diff --git a/.machine_readable/root-allow.txt b/.machine_readable/root-allow.txt
index c06a590..995f2db 100644
--- a/.machine_readable/root-allow.txt
+++ b/.machine_readable/root-allow.txt
@@ -74,3 +74,11 @@ flake.nix                  # TOLERATED, NOT BLESSED. Nix was retired estate-wide
                            # dev-notes/GOVERNANCE-REMEDIATION-BACKLOG.md §A — not something
                            # a CI-unblocking PR should decide. Do NOT mass-delete: campaign
                            # #102 hand-diffed 277 candidates and removed exactly 1.
+
+# ─── Declared 2026-08-06: entries the RSR template's directory map did
+#     not anticipate. The template targets a documentation repository;
+#     these are this project's real top-level shape. Moving them would
+#     break every path that references them, to satisfy a map that was
+#     never written for it. Read from the estate-rules gate's own output.
+.githooks/                  # Top-level component directory of this project.
+REQUIRES_INITIALISATION.md  # Project documentation.