diff --git a/packages/cli/src/doctor.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/doctor.test.ts
index cd96e6d2..5232a7fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/doctor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/doctor.test.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ describe('runKtxDoctor', () => {
         'ingest:',
         '  adapters:',
         '    - live-database',
-        '    - historic-sql',
+        '    - historic-sql', // pragma: allowlist secret
         '',
       ].join('\n'),
       'utf-8',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/standalone-smoke.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/standalone-smoke.test.ts
index 0f53cca0..ee1b0150 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/standalone-smoke.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/standalone-smoke.test.ts
@@ -200,9 +200,13 @@ describe('standalone built ktx CLI smoke', () => {
   it('runs doctor setup through the built binary', async () => {
     const result = await runBuiltCli(['status', '--no-input']);
 
-    expect(result.stdout).toMatch(/KTX (setup|project) doctor/);
-    expect(result.stdout).toContain('Node 22+');
-    expect(result.stdout).toContain('Workspace-local CLI');
+    expect(result.stdout).toMatch(/KTX (setup doctor|project doctor|status)/);
+    if (result.stdout.includes('No project here yet.')) {
+      expect(result.stdout).toContain('Before you can run ktx setup');
+    } else {
+      expect(result.stdout).toContain('Node 22+');
+      expect(result.stdout).toContain('Workspace-local CLI');
+    }
     expect(result.stderr === '' || result.stderr.startsWith('Project: ')).toBe(true);
     expect([0, 1]).toContain(result.code);
   });
diff --git a/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs b/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
index ee785c27..d6d86cd7 100644
--- a/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
+++ b/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
@@ -937,8 +937,9 @@ try {
 
   const doctor = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'status', '--no-input']);
   assert.ok([0, 1].includes(doctor.code), 'ktx status setup exit code must be 0 or 1');
-  requireStdout('ktx status setup', doctor, /KTX setup doctor/);
-  requireStdout('ktx status setup', doctor, /Node 22\\+/);
+  requireStdout('ktx status setup', doctor, /KTX status/);
+  requireStdout('ktx status setup', doctor, /No project here yet\\./);
+  requireStdout('ktx status setup', doctor, /Before you can run ktx setup/);
   assert.equal(doctor.stderr, '', 'ktx status setup wrote unexpected stderr');
 } finally {
   await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });