diff --git a/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py b/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py
index 4344aae..25c49da 100644
--- a/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py
+++ b/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py
@@ -648,9 +648,7 @@ class TelegramFrontend(Frontend):
             return
         match kind:
             case "turn.start":
-                if event.get("origin") == "user" and not str(
-                    event.get("item_origin") or ""
-                ).startswith("сид"):
+                if event.get("origin") == "user":
                     await self._open_draft(key, event, target)
             case "stream":
                 self._feed_draft(key, event)
@@ -672,8 +670,6 @@ class TelegramFrontend(Frontend):
                         key=f"{event.get('turn_id')}:error",
                     )
             case "reply":
-                if str(event.get("item_origin") or "").startswith("сид"):
-                    return
                 await self._on_reply(conv, event)
             case "say":
                 await self._deliver(
diff --git a/tests/test_telegram.py b/tests/test_telegram.py
index 1aaf1ec..fe68bc9 100644
--- a/tests/test_telegram.py
+++ b/tests/test_telegram.py
@@ -474,6 +474,27 @@ async def test_commands_status_merge_and_new(stack: Stack) -> None:
     assert stack.bot.topics[-1] == "edit:902:✅ отчёт"
 
 
+async def test_brief_branch_from_the_tool_replies_in_its_topic(stack: Stack) -> None:
+    stack.bot.message("hi")
+    await stack.until(lambda: stack.sent_with("hi"), what="reply")
+    master = await stack.world.conversations.find_bound(
+        frontend="telegram", external_id=GENERAL
+    )
+    child = await stack.world.conversations.spawn(
+        kind="branch",
+        seed="brief",
+        text="найди X",
+        title="X",
+        parent=master,
+        origin="mcp",
+    )
+    reply = await stack.until(lambda: stack.sent_with("найди X"), what="brief reply")
+    assert reply["thread"] == 902
+    assert not any(m["text"].startswith("📝") for m in stack.bot.sent)
+    assert any(d["message_thread_id"] == 902 for d in stack.bot.drafts)
+    assert (await stack.world.conversations.get(child.external_id)).flags == {}
+
+
 async def test_master_topic_survives_rotation(stack: Stack) -> None:
     stack.bot.message("hi")
     await stack.until(lambda: stack.sent_with("hi"), what="reply")