diff --git a/scripts/regression-scan.js b/scripts/regression-scan.js
index 628794f..df64176 100644
--- a/scripts/regression-scan.js
+++ b/scripts/regression-scan.js
@@ -53,13 +53,29 @@ const REPOS = [
   { name: "typescript-sdk", url: "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk.git" },
   { name: "servers", url: "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers.git" },
   { name: "ai", url: "https://github.com/vercel/ai.git" },
-  { name: "llama_index", url: "https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index.git" },
   { name: "anthropic-skills", url: "https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git" },
   { name: "cisco-skill-scanner", url: "https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner.git" },
   // litellm added for LLC001-003 (litellm-config-scanner): the official repo
   // ships real proxy config.yaml examples under litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml
   // and docs, the only repo in this set that exercises those rules at all.
-  { name: "litellm", url: "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git" },
+  // Sparse-checked to litellm/proxy/ only (~1.7k files vs. ~5.7k for the full
+  // monorepo) — the proxy subsystem is both where the LLC config examples live
+  // and where the historical AI003/MCP001/MCP002/VEC001 false positives were
+  // found (see CHANGELOG 0.10.0), so this keeps the same coverage that has
+  // actually produced findings without scanning the unrelated provider
+  // integrations, docs, and test suites that make up most of the repo.
+  { name: "litellm", url: "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git", sparsePaths: ["litellm/proxy"] },
+  // llama_index sparse-checked to llama-index-core (the shared indexing/query
+  // engine code, where most VEC001 baseline findings live) plus
+  // llama-index-integrations/vector_stores (the subpackage VEC001 exists to
+  // cover) — skips llms/readers/embeddings/graph_stores/indices/retrievers
+  // integrations and docs, which make up the bulk of the ~10k-file monorepo
+  // but have never produced a VEC001 finding outside vector_stores/core.
+  {
+    name: "llama_index",
+    url: "https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index.git",
+    sparsePaths: ["llama-index-core", "llama-index-integrations/vector_stores"],
+  },
 ];
 
 const fresh = process.argv.includes("--fresh");
@@ -94,7 +110,13 @@ for (const repo of targets) {
   }
   if (!fs.existsSync(dest)) {
     console.log(`Cloning ${repo.name}...`);
-    execSync(`git clone --depth 1 ${repo.url} "${dest}"`, { stdio: "inherit" });
+    if (repo.sparsePaths) {
+      execSync(`git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout --depth 1 ${repo.url} "${dest}"`, { stdio: "inherit" });
+      execSync(`git sparse-checkout set ${repo.sparsePaths.map((p) => `"${p}"`).join(" ")}`, { cwd: dest, stdio: "inherit" });
+      execSync(`git checkout`, { cwd: dest, stdio: "inherit" });
+    } else {
+      execSync(`git clone --depth 1 ${repo.url} "${dest}"`, { stdio: "inherit" });
+    }
   }
 
   console.log(`\n${"=".repeat(70)}\nScanning ${repo.name}\n${"=".repeat(70)}`);
diff --git a/src/scanner/rules/indirect-prompt-injection.ts b/src/scanner/rules/indirect-prompt-injection.ts
index dc0f147..3103793 100644
--- a/src/scanner/rules/indirect-prompt-injection.ts
+++ b/src/scanner/rules/indirect-prompt-injection.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ import { isLikelyLlmCall } from "./llm-rule-utils.js";
 import { evidenceConfidence, demoteEvidence, isTestFilePath, hasSanitizationNearby } from "../confidence.js";
 import type { Evidence } from "../types.js";
 
-// HTTP client patterns that fetch external content
-const FETCH_PATTERNS = [
-  "fetch(",
-  "axios.get",
-  "axios.post",
-  "axios.request",
-  "http.get",
-  "https.get",
-  "got(",
-  "request(",
-  "superagent",
-  "ky(",
-];
+// HTTP client functions callable bare: fetch(url), got(url), ky(url), request(url, cb).
+const BARE_FETCH_NAMES = new Set(["fetch", "got", "ky", "request"]);
+
+// HTTP client method calls: base object -> allowed method names. A Map, not
+// a plain object — a base identifier literally named `constructor`,
+// `toString`, etc. (seen in minified bundled JS) resolves to an
+// Object.prototype value on a plain-object lookup instead of undefined.
+const PROPERTY_FETCH_CALLS: Map<string, Set<string>> = new Map([
+  ["axios", new Set(["get", "post", "put", "patch", "delete", "request"])],
+  ["http", new Set(["get", "request"])],
+  ["https", new Set(["get", "request"])],
+  ["superagent", new Set(["get", "post", "put", "patch", "delete"])],
+]);
 
