diff --git a/packages/core/src/errors.ts b/packages/core/src/errors.ts
index 91eba29..50a61dd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/errors.ts
@@ -224,9 +224,10 @@ export class StepFailed extends Schema.TaggedError<StepFailed>()("StepFailed", {
 }) {}
 
 /**
- * The run could not do its job for a CAPACITY reason and is bowing out — the
- * work was never attempted-and-failed, it was impossible to attempt (e.g.
- * pr-review's diff exceeds the model's context window even after truncation).
+ * The run could not do its job and is bowing out — the work was never
+ * attempted-and-failed, it was impossible to attempt: a CAPACITY reason (e.g.
+ * pr-review's diff exceeds the model's context window even after truncation)
+ * or a repo that never opted in (offload-test with no configured command).
  * The dispatcher concludes the check-run `neutral` with `reason` in the
  * summary instead of `failure`: a review that didn't happen is not a failed
  * review, and a red that isn't actionable trains people to ignore the check.
diff --git a/runs/offload-test.test.ts b/runs/offload-test.test.ts
index 9adadbb..db6955d 100644
--- a/runs/offload-test.test.ts
+++ b/runs/offload-test.test.ts
@@ -517,23 +517,56 @@ describe("offload-test", () => {
   );
 
   it.effect(
-    "command resolution — no `command` and no CONFIG_KV fails fast with StepFailed before checkout",
+    "command resolution — a webhook dispatch with no CONFIG_KV command skips with RunSkipped (neutral) before checkout",
     () => {
       const { layer, handles } = makeCFRuntimeTest({
         sandboxProgram: { "pnpm test": { exitCode: 0 } },
         // no `config` seed — neither command key resolves.
       });
+      // Webhook-shaped: the trigger never passes `command`.
       const input = {
         repo: "owner/name",
         sha: "abc123",
         secrets: [] as readonly string[],
         install: false,
-        failOnNonZeroExit: false,
+        failOnNonZeroExit: true,
       };
 
       return Effect.gen(function* () {
         const exit = yield* Effect.exit(offloadTest.run(input));
         expect(Exit.isFailure(exit)).toBe(true);
+        const failure = Exit.isFailure(exit)
+          ? Option.getOrUndefined(Cause.failureOption(exit.cause))
+          : undefined;
+        expect((failure as { _tag?: string })?._tag).toBe("RunSkipped");
+        // The neutral check names the key that opts the repo in.
+        expect((failure as { reason?: string })?.reason).toContain(
+          "offload-test.command:owner/name",
+        );
+        // Skipped before any work: never cloned, never exec'd.
+        expect(handles.sandbox.clones).toHaveLength(0);
+        expect(handles.sandbox.execs).toHaveLength(0);
+      }).pipe(Effect.provide(layer));
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.effect(
+    "command resolution — an Action dispatch passing an empty `command` fails fast with StepFailed",
+    () => {
+      const { layer, handles } = makeCFRuntimeTest({
+        sandboxProgram: { "pnpm test": { exitCode: 0 } },
+      });
+      const input = {
+        repo: "owner/name",
+        sha: "abc123",
+        command: "  ",
+        secrets: [] as readonly string[],
+        install: false,
+        failOnNonZeroExit: false,
+      };
+
+      return Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const exit = yield* Effect.exit(offloadTest.run(input));
         const tag = Exit.isFailure(exit)
           ? Option.match(Cause.failureOption(exit.cause), {
               onSome: (f) => (f as { _tag?: string })._tag,
@@ -541,7 +574,6 @@ describe("offload-test", () => {
             })
           : undefined;
         expect(tag).toBe("StepFailed");
-        // Fail-fast: never cloned, never exec'd.
         expect(handles.sandbox.clones).toHaveLength(0);
         expect(handles.sandbox.execs).toHaveLength(0);
       }).pipe(Effect.provide(layer));
diff --git a/runs/offload-test.ts b/runs/offload-test.ts
index 8635bef..1dd834e 100644
--- a/runs/offload-test.ts
+++ b/runs/offload-test.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ import {
   config,
   defineRun,
   io,
+  RunSkipped,
   sandbox,
   spawnChildRun,
   StepFailed,
@@ -463,8 +464,9 @@ export const offloadTest = defineRun({
       // `offload-test.command`). This step runs ONLY when the dispatch carried
       // no command, so Action-mode dispatches keep the exact
       // `checkout → exec → upload-log` step shape (the `??` short-circuits before
-      // the `yield*`). A command missing everywhere fails fast — running an empty
-      // command would post a meaningless green check.
+      // the `yield*`). A command missing everywhere never runs — an empty
+      // command would post a meaningless green check; the run skips instead
+      // (neutral check, see below).
       // `install` / `timeoutSec` are resolved INSIDE this same step, not a
       // second one. They are a webhook-mode concern, and webhook mode is
       // exactly the case that omits `command` — so folding them in here means
@@ -589,6 +591,21 @@ export const offloadTest = defineRun({
       // resolved command (the step above fails otherwise), and the unlabelled
       // command may legitimately be absent.
       if (stages === undefined && (command === undefined || command.trim().length === 0)) {
+        // A webhook dispatch reaches every repo the App is installed on, and a
+        // repo that never set a command has not opted in — its tests may run
+        // somewhere else entirely. That is a skip (neutral check naming the key
+        // to set), not a failure: a red that no PR author can act on trains
+        // people to ignore the check. An Action dispatch chose this run and
+        // passed an empty command, which is a broken caller, so it stays red.
+        if (input.command === undefined) {
+          return yield* Effect.fail(
+            new RunSkipped({
+              reason:
+                `no offload-test command is configured for ${input.repo} — set CONFIG_KV ` +
+                `\`${repoCommandKey(input.repo)}\` or \`${COMMAND_KEY}\` to run it`,
+            }),
+          );
+        }
         return yield* Effect.fail(
           new StepFailed({
             step: "resolve-command",