diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7cb7e9..247f752 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Until the first release, changes are recorded under [Unreleased].
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `gather.mjs --pr` keeps a PR that a bot app opened (such as `app/astral-automations-bot` on astral-sh/uv), instead of returning an empty dossier; only release-automation PRs still drop. PRs found by `--search` or issue links still drop bot authors. Test in `dev/test/gather.test.mjs`.
 - The motion page declares its charset, so arrows and dots no longer come out garbled when `motion.html` is opened from disk.
 - Margin notes: on a narrow screen a note is set off from the text by a rule, so it doesn't read as body text; on a wide one it sits level with its line without making the paragraph taller (it was floated, and a paragraph in the chapter grid grew to hold it, leaving a gap). `lint.mjs` flags a note placed mid-paragraph or mid-item, which splits the text on a phone; the example's one note moves to the end of its item.
 - The `delta` component's before and after values lost their layout when the margin note class was renamed; the template styles `.delta .side` again.
diff --git a/dev/test/gather.test.mjs b/dev/test/gather.test.mjs
index 2627a6c..17bfb32 100644
--- a/dev/test/gather.test.mjs
+++ b/dev/test/gather.test.mjs
@@ -383,6 +383,22 @@ test("a release PR stays when asked, a zero window skips nearby work, and a one-
   assert.match(md, /\| when \(UTC\) \| what \| ref \| title \|/);
 }));
 
+test("a PR named with --pr stays when a bot app opened it, and the same PR found by search drops", () => serial(async () => {
+  // astral-sh/uv ships stacked work from app/astral-automations-bot; --pr 22619 used to come back empty.
+  const botPr = { ...ghFx.prs["acme/app#120"], number: 140, title: "Implement RemoteSource for SafeUrl", author: { login: "app/acme-automations", is_bot: true } };
+  const base = fixtureCommand();
+  const command = (cmd, args) => {
+    if (cmd === "gh" && args[0] === "pr" && args[1] === "view" && args[2] === "140") return JSON.stringify(botPr);
+    if (cmd === "gh" && args[0] === "api" && args[1] === "repos/acme/app/pulls/140/comments") return "[]";
+    if (cmd === "gh" && args[0] === "pr" && args[1] === "list" && args.includes("safe url")) return JSON.stringify([{ number: 140 }]);
+    return base(cmd, args);
+  };
+  const named = await gather(["--out", mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gather-app-")), "--repo", "acme/app", "--pr", "140", "--window", "0"], { command });
+  assert.deepEqual(named.prs.map((p) => p.number), [140]);
+  const found = await gather(["--out", mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gather-app-")), "--repo", "acme/app", "--search", "safe url", "--window", "0"], { command });
+  assert.deepEqual(found.prs.map((p) => p.number), []);
+}));
+
 test("search syntax in --prior passes through, and a failed visibility lookup is unknown", () => serial(async () => {
   const calls = [];
   const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gather-prior-"));
diff --git a/skills/buildnotes/scripts/gather.mjs b/skills/buildnotes/scripts/gather.mjs
index b4c8b04..208f56d 100644
--- a/skills/buildnotes/scripts/gather.mjs
+++ b/skills/buildnotes/scripts/gather.mjs
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ const SUMMARY_BOTS = /^(coderabbitai|copilot-pull-request-reviewer|sourcery-ai|g
 const OTHER_BOTS = /^(cursor|cursoragent|chatgpt-codex-connector|codex|copilot|copilot-swe-agent|devin-ai-integration|claude|graphite-app|linear)$/i;
 const BADGE_HOSTS = /shields\.io|badge|coderabbit\.ai|vercel\.com\/button|codecov\.io|avatars\.githubusercontent|open-in-|deploy-button/i;
 // Release-automation PRs (version bumps) carry no story.
-const isBotPr = (p) => /^app\/|\[bot\]$/.test(p.author?.login ?? "") || /^chore(\(release\))?: (version packages|release)/i.test(p.title);
+const isReleasePr = (p) => /^chore(\(release\))?: (version packages|release)/i.test(p.title);
+const isBotPr = (p) => /^app\/|\[bot\]$/.test(p.author?.login ?? "") || isReleasePr(p);
 
 // Story-signal vocabularies.
 const FEEDBACK_RE = /\b(review(er)?|found|flagged|adversarial|caught|race|CSRF|vulnerab\w*|bug)\b/i;
@@ -113,7 +114,9 @@ async function addIssue(n, depth, { follow = true } = {}) {
   for (const p of mentioned) if (new RegExp(`#${n}\\b`).test(p.body ?? "")) addPr(p.number);
 }
 
-function addPr(n, r = repo) {
+// A PR named with --pr is kept even when a bot app opened it (some teams ship real work through
+// one); only release-automation PRs still drop. Bot PRs found by search or issue links drop.
+function addPr(n, r = repo, { named = false } = {}) {
   n = Number(n);
   const key = `${r}#${n}`;
   if (seenPr.has(key)) return;
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ function addPr(n, r = repo) {
     console.error(`pr ${key}: fetch failed, skipped`);
     return;
   }
-  if (isBotPr(p) && !args["keep-bot-prs"]) return;
+  if ((named ? isReleasePr(p) : isBotPr(p)) && !args["keep-bot-prs"]) return;
   const inline = ghJsonSafe(["api", `repos/${r}/pulls/${n}/comments`, "--paginate"]) ?? [];
   const threads = threadsOf(inline);
 
@@ -927,7 +930,7 @@ async function run(argv) {
   ({ renames, headFiles } = loadRenames());
 
   for (const n of list(args.issue)) await addIssue(n, 0);
-  for (const n of list(args.pr)) addPr(n);
+  for (const n of list(args.pr)) addPr(n, repo, { named: true });
   // Issues a selected PR closes, or says it is part of ("Part of #12", "Refs #12"), often hold the
   // plan, the problem statement and its numbers. Pull their bodies, without widening the search to
   // every PR that mentions them. A number that turns out to be a PR is skipped.