diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/inbox/[...id].tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/inbox/[...id].tsx
index 8ad989bfa9..e50007fbac 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/inbox/[...id].tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/inbox/[...id].tsx
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ export default function ReportDetailScreen() {
           prompt,
           ...(reportRepo ? { repo: reportRepo } : {}),
           signalReport: report.id,
+          signalReportRelationship: "implementation",
         },
       });
     },
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ export default function ReportDetailScreen() {
           prompt,
           ...(reportRepo ? { repo: reportRepo } : {}),
           signalReport: report.id,
+          signalReportRelationship: "discussion",
         },
       });
     },
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/task/index.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/task/index.tsx
index 04050437c7..c15e778d9a 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/task/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/task/index.tsx
@@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ export default function NewTaskScreen() {
     prompt: initialPrompt,
     repo: initialRepo,
     signalReport,
+    signalReportRelationship,
   } = useLocalSearchParams<{
     prompt?: string;
     repo?: string;
     signalReport?: string;
+    signalReportRelationship?: "implementation" | "discussion";
   }>();
   const router = useRouter();
   const themeColors = useThemeColors();
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ export default function NewTaskScreen() {
           : `Attached ${attachments.length} files`);
 
       const client = getPostHogApiClient();
-      const task = await client.createTask({
+      const taskOptions = {
         description: descriptionText,
         title: descriptionText.slice(0, 100),
         repository: selection.repository ?? undefined,
@@ -329,14 +331,15 @@ export default function NewTaskScreen() {
         // UUID the API expects. The backend also auto-resolves this from the
         // repository for user-created tasks, so it's a best-effort hint.
         github_user_integration: getUserIntegrationId(selection.integrationId),
-        ...(signalReport
-          ? {
-              origin_product: "signal_report",
-              signal_report: signalReport,
-              signal_report_task_relationship: "implementation",
-            }
-          : {}),
-      } as CreateTaskOptions);
+      };
+      const task = signalReport
+        ? await client.createSignalReportTask({
+            ...taskOptions,
+            signal_report: signalReport,
+            signal_report_task_relationship:
+              signalReportRelationship ?? "implementation",
+          })
+        : await client.createTask(taskOptions as CreateTaskOptions);
 
       pendingTaskPromptStoreApi.move(pendingKey, task.id);
       currentPendingKey = task.id;
@@ -387,6 +390,7 @@ export default function NewTaskScreen() {
     router,
     selection,
     signalReport,
+    signalReportRelationship,
     getUserIntegrationId,
     setComposerConfig,
   ]);
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/inbox/components/TinderView.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/inbox/components/TinderView.tsx
index 2703dfc014..95ef7fd928 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/inbox/components/TinderView.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/inbox/components/TinderView.tsx
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ import { MarkdownText } from "@/features/chat/components/MarkdownText";
 import { usePreferencesStore } from "@/features/preferences/stores/preferencesStore";
 import { getModelConfigOption } from "@/features/tasks/composer/options";
 import { useCloudTaskConfigOptions } from "@/features/tasks/hooks/useCloudTaskConfigOptions";
-import type {
-  CreateTaskOptions,
-  RepositoryOption,
-} from "@/features/tasks/types";
+import type { RepositoryOption } from "@/features/tasks/types";
 import {
   ANALYTICS_EVENTS,
   computeReportAgeHours,
@@ -246,15 +243,14 @@ export function TinderView({
         // 3. Create the task
         const prompt = `Act on this signal report. Investigate the root cause, implement the fix, and open a PR if appropriate.\n\n${report.summary ?? ""}`;
         const client = getPostHogApiClient();
-        const task = await client.createTask({
+        const task = await client.createSignalReportTask({
           description: prompt,
           title: prompt.slice(0, 255),
           repository: match?.repository ?? repo ?? undefined,
           github_integration: match?.integrationId ?? undefined,
-          origin_product: "signal_report",
           signal_report: report.id,
           signal_report_task_relationship: "implementation",
-        } as CreateTaskOptions);
+        });
 
