diff --git a/src/cli/resources/wirings.test.ts b/src/cli/resources/wirings.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec00a3fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/resources/wirings.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/**
+ * Regression test — `ncl wirings create` must delegate to
+ * `createMessagingGroupAgent` so the matching `agent_destinations` ACL row is
+ * auto-created. The generic single-table INSERT skipped it, leaving ncl-wired
+ * agents silently without the send authorization skill-wired agents get
+ * (delivery throws "unauthorized channel destination" for non-origin sends).
+ *
+ * The approval handler in `dispatch.ts` re-enters `dispatch()` with
+ * `caller: 'host'` after admin approval, so the test invokes dispatch with the
+ * host caller — same code path a real approval would take.
+ */
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('../../container-runner.js', () => ({
+  wakeContainer: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+  isContainerRunning: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+  getActiveContainerCount: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(0),
+  killContainer: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../config.js', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual('../../config.js');
+  return { ...actual, DATA_DIR: '/tmp/nanoclaw-test-cli-wirings' };
+});
+
+const TEST_DIR = '/tmp/nanoclaw-test-cli-wirings';
+
+import { initTestDb, closeDb, runMigrations, createAgentGroup, getDb } from '../../db/index.js';
+import { dispatch } from '../dispatch.js';
+// Side-effect import: registers the `wirings-*` commands (including create).
+import './wirings.js';
+
+function now(): string {
+  return new Date().toISOString();
+}
+
+describe('wirings CLI create auto-creates the send-authorization ACL row', () => {
+  const GID = 'ag-1';
+  const MGID = 'mg-1';
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    if (fs.existsSync(TEST_DIR)) fs.rmSync(TEST_DIR, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(TEST_DIR, { recursive: true });
+
+    const db = initTestDb();
+    runMigrations(db);
+
+    createAgentGroup({ id: GID, name: 'agent', folder: 'agent', agent_provider: null, created_at: now() });
+    db.prepare(
+      `INSERT INTO messaging_groups (id, channel_type, platform_id, instance, name, is_group, unknown_sender_policy, created_at)
+       VALUES (?, 'telegram', 'tg-1', 'telegram', 'chat', 1, 'strict', ?)`,
+    ).run(MGID, now());
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    closeDb();
+    if (fs.existsSync(TEST_DIR)) fs.rmSync(TEST_DIR, { recursive: true });
+  });
+
+  it('creates the wiring and the matching agent_destinations row', async () => {
+    // Precondition: no destination exists yet.
+    const before = getDb()
+      .prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM agent_destinations WHERE agent_group_id = ?')
+      .get(GID) as { c: number };
+    expect(before.c).toBe(0);
+
+    const resp = await dispatch(
+      {
+        id: 'req-create',
+        command: 'wirings-create',
+        args: { messaging_group_id: MGID, agent_group_id: GID },
+      },
+      { caller: 'host' },
+    );
+
+    expect(resp.ok).toBe(true);
+
+    // The wiring row exists.
+    const wiring = getDb()
+      .prepare('SELECT * FROM messaging_group_agents WHERE messaging_group_id = ? AND agent_group_id = ?')
+      .get(MGID, GID) as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    expect(wiring).toBeDefined();
+
+    // The send-authorization ACL row was auto-created and points at the chat.
+    const dest = getDb()
+      .prepare('SELECT * FROM agent_destinations WHERE agent_group_id = ? AND target_type = ? AND target_id = ?')
+      .get(GID, 'channel', MGID) as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    expect(dest).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/cli/resources/wirings.ts b/src/cli/resources/wirings.ts
index d52f8b152..a9314a8cc 100644
--- a/src/cli/resources/wirings.ts
+++ b/src/cli/resources/wirings.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
+
+import { createMessagingGroupAgent } from '../../db/messaging-groups.js';
+import type { EngageMode, IgnoredMessagePolicy, MessagingGroupAgent, SenderScope } from '../../types.js';
 import { registerResource } from '../crud.js';
 
 registerResource({
@@ -66,5 +70,60 @@ registerResource({
     },
     { name: 'created_at', type: 'string', description: 'Auto-set.', generated: true },
   ],
-  operations: { list: 'open', get: 'open', create: 'approval', update: 'approval', delete: 'approval' },
+  // `create` is intentionally not in `operations` — the generic single-table
+  // INSERT skips the `agent_destinations` ACL row that the canonical helper
+  // `createMessagingGroupAgent` auto-creates, so ncl-wired agents would
+  // silently lack the send authorization skill-wired agents get (delivery
+  // throws "unauthorized channel destination" for non-origin sends). Provided
+  // as a `customOperation` that delegates to the helper instead.
+  operations: { list: 'open', get: 'open', update: 'approval', delete: 'approval' },
+  customOperations: {
+    create: {
+      access: 'approval',
+      description:
+        'Wire a messaging group to an agent group. Delegates to createMessagingGroupAgent so the ' +
+        'matching agent_destinations ACL row is auto-created (a bare INSERT would skip it, leaving ' +
+        'the agent unauthorized to send to the chat). Use --messaging-group-id and --agent-group-id, ' +
+        'plus optional --engage-mode, --engage-pattern, --sender-scope, --ignored-message-policy, --session-mode.',
+      handler: async (args) => {
+        const messagingGroupId = args.messaging_group_id ? String(args.messaging_group_id) : '';
+        const agentGroupId = args.agent_group_id ? String(args.agent_group_id) : '';
+        if (!messagingGroupId) throw new Error('--messaging-group-id is required');
+        if (!agentGroupId) throw new Error('--agent-group-id is required');
+
+        const engageMode = args.engage_mode !== undefined ? String(args.engage_mode) : 'mention';
+        if (!['pattern', 'mention', 'mention-sticky'].includes(engageMode)) {
+          throw new Error('engage_mode must be one of: pattern, mention, mention-sticky');
+        }
+        const senderScope = args.sender_scope !== undefined ? String(args.sender_scope) : 'all';
+        if (!['all', 'known'].includes(senderScope)) {
+          throw new Error('sender_scope must be one of: all, known');
+        }
+        const ignoredMessagePolicy =
+          args.ignored_message_policy !== undefined ? String(args.ignored_message_policy) : 'drop';
+        if (!['drop', 'accumulate'].includes(ignoredMessagePolicy)) {
+          throw new Error('ignored_message_policy must be one of: drop, accumulate');
+        }
+        const sessionMode = args.session_mode !== undefined ? String(args.session_mode) : 'shared';
+        if (!['shared', 'per-thread', 'agent-shared'].includes(sessionMode)) {
+          throw new Error('session_mode must be one of: shared, per-thread, agent-shared');
+        }
+
+        const mga: MessagingGroupAgent = {
+          id: randomUUID(),
+          messaging_group_id: messagingGroupId,
+          agent_group_id: agentGroupId,
+          engage_mode: engageMode as EngageMode,
+          engage_pattern: args.engage_pattern !== undefined ? String(args.engage_pattern) : null,
+          sender_scope: senderScope as SenderScope,
+          ignored_message_policy: ignoredMessagePolicy as IgnoredMessagePolicy,
+          session_mode: sessionMode as MessagingGroupAgent['session_mode'],
+          priority: 0,
+          created_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+        createMessagingGroupAgent(mga);
+        return mga;
+      },
+    },
+  },
 });