diff --git a/.agentctl/project.toml b/.agentctl/project.toml
index 3f181e4ef2..00b8e8fd1b 100644
--- a/.agentctl/project.toml
+++ b/.agentctl/project.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ root_markers = ["pyproject.toml", "polylogue"]
 [environment]
 kind = "nix-develop"
 command = ["nix", "develop", "--accept-flake-config", "--command"]
-preflight = ["devtools", "status", "--stderr"]
-preflight_timeout_seconds = 600
 inherit = ["HOME", "USER", "LANG", "TERM", "SSH_AUTH_SOCK", "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS", "WAYLAND_DISPLAY", "DISPLAY", "XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "XDG_DATA_HOME", "XDG_STATE_HOME"]
 unset = ["PYTHONPATH", "PYTHONHOME", "VIRTUAL_ENV", "_PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME", "_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM", "PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX"]
 require = ["POLYLOGUE_ARCHIVE_ROOT"]
@@ -18,21 +16,8 @@ require = ["POLYLOGUE_ARCHIVE_ROOT"]
 POLYLOGUE_ARCHIVE_ROOT = "/realm/state/polylogue"
 
 [workspace]
-provider = "git-worktree"
 root = "/realm/worktrees"
 default_base = "origin/master"
-identity_check = ["git", "diff", "--quiet", "--", "pyproject.toml", "uv.lock"]
-checkpoint_untracked = true
-verification_operations = ["verify_quick"]
-
-[conflicts]
-exact_files = ["pyproject.toml", "uv.lock"]
-generated_surfaces = ["docs/reference/schema-support-matrix.md"]
-
-[conflicts.semantic_slots]
-archive-schema = ["polylogue/storage/schema.py", "polylogue/storage/sqlite/migrations/*.py"]
-command-catalog = ["devtools/command_catalog.py", "docs/devtools.md"]
-verification-graph = ["devtools/verify.py", "pyproject.toml"]
 
 [operations.verify_affected]
 description = "Run Polylogue's affected-test verification plan"
@@ -95,15 +80,3 @@ pool = "interactive"
 result = "json"
 cache = "none"
 timeout_seconds = 180
-
-[owner_adapters.polylogue_archive]
-namespace = "polylogue.archive"
-owner = "polylogue-archive"
-authority = "owner"
-lifecycle = "read_only"
-protocol_versions = [1]
-source_scoped = true
-source_ref = "sinnix://polylogue/archive"
-exec = ["polylogue-agentctl-adapter"]
-timeout_seconds = 300
-documentation = "Argument-free, generation-pinned, bounded Polylogue archive status."
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 219ebcc499..112314b521 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ _site/
 *.db
 .beads-credential-key
 
-# Lane-authored publication text, read by the integrator.
-.lane/
+# What agentctl writes into a worktree for its agent; project.toml is tracked.
+.agentctl/*
+!.agentctl/project.toml
 
 # testmon caches are machine-local and environment-fingerprinted; a committed
 # one never matches a real checkout, so affected verification refuses forever.
diff --git a/tests/unit/devtools/test_verify.py b/tests/unit/devtools/test_verify.py
index 1876fa1014..84547103f8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/devtools/test_verify.py
+++ b/tests/unit/devtools/test_verify.py
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ def test_verify_quick_descriptor_accepts_the_declared_json_projection() -> None:
         operation="verify_quick",
     )
 
-    assert descriptor["workspace"]["verification_operations"] == ["verify_quick"]
     assert operation["exec"] == ["devtools", "verify", "--quick"]
     assert operation["result"] == "json"
     assert affected["exec"] == ["env", "POLYLOGUE_PYTEST_WORKERS=2", "devtools", "verify"]