diff --git a/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/block-glab-api-discussions.sh b/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/block-glab-api-discussions.sh
index 4b93fb3..ccadd68 100755
--- a/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/block-glab-api-discussions.sh
+++ b/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/block-glab-api-discussions.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ fi
 
 REASON="Reading or writing MR discussions/notes via \`glab\` is blocked (matched: \`glab api .../discussions|notes\`, \`glab mr view --comments\`, or \`glab mr note\`). Use the \`glab-discussion\` CLI instead: \`glab-discussion read|write|diff|resolve|edit|delete\`. Run \`glab-discussion --help\` for usage, or load the \`glab-discussion\` skill."
 
-if printf '%s' "$CMD" | grep -qE 'glab[[:space:]]+api\b.*merge_requests[^"'"'"']*/(discussions|notes)' \
+# Award emoji (reactions) live under the notes URL path but are not discussion
+# CRUD, and glab-discussion has no replacement command — let them through.
+if { printf '%s' "$CMD" | grep -qE 'glab[[:space:]]+api\b.*merge_requests[^"'"'"']*/(discussions|notes)' \
+  && ! printf '%s' "$CMD" | grep -qE 'glab[[:space:]]+api\b.*merge_requests[^"'"'"']*/award_emoji\b'; } \
   || printf '%s' "$CMD" | grep -qE 'glab[[:space:]]+mr[[:space:]]+view\b.*--comments\b' \
   || printf '%s' "$CMD" | grep -qE 'glab[[:space:]]+mr[[:space:]]+note\b'; then
   jq -n --arg reason "$REASON" '{
diff --git a/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/test-block-glab-api-discussions.sh b/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/test-block-glab-api-discussions.sh
index 030a353..2b7d1c5 100755
--- a/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/test-block-glab-api-discussions.sh
+++ b/coding-agent-plugins/claude-code/hooks/test-block-glab-api-discussions.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ run_case ALLOW 'glab mr create'
 run_case ALLOW 'glab mr approve 42'
 run_case ALLOW 'glab mr todo 42'
 
+# ---------------- ALLOW: award emoji (reactions) under notes ----------------
+run_case ALLOW 'glab api projects/123/merge_requests/5/notes/99/award_emoji -X POST -f name=recycle'
+run_case ALLOW 'glab api "projects/:id/merge_requests/20/notes/1996757/award_emoji" -f name=thumbsup'
+run_case ALLOW 'glab api projects/123/merge_requests/5/notes/99/award_emoji/7 -X DELETE'
+run_case ALLOW 'glab api projects/mygroup%2Fmyrepo/merge_requests/42/award_emoji'
+
 # ---------------- ALLOW: unrelated glab api calls ----------------
 run_case ALLOW 'glab api projects/mygroup%2Fmyrepo/merge_requests/42'
 run_case ALLOW 'glab api "projects/mygroup%2Fmyrepo"'