diff --git a/src/discord/monitor/allow-list.test.ts b/src/discord/monitor/allow-list.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f9c4d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/discord/monitor/allow-list.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { DiscordChannelConfigResolved } from "./allow-list.js";
+import { resolveDiscordOwnerAllowFrom } from "./allow-list.js";
+
+describe("resolveDiscordOwnerAllowFrom", () => {
+  it("returns undefined when no allowlist is configured", () => {
+    const result = resolveDiscordOwnerAllowFrom({
+      channelConfig: { allowed: true } as DiscordChannelConfigResolved,
+      sender: { id: "123" },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("skips wildcard matches for owner allowFrom", () => {
+    const result = resolveDiscordOwnerAllowFrom({
+      channelConfig: { allowed: true, users: ["*"] } as DiscordChannelConfigResolved,
+      sender: { id: "123" },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("returns a matching user id entry", () => {
+    const result = resolveDiscordOwnerAllowFrom({
+      channelConfig: { allowed: true, users: ["123"] } as DiscordChannelConfigResolved,
+      sender: { id: "123" },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual(["123"]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns the normalized name slug for name matches", () => {
+    const result = resolveDiscordOwnerAllowFrom({
+      channelConfig: { allowed: true, users: ["Some User"] } as DiscordChannelConfigResolved,
+      sender: { id: "999", name: "Some User" },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual(["some-user"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/discord/monitor/allow-list.ts b/src/discord/monitor/allow-list.ts
index 7ff53b49b..dde753afa 100644
--- a/src/discord/monitor/allow-list.ts
+++ b/src/discord/monitor/allow-list.ts
@@ -167,10 +167,13 @@ export function resolveDiscordOwnerAllowFrom(params: {
   if (!allowList) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  const match = allowListMatches(allowList, {
-    id: params.sender.id,
-    name: params.sender.name,
-    tag: params.sender.tag,
+  const match = resolveDiscordAllowListMatch({
+    allowList,
+    candidate: {
+      id: params.sender.id,
+      name: params.sender.name,
+      tag: params.sender.tag,
+    },
   });
   if (!match.allowed || !match.matchKey || match.matchKey === "*") {
     return undefined;