         // 4. Run it
         await client.runTaskInCloud(task.id, undefined, {
diff --git a/packages/api-client/src/posthog-client.ts b/packages/api-client/src/posthog-client.ts
index 9a42697e08..48861b6902 100644
--- a/packages/api-client/src/posthog-client.ts
+++ b/packages/api-client/src/posthog-client.ts
@@ -2642,6 +2642,39 @@ export class PostHogAPIClient {
     return normalizeTaskResponse(data, { teamId });
   }
 
+  async createSignalReportTask(
+    options: Record<string, unknown> & {
+      description: string;
+      signal_report: string;
+      signal_report_task_relationship: "implementation" | "discussion";
+    },
+  ): Promise<Task> {
+    const teamId = await this.getTeamId();
+    const path = `/api/projects/${teamId}/tasks/signal_report/`;
+    const response = await this.api.fetcher.fetch({
+      method: "post",
+      path,
+      url: new URL(`${this.api.baseUrl}${path}`),
+      overrides: { body: JSON.stringify(options) },
+      throwOnStatusError: false,
+    });
+    if (response.status === 404) {
+      return this.createTask({
+        ...options,
+        origin_product: "signal_report",
+      } as Parameters<PostHogAPIClient["createTask"]>[0]);
+    }
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to create signal report task: ${response.statusText}`,
+      );
+    }
+    return normalizeTaskResponse(
+      (await response.json()) as Parameters<typeof normalizeTaskResponse>[0],
+      { teamId },
+    );
+  }
+
   async updateTask(
     taskId: string,
     updates: Partial<Schemas.Task>,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/inbox/reportTaskCreation.ts b/packages/core/src/inbox/reportTaskCreation.ts
index 67f5d9cb95..64bff1fa1b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/inbox/reportTaskCreation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/inbox/reportTaskCreation.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export interface BuildSignalReportTaskInput {
   model: string;
   reasoningLevel?: string;
   baseBranch?: string | null;
+  relationship: "implementation" | "discussion";
 }
 
 /** Build the `TaskCreationInput` for an inbox direct-create (Discuss / Create-PR) flow. */
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ export function buildSignalReportTaskInput(
     model,
     reasoningLevel,
     baseBranch,
+    relationship,
   } = args;
   return {
     content: prompt,
@@ -106,5 +108,6 @@ export function buildSignalReportTaskInput(
     cloudPrAuthorshipMode: "user",
     cloudRunSource: "signal_report",
     signalReportId: reportId,
+    signalReportTaskRelationship: relationship,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/inbox/signalReportTaskService.ts b/packages/core/src/inbox/signalReportTaskService.ts
index abc787011d..22e45b0c6c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/inbox/signalReportTaskService.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/inbox/signalReportTaskService.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export class SignalReportTaskService {
       model,
       reasoningLevel: input.reasoningLevel,
       baseBranch: input.baseBranch,
+      relationship: input.kind === "discuss" ? "discussion" : "implementation",
     });
 
     let result: CreateTaskResult;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationApiClient.ts b/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationApiClient.ts
index 428189f9b0..5cdc6230f5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationApiClient.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationApiClient.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export interface TaskCreationApiClient {
   getTask(taskId: string): Promise<Task>;
   getTaskRun(taskId: string, runId: string): Promise<TaskRun>;
   createTask(options: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<unknown>;
+  createSignalReportTask(options: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<unknown>;
   deleteTask(taskId: string): Promise<void>;
   createTaskRun(
     taskId: string,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.test.ts b/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.test.ts
index f4893f95a4..1ffea3e815 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.test.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ function makeSaga(
   return new TaskCreationSaga({
     posthogClient: {
       createTask: vi.fn(),
+      createSignalReportTask: vi.fn(),
       deleteTask: vi.fn(),
       getTask: vi.fn(),
       createTaskRun: vi.fn(),
@@ -943,11 +944,13 @@ describe("TaskCreationSaga", () => {
       latest_run: createRun(),
     });
     const createTaskMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(createdTask);
+    const createSignalReportTaskMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(createdTask);
     const createTaskRunMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(createRun());
     const startTaskRunMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(startedTask);
 