 // Response extraction — property/method names for content pulled off an
 // HTTP response object.
@@ -30,14 +30,24 @@ function unwrapAwait(node: Node): Node {
 
 /**
  * True only for an actual call expression whose callee is a known HTTP
- * client function/method — not a substring match against arbitrary
- * initializer text (which previously matched things like `{ fetch: true }`
- * or a var named `prefetchedIds`).
+ * client function/method, matched by exact identifier/property name — not
+ * a substring match against the callee's text. A substring check on
+ * "request" previously matched `extra.sendRequest(...)` (an MCP
+ * protocol call to the client, e.g. sampling/elicitation), because
+ * "sendRequest" contains "request" as a substring.
  */
 function isFetchLikeCall(node: Node): boolean {
   if (!Node.isCallExpression(node)) return false;
-  const text = node.getExpression().getText().toLowerCase();
-  return FETCH_PATTERNS.some((p) => text.includes(p.replace("(", "")));
+  const expr = node.getExpression();
+  if (Node.isIdentifier(expr)) {
+    return BARE_FETCH_NAMES.has(expr.getText());
+  }
+  if (Node.isPropertyAccessExpression(expr)) {
+    const baseText = expr.getExpression().getText().split(".").pop() ?? "";
+    const allowedMethods = PROPERTY_FETCH_CALLS.get(baseText.toLowerCase());
+    return allowedMethods?.has(expr.getName().toLowerCase()) ?? false;
+  }
+  return false;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test-fixtures/safe/mcp_untrusted_tool_source.ts b/test-fixtures/safe/mcp_untrusted_tool_source.ts
index 19aa3cf..30ef0ff 100644
--- a/test-fixtures/safe/mcp_untrusted_tool_source.ts
+++ b/test-fixtures/safe/mcp_untrusted_tool_source.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 
 const server = new McpServer({ name: "demo", version: "1.0.0" });
 
+// extra.sendRequest is an MCP protocol call to the connected client
+// (sampling/elicitation), not an HTTP fetch to an external/unauthenticated
+// source — "sendRequest" merely contains "request" as a substring.
+// modelcontextprotocol/servers, src/everything/tools/trigger-sampling-request.ts
+server.tool(
+  "trigger_sampling_request",
+  "Ask the connected client's LLM to generate a message.",
+  { prompt: z.string() },
+  async ({ prompt }, extra) => {
+    const result = await extra.sendRequest(
+      { method: "sampling/createMessage", params: { messages: [{ role: "user", content: { type: "text", text: prompt } }] } },
+      z.any(),
+    );
+    return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `LLM sampling result: ${JSON.stringify(result)}` }] };
+  },
+);
+
 function sanitizeEventMessage(raw: string): string {
   return raw.replace(/[^\x20-\x7e]/g, "");
 }
diff --git a/test/regression-baseline.json b/test/regression-baseline.json
index 132c153..f6597be 100644
--- a/test/regression-baseline.json
+++ b/test/regression-baseline.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "note": "Reviewed proven/likely findings from scripts/regression-scan.js. Only add entries you have read against their source line.",
-  "updated": "2026-08-19",
+  "updated": "2026-08-26",
   "fingerprints": [
+    "ai|MCP011|packages/harness-opencode/src/bridge/host-tool-mcp.ts",
     "cisco-skill-scanner|SKL001|evals/test_skills/malicious/ascii-smuggling/SKILL.md",
     "cisco-skill-scanner|SKL002|evals/skills/prompt-injection/jailbreak-override/SKILL.md",
     "cisco-skill-scanner|SKL002|evals/test_skills/malicious/prompt-injection/SKILL.md",