diff --git a/.ceremony/AGENTS.md b/.ceremony/AGENTS.md
index b8af0fa..4c235c0 100644
--- a/.ceremony/AGENTS.md
+++ b/.ceremony/AGENTS.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ reviewer here"). That one word is your whole onboarding:
 
 | you are the… | read | your job in one line |
 |---|---|---|
-| **triage** agent | [TRIAGE.md](TRIAGE.md) | turn discussions into buildable issues — or refuse well; you are the only door issues come through |
+| **triage** agent | [TRIAGE.md](TRIAGE.md) | turn proposals into buildable work issues — or refuse well