diff --git a/.claude/skills/production-scan/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/production-scan/SKILL.md
index 39915be..2203483 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/production-scan/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/production-scan/SKILL.md
@@ -589,20 +589,42 @@ re-scans don't clobber):
    | `verdictHandle` / `quip` *(optional)* | `verdict_handle` / `verdict_quip` | stored verbatim by the API (no validator rule; keep ≤500 as skill-side discipline) — lets the hosted page adopt the scan's own voice (renderer support tracked website-side) |
 
    ```bash
+   # First upload of an id — no auth. The 201 body includes a ONE-TIME `writeToken`;
+   # save it (rule below) — overwriting this id later requires it.
    curl -X POST <base>/api/reports -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @.production-scan/api-payload.json
+   # Re-submitting an id we already claimed (same-day re-scan) — send the saved token:
+   curl -X POST <base>/api/reports -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer <writeToken>" -d @.production-scan/api-payload.json
    ```
+   **Write token (authorship binding, API side 2026-07-03):** the first POST for an id
+   *claims* it — the 201 body carries a one-time `writeToken`, and every later POST of
+   the **same id** must send it as `Authorization: Bearer <writeToken>` or the API
+   answers 401 (so strangers can't rewrite a hosted report they didn't publish).
+   Handling is mandatory:
+   - **Before POSTing**, look the id up in `.production-scan/write-tokens.json`; if a
+     token exists, attach the `Authorization` header.
+   - **On 201**, if the body contains `writeToken`, merge `{"<id>": "<writeToken>"}` into
+     `.production-scan/write-tokens.json` (create the file if missing). The token is never
+     shown again; losing it means this id can no longer be overwritten (recovery: `-2`).
+
    **Submission semantics — one payload, at most 3 delivery attempts:**
    - Retry (backoff 1s/2s/4s, 10s timeout each) ONLY on network error / timeout / 5xx.
    - **429** → stop immediately (Retry-After can be up to an hour); fall back per Step 9.5.
    - **400** → the payload violates the table above; fix the payload — the corrected body
      is a NEW submission, never re-send an identical body. Reserved-id 400 → append `-2`
      to the id and resubmit once.
+   - **401** → the id is claimed and we don't hold its token (write-tokens.json lost, or
+     someone else published under this id first): append `-2` to the id — a fresh claim,
+     same recovery as the reserved-id 400 — and resubmit once. Never re-send an
+     identical 401 body.
    - **413** → drop `markdown` from the payload and resubmit once.
    On 201, use the returned URL; anything else → the Step 9.5 fallback. The per-IP budget
    is 20 POSTs/hour — one scan = one logical submission.
 
 **`.production-scan/` must be gitignored by default** (add it to `.gitignore`); it
-carries bounded evidence only — **never raw secret values or full file contents**.
+carries bounded evidence only — **never raw secret values or full file contents** —
+plus `write-tokens.json`, the per-id overwrite credentials for the hosted reports
+(one more reason the directory stays out of git).
 The user opts in to committing a report. Keeping timestamped JSON lets a later scan
 diff against the previous one ("fixed 2, 1 new since <date>"). The fix flow and
 re-scan read **only the JSON** — Markdown is a human-only leaf.
@@ -1272,7 +1294,10 @@ shareable without manual deployment.
       composed id — the date suffix must survive); if the result starts with a
       non-alphanumeric, prefix `r`; if it equals a reserved sample id, append `-2`
     - The date suffix separates scans from different days; **a same-day re-scan of the
-      same repo reuses the id and OVERWRITES the hosted report (latest wins — deliberate)**
+      same repo reuses the id and OVERWRITES the hosted report (latest wins — deliberate)**,
+      authenticated by the id's `writeToken` from `.production-scan/write-tokens.json`
+      (Step 7 write-token rule); without it the API answers 401 and the re-scan
+      publishes under `<id>-2`
     - Reports are stored **permanently** (product decision 2026-07-02) — share links never expire
 - **How the URL is produced (MANDATORY production flow with SAFETY checks):**
   1. After building `scan-report.json`, determine the base URL using the detection logic above
@@ -1332,7 +1357,9 @@ shareable without manual deployment.
 - This is THE conversion point - never skip
 
 ✅ **HTML Report URL (Step 9.5)**
-- POST once (≤3 delivery attempts); 201 → hosted URL is the last line
+- POST once (≤3 delivery attempts); 201 → hosted URL is the last line; persist any
+  returned `writeToken` to `.production-scan/write-tokens.json` and send it as a
+  Bearer header when re-POSTing the same id (Step 7 write-token rule)
 - Any failure → local-fallback line + cause (honest URL rule; no dead links)
 - Auto-detect base (First Tree → production, FIRST_TREE_BASE_URL, else localhost)
 - Production: `https://first-tree.ai/production-scan/r/<owner>-<repo>-<yyyymmdd>`