diff --git a/src/agents_shipgate/inputs/openai_sdk_static.py b/src/agents_shipgate/inputs/openai_sdk_static.py
index 0c7d424e..7a8f0316 100644
--- a/src/agents_shipgate/inputs/openai_sdk_static.py
+++ b/src/agents_shipgate/inputs/openai_sdk_static.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import ast
 import json
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, Literal
 
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     guard_module_metadata,
     read_guard_dependency,
 )
+from agents_shipgate.inputs.tool_list_candidates import tool_list_candidates
 from agents_shipgate.schemas.coverage_recovery import CoverageRecovery, SourceRecoveryEvidence
 from agents_shipgate.schemas.guard_dependencies import GuardDependencyEvidence
 from agents_shipgate.schemas.manifest import (
@@ -490,6 +491,22 @@ def unread_agent(
                     recovery=CoverageRecovery(kind="unresolved", reason="sdk_tools_expression_unresolved"),
                 ))
                 tools_complete = False
+            # A refused constructor does not erase the source initializer.
+            # Retain its readable members only as candidates, with the same
+            # refusal attached to each tool. No ownership proof is relaxed.
+            candidates = (
+                tool_list_candidates(tools_expr, module, imports.resolver)
+                if listed.unresolved and constructor_issue is not None else ()
+            )
+            if context.invocation is not None:
+                for condition in context.invocation.conditions:
+                    candidates = tuple(
+                        replace(member, conditions=tuple(dict.fromkeys((condition, *member.conditions))))
+                        for member in candidates
+                    )
+            resolved_nodes = {id(member.expr) for member in listed.members}
+            candidates = tuple(member for member in candidates if id(member.expr) not in resolved_nodes)
+            candidate_nodes = {id(member.expr) for member in candidates}
             # Two different definitions under one tool name: the model
             # sees one name for both, so neither is bound (#879 review).
             duplicated: set[str] = set()
@@ -561,7 +578,7 @@ def bind_object(
                 when.add(name, conditions)
                 return True
 
-            for member in listed.members:
+            for member in (*listed.members, *candidates):
                 element = member.expr
                 home = member.module if member.module is not None else module
                 object_found = (
@@ -570,6 +587,8 @@ def bind_object(
                     else None
                 )
                 if isinstance(object_found, ObjectBinding):
+                    if id(member.expr) in candidate_nodes:
+                        continue  # This initializer fallback covers function references only.
                     if not bind_object(object_found, member.conditions, member.invocation):
                         tools_complete = False
                     continue
@@ -710,6 +729,12 @@ def bind_object(
                     )
                     warnings.append(reason)
                     tool_issues[tool.name] = reason
+                if id(member.expr) in candidate_nodes:
+                    reason = (
+                        f"The source initializer names {tool.name!r}, but its binding is not established: "
+                        f"{constructor_issue}; {unread_list_reason('OpenAI Agents SDK', target, pointer, listed)}"
+                    )
+                    tool_issues[tool.name] = "; ".join(filter(None, (tool_issues.get(tool.name), reason)))
             handoff_list = lists.resolve(_keyword(call, "handoffs"), invocation=context.invocation)
             handoffs_complete = not context.limits and constructor_issue is None
             if lists.construction_changed(context.invocation, "handoffs"):
diff --git a/src/agents_shipgate/inputs/tool_list_candidates.py b/src/agents_shipgate/inputs/tool_list_candidates.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4a624d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agents_shipgate/inputs/tool_list_candidates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+"""Source initializer hints for an unread SDK tools list.
+
+These members are candidates only. This walk does not prove ownership,
+immutability, constructor identity or the resulting agent's tool surface.
+The SDK reader must attach the original refusal to every member it uses.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ast
+
+from agents_shipgate.inputs.list_expressions import (
+    MAX_DEPTH,
+    MAX_MEMBERS,
+    MAX_VISITS,
+    ListMember,
+    bindings_at,
+)
+from agents_shipgate.inputs.python_imports import (
+    ImportResolver,
+    PythonModule,
+    ScopeIndex,
+    reference_spelling,
+)
+
+
+def tool_list_candidates(
+    expression: ast.expr | None, module: PythonModule | None, resolver: ImportResolver,
+) -> tuple[ListMember, ...]:
+    """Read bounded literal initializers without granting a binding fact.
