diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 57a23b8..39db580 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v4.2.2 — umbrella: canonical template + checker
         with:
           repository: dmfdeploy/dmfdeploy
-          ref: working-model-v1
+          ref: working-model-v2
           path: .umbrella
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Working-model block sync (strict)
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 745b8bc..0ed89e4 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ in the umbrella repo. The three rules that matter mid-task:
    included. Manual close is a fallback.
 3. **Never invent a local backlog** (TODO files, ad-hoc trackers). Issues =
    liveness; plan frontmatter = design state; ADRs = decisions (RFC in
-   Discussions first); STATUS.md = committed notes; STATUS.local.md = live repo snapshot.
+   Discussions first); STATUS.md = pointer file (operator notes live in pinned issue dmfdeploy/dmfdeploy#618);
+   STATUS.local.md = live repo snapshot.
 <!-- WORKING-MODEL-BLOCK-END -->
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index ff6bf56..164882a 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ in the umbrella repo. The three rules that matter mid-task:
    included. Manual close is a fallback.
 3. **Never invent a local backlog** (TODO files, ad-hoc trackers). Issues =
    liveness; plan frontmatter = design state; ADRs = decisions (RFC in
-   Discussions first); STATUS.md = committed notes; STATUS.local.md = live repo snapshot.
+   Discussions first); STATUS.md = pointer file (operator notes live in pinned issue dmfdeploy/dmfdeploy#618);
+   STATUS.local.md = live repo snapshot.
 <!-- WORKING-MODEL-BLOCK-END -->
diff --git a/QWEN.md b/QWEN.md
index 83bcd21..2ac7a11 100644
--- a/QWEN.md
+++ b/QWEN.md
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ in the umbrella repo. The three rules that matter mid-task:
    included. Manual close is a fallback.
 3. **Never invent a local backlog** (TODO files, ad-hoc trackers). Issues =
    liveness; plan frontmatter = design state; ADRs = decisions (RFC in
-   Discussions first); STATUS.md = committed notes; STATUS.local.md = live repo snapshot.
+   Discussions first); STATUS.md = pointer file (operator notes live in pinned issue dmfdeploy/dmfdeploy#618);
+   STATUS.local.md = live repo snapshot.
 <!-- WORKING-MODEL-BLOCK-END -->