diff --git a/agent/anthropic_adapter.py b/agent/anthropic_adapter.py
index cf22c2ab8a9..389b21831fb 100644
--- a/agent/anthropic_adapter.py
+++ b/agent/anthropic_adapter.py
@@ -1164,9 +1164,12 @@ def run_oauth_setup_token() -> Optional[str]:
             "Install it with: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code"
         )
 
-    # Run interactively — stdin/stdout/stderr inherited so user can interact
+    # Run interactively — stdin/stdout/stderr inherited so the user can
+    # complete the OAuth login prompt. Must keep inherited stdin; the TUI-EOF
+    # concern does not apply to an interactive login the user explicitly
+    # invokes.  noqa: subprocess-stdin
     try:
-        subprocess.run([claude_path, "setup-token"], stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+        subprocess.run([claude_path, "setup-token"])
     except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
         return None
 
diff --git a/scripts/check_subprocess_stdin.py b/scripts/check_subprocess_stdin.py
index ccec7a3bfcf..4d312a5949e 100644
--- a/scripts/check_subprocess_stdin.py
+++ b/scripts/check_subprocess_stdin.py
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ KNOWN_SAFE = {
     "plugins/security-guidance/patterns.py",  # subprocess mentions are in reminder strings, not calls
 }
 
+# Inline marker that exempts a single subprocess call from this check.
+# Put it in a comment on (or within) the call when the process MUST inherit
+# stdin — e.g. an interactive login the user explicitly invokes. Travels with
+# the line, so it survives edits that shift line numbers (unlike a pinned
+# file:line entry).
+EXEMPT_MARKER = "noqa: subprocess-stdin"
+
 # Directories to skip entirely.
 SKIP_DIRS = {
     "tests/",
@@ -105,6 +112,14 @@ def find_subprocess_calls(content: str, filepath: str) -> list[dict]:
                         if "input=" in call_text:
                             break
 
+                        # Inline exemption marker on the call itself or within
+                        # the few comment lines immediately above it → the call
+                        # intentionally inherits stdin.
+                        window_start = max(0, i - 4)
+                        preceding = "\n".join(lines[window_start:i])
+                        if EXEMPT_MARKER in call_text or EXEMPT_MARKER in preceding:
+                            break
+
                         violations.append({
                             "file": filepath,
                             "line": i + 1,