+
+    Calls, caller parameters, ambiguous assignments and computed attributes
+    remain unread. Imports use the resolver's captured source; a refused
+    import with no initializer supplies no candidate.
+    """
+    visits = 0
+    member_count = 0
+    exhausted = False
+    scopes: dict[int, ScopeIndex] = {}
+
+    def walk(node: ast.expr, home: PythonModule, depth: int, seen: frozenset) -> list[ListMember]:
+        nonlocal visits, member_count, exhausted
+        if exhausted:
+            return []
+        visits += 1
+        if depth > MAX_DEPTH or visits > MAX_VISITS:
+            exhausted = True
+            return []
+        if isinstance(node, ast.List | ast.Tuple):
+            members = []
+            for item in node.elts:
+                if isinstance(item, ast.Starred):
+                    members.extend(walk(item.value, home, depth + 1, seen))
+                elif isinstance(item, ast.Name | ast.Attribute):
+                    member_count += 1
+                    if member_count > MAX_MEMBERS:
+                        exhausted = True
+                        return []
+                    members.append(ListMember(item, home))
+                if exhausted:
+                    return []
+            return members
+        if isinstance(node, ast.BinOp) and isinstance(node.op, ast.Add):
+            return walk(node.left, home, depth + 1, seen) + walk(node.right, home, depth + 1, seen)
+        if isinstance(node, ast.IfExp):
+            if isinstance(node.test, ast.Constant):
+                return walk(node.body if node.test.value else node.orelse, home, depth + 1, seen)
+            condition = ast.unparse(node.test)
+            return [
+                ListMember(member.expr, member.module, (label, *member.conditions))
+                for branch, label in ((node.body, f"`{condition}`"), (node.orelse, f"not `{condition}`"))
+                for member in walk(branch, home, depth + 1, seen)
+            ]
+        spelling = reference_spelling(node)
+        if spelling is None or not isinstance(node, ast.Name | ast.Attribute):
+            return []
+        index = scopes.get(id(home.tree))
+        if index is None:
+            index = scopes[id(home.tree)] = ScopeIndex(home.tree)
+        found = bindings_at(index, home.bindings)(spelling.partition(".")[0], node)
+        if len(found) != 1:
+            return []
+        binding, statement = found[0]
+        key = (id(home.tree), id(binding))
+        if key in seen:
+            return []
+        if isinstance(binding, ast.alias) and isinstance(statement, ast.Import | ast.ImportFrom):
+            result = resolver.resolve_local_import(home, statement, binding, spelling)
+            if result.value is None or result.module is None:
+                return []
+            return walk(result.value, result.module, depth + 1, seen | {key})
+        if (
+            isinstance(node, ast.Name) and isinstance(statement, ast.Assign | ast.AnnAssign)
+            and statement.value is not None
+            and (statement.targets if isinstance(statement, ast.Assign) else [statement.target]) == [binding]
+        ):
+            return walk(statement.value, home, depth + 1, seen | {key})
+        return []
+
+    if expression is None or module is None:
+        return ()
+    members = walk(expression, module, 0, frozenset())
+    return () if exhausted else tuple(members)
diff --git a/tests/shard_seconds.json b/tests/shard_seconds.json
index 436348ce..f4f5f810 100644
--- a/tests/shard_seconds.json
+++ b/tests/shard_seconds.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   "tests/test_anthropic_api.py": 0.4,
   "tests/test_application_diff.py": 61.0,
   "tests/test_application_diff_identity.py": 22.6,
+  "tests/test_application_diff_list_candidates.py": 7.4,
   "tests/test_application_diff_reach.py": 66.6,
   "tests/test_application_diff_review.py": 48.8,
   "tests/test_application_diff_tool_reach.py": 87.8,
@@ -434,5 +435,18 @@
