diff --git a/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.test.ts b/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.test.ts
index b995608e7..5a8a3f127 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ describe("deployablePackageFromBody", () => {
     expect(result?.strippedBody).toBe("Here is the package:\n\nPress Deploy.");
   });
 
+  test("reads a bare filename on the fence's first line", () => {
+    const body =
+      `\`\`\`json\npackage.json\n${PACKAGE_JSON}\n\`\`\`\n\n` +
+      `\`\`\`json\ndefinition.json\n${DEFINITION_JSON}\n\`\`\``;
+    expect(deployablePackageFromBody(body)?.pkg.name).toBe("Echo");
+  });
+
   test("is null when only one of the two files is present", () => {
     const body = `package.json\n\`\`\`\n${PACKAGE_JSON}\n\`\`\``;
     expect(deployablePackageFromBody(body)).toBeNull();
diff --git a/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.ts b/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.ts
index bdbf1167b..83465637f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/chat/deployable-package.ts
@@ -119,17 +119,14 @@ function findNamedFencedBlocks(lines: readonly string[]): Map<string, FencedBloc
     }
     const end = Math.min(index + 1, lines.length);
     index = end;
-    // A comment label on the fence's first line (`// Scribe/definition.json`)
-    // names the file too; it is not part of the file.
+    // A label on the fence's first line (`// Scribe/definition.json`, or the
+    // bare filename) names the file too; it is not part of the file.
     if (name === null) {
       const firstContent = contentLines.findIndex((content) => content.trim() !== "");
-      const first = contentLines[firstContent] ?? "";
-      if (/^\s*(\/\/|#)/.test(first)) {
-        const fromComment = namedFile(first);
-        if (fromComment !== null) {
-          name = fromComment;
-          contentLines.splice(0, firstContent + 1);
-        }
+      const fromFirstLine = namedFile(contentLines[firstContent] ?? "");
+      if (fromFirstLine !== null) {
+        name = fromFirstLine;
+        contentLines.splice(0, firstContent + 1);
       }
     }
     if (name !== null && !found.has(name)) {