diff --git a/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts b/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts
index fff243fb70c..60a88c56664 100644
--- a/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts
+++ b/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   evaluateSenderGroupAccessForPolicy,
   resolveSenderScopedGroupPolicy,
   recordPendingHistoryEntryIfEnabled,
-  resolveControlCommandGate,
+  resolveDualTextControlCommandGate,
   resolveDefaultGroupPolicy,
   isDangerousNameMatchingEnabled,
   readStoreAllowFromForDmPolicy,
@@ -297,18 +297,15 @@ export function createMSTeamsMessageHandler(deps: MSTeamsMessageHandlerDeps) {
       senderName,
       allowNameMatching: isDangerousNameMatchingEnabled(msteamsCfg),
     });
-    const hasControlCommandInMessage = core.channel.text.hasControlCommand(text, cfg);
-    const commandGate = resolveControlCommandGate({
+    const { commandAuthorized, shouldBlock } = resolveDualTextControlCommandGate({
       useAccessGroups,
-      authorizers: [
-        { configured: commandDmAllowFrom.length > 0, allowed: ownerAllowedForCommands },
-        { configured: effectiveGroupAllowFrom.length > 0, allowed: groupAllowedForCommands },
-      ],
-      allowTextCommands: true,
-      hasControlCommand: hasControlCommandInMessage,
+      primaryConfigured: commandDmAllowFrom.length > 0,
+      primaryAllowed: ownerAllowedForCommands,
+      secondaryConfigured: effectiveGroupAllowFrom.length > 0,
+      secondaryAllowed: groupAllowedForCommands,
+      hasControlCommand: core.channel.text.hasControlCommand(text, cfg),
     });
-    const commandAuthorized = commandGate.commandAuthorized;
-    if (commandGate.shouldBlock) {
+    if (shouldBlock) {
       logInboundDrop({
         log: logVerboseMessage,
         channel: "msteams",
diff --git a/src/channels/command-gating.test.ts b/src/channels/command-gating.test.ts
index 5ea0614e287..9b3f645e515 100644
--- a/src/channels/command-gating.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/command-gating.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   resolveCommandAuthorizedFromAuthorizers,
   resolveControlCommandGate,
+  resolveDualTextControlCommandGate,
 } from "./command-gating.js";
 
 describe("resolveCommandAuthorizedFromAuthorizers", () => {
@@ -94,4 +95,17 @@ describe("resolveControlCommandGate", () => {
     });
     expect(result.shouldBlock).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("supports the dual-authorizer text gate helper", () => {
+    const result = resolveDualTextControlCommandGate({
+      useAccessGroups: true,
+      primaryConfigured: true,
+      primaryAllowed: false,
+      secondaryConfigured: true,
+      secondaryAllowed: true,
+      hasControlCommand: true,
+    });
+    expect(result.commandAuthorized).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.shouldBlock).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/channels/command-gating.ts b/src/channels/command-gating.ts
index 1492d4760a4..068db8328be 100644
--- a/src/channels/command-gating.ts
+++ b/src/channels/command-gating.ts
@@ -43,3 +43,24 @@ export function resolveControlCommandGate(params: {
   const shouldBlock = params.allowTextCommands && params.hasControlCommand && !commandAuthorized;
   return { commandAuthorized, shouldBlock };
 }
+
+export function resolveDualTextControlCommandGate(params: {
+  useAccessGroups: boolean;
+  primaryConfigured: boolean;
+  primaryAllowed: boolean;
+  secondaryConfigured: boolean;
+  secondaryAllowed: boolean;
+  hasControlCommand: boolean;
+  modeWhenAccessGroupsOff?: CommandGatingModeWhenAccessGroupsOff;
+}): { commandAuthorized: boolean; shouldBlock: boolean } {
+  return resolveControlCommandGate({
+    useAccessGroups: params.useAccessGroups,
+    authorizers: [
+      { configured: params.primaryConfigured, allowed: params.primaryAllowed },
+      { configured: params.secondaryConfigured, allowed: params.secondaryAllowed },
+    ],
+    allowTextCommands: true,
+    hasControlCommand: params.hasControlCommand,
+    modeWhenAccessGroupsOff: params.modeWhenAccessGroupsOff,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/imessage/monitor/inbound-processing.ts b/src/imessage/monitor/inbound-processing.ts
index b3fc10c1e7b..e6c964dff95 100644
--- a/src/imessage/monitor/inbound-processing.ts
+++ b/src/imessage/monitor/inbound-processing.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../auto-reply/reply/history.js";
 import { finalizeInboundContext } from "../../auto-reply/reply/inbound-context.js";
 import { buildMentionRegexes, matchesMentionPatterns } from "../../auto-reply/reply/mentions.js";
-import { resolveControlCommandGate } from "../../channels/command-gating.js";
+import { resolveDualTextControlCommandGate } from "../../channels/command-gating.js";
 import { logInboundDrop } from "../../channels/logging.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 import {
@@ -310,18 +310,15 @@ export function resolveIMessageInboundDecision(params: {
           chatIdentifier,
         })
       : false;
-  const hasControlCommandInMessage = hasControlCommand(messageText, params.cfg);
-  const commandGate = resolveControlCommandGate({
+  const { commandAuthorized, shouldBlock } = resolveDualTextControlCommandGate({
     useAccessGroups,
-    authorizers: [
-      { configured: commandDmAllowFrom.length > 0, allowed: ownerAllowedForCommands },
-      { configured: effectiveGroupAllowFrom.length > 0, allowed: groupAllowedForCommands },
-    ],
-    allowTextCommands: true,
-    hasControlCommand: hasControlCommandInMessage,
+    primaryConfigured: commandDmAllowFrom.length > 0,
+    primaryAllowed: ownerAllowedForCommands,
+    secondaryConfigured: effectiveGroupAllowFrom.length > 0,
+    secondaryAllowed: groupAllowedForCommands,
+    hasControlCommand: hasControlCommand(messageText, params.cfg),
   });
-  const commandAuthorized = commandGate.commandAuthorized;
-  if (isGroup && commandGate.shouldBlock) {
+  if (isGroup && shouldBlock) {
     if (params.logVerbose) {
       logInboundDrop({
         log: params.logVerbose,
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/msteams.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/msteams.ts
index 90d5ee1b1ac..32036f60a35 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/msteams.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/msteams.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ export {
 export { isSilentReplyText, SILENT_REPLY_TOKEN } from "../auto-reply/tokens.js";
 export type { ReplyPayload } from "../auto-reply/types.js";
 export { mergeAllowlist, summarizeMapping } from "../channels/allowlists/resolve-utils.js";
-export { resolveControlCommandGate } from "../channels/command-gating.js";
+export {
+  resolveControlCommandGate,
+  resolveDualTextControlCommandGate,
+} from "../channels/command-gating.js";
 export { logInboundDrop, logTypingFailure } from "../channels/logging.js";
 export { resolveMentionGating } from "../channels/mention-gating.js";
 export type { AllowlistMatch } from "../channels/plugins/allowlist-match.js";