   "report_sha256": "a523a72643fd5daf9a09b7ca0efc6c36a5218b9890a53f7f428f655b04dcb0ab",
   "source": "junit",
   "time_basis": "JUnit testcase time; phase accounting is selected by the runner"
- }
+ },
+ "supplemental_measurements": [
+  {
+   "source": "junit",
+   "measured_at": "095c5e59724d with independent review condition fix",
+   "report_sha256": "10c16e790505b92605aac0f3149c242b2bbabd8049af3bfcc37c4ef172458bf2",
+   "files": {
+    "tests/test_application_diff_list_candidates.py": 7.4
+   },
+   "case_count": 13,
+   "command": "python -m pytest tests/test_application_diff_list_candidates.py -n 4 --junitxml=candidates-timing.xml",
+   "time_basis": "JUnit testcase time; original full-suite measurements retained"
+  }
+ ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_application_diff_list_candidates.py b/tests/test_application_diff_list_candidates.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc334df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_application_diff_list_candidates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+"""An unread constructor keeps named source evidence without granting rows (#1001)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ast
+
+import pytest
+
+from agents_shipgate.inputs.list_expressions import MAX_MEMBERS
+from agents_shipgate.inputs.python_imports import ImportResolver
+from agents_shipgate.inputs.tool_list_candidates import tool_list_candidates
+from tests.test_imported_tool_bindings import _commit, _compare, _git, _write
+
+TOOLS = "from agents import function_tool\n@function_tool\ndef read():\n    return 'before'\nBASE = [read]\n"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("shape", ["imported-list", "returned-handle"])
+def test_unread_list_initializers_keep_changed_tool_candidates(tmp_path, shape):
+    # CRM's imported NARZEDZIA_WYCENY and Finance's literal spread retain
+    # inspectable definitions even when a constructor/handle proof refuses.
+    if shape == "imported-list":
+        files = {
+            "agent.py": "from agents import Agent\nfrom tools import BASE\ndef build():\n    return Agent(name='Finance', tools=BASE)\n",
+            "smoke.py": "import importlib, sys\nimportlib.import_module(sys.argv[1])\n",
+        }
+    else:
+        files = {
+            "agent.py": "from agents import Agent\nfrom tools import BASE\ndef build(handoffs):\n    return Agent(name='Finance', tools=[*BASE], handoffs=handoffs)\n",
+            "caller.py": "from agent import build\nfrom transport import publish\npublish(build([]))\n",
+        }
+    files["tools.py"] = TOOLS
+    _git(tmp_path, "init", "-q", "-b", "main")
+    base = _commit(tmp_path, files)
+    head = _commit(tmp_path, {"tools.py": TOOLS.replace("'before'", "'after'")})
+    result = _compare(tmp_path, base, head)
+
+    assert result["comparison_status"] == "partial"
+    (row,) = [row for row in result["rows"] if row["tool"] == "read"]
+    assert (row["agent"], row["change"], row["candidate_change"]) == ("Finance", "not_established", "changed")
+    assert row["before"] and row["after"]
+    assert row["uncertainty"]
+    assert any("constructor identity is not established" in limit for limit in result["head"]["limits"])
+
+
+def test_recovered_candidates_keep_caller_and_initializer_conditions(tmp_path):
+    _git(tmp_path, "init", "-q", "-b", "main")
+    files = {
+        "agent.py": "from agents import Agent\nfrom tools import BASE\ndef build(handoffs):\n    return Agent(name='Finance', tools=[*BASE] if available else [], handoffs=handoffs)\n",
+        "caller.py": "from agent import build\nfrom transport import publish\nif enabled:\n    publish(build([]))\n",
+        "tools.py": TOOLS,
+    }
+    base = _commit(tmp_path, files)
+    head = _commit(tmp_path, {"caller.py": files["caller.py"].replace("enabled", "restricted")})
+    result = _compare(tmp_path, base, head)
+
+    (row,) = [row for row in result["rows"] if row["tool"] == "read"]
+    assert row["change"] == "not_established"
