diff --git a/docs/RUNNER-PROBES.md b/docs/RUNNER-PROBES.md
index 4f69922..1e98bc2 100644
--- a/docs/RUNNER-PROBES.md
+++ b/docs/RUNNER-PROBES.md
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ So:
    | "each value is one of {fork, dynamic}" | a **role swap**: an internal checkout made dynamic, a consumer checkout pointed at the fork |
    | "the SHA suffix matches" | `wrong-owner/ceremony/actions/foo@<right-sha>` |
    | "known callers match" | an **unrecognised** caller, or none at all |
+   | "the owner and the sha are right for the kind" | a **layer swap**: `…/actions/x@<armed>` labelled a workflow caller satisfies both |
 
    So the arming step **writes a manifest** — one line per carrier, `path`,
    `kind`, `full expected value` — and the gate compares the tree's actual
@@ -167,14 +168,14 @@ So:
    # produced no file and no diagnostic when a probe exercised only one layer
    # (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl). A probe need not use both.
    set -euo pipefail
-   armed="$1"; probe="$2"; fork="$3"; code_sha="$4"; armed_sha="$5"   # $1 = pre-arming
+   candidate="$1"; probe="$2"; fork="$3"; code_sha="$4"; armed_sha="$5"
    # shellcheck disable=SC2016 # `${{ github.repository }}` is literal YAML, not a shell expansion
    {
-     git -C "$armed" grep -n 'CEREMONY_SELF_REF:' -- .github/workflows \
+     git -C "$candidate" grep -n 'CEREMONY_SELF_REF:' -- .github/workflows \
        | cut -d: -f1,2 | sed "s|$|\tself_ref\t$code_sha|" || true
-     git -C "$armed" grep -n 'repository: heavy-duty/ceremony' -- .github/workflows \
+     git -C "$candidate" grep -n 'repository: heavy-duty/ceremony' -- .github/workflows \
        | cut -d: -f1,2 | sed "s|$|\tinternal_repo\t$fork|" || true
-     git -C "$armed" grep -n 'repository: ${{ github.repository }}' -- .github/workflows \
+     git -C "$candidate" grep -n 'repository: ${{ github.repository }}' -- .github/workflows \
        | cut -d: -f1,2 | sed 's|$|\tconsumer_repo\t${{ github.repository }}|' || true
      # Callers record the COMPLETE expected coordinate, not just the sha: the
      # path is as rewritable as the owner, and a manifest that stores only the
@@ -219,10 +220,29 @@ So:
        internal_repo)   [ "$want" = "$fork" ]     || fail "manifest $loc: internal repo should be $fork" ;;
        consumer_repo)   [ "$want" = '${{ github.repository }}' ] \
                           || fail "manifest $loc: consumer checkout must stay dynamic" ;;
-       workflow_caller) [ "$want" = "$fork/${want#*/ceremony/}" ] || fail "manifest $loc: caller owner"
-                        [ "${want##*@}" = "$armed_sha" ] || fail "manifest $loc: workflow caller should be the ARMED sha" ;;
-       action_caller)   [ "$want" = "$fork/${want#*/ceremony/}" ] || fail "manifest $loc: caller owner"
-                        [ "${want##*@}" = "$code_sha" ]  || fail "manifest $loc: action caller should be the CANDIDATE sha" ;;
+       # THE KIND MUST BIND TO THE PATH CLASS, not only to the owner and the
+       # sha. The path class is what SAYS which layer a caller is, so checking
+       # the sha against the kind while letting the kind float free accepts a
+       # consistent layer swap — `…/actions/x@<armed>` declared workflow_caller
+       # passes every owner and sha test (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl, #202
+       # review). Decompose once, then let the kind fix BOTH coordinates.
+       workflow_caller|action_caller)
+                        owner="${want%%/ceremony/*}"; rest="${want#*/ceremony/}"
+                        path="${rest%@*}"; sha="${want##*@}"
+                        [ "$owner/ceremony" = "$fork" ] \
+                          || fail "manifest $loc: caller owner should be $fork"
+                        case "$kind" in
+                          workflow_caller)
+                            case "$path" in .github/workflows/?*) : ;;
+                              *) fail "manifest $loc: workflow_caller must resolve at .github/workflows/<file>, not '$path'" ;;
+                            esac
+                            [ "$sha" = "$armed_sha" ] || fail "manifest $loc: workflow caller should be the ARMED sha" ;;
+                          action_caller)
+                            case "$path" in actions/?*) : ;;
+                              *) fail "manifest $loc: action_caller must resolve at actions/<name>, not '$path'" ;;
+                            esac
+                            [ "$sha" = "$code_sha" ] || fail "manifest $loc: action caller should be the CANDIDATE sha" ;;
+                        esac ;;
        *)               fail "manifest $loc: unknown kind '$kind'" ;;
      esac
    done <"$manifest"