diff --git a/.github/labels.conf b/.github/labels.conf
index 3a779e4..405dcbc 100644
--- a/.github/labels.conf
+++ b/.github/labels.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-panel=claude-bot-andresmgsl codex-bot-andresmgsl grok-bot-andresmgsl kimi-bot-andresmgsl
-triage-actors=dan-claude-bot
+panel=codex-reviewer-andresmgsl kimi-reviewer-andresmgsl cluade-reviewer-andresmgsl
+triage-actors=cluade-reviewer-andresmgsl
 scope:release-flow|C5DEF5|The reusable release workflow, decide, the doors
 scope:guards|C5DEF5|changelog-armed / changelog-monotonic / drill-recorded
 scope:labels|C5DEF5|The labels workflow, reconciler, the taxonomy
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7b1666c..bf46b13 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -41,28 +41,37 @@ only ceremony-specific facts such as the roster and code conventions.
 
 ### Roster
 
-Five identities share the work (org team `agents`), each living in its own
+Three identities share the work (org team `agents`), each living in its own
 [box](https://github.com/heavy-duty/box) — one box per credential, because
 the box is the blast-radius boundary; roles are what a session is told, and
 [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) routes from there:
 
 | identity | box (rig tenant) | standing work |
 |---|---|---|
-| `dan-claude-bot` | `triage` (claude-box) | **triage** — the only door issues come through; this identity mints issues and nothing else writes them (#18's `triage-actors`) |
-| `claude-bot-andresmgsl` | claude-box | build (release-flow and guards machinery) + review |
-| `codex-bot-andresmgsl` | codex-box | build (scaffolding, conversions) + review |
-| `grok-bot-andresmgsl` | grok-box | review |
-| `kimi-bot-andresmgsl` | kimi-box | review — builder trial on a small mechanical issue once its verdicts have a track record |
+| `cluade-reviewer-andresmgsl` | `triage` (claude-box) | **triage** — the only door issues come through; this identity mints issues and nothing else writes them (#18's `triage-actors`) — and review. It does not build. |
+| `codex-reviewer-andresmgsl` | codex-box | build + review |
+| `kimi-reviewer-andresmgsl` | kimi-box | review |
 
 **The review panel for any PR is every bench identity except its author** —
 recusal by construction, enforced by the reconciler (#10): the required
-verdicts are the panel minus the PR's author, so convergence always means
-three cross-vendor approvals of the current head. Builders and triage
-default to different models so the issue contract is honestly exercised —
-a spec gap should surface as a question on the issue, not be silently filled
-by shared priors. Humans (`danmt`) decide in discussions and merge; the
-roster is config, not doctrine — swapping a vendor is an edit to this table
-(and to `panel=` in `.github/labels.conf` once #10 lands), nothing more.
+verdicts are the panel minus the PR's author. On this roster that resolves
+to **two** cross-vendor approvals of the current head, because the only
+builder is itself on the panel and recuses from its own PRs; the rule is
+panel-minus-author, and two is what it currently comes to, not a second
+rule. Builders and triage default to different models so the issue contract
+is honestly exercised — a spec gap should surface as a question on the
+issue, not be silently filled by shared priors. Humans (`andres`) decide in
+discussions and merge; the roster is config, not doctrine — swapping a
+vendor is an edit to this table (and to `panel=` in
+`.github/labels.conf` once #10 lands), nothing more.
+
+The identities named here must be the identities `.github/labels.conf`
+names, and both must exist on the forge the repo lives on. A roster that
+agrees with itself and disagrees with the instance is the failure #195
+records: `panel=` naming absent users cannot converge and
+`triage-actors=` naming an absent user makes every issue a stray mint that
+nobody can normalize. `test/labels.test.sh` holds this table and the conf
+to the same set, in both directions.
 
 Each governed repo names its own roster in its CONTRIBUTING; this one is
 ceremony's. Its `scope:*` set is the same kind of repo-specific fact:
diff --git a/changelog.d/195.md b/changelog.d/195.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91451e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/195.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+### Fixed
+
+- `.github/labels.conf` names identities that exist on the forge this repo
+  lives on. All five it named before were absent, so `panel=` could never
+  converge a review round and `triage-actors=` made every issue a stray mint
+  nobody could normalize (#195).
+
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md`'s roster table matches the conf: three identities, the
+  human row is `andres`, and the approval count states what panel-minus-author
+  actually resolves to on this roster rather than a stale three (#195).
+
+### Added
+
+- `test/labels.test.sh` holds the conf's roster and `CONTRIBUTING.md`'s roster
+  table to the same set, in both directions, so a roster edit that touches one
+  file and not the other goes red instead of drifting quietly (#195).
diff --git a/test/labels.test.sh b/test/labels.test.sh
index e08d7c0..ecf38cb 100755
--- a/test/labels.test.sh
+++ b/test/labels.test.sh
@@ -126,4 +126,52 @@ sed 's/opened, closed/closed, opened/' "$STUB" >"$mut_stub"
 check "an issue-list reorder in one file only goes red" 1 "" \
   types_in_sync issues "$CALLER" "$mut_stub"
 
+# --- #195: the conf's roster and CONTRIBUTING's roster table are one set ----
+# The rot this catches: labels.conf named five identities, CONTRIBUTING named
+# the same five, and none of the five existed on the forge — two files in
+# perfect agreement with each other and none with reality. No offline check
+# can reach the second half; what it can hold is that a roster edit touching
+# one file and not the other goes red, which is the drift that turns a
+# deliberate swap into a silent one.
+
+# roster_from_conf <conf> — every identity panel= and triage-actors= name.
+roster_from_conf() {
+  sed -nE 's/^(panel|triage-actors)=//p' "$1" | tr ' ' '\n' | sed '/^$/d' | sort -u
+}
+
+# roster_from_doc <contributing> — the identities the "### Roster" table's
+# first column names. Anchored to the section rather than to the table's
+# shape: another table elsewhere in the file must not be able to join the
+# roster by looking like one.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # the backticks below are the table's, not a subshell
+roster_from_doc() {
+  awk '/^### Roster$/ { inside = 1; next }
+       inside && /^#+ / { exit }
+       inside' "$1" |
+    sed -nE 's/^\| `([^`]+)`.*/\1/p' | sort -u
+}
+
+roster_in_sync() { # <conf> <contributing>
+  local conf="$1" doc="$2" drift
+  drift="$(diff <(roster_from_conf "$conf") <(roster_from_doc "$doc"))" && return 0
+  echo "roster drift ('<' conf only, '>' table only):" >&2
+  printf '%s\n' "$drift" >&2
+  return 1
+}
+
+CONF="$ROOT/.github/labels.conf"
+CONTRIB="$ROOT/CONTRIBUTING.md"
+check "the real conf and the real roster table name the same identities" 0 "" \
+  roster_in_sync "$CONF" "$CONTRIB"
+# the failing cases, in both directions — a one-way check would have passed
+# all week on the rot that produced #195
+mut_conf="$TMP/mut-labels.conf" mut_contrib="$TMP/mut-contributing.md"
+sed 's/^panel=/panel=ghost-bot /' "$CONF" >"$mut_conf"
+check "an identity in the conf but not the table goes red" 1 "ghost-bot" \
+  roster_in_sync "$mut_conf" "$CONTRIB"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # the backticks are the table's, not a subshell
+sed 's/^| `kimi-reviewer-andresmgsl`/| `ghost-bot`/' "$CONTRIB" >"$mut_contrib"
+check "an identity in the table but not the conf goes red" 1 "ghost-bot" \
+  roster_in_sync "$CONF" "$mut_contrib"
+
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