diff --git a/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.js b/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.js
index bb106dfdf1..5b285e8bf4 100755
--- a/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.js
+++ b/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.js
@@ -3453,7 +3453,10 @@ function getApiToken() {
 }
 
 function getEnvApiToken() {
-  return process.env.LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN ?? process.env.LOOPOVER_TOKEN ?? process.env.LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN;
+  // Precedence matches the documented order (README, printHelp, the missing-auth error, and the
+  // sanitizer list): the MCP-specific token wins over the generic LOOPOVER_TOKEN, which previously
+  // took priority here and contradicted every other reference to this order.
+  return process.env.LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN ?? process.env.LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN ?? process.env.LOOPOVER_TOKEN;
 }
 
 function selectedProfileName(options = {}) {
diff --git a/test/unit/mcp-cli-env-token-precedence.test.ts b/test/unit/mcp-cli-env-token-precedence.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b77f1331e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/mcp-cli-env-token-precedence.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { closeFixtureServer, runAsync, startFixtureServer } from "./support/mcp-cli-harness";
+
+// #6262: getEnvApiToken() resolved LOOPOVER_TOKEN ahead of LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN, the opposite of the order
+// documented everywhere else (README, printHelp, the missing-auth error, the diagnostic sanitizer list all
+// read "LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN, LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN, LOOPOVER_TOKEN"). With both LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN and
+// LOOPOVER_TOKEN set, the code picked LOOPOVER_TOKEN — so a user setting the MCP-specific token got the
+// generic one instead. These tests pin the exact runtime precedence by observing which token the CLI
+// actually sends as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`, so the code can never silently drift from the docs again.
+describe("loopover-mcp CLI — env token precedence", () => {
+  let tempDir: string | null = null;
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await closeFixtureServer();
+    if (tempDir) rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    tempDir = null;
+  });
+
+  async function whoamiWith(tokens: Record<string, string>) {
+    tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "loopover-cli-"));
+    const requests: Array<{ url: string | undefined; authorization: string | undefined }> = [];
+    const url = await startFixtureServer({
+      onApiRequest: (request) => requests.push({ url: request.url, authorization: request.headers.authorization }),
+    });
+    const whoami = JSON.parse(
+      await runAsync(["whoami", "--json"], {
+        LOOPOVER_API_URL: url,
+        LOOPOVER_CONFIG_DIR: tempDir,
+        LOOPOVER_SKIP_NPM_VERSION_CHECK: "true",
+        ...tokens,
+      }),
+    ) as { login: string };
+    const sessionRequest = requests.find((request) => request.url === "/v1/auth/session");
+    return { login: whoami.login, authorization: sessionRequest?.authorization };
+  }
+
+  it("prefers LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN over LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN and LOOPOVER_TOKEN", async () => {
+    const result = await whoamiWith({
+      LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN: "session-jsonbored",
+      LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN: "session-okto",
+      LOOPOVER_TOKEN: "session-token",
+    });
+    expect(result.authorization).toBe("Bearer session-jsonbored");
+    expect(result.login).toBe("JSONbored");
+  });
+
+  it("prefers LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN over LOOPOVER_TOKEN when LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN is absent", async () => {
+    const result = await whoamiWith({
+      LOOPOVER_MCP_TOKEN: "session-okto",
+      LOOPOVER_TOKEN: "session-token",
+    });
+    expect(result.authorization).toBe("Bearer session-okto");
+    expect(result.login).toBe("oktofeesh1");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to LOOPOVER_TOKEN when it is the only token set", async () => {
+    const result = await whoamiWith({ LOOPOVER_TOKEN: "session-token" });
+    expect(result.authorization).toBe("Bearer session-token");
+    expect(result.login).toBe("JSONbored");
+  });
+});