diff --git a/docs/function-classification-schema.md b/docs/function-classification-schema.md
index 57a0039..5bf75a1 100644
--- a/docs/function-classification-schema.md
+++ b/docs/function-classification-schema.md
@@ -72,3 +72,10 @@ schema's own rollout caught several false positives this way: a piped
 `read` misread as an interactive prompt, a documented `--yes` flag missed
 as an escape hatch, and cleanup of a function's own temp output flagged
 as `destructive` despite the explicit exclusion above.
+
+`rm` specifically has its own internal flag check (any flag other than
+`-r`/`-R`/`--recursive` falls back to `command rm` *inside the shadow
+itself*, before it ever touches trash) — a caller writing plain `rm -f`
+or `rm -rf` is not bypassing anything itself, the shadow is. Only tag
+`bypasses-shadow(rm)` when the caller explicitly writes `command rm` or
+`builtin rm`; a bare `rm -f`/`rm -rf` call gets no shadow tag at all.
diff --git a/functions/_scrollback_prune_junk.fish b/functions/_scrollback_prune_junk.fish
index 4d8b165..022f35b 100644
--- a/functions/_scrollback_prune_junk.fish
+++ b/functions/_scrollback_prune_junk.fish
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # CLASSIFICATION
-#   bypasses-shadow(cat)
+#   bypasses-shadow(cat,rm), destructive
 #
 # SYNOPSIS
 #   _scrollback_prune_junk [dir]
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function _scrollback_prune_junk --description 'Remove empty, trivial, and Kitty
     # Remove any completely empty log file regardless of source
     for f in $dir/*.log $dir/*.txt
         test -f $f || continue
-        not test -s $f; and rm $f
+        not test -s $f; and command rm -f $f
     end
 
     # Remove any log with only a single meaningful line (e.g. [exited], a lone prompt, or a trivial error)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function _scrollback_prune_junk --description 'Remove empty, trivial, and Kitty
         test -f $f || continue
         set -l line_count (command cat $f | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;:]*[a-zA-Z]//g' | grep -cv '^\s*$')
         if test $line_count -le 1
-            rm $f
+            command rm -f $f
         end
     end
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function _scrollback_prune_junk --description 'Remove empty, trivial, and Kitty
     for f in $dir/scrollback_*.log $dir/scrollback_*.txt
         test -f $f || continue
         if command cat $f | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;:]*[a-zA-Z]//g' | grep -q 'Enter the new title for this tab below'
-            rm $f
+            command rm -f $f
         end
     end
 end
diff --git a/functions/config-settings.fish b/functions/config-settings.fish
index e873f09..0478ba6 100644
--- a/functions/config-settings.fish
+++ b/functions/config-settings.fish
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #   __fish_palette, __config_settings_state, __config_settings_apply,
 #   __config_settings_set_value, python3
 #
+# CLASSIFICATION
+#   bypasses-shadow(rm)
+#
 # SYNOPSIS
 #   config-settings [-h | --help]
 #
diff --git a/functions/dng2avif.fish b/functions/dng2avif.fish
index 4185b8f..c435ca5 100644
--- a/functions/dng2avif.fish
+++ b/functions/dng2avif.fish
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function dng2avif --description 'Convert DNG raw to 10-bit HDR AVIF'
     end
 
     # Final Cleanup
-    test -f "$temp_pnm"; and rm "$temp_pnm"
+    test -f "$temp_pnm"; and rm -f "$temp_pnm"
 
     set -l size (stat -c '%s' "$output" | numfmt --to=iec)
     echo (set_color yellow)"Complete: $output ($size)"(set_color normal)
diff --git a/functions/edit.fish b/functions/edit.fish
index b312b83..155c208 100644
--- a/functions/edit.fish
+++ b/functions/edit.fish
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 # COMPONENT
 #   aliases/dev-tools
 #
+# CLASSIFICATION
+#   bypasses-shadow(rm)
+#
 # SYNOPSIS
 #   edit [-V|-t] [-e EDITOR] [-c] [-x TEXT] [-n] [-v|-s] [FILE...]
 #
diff --git a/functions/fc.fish b/functions/fc.fish
index a65e230..0825ba9 100644
--- a/functions/fc.fish
+++ b/functions/fc.fish
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # CATEGORY
 #   03-editors-and-viewers
 #
+# CLASSIFICATION
+#   bypasses-shadow(rm)
+#
 # SYNOPSIS
 #   fc [command_prefix]
 #
@@ -50,15 +53,15 @@ function fc --description 'Edit and execute the last command (Bash-style fc)'
         # Final check if user cleared the file in the editor
         if test -s $tmpfile
             set -l command (cat $tmpfile)
-            rm $tmpfile
+            command rm -f $tmpfile
             commandline -r "$command"
             commandline -f execute
         else
-            rm $tmpfile
+            command rm -f $tmpfile
             echo "fc: Aborted (empty file)"
         end
     else
-        rm $tmpfile
+        command rm -f $tmpfile
         echo "fc: Could not retrieve history"
     end
 end
diff --git a/functions/key-crypt.fish b/functions/key-crypt.fish
index 946b876..5bd9dae 100644
--- a/functions/key-crypt.fish
+++ b/functions/key-crypt.fish
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 # DEPENDENCIES
 #   gpg, tar
 #
+# CLASSIFICATION
+#   bypasses-shadow(rm), destructive
+#
 # SYNOPSIS
 #   key-crypt [options] <input> [output]
 #   key-crypt -i <input> -o <output> [options]
diff --git a/functions/scrub.fish b/functions/scrub.fish
index 7444c81..d91c36d 100644
--- a/functions/scrub.fish
+++ b/functions/scrub.fish
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   01-file-and-directory
 #
 # CLASSIFICATION
-#   bypasses-shadow(rm), destructive
+#   uses-shadow(rm), bypasses-shadow(rm), destructive
 #
 # SYNOPSIS
 #   scrub [-a] [-d] [-h]