diff --git a/src/review/content-lane/duplicates.ts b/src/review/content-lane/duplicates.ts
index b7636be56e..3470ea675f 100644
--- a/src/review/content-lane/duplicates.ts
+++ b/src/review/content-lane/duplicates.ts
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ function isBlockScalarHeader(raw: string): boolean {
 }
 
 function unquoteYamlScalar(value: string): string {
-  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  const trimmed = stripYamlComment(value);
   if ((trimmed.startsWith('"') && trimmed.endsWith('"')) || (trimmed.startsWith("'") && trimmed.endsWith("'"))) {
     return trimmed.slice(1, -1).trim();
   }
-  return trimmed.replace(/\s+#.*$/, "").trim();
+  return trimmed.trim();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/review/content-lane/source-evidence.ts b/src/review/content-lane/source-evidence.ts
index 1b65971a17..a06eefb560 100644
--- a/src/review/content-lane/source-evidence.ts
+++ b/src/review/content-lane/source-evidence.ts
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ function unquoteYamlValue(value: string): string {
 }
 
 function unquoteYamlScalar(value: string): string {
-  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  const trimmed = stripYamlComment(value);
   if ((trimmed.startsWith('"') && trimmed.endsWith('"')) || (trimmed.startsWith("'") && trimmed.endsWith("'"))) {
     return trimmed.slice(1, -1).trim();
   }
-  return trimmed.replace(/\s+#.*$/, "").trim();
+  return trimmed.trim();
 }
 
 // A YAML block-scalar header indicator: `|` or `>` with an optional chomping (`+`/`-`) and/or a single indentation
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ function parseSimpleFrontmatter(source: string): Record<string, string> {
   return fields;
 }
 
+export const __sourceEvidenceInternals = {
+  parseSimpleFrontmatter,
+};
+
 function frontmatterBlock(source: string): string {
   const match = /^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---(?:\r?\n|$)/.exec(String(source || ""));
   return match?.[1] || "";
diff --git a/test/unit/content-lane-frontmatter-inline-comment.test.ts b/test/unit/content-lane-frontmatter-inline-comment.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b95e05970a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/content-lane-frontmatter-inline-comment.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { parseSimpleFrontmatter as parseDuplicateFrontmatter } from "../../src/review/content-lane/duplicates";
+import { __sourceEvidenceInternals } from "../../src/review/content-lane/source-evidence";
+
+const quotedWithComment = '---\ntitle: "My Skill" # published 2024\n---\n';
+
+describe("content-lane frontmatter scalar comments", () => {
+  it("removes an inline comment before unquoting in the duplicate parser", () => {
+    expect(parseDuplicateFrontmatter(quotedWithComment).title).toBe("My Skill");
+  });
+
+  it("removes an inline comment before unquoting in the source-evidence parser", () => {
+    expect(__sourceEvidenceInternals.parseSimpleFrontmatter(quotedWithComment).title).toBe("My Skill");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves existing scalar behavior in both parsers", () => {
+    const parsers = [parseDuplicateFrontmatter, __sourceEvidenceInternals.parseSimpleFrontmatter];
+
+    for (const parse of parsers) {
+      expect(parse('---\ntitle: plain # note\n---\n').title).toBe("plain");
+      expect(parse('---\ntitle: "quoted"\n---\n').title).toBe("quoted");
+      expect(parse("---\ntitle: unadorned\n---\n").title).toBe("unadorned");
+      expect(parse("---\ntitle: 'single quoted' # note\n---\n").title).toBe("single quoted");
+    }
+  });
+});