diff --git a/metagpt/roles/di/role_zero.py b/metagpt/roles/di/role_zero.py
index 0209079b9..4810ddb3a 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/di/role_zero.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/di/role_zero.py
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ class RoleZero(Role):
                     self.llm.format_msg(memory),
                     system_msgs=[QUICK_RESPONSE_SYSTEM_PROMPT.format(role_info=self._get_prefix())],
                 )
+                if "command_name" in answer:
+                    # an actual TASK intent misclassified as QUICK, correct it here
+                    answer = ""
+                    intent_result = "TASK"
         elif "SEARCH" in intent_result:
             query = "\n".join(str(msg) for msg in memory)
             answer = await SearchEnhancedQA().run(query)