diff --git a/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_excessive_agency.py b/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_excessive_agency.py
index f5a89e2f..e52a2ba6 100644
--- a/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_excessive_agency.py
+++ b/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_excessive_agency.py
@@ -44,7 +44,28 @@
 
 # EA1: Unrestricted Tool Access
 EA1_PATTERNS = [
-    (r"(?:tools?|permissions?)\s*:[ \t]*\[?[ \t]*['\"]?\*(?!\*|\w)['\"]?[ \t]*\]?", 0.85),
+    # Same-line wildcard grant. The key may be quoted (JSON). A quoted '*' is
+    # unambiguous anywhere on the line (scalar, first list item, or later list
+    # item); a bare '*' counts only when it ends the line (optionally closed
+    # by ']' and/or a '#' comment), so a footnote legend like
+    # "Tools: * = requires auth" is not a grant. The gap around the colon
+    # stays on one line so the match can never bridge paragraphs (#405, #444).
+    (
+        r"['\"]?(?:tools?|permissions?)['\"]?[ \t]*:[ \t]*"
+        r"(?:\[[^\]\r\n]*['\"]\*['\"]"
+        r"|\[?[ \t]*['\"]\*['\"]"
+        r"|\[?[ \t]*\*(?![\*\w])[ \t]*\]?[ \t]*(?:#[^\r\n]*)?\r?$)",
+        0.85,
+    ),
+    # YAML block list whose first item is the wildcard (#445). Bounded to a
+    # single newline — a blank line still breaks the match — and the item's
+    # '*' must be standalone, so markdown lists ("- **Read**", "- *note*")
+    # do not collide. Later items are out of scope until seen in practice.
+    (
+        r"['\"]?(?:tools?|permissions?)['\"]?[ \t]*:[ \t]*(?:#[^\r\n]*)?\r?\n"
+        r"[ \t]*-[ \t]+['\"]?\*(?![\*\w])['\"]?[ \t]*(?:#[^\r\n]*)?\r?$",
+        0.85,
+    ),
     (r"(?:allow|grant|enable)\s+(?:access\s+to\s+)?(?:all|any|every)\s+tools?", 0.8),
     (
         r"(?:no|without)\s+(?:tool|permission|access|capability)\s+(?:restrictions?|constraints?|limitations?)",
diff --git a/tests/nodes/analyzers/test_ea1_wildcard_line_boundary.py b/tests/nodes/analyzers/test_ea1_wildcard_line_boundary.py
index 876879fc..c09fc0f2 100644
--- a/tests/nodes/analyzers/test_ea1_wildcard_line_boundary.py
+++ b/tests/nodes/analyzers/test_ea1_wildcard_line_boundary.py
@@ -114,3 +114,116 @@ def test_unquoted_wildcard_flagged(self) -> None:
             "markdown",
         )
         assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+
+class TestEA1FootnoteAndPreColonNotFlagged:
+    """Remaining false-positive paths from #444: a footnote legend after a
+    'Tools:' label, and a blank-line gap before the colon."""
+
+    def test_footnote_legend_after_tools_label_not_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            "Tools: * = requires authentication\n",
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert not any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_footnote_prose_after_tools_label_not_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            "Tools: * marks optional parameters\n",
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert not any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_blank_line_before_definition_list_colon_not_flagged(self) -> None:
+        """The gap before the colon must stay on one line too — a markdown
+        definition list two paragraphs later is not a grant."""
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            "several tools\n\n: * item\n",
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert not any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_bare_wildcard_with_trailing_comment_still_flagged(self) -> None:
+        """A '#' comment after the bare wildcard is still a grant, not prose."""
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            "tools: * # allow everything\n",
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+
+class TestEA1BlockListAndJsonFormsFlagged:
+    """Detection gaps from #445: the idiomatic YAML block-list and JSON
+    quoted-key encodings of a wildcard grant."""
+
+    def test_yaml_block_list_quoted_wildcard_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            'tools:\n  - "*"\n',
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_yaml_block_list_bare_wildcard_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            "tools:\n  - *\n",
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_yaml_block_list_zero_indent_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            'permissions:\n- "*"\n',
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_json_quoted_key_list_wildcard_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            '"tools": ["*"]\n',
+            "config.json",
+            "json",
+        )
+        assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_json_quoted_key_scalar_wildcard_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            '"permissions": "*"\n',
+            "config.json",
+            "json",
+        )
+        assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_inline_list_wildcard_not_first_flagged(self) -> None:
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            'tools: ["search", "*"]\n',
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_markdown_dash_list_of_bold_tools_not_flagged(self) -> None:
+        """The block-list branch must not collide with a markdown list of
+        specific bolded tool names."""
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            "Tools:\n- **Read**\n- **Write**\n",
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert not any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)
+
+    def test_blank_line_before_dash_item_not_flagged(self) -> None:
+        """A blank line between the key and a dash item breaks the block-list
+        association — the cross-paragraph bridge from #405 must not return."""
+        findings = ea_module.analyze(
+            'tools:\n\n  - "*"\n',
+            "SKILL.md",
+            "markdown",
+        )
+        assert not any(f.rule_id == "EA1" for f in findings)