diff --git a/src/__tests__/unit/intake-rules.test.ts b/src/__tests__/unit/intake-rules.test.ts
index f5eac4f..a51dac7 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/unit/intake-rules.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/unit/intake-rules.test.ts
@@ -403,3 +403,17 @@ describe("the prompt carries no real merchant to echo", () => {
     expect(ORDER_ITEM_PROMPT).toMatch(/Do not construct a plausible order/);
   });
 });
+
+describe("needsHeaderCard", () => {
+  it("names the missing field and sends a dateless in-store screenshot to the app's Share button", async () => {
+    const { needsHeaderCard } = await import("@/lib/intake-blocks");
+    const dateless = needsHeaderCard(["date"], "woolworths").text;
+    expect(dateless).toContain("no date");
+    expect(dateless).toContain("Share button");
+    expect(dateless).not.toContain("total");
+    const delivery = needsHeaderCard(["total"], "uber_eats").text;
+    expect(delivery).toContain("no total");
+    expect(delivery).toContain("part of the screen");
+    expect(needsHeaderCard().text).toContain("total or date");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/intake-blocks.ts b/src/lib/intake-blocks.ts
index 7dbb811..8bb937f 100644
--- a/src/lib/intake-blocks.ts
+++ b/src/lib/intake-blocks.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,22 @@ export function forwardedCard(c: CardInput & { captureId: number; enriching: boo
   return { text, blocks: [section(`:shopping_trolley: ${text}`)] };
 }
 
-export function needsHeaderCard(): { blocks: Block[]; text: string } {
-  const text = "I can see items but no order total or date — share the top of the screen too so I can match it.";
+/**
+ * Names what is missing, because the advice differs. A delivery-app screenshot
+ * that lost its header needs the top of the screen; a Woolworths eReceipt
+ * SCREENSHOT has no date anywhere on it (seen 2026-08-22 — store, total, items,
+ * payment, and not one date), while the app's own Share button sends the raw
+ * receipt WITH the date. So for a dateless in-store receipt the right advice is
+ * the Share button, or pantry's own upload — not "share more of the screen".
+ */
+export function needsHeaderCard(missing: string[] = ["total", "date"], source?: string | null): { blocks: Block[]; text: string } {
+  const what = missing.length ? missing.join(" or ") : "total or date";
+  const inStore = source === "coles" || source === "woolworths";
+  const hint =
+    missing.length === 1 && missing[0] === "date" && inStore
+      ? "an app screenshot carries no date — use the app's Share button instead, or upload the picture to pantry directly"
+      : "share the part of the screen that shows it";
+  const text = `I can see items but no ${esc(what)} — ${hint}, so I can match it.`;
   return { text, blocks: [section(`:warning: ${text}`)] };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/intake-router.ts b/src/lib/intake-router.ts
index 44f765d..f458442 100644
--- a/src/lib/intake-router.ts
+++ b/src/lib/intake-router.ts
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ export async function runIntake(input: IntakeInput, deps: IntakeDeps): Promise<I
   const headerCheck = validateHeader(extracted);
   if (!headerCheck.ok) {
     await updateBatch(batchId, { header: { merchant: extracted.merchant, order_date: extracted.order_date, total: extracted.total, platform }, items, status: "needs_header" });
-    return fail("held", "needs_header", needsHeaderCard(), 200, { items });
+    return fail("held", "needs_header", needsHeaderCard(headerCheck.missing, input.source), 200, { items });
   }
   const header = headerCheck.header;
   const storedHeader = { ...header, platform, subtotal: extracted.subtotal ?? null, currency: extracted.currency ?? "AUD" };