diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 478ebd9..a08b8bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Prevent dynamic bot names in `!help` responses from triggering Discord mentions.
 - Preserve embed titles, descriptions, and URLs in live MCP `read-messages` results.
 - Prevent `!guild` server-memory responses from triggering Discord mentions from stored memory or server names.
 - Verify recent, legacy, and full-text-search history reads before assembling model context; reject symbolic-link files and replaced storage directories.
diff --git a/src/discord/commands/help.ts b/src/discord/commands/help.ts
index 01f8bd9..9c6c4fb 100644
--- a/src/discord/commands/help.ts
+++ b/src/discord/commands/help.ts
@@ -42,5 +42,8 @@ export async function handleHelp(msg: Message): Promise<void> {
         `• If I don't think a message needs a reply, I'll just leave a reaction`,
     ].join("\n");
 
-    await msg.reply(help);
+    await msg.reply({
+        content: help,
+        allowedMentions: { parse: [] },
+    });
 }
diff --git a/tests/responseWorkload.test.mjs b/tests/responseWorkload.test.mjs
index a8d000f..1b85ee1 100644
--- a/tests/responseWorkload.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/responseWorkload.test.mjs
@@ -161,15 +161,16 @@ test("responses route through response settings and report the response model",
         /Never become hostile, defensive, contemptuous, or insulting/,
     );
 
-    let helpReply = "";
+    let helpReply;
     await handleHelp({
         author: { id: "user-1" },
-        reply: async (content) => {
-            helpReply = content;
+        reply: async (options) => {
+            helpReply = options;
         },
     });
-    assert.match(helpReply, /powered by `response-model`/);
-    assert.doesNotMatch(helpReply, /global-model/);
+    assert.match(helpReply.content, /powered by `response-model`/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(helpReply.content, /global-model/);
+    assert.deepEqual(helpReply.allowedMentions, { parse: [] });
 });
 
 test("adaptive routing keeps Sonnet while lowering a simple response effort", async () => {