diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-approve.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-approve.ts
index 72bb6f5765c..9aa9cb5f620 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-approve.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-approve.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { GATEWAY_CLIENT_MODES, GATEWAY_CLIENT_NAMES } from "../../utils/message-
 import { requireGatewayClientScopeForInternalChannel } from "./command-gates.js";
 import type { CommandHandler } from "./commands-types.js";
 
-const COMMAND_REGEX = /^\/approve(?:\s|$)/i;
+const COMMAND_REGEX = /^\/?approve(?:\s|$)/i;
 const FOREIGN_COMMAND_MENTION_REGEX = /^\/approve@([^\s]+)(?:\s|$)/i;
 
 const DECISION_ALIASES: Record<string, "allow-once" | "allow-always" | "deny"> = {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.test.ts
index 3d35a26a034..24c888a3b2a 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.test.ts
@@ -799,6 +799,30 @@ describe("/approve command", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("accepts bare approve text for Slack-style manual approvals", async () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      commands: { text: true },
+      channels: { slack: { allowFrom: ["*"] } },
+    } as OpenClawConfig;
+    const params = buildParams("approve abc allow-once", cfg, {
+      Provider: "slack",
+      Surface: "slack",
+      SenderId: "U123",
+    });
+
+    callGatewayMock.mockResolvedValue({ ok: true });
+
+    const result = await handleCommands(params);
+    expect(result.shouldContinue).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.reply?.text).toContain("Approval allow-once submitted");
+    expect(callGatewayMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        method: "exec.approval.resolve",
+        params: { id: "abc", decision: "allow-once" },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("accepts Telegram command mentions for /approve", async () => {
     const cfg = createTelegramApproveCfg();
     const params = buildParams("/approve@bot abc12345 allow-once", cfg, {
@@ -2633,8 +2657,7 @@ describe("handleCommands subagents", () => {
     });
     createTaskRecord({
       runtime: "subagent",
-      ownerKey: "agent:main:main",
-      scopeKind: "session",
+      requesterSessionKey: "agent:main:main",
       childSessionKey: "agent:main:subagent:abc",
       runId: "run-1",
       task: "do thing",
diff --git a/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.test.ts b/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.test.ts
index 8d37961924d..26e61ac7f76 100644
--- a/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.test.ts
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ describe("exec approval reply helpers", () => {
       approvalId: "req-1",
       decision: "deny",
     });
+    expect(parseExecApprovalCommandText("approve req-1 allow-once")).toEqual({
+      approvalId: "req-1",
+      decision: "allow-once",
+    });
     expect(parseExecApprovalCommandText("/approve@clover req-1 allow-once")).toEqual({
       approvalId: "req-1",
       decision: "allow-once",
diff --git a/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.ts b/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.ts
index c502541f4c1..3fe7f6300a6 100644
--- a/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.ts
+++ b/src/infra/exec-approval-reply.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function parseExecApprovalCommandText(
 ): { approvalId: string; decision: ExecApprovalReplyDecision } | null {
   const trimmed = raw.trim();
   const match = trimmed.match(
-    /^\/approve(?:@[^\s]+)?\s+([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:-]*)\s+(allow-once|allow-always|always|deny)\b/i,
+    /^\/?approve(?:@[^\s]+)?\s+([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:-]*)\s+(allow-once|allow-always|always|deny)\b/i,
   );
   if (!match) {
     return null;