diff --git a/src/agents/cli-runner.ts b/src/agents/cli-runner.ts
index d6ec97081d1..ff02b69d51a 100644
--- a/src/agents/cli-runner.ts
+++ b/src/agents/cli-runner.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
 import { buildAgentHookContextChannelFields } from "../plugins/hook-agent-context.js";
 import { resolveBlockMessage } from "../plugins/hook-decision-types.js";
 import { getGlobalHookRunner } from "../plugins/hook-runner-global.js";
-import { appendInlineUserTurnTranscriptMessage } from "../sessions/user-turn-transcript.js";
+import { createUserTurnTranscriptRecorder } from "../sessions/user-turn-transcript.js";
 import {
   loadCliSessionContextEngineMessages,
   loadCliSessionHistoryMessages,
@@ -132,26 +132,25 @@ async function persistApprovedCliUserTurnTranscript(params: RunCliAgentParams):
     return;
   }
 
-  const transcriptTarget = {
-    transcriptPath: params.sessionFile,
-    sessionId: params.sessionId,
-    agentId: params.agentId,
-    ...(params.sessionKey ? { sessionKey: params.sessionKey } : {}),
-    cwd: params.workspaceDir,
-    ...(params.config ? { config: params.config } : {}),
-  };
-  const persisted = params.userTurnTranscript.message
-    ? await appendInlineUserTurnTranscriptMessage({
-        ...transcriptTarget,
-        message: params.userTurnTranscript.message,
-      })
-    : await appendInlineUserTurnTranscriptMessage({
-        ...transcriptTarget,
-        input: {
-          text: params.userTurnTranscript.text,
-          timestamp: Date.now(),
-        },
-      });
+  const recorder = createUserTurnTranscriptRecorder({
+    ...(params.userTurnTranscript.message
+      ? { message: params.userTurnTranscript.message }
+      : {
+          input: {
+            text: params.userTurnTranscript.text,
+            timestamp: Date.now(),
+          },
+        }),
+    target: {
+      transcriptPath: params.sessionFile,
+      sessionId: params.sessionId,
+      agentId: params.agentId,
+      ...(params.sessionKey ? { sessionKey: params.sessionKey } : {}),
+      cwd: params.workspaceDir,
+      ...(params.config ? { config: params.config } : {}),
+    },
+  });
+  const persisted = await recorder.persistApproved();
   if (persisted) {
     try {
       const notification = params.onUserMessagePersisted?.(persisted.message);
diff --git a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
index 9d1e6f59f16..d2d4b904cae 100644
--- a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
+++ b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ export type UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget = Omit<
   "input" | "message" | "updateMode"
 >;
 
+export type UserTurnTranscriptFileTarget = {
+  transcriptPath: string;
+  sessionId?: string;
+  agentId?: string;
+  sessionKey?: string;
+  cwd?: string;
+  config?: OpenClawConfig;
+};
+
+export type UserTurnTranscriptTarget =
+  | UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget
+  | UserTurnTranscriptFileTarget;
+
 export type UserTurnTranscriptPersistResult = {
   sessionFile: string;
   sessionEntry: SessionEntry | undefined;
@@ -82,11 +95,8 @@ export type UserTurnTranscriptPersistResult = {
 };
 
 export type UserTurnTranscriptTargetResolver =
-  | UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget
-  | (() =>
-      | UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget
-      | undefined
-      | Promise<UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget | undefined>);
+  | UserTurnTranscriptTarget
+  | (() => UserTurnTranscriptTarget | undefined | Promise<UserTurnTranscriptTarget | undefined>);
 
 export type UserTurnTranscriptRecorder = {
   readonly message: PersistedUserTurnMessage | undefined;
@@ -522,10 +532,16 @@ export async function tryPersistInlineUserTurnTranscript(
 
 async function resolveUserTurnTranscriptTarget(
   target: UserTurnTranscriptTargetResolver,
-): Promise<UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget | undefined> {
+): Promise<UserTurnTranscriptTarget | undefined> {
   return typeof target === "function" ? await target() : target;
 }
 
+function isUserTurnTranscriptFileTarget(
+  target: UserTurnTranscriptTarget,
+): target is UserTurnTranscriptFileTarget {
+  return "transcriptPath" in target;
+}
+
 export function createUserTurnTranscriptRecorder(
   params: CreateUserTurnTranscriptRecorderParams,
 ): UserTurnTranscriptRecorder {
@@ -585,11 +601,25 @@ export function createUserTurnTranscriptRecorder(
       if (!target) {
         return undefined;
       }
-      const result = await persistUserTurnTranscript({
-        ...target,
-        message,
-        updateMode: options.updateMode ?? params.updateMode ?? "inline",
-      });
+      const updateMode = options.updateMode ?? params.updateMode ?? "inline";
+      const result = isUserTurnTranscriptFileTarget(target)
+        ? await appendUserTurnTranscriptMessage({
+            ...target,
+            message,
+            updateMode,
+          }).then((appended) =>
+            appended
+              ? {
+                  ...appended,
+                  sessionEntry: undefined,
+                }
+              : undefined,
+          )
+        : await persistUserTurnTranscript({
+            ...target,
+            message,
+            updateMode,
+          });
       if (result) {
         persisted = true;
         persistedResult = result;