diff --git a/cron/scheduler_script.py b/cron/scheduler_script.py
index 074f4fa987..e78b933c92 100644
--- a/cron/scheduler_script.py
+++ b/cron/scheduler_script.py
@@ -288,7 +288,13 @@ def _resolve_script_path(script_path: str) -> tuple[Optional[Path], Optional[str
             f"({scripts_dir_resolved}): {script_path!r}"
         )
     if not path.exists():
-        return None, f"Script not found: {path}"
+        # Scripts resolve against THIS profile's scripts/ dir by design (profiles never share files),
+        # which is the usual reason a copied job cannot find a script that exists elsewhere (#94821).
+        return None, (
+            f"Script not found: {path}. Cron scripts are looked up only in this profile's folder "
+            f"({scripts_dir_resolved}); if the job was copied from another profile, copy the script "
+            f"there too, or edit the job with `hermes cron edit`."
+        )
     if not path.is_file():
         return None, f"Script path is not a file: {path}"
     return path, None
diff --git a/tests/cron/test_cron_script.py b/tests/cron/test_cron_script.py
index 597fbeed3d..29bb3b1fa9 100644
--- a/tests/cron/test_cron_script.py
+++ b/tests/cron/test_cron_script.py
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ class TestRunJobScript:
         assert success is True
         assert output == "relative works"
 
+    def test_missing_script_names_the_profile_folder(self, cron_env):
+        """Scripts resolve per profile (#4707); the runtime error must say so (#94821)."""
+        from cron.scheduler_script import _run_job_script
+
+        success, output = _run_job_script("copied-from-other-profile.py")
+        assert success is False
+        assert "Script not found" in output
+        assert str(cron_env / "scripts") in output and "profile" in output
+        assert "hermes cron edit" in output
+
 
     def test_script_subprocess_env_sanitized(self, cron_env, monkeypatch):
         """Cron scripts must not inherit Hermes provider env (SECURITY.md §2.3)."""