diff --git a/src/cli/guidanceCommands.ts b/src/cli/guidanceCommands.ts
index 34486f309b..6758d93bf7 100644
--- a/src/cli/guidanceCommands.ts
+++ b/src/cli/guidanceCommands.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { logCliCommand } from "../cliLogging.js";
 import { projectAnalysisError } from "../domain/analysisErrorProjection.js";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
 import type { CliInstance } from "./types.js";
+import { cliDecimalField } from "./options.js";
 
 /** Guidance descriptors owned by one CLI host. */
 export class CliGuidanceResources {
@@ -64,9 +65,10 @@ export const registerGuidanceCommands = (
         locator: readGuidanceSectionInputSchema.shape.locator
           .optional()
           .describe("Required with --action read; locator returned by search"),
-        limit: searchGuidanceLimitSchema
-          .optional()
-          .describe("Maximum search matches; search only, defaults to 8"),
+        // Decimal tokens only: numeric coercion would read "0x2" as 2.
+        limit: cliDecimalField(searchGuidanceLimitSchema.optional()).describe(
+          "Maximum search matches; search only, defaults to 8",
+        ),
         cursor: searchGuidanceInputSchema.shape.cursor
           .optional()
           .describe("Continue a search page; search only"),
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/guidanceCli.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/guidanceCli.test.ts
index f169bd17eb..bb51ca6002 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/cli/guidanceCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/guidanceCli.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ it("reports no matches and rejects invalid CLI inputs", async () => {
   });
   const empty = await run(["guidance", "--query", "   "]);
   expect(empty.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  // Numeric coercion would read "0x2" as a two-match page.
+  const hexLimit = await run(["guidance", "--query", "module", "--limit=0x2"]);
+  expect(hexLimit.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  expect(JSON.parse(hexLimit.stdout)).toMatchObject({
+    code: "VALIDATION_ERROR",
+    fieldErrors: [expect.objectContaining({ path: "limit" })],
+  });
   const malformed = await run([
     "guidance",
     "--action",