diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift
index fe1bfe0a5..cc8314f78 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift
@@ -288,6 +288,12 @@ actor VoiceWakeRuntime {
         return text
     }
 
+    #if DEBUG
+    static func _testTrimmedAfterTrigger(_ text: String, triggers: [String]) -> String {
+        self.trimmedAfterTrigger(text, triggers: triggers)
+    }
+    #endif
+
     #if DEBUG
     static func _testMatches(text: String, triggers: [String]) -> Bool {
         self.matches(text: text, triggers: triggers)
diff --git a/apps/macos/Tests/ClawdisIPCTests/VoiceWakeRuntimeTests.swift b/apps/macos/Tests/ClawdisIPCTests/VoiceWakeRuntimeTests.swift
index 4461d18bd..39385bd1b 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Tests/ClawdisIPCTests/VoiceWakeRuntimeTests.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Tests/ClawdisIPCTests/VoiceWakeRuntimeTests.swift
@@ -17,4 +17,22 @@ import Testing
         let triggers = ["   ", ""]
         #expect(!VoiceWakeRuntime._testMatches(text: "hello", triggers: triggers))
     }
+
+    @Test func trimsAfterTriggerKeepsPostSpeech() {
+        let triggers = ["claude", "clawd"]
+        let text = "hey Claude how are you"
+        #expect(VoiceWakeRuntime._testTrimmedAfterTrigger(text, triggers: triggers) == "how are you")
+    }
+
+    @Test func trimsAfterTriggerReturnsOriginalWhenNoTrigger() {
+        let triggers = ["claude"]
+        let text = "good morning friend"
+        #expect(VoiceWakeRuntime._testTrimmedAfterTrigger(text, triggers: triggers) == text)
+    }
+
+    @Test func trimsAfterFirstMatchingTrigger() {
+        let triggers = ["buddy", "claude"]
+        let text = "hello buddy this is after trigger claude also here"
+        #expect(VoiceWakeRuntime._testTrimmedAfterTrigger(text, triggers: triggers) == "this is after trigger claude also here")
+    }
 }