diff --git a/packages/AGENTS.md b/packages/AGENTS.md
index 766a188105..9ab0327cf9 100644
--- a/packages/AGENTS.md
+++ b/packages/AGENTS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ These package-specific rules supplement the repo-wide [conventions](../AGENTS.md
 - **Optional services use `ctx.get(name)`.** Reserve `ctx.<name>` for declared injections; the property proxy is topology-sensitive, while strict `ctx.get` reads the global service store ([postmortem](../docs/postmortem/0001-acp-default-export-drops-inject.md)).
 - **Product-visible plugins require a non-unit REAL-composition test.** Hand-built `ctx.plugin(...)` suites are insufficient. Boot test-only `cordis.yml` through the Loader and app/process; mock only external/nondeterministic boundaries and assert model-visible, durable, or user-visible output. Keep opt-ins out of shipped defaults. [Policy](../docs/testing.md).
 - **Typed same-process service and plugin calls are contracts, not serialization boundaries.** Prefer readonly borrowed values; materialize or defensively validate only at parser/config, queued, model/tool JSON, durable/file, worker, process, or wire boundaries.
+- **Initiator-owned private chains derive, then capture.** Under `ctx.agents.withInitiator()`, recover the Agent at each orchestration entry, derive `agent.session`, and let operation-local helpers close over it. Keep `Agent` and `Session` explicit at lifecycle, session-log, service, authority, worker/process, persistence, and wire interfaces; do not widen a leaf helper from `Session` to `Context` merely to hide a parameter ([rationale](../docs/rfc/implemented/architecture/2026-07-15-agent-initiator-scope.md)).
 - **Represent one asynchronous operation with one lifecycle controller or transaction.** Separate readiness, cancellation, disposal, reservation, or sentinel state requires an independent owner or settlement boundary; otherwise fold it while preserving rollback, callback containment, and quiescence.
 
 Naming notes:
diff --git a/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json b/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json
index 3b99ad454a..b4d2bca159 100644
--- a/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json
+++ b/scripts/doc-budgets.manifest.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   "docs/defensive-patterns.md": 550,
   "docs/testing.md": 960,
   "examples/AGENTS.md": 310,
-  "packages/AGENTS.md": 290,
+  "packages/AGENTS.md": 370,
   "packages/README.md": 760
 }