read the board"
+    )
 
 
 def test_block_loop_detected_wakes_the_origin_session(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
diff --git a/website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md b/website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md
index 470360f921..eacc539e16 100644
--- a/website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md
+++ b/website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ A subscription removes itself automatically once the task reaches `done` or `arc
 
 A "wake" forges a synthetic inbound message to the destination gateway agent so it takes a normal turn (reads the comment + result, reasons, replies) instead of getting a one-line passive notification. It only fires when the notifier runs inside a live gateway process; otherwise a `notify+wake` subscription still delivers its passive message, while a `wake`-only subscription does nothing in that process.
 
-**Which events wake.** The ones that hand a decision back to the origin: `completed`, `blocked`, `gave_up`, `crashed`, `timed_out`, `review_requested` (a worker finished the implementation and handed off via `kanban_request_review`) and `block_loop_detected` (the task was routed to `triage` after repeated blocks). `status`, `archived` and `unblocked` are delivered but never wake — they are bookkeeping transitions, not decisions.
+**Which events wake.** The ones that hand a decision back to the origin: `completed`, `blocked`, `gave_up`, `crashed`, `timed_out`, `review_requested` (a worker finished the implementation and handed off via `kanban_request_review`) and `block_loop_detected` (the task was routed to `triage` after repeated blocks). `status`, `archived` and `unblocked` are delivered but never wake — they are bookkeeping transitions, not decisions. When a `completed` or `review_requested` event carries a summary, that handoff rides the wake turn, so the woken agent sees what the worker actually did.
 
 `--chat-type` (`dm` | `group` | `channel` | `thread`) records the originating chat's type so a woken turn resolves the operator's **real** session: `build_session_key` keys groups, channels, and threads differently from DMs, so an inaccurate `chat_type` would route the wake into a separate, context-less session. The `/kanban` auto-subscribe and slash-command paths capture this automatically — you only set it by hand when subscribing a chat from a script or cron. Omit it to leave an existing subscription unchanged (new subscriptions default to `dm`).