diff --git a/bin/gstack-install-registry.sh b/bin/gstack-install-registry.sh
index 5f1ba1495..0fe5e9e91 100644
--- a/bin/gstack-install-registry.sh
+++ b/bin/gstack-install-registry.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
 # (#3084): print the commands that move it out first and return 0. A symlinked
 # ~/.claude/skills/gstack that points at SRC becomes the checkout itself.
 # Kiro writes its runtime files into ROOT in place, which would link the
-# checkout into itself, so it counts too. Claude installs in place from the
-# checkout, and a ROOT that is a symlink is replaced as a link: those return 1.
+# checkout into itself, so it counts too. Claude and the harness hosts
+# (OpenClaw, Hermes: gstack-harness copies skills that call the checkout) run
+# in place from the checkout, and a ROOT that is a symlink is replaced as a
+# link: those return 1.
 gstack_install_move_hint() {
   local src="$1" host="$2" root="$3" claude_link="${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}/skills/gstack"
-  [ "$host" = claude ] && return 1
+  case "$host" in claude|openclaw|hermes) return 1 ;; esac
   [ -L "$root" ] && return 1
   command -v gstack_path_within >/dev/null 2>&1 && gstack_path_within "$src" "$root" || return 1
   if [ -L "$claude_link" ] && gstack_path_same "$claude_link" "$src"; then
diff --git a/test/harness-register.test.ts b/test/harness-register.test.ts
index 116c5a4a7..0b3c59115 100644
--- a/test/harness-register.test.ts
+++ b/test/harness-register.test.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('setup and uninstall with harnesse
       expect(r.stdout.trim().split('\n').at(-1)).toBe('gstack ready (' + host + ')');
       const again = runSetup(f, path.join(src, 'setup'), ['--host', host]);
       expect(again.stdout + again.stderr).toMatch(new RegExp('\\b' + host + '\\s+experimental\\s+global\\s+unchanged'));
+      const status = runSetup(f, path.join(src, 'setup'), ['--status']);
+      expect(status.stdout).toMatch(new RegExp('\\b' + host + '\\s+experimental\\s+global\\s+current'));
+      expect(status.stdout).not.toContain('move it first');
       const un = spawnSync('bash', [path.join(src, 'bin/gstack-uninstall'), '--force'], { cwd: f.home, env: { ...f.env, PATH: '/usr/bin:/bin' }, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 60_000 });
       expect(un.status, un.stdout + un.stderr).toBe(0);
       expect(files(path.join(f.home, dest)).filter(p => !p.startsWith('.'))).toEqual([]);