diff --git a/scripts/verify-package-mcp.mjs b/scripts/verify-package-mcp.mjs
index 0d03abab1..5f43bf9b2 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-package-mcp.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-package-mcp.mjs
@@ -121,11 +121,8 @@ const verifyMcpNonLinuxCurrentDocument = async (
 
 const verifyMcpBinaryLifecycle = async (client, mcpOptions) => {
   await verifyMcpOpenAndBind(client, mcpOptions);
-  await prompts.verifyPromptCompletion(
-    client,
-    mcpOptions,
-    process.platform !== "linux",
-  );
+  // Completion never starts a provider; only an ordinary operation readies it.
+  await prompts.verifyPromptCompletion(client, mcpOptions, false);
   if (process.platform === "linux") {
     await verifyMcpLinuxToolAvailability(client, mcpOptions);
   } else {
@@ -133,6 +130,7 @@ const verifyMcpBinaryLifecycle = async (client, mcpOptions) => {
       { name: "current_document", arguments: {} },
       mcpOptions,
     );
+    await prompts.verifyPromptCompletion(client, mcpOptions, true);
     await verifyMcpNonLinuxCurrentDocument(client, mcpOptions, current);
   }
   const closed = await client.callTool(
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/promptCompletion.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/promptCompletion.test.ts
index d74deb86f..f09725e12 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/promptCompletion.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/promptCompletion.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ describe("guided prompt completion from live analysis", () => {
     expect((await session.open(target)).ok).toBe(true);
     const completion = createPromptCompletionSource(session, session);
 
+    // Completion never starts a provider; an ordinary operation readies it.
+    expect(await completion.complete("document", "app")).toEqual([]);
+    expect((await session.execute("list_documents", {})).ok).toBe(true);
     expect(await completion.complete("document", "app")).toEqual([
       "App",
       "AppTests",
@@ -269,8 +272,8 @@ const fixtureEnvironment = {
 
 const client = (
   requests: Array<Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>>,
-): AnalysisClient => ({
-  execute(operation, parameters) {
+): AnalysisClient => {
+  const execute: AnalysisClient["execute"] = (operation, parameters) => {
     if (operation === "list_documents")
       return Promise.resolve(observed(["AppTests", "App", "App"]));
     if (operation === "list_procedures") {
@@ -285,6 +288,11 @@ const client = (
       );
     }
     return Promise.resolve(observed(null));
-  },
-  close: () => Promise.resolve(resultOk(null)),
-});
+  };
+  // An in-process fixture client is ready as soon as the session opens.
+  return {
+    execute,
+    executeIfReady: execute,
+    close: () => Promise.resolve(resultOk(null)),
+  };
+};