diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md b/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md
index 1d0a5589..b5843d11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ timeout-minutes: 10
 ## Test Requirements
 
 1. **GitHub MCP Testing**: Review the last 2 merged pull requests in ${{ github.repository }}
-2. **Serena Go Testing**: Use the serena-go tool to run a basic go command like "go version" to verify the tool is available
+2. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools)
 3. **Playwright Testing**: Use playwright to navigate to https://github.com and verify the page title contains "GitHub"
 4. **Tavily Web Search Testing**: Use the Tavily MCP server to perform a web search for "GitHub Agentic Workflows" and verify that results are returned with at least one item
 5. **File Writing Testing**: Create a test file `/tmp/gh-aw/agent/smoke-test-codex-${{ github.run_id }}.txt` with content "Smoke test passed for Codex at $(date)" (create the directory if it doesn't exist)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
index 11a9c688..9e66619c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ strict: true
 ## Test Requirements
 
 1. **GitHub MCP Testing**: Review the last 2 merged pull requests in ${{ github.repository }}
-2. **Serena Go Testing**: Use the serena-go tool to run a basic go command like "go version" to verify the tool is available
+2. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools)
 3. **Playwright Testing**: Use playwright to navigate to <https://github.com> and verify the page title contains "GitHub"
 4. **File Writing Testing**: Create a test file `/tmp/gh-aw/agent/smoke-test-copilot-${{ github.run_id }}.txt` with content "Smoke test passed for Copilot at $(date)" (create the directory if it doesn't exist)
 5. **Bash Tool Testing**: Execute bash commands to verify file creation was successful (use `cat` to read the file back)