diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/TaskRepository.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/TaskRepository.cs
index aeaf6f8..a5e1ba0 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/TaskRepository.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/TaskRepository.cs
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ public sealed class TaskRepository
         string title,
         string? description,
         string? commitType,
+        string? createdBy = null,
         CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
         // AsNoTracking: SetPlanningStartedAsync mutates via ExecuteUpdate which
@@ -204,9 +205,6 @@ public sealed class TaskRepository
             .FirstOrDefaultAsync(t => t.Id == parentId, ct);
         if (parent is null)
             throw new InvalidOperationException($"Parent task {parentId} not found.");
-        if (parent.PlanningPhase == PlanningPhase.None)
-            throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                $"Parent task {parentId} is not in a planning phase; cannot attach children.");
 
         var maxSort = await _context.Tasks
             .Where(t => t.ListId == parent.ListId)
@@ -224,6 +222,7 @@ public sealed class TaskRepository
             CommitType = string.IsNullOrEmpty(commitType) ? parent.CommitType : commitType,
             ParentTaskId = parentId,
             SortOrder = (maxSort ?? -1) + 1,
+            CreatedBy = createdBy,
         };
         _context.Tasks.Add(child);
         await _context.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningMcpService.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningMcpService.cs
index 6bf9ffb..7d57df8 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningMcpService.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningMcpService.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public sealed class PlanningMcpService
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var ctx = _contextAccessor.Current;
-        var child = await _tasks.CreateChildAsync(ctx.ParentTaskId, title, description, commitType, cancellationToken);
+        var child = await _tasks.CreateChildAsync(ctx.ParentTaskId, title, description, commitType, createdBy: null, cancellationToken);
         await BroadcastTaskUpdatedAsync(child.Id, cancellationToken);
         await BroadcastTaskUpdatedAsync(ctx.ParentTaskId, cancellationToken);
         return new CreatedChildDto(child.Id, child.Status.ToString());