diff --git a/packages/review-kit/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/review-kit/CHANGELOG.md
index 72b2195..1ce7d1e 100644
--- a/packages/review-kit/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/review-kit/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to `@agentworkforce/review-kit` will be documented in this f
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Skip non-pull-request events before requesting a gateway expansion, while
+  continuing to surface expansion failures for genuine pull-request events.
+
 ## [4.1.30] - 2026-07-17
 
 ### Added
@@ -17,4 +22,3 @@ All notable changes to `@agentworkforce/review-kit` will be documented in this f
 - Add strongly typed review-agent and review-persona factories that encode the
   seven silent review plumbing traps from workforce#281.
 - Add built-in PR diff and git-history evidence providers.
-
diff --git a/packages/review-kit/src/agent.ts b/packages/review-kit/src/agent.ts
index 22e0759..036c346 100644
--- a/packages/review-kit/src/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/review-kit/src/agent.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ function createParsedReviewHandler(
       event: event.type
     });
 
+    if (!event.type.startsWith('github.pull_request.')) {
+      ctx.log?.('info', 'review-kit.skipped', {
+        lens: parsed.lens,
+        reason: 'non-pull-request-event',
+        eventType: event.type
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
     const payload = (await event.expand('full')).data;
     const pullRequest = readPullRequest(payload);
     if (!pullRequest) {
diff --git a/packages/review-kit/src/review-kit.test.ts b/packages/review-kit/src/review-kit.test.ts
index 63555c8..1f75ab8 100644
--- a/packages/review-kit/src/review-kit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/review-kit/src/review-kit.test.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import test from 'node:test';
 import { extractAgentSpec } from '@agentworkforce/deploy';
-import type {
-  HarnessRunArgs,
-  WorkforceCtx,
-  WorkforceEvent,
-  WritebackResult
+import {
+  envelopeToAgentEvent,
+  type HarnessRunArgs,
+  type WorkforceCtx,
+  type WorkforceEvent,
+  type WritebackResult
 } from '@agentworkforce/runtime';
 import {
   defineReviewAgent,
@@ -191,6 +192,74 @@ test('trap 6: a missing writeback receipt is logged as unconfirmed and never thr
   );
 });
 
+test('non-PR events skip before requesting an unavailable expansion', async () => {
+  const fixture = handlerFixture();
+  const event = envelopeToAgentEvent({
+    id: 'evt-manual',
+    workspace: 'workspace-1',
+    type: 'cron.tick',
+    occurredAt: '2026-07-17T15:18:00Z',
+    name: 'manual',
+    cron: 'manual'
+  });
+  assert.ok(event);
+
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () => event.expand('full'),
+    /expand\("full"\) is unavailable/u,
+    'the real cron event shape has no gateway expansion loader'
+  );
+  await assert.doesNotReject(() => fixture.handler(fixture.ctx, event));
+
+  assert.equal(fixture.harnessRuns(), 0);
+  assert.equal(fixture.writes.length, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(fixture.logs.at(-1), {
+    level: 'info',
+    message: 'review-kit.skipped',
+    fields: {
+      lens: 'maintainability',
+      reason: 'non-pull-request-event',
+      eventType: 'cron.tick'
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+test('PR expansion failures still surface instead of being mistaken for non-PR events', async () => {
+  const fixture = handlerFixture();
+  const expansionFailure = new Error('github gateway expansion failed');
+  const event = {
+    type: 'github.pull_request.opened',
+    expand: async () => {
+      throw expansionFailure;
+    }
+  } as unknown as WorkforceEvent;
+
+  await assert.rejects(() => fixture.handler(fixture.ctx, event), expansionFailure);
+  assert.equal(fixture.logs.some((entry) => entry.message === 'review-kit.skipped'), false);
+  assert.equal(fixture.harnessRuns(), 0);
+  assert.equal(fixture.writes.length, 0);
+});
+
+test('expanded but malformed PR payloads retain the unreadable-pull-request guard', async () => {
+  const fixture = handlerFixture();
+
+  await assert.doesNotReject(() =>
+    fixture.handler(fixture.ctx, fixture.eventForData({ malformed: true }))
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(fixture.harnessRuns(), 0);
+  assert.equal(fixture.writes.length, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(fixture.logs.at(-1), {
+    level: 'info',
+    message: 'review-kit.skipped',
+    fields: {
+      lens: 'maintainability',
+      reason: 'unreadable-pull-request',
+      keys: 'malformed'
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 test('plumbing: repository, label, and draft guards skip before requiring a mount', async () => {
   const handler = createReviewHandler({
     repo: REPO,