     const saga = makeSaga({
       createTask: createTaskMock,
+      createSignalReportTask: createSignalReportTaskMock,
       createTaskRun: createTaskRunMock,
       startTaskRun: startTaskRunMock,
     });
@@ -959,15 +962,18 @@ describe("TaskCreationSaga", () => {
       branch: "main",
       cloudRunSource: "signal_report",
       signalReportId: "report-123",
+      signalReportTaskRelationship: "implementation",
       githubIntegrationId: 123,
     });
 
     expect(result.success).toBe(true);
-    expect(createTaskMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    expect(createTaskMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(createSignalReportTaskMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         github_integration: 123,
         github_user_integration: undefined,
-        origin_product: "signal_report",
+        origin_product: undefined,
+        signal_report_task_relationship: "implementation",
       }),
     );
     expect(createTaskRunMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.ts b/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.ts
index a2f384cb1b..fb3fe854ab 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/task-detail/taskCreationSaga.ts
@@ -790,7 +790,12 @@ export class TaskCreationSaga extends Saga<
         const description = input.taskDescription ?? input.content ?? "";
         const canActivateWarmRun =
           input.runtime !== "pi" && !warmPayload?.suppressWarmReuse;
-        const result = await this.deps.posthogClient.createTask({
+        const createTask = input.signalReportId
+          ? this.deps.posthogClient.createSignalReportTask.bind(
+              this.deps.posthogClient,
+            )
+          : this.deps.posthogClient.createTask.bind(this.deps.posthogClient);
+        const result = await createTask({
           description,
           repository: repository ?? undefined,
           github_integration:
@@ -803,11 +808,7 @@ export class TaskCreationSaga extends Saga<
             input.cloudRunSource !== "signal_report"
               ? input.githubUserIntegrationId
               : undefined,
-          origin_product: input.signalReportId
-            ? "signal_report"
-            : "user_created",
-          // The server associates the task with the report and records the implementation
-          // task_run artefact — no relationship label is sent (associations are unlabelled).
+          origin_product: input.signalReportId ? undefined : "user_created",
           branch:
             input.workspaceMode === "cloud" && canActivateWarmRun
               ? (input.branch ?? null)
@@ -839,6 +840,8 @@ export class TaskCreationSaga extends Saga<
               ? input.customImageId
               : undefined,
           signal_report: input.signalReportId ?? undefined,
+          signal_report_task_relationship:
+            input.signalReportTaskRelationship ?? undefined,
           channel: input.channelId ?? undefined,
           runtime: input.runtime ?? "acp",
           pending_user_message: warmPayload?.pendingUserMessage,
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/task-creation-domain.ts b/packages/shared/src/task-creation-domain.ts
index a330efaa2d..fda19d4224 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/task-creation-domain.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/task-creation-domain.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export interface TaskCreationInput {
    */
   cloudRtkEnabled?: boolean;
   signalReportId?: string;
+  signalReportTaskRelationship?: "implementation" | "discussion";
   additionalDirectories?: string[];
   /**
    * CONTEXT.md of the channel a task was created in, if any. Appended to the
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useCreatePrReport.ts b/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useCreatePrReport.ts
index 7187c869e0..f6f4b34412 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useCreatePrReport.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useCreatePrReport.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export function useCreatePrReport({
         cloudPrAuthorshipMode: "user",
         cloudRunSource: "signal_report",
         signalReportId: reportId,
+        signalReportTaskRelationship: "implementation",
       };
     },
     [baseBranchOverrides, reportId, cloudRegion, projectId],
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useDiscussReport.ts b/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useDiscussReport.ts
index e62d77cf66..4fa41169e5 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useDiscussReport.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/features/inbox/hooks/useDiscussReport.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export function useDiscussReport({
         cloudPrAuthorshipMode: "user",
         cloudRunSource: "signal_report",
         signalReportId: reportId,
+        signalReportTaskRelationship: "discussion",
       };
     },
     [reportId, reportTitle],