diff --git a/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go b/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go
index b52d9bf..a1b9541 100644
--- a/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go
+++ b/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ func FallbackText(act interaction.SpeechAct) string {
 // of the same request.
 func PreferredAssistantName(message string) string {
 	tokens := semanticTokens(message)
+	if !hasAssistantNamingTarget(tokens) {
+		return ""
+	}
 	for index, token := range tokens {
 		if !containsStem(token, "называ", "назов", "зов", "имен") {
 			continue
@@ -371,6 +374,9 @@ func semanticScores(tokens []string, hasQuestionMark bool, explicitCorrection bo
 }
 
 func preferredNameFromTokens(tokens []string) bool {
+	if !hasAssistantNamingTarget(tokens) {
+		return false
+	}
 	for index, token := range tokens {
 		if !containsStem(token, "называ", "назов", "зов", "имен") {
 			continue
@@ -385,6 +391,10 @@ func preferredNameFromTokens(tokens []string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func hasAssistantNamingTarget(tokens []string) bool {
+	return containsToken(tokens, "тебя") || containsToken(tokens, "тебе") || containsToken(tokens, "ты")
+}
+
 // IsRetryRequest identifies a short continuation that asks Domovoy to repeat
 // the previous task. It deliberately carries no subject-specific knowledge;
 // the conversation owner supplies the previous task when available.
diff --git a/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go b/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go
index 2a0d5d7..26c0da5 100644
--- a/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go
+++ b/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ func TestNamingPreferenceIsSemanticAndProducesNaturalAcceptance(t *testing.T) {
 	if name := PreferredAssistantName("давай переименуем тебя в фею. теперь тебя зовут фея"); name != "Фея" {
 		t.Fatalf("rename phrase returned %q", name)
 	}
+	if name := PreferredAssistantName("назови доступные модели"); name != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("model inventory request was mistaken for a name: %q", name)
+	}
+	if result := BuildDeterministicCandidate("назови доступные модели", "", time.Unix(10, 0).UnixMilli()); result.PrimarySpeechAct == interaction.SpeechActPreference {
+		t.Fatalf("model inventory request was mistaken for a preference: %+v", result)
+	}
 	if !IsIdentityInquiry("ты кто?") || !IsIdentityInquiry("как тебя зовут") {
 		t.Fatal("identity variants should be recognized")
 	}