diff --git a/pkg/github/repositories.go b/pkg/github/repositories.go
index 8e2dd25172..914f1255b5 100644
--- a/pkg/github/repositories.go
+++ b/pkg/github/repositories.go
@@ -1157,7 +1157,14 @@ func GetFileContents(t translations.TranslationHelperFunc) inventory.ServerTool
 						Text:     string(contentBytes),
 						MIMEType: contentType,
 					}
-					message := fmt.Sprintf("successfully downloaded text file (SHA: %s)%s", fileSHA, successNote)
+					// Carry the body in the text content as well as the embedded
+					// resource. Client surfaces that drop embedded resources
+					// (e.g. Claude voice mode, issue #3189) would otherwise show
+					// only the SHA line while the model never sees the file. When
+					// read.Metadata != nil, repositoryReadMessage replaces the
+					// fallback with JSON metadata, which must stay parseable, so
+					// only plain files gain the inline body.
+					message := fmt.Sprintf("successfully downloaded text file (SHA: %s)%s\n\n%s", fileSHA, successNote, string(contentBytes))
 					message = repositoryReadMessage(read, message, successNote)
 					return attachIFC(utils.NewToolResultResource(message, result)), nil, nil
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/github/repositories_text_content_test.go b/pkg/github/repositories_text_content_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12a4c1975b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/github/repositories_text_content_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pkg/raw"
+	"github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pkg/translations"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v89/github"
+	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/issues/3189.
+//
+// get_file_contents returns text-file bodies ONLY inside an EmbeddedResource.
+// Client surfaces that drop embedded resources (e.g. Claude voice mode) then
+// show just "[non-text content: resource]" plus the short "successfully
+// downloaded text file (SHA: ...)" TextContent, so the model never sees the
+// file. The TextContent must also carry the file body.
+func Test_GetFileContents_TextContentIncludesFileBody(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	fileBody := "# Test Repository\n\nThis is a test repository."
+	serverTool := GetFileContents(translations.NullTranslationHelper)
+
+	mockedClient := MockHTTPClientWithHandlers(map[string]http.HandlerFunc{
+		GetReposGitRefByOwnerByRepoByRef: mockResponse(t, http.StatusOK, "{\"ref\": \"refs/heads/main\", \"object\": {\"sha\": \"\"}}"),
+		GetReposByOwnerByRepo:            mockResponse(t, http.StatusOK, "{\"name\": \"repo\", \"default_branch\": \"main\"}"),
+		GetReposContentsByOwnerByRepoByPath: func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			fileContent := &github.RepositoryContent{
+				Name:    github.Ptr("README.md"),
+				Path:    github.Ptr("README.md"),
+				SHA:     github.Ptr(gitBlobSHA([]byte(fileBody))),
+				Type:    github.Ptr("file"),
+				Content: github.Ptr(fileBody),
+				Size:    github.Ptr(len(fileBody)),
+			}
+			contentBytes, _ := json.Marshal(fileContent)
+			_, _ = w.Write(contentBytes)
+		},
+	})
+
+	client := mustNewGHClient(t, mockedClient)
+	mockRawClient, err := raw.NewClient(client, &url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "raw.example.com", Path: "/"})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	deps := BaseDeps{Client: client, RawClient: mockRawClient}
+	handler := serverTool.Handler(deps)
+	request := createMCPRequest(map[string]any{
+		"owner": "owner",
+		"repo":  "repo",
+		"path":  "README.md",
+		"ref":   "refs/heads/main",
+	})
+
+	result, err := handler(ContextWithDeps(context.Background(), deps), &request)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.False(t, result.IsError)
+	require.Len(t, result.Content, 2)
+
+	// The embedded resource keeps carrying the full body (existing contract).
+	resource, ok := result.Content[1].(*mcp.EmbeddedResource)
+	require.True(t, ok, "expected Content[1] to be EmbeddedResource")
+	require.NotNil(t, resource.Resource)
+	assert.Equal(t, fileBody, resource.Resource.Text)
+
+	// The text content must ALSO carry the body so resource-dropping clients
+	// still expose the file to the model (issue #3189).
+	text, ok := result.Content[0].(*mcp.TextContent)
+	require.True(t, ok, "expected Content[0] to be TextContent")
+	assert.Contains(t, text.Text, fileBody)
+}