+    assert row["candidate_change"] == "changed"
+    assert row["before"]["bound_when"] == ["the caller's condition `enabled` holds and `available`"]
+    assert row["after"]["bound_when"] == ["the caller's condition `restricted` holds and `available`"]
+    assert row["uncertainty"]
+
+
+def test_mutating_a_literal_list_does_not_grant_an_established_candidate(tmp_path):
+    _git(tmp_path, "init", "-q", "-b", "main")
+    files = {
+        "agent.py": "from agents import Agent\nfrom tools import BASE\ndef build():\n    return Agent(name='Finance', tools=BASE)\n",
+        "smoke.py": "import importlib, sys\nimportlib.import_module(sys.argv[1])\n",
+        "mutator.py": "from tools import BASE\nBASE.clear()\n",
+        "tools.py": TOOLS,
+    }
+    base = _commit(tmp_path, files)
+    head = _commit(tmp_path, {"tools.py": TOOLS.replace("'before'", "'after'")})
+    result = _compare(tmp_path, base, head)
+    assert result["comparison_status"] == "partial"
+    assert all(row["change"] == "not_established" for row in result["rows"])
+    assert any("may be changed in place" in limit for limit in result["head"]["limits"])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("source", "expression", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("BASE = [read]\n", "[*BASE] + (extra,)", [("read", ()), ("extra", ())]),
+        ("", "[read] if enabled else [extra]", [("read", ("`enabled`",)), ("extra", ("not `enabled`",))]),
+        ("", "[read] if False else [extra]", [("extra", ())]),
+        ("A = B\nB = A\n", "A", []),
+        ("BASE = [read]\nBASE = [extra]\n", "BASE", []),
+        ("", "load_tools()", []),
+        ("", "[make_tool(), *load_tools(), read]", [("read", ())]),
+        ("", "[" + ",".join("read" for _ in range(MAX_MEMBERS + 1)) + "]", []),
+        ("BASE = [" + ",".join("read" for _ in range(MAX_MEMBERS)) + "]\n", "BASE + BASE", []),
+    ],
+    ids=["spread-concatenation", "conditions", "constant-condition", "cycle", "rebound", "call", "unread-operands", "member-bound", "shared-member-bound"],
+)
+def test_candidate_initializer_walk_has_bounded_source_only_behavior(tmp_path, source, expression, expected):
+    _write(tmp_path, {"candidate.py": source + f"candidate = {expression}\n"})
+    resolver = ImportResolver(tmp_path)
+    module = resolver.module(tmp_path / "candidate.py")
+    members = tool_list_candidates(module.tree.body[-1].value, module, resolver)
+    assert [(ast.unparse(member.expr), member.conditions) for member in members] == expected
diff --git a/tests/test_imported_tool_review.py b/tests/test_imported_tool_review.py
index e7e148ef..72c7c4a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_imported_tool_review.py
+++ b/tests/test_imported_tool_review.py
@@ -2501,10 +2501,15 @@ def test_the_real_readers_still_read(repo, reader, established):
         assert (result["comparison_status"] == "compared") is established, result["head"]["limits"]
         assert _rows(result) == [("agent", "execute", "added")]
     else:
-        # Library readers need an explicit retained-namespace proof; a named
-        # mutable list cannot enumerate its members under that uncertainty.
+        # Library readers still lack retained-namespace proof. Readable
+        # initializer members are candidates, never established bindings.
         assert result["comparison_status"] == "partial"
-        assert result["rows"] == []
+        assert _rows(result) == [
+            ("agent", "execute", "not_established"),
+            ("agent", "lookup", "not_established"),
+        ]
+        assert all(row["uncertainty"] for row in result["rows"])
+        assert next(row for row in result["rows"] if row["tool"] == "execute")["candidate_change"] == "added"
         assert any("dynamic tools expression" in gap["reason"] for gap in result["head"]["coverage_gaps"])
         assert any("constructor identity is not established" in gap["reason"]
                    for gap in result["head"]["coverage_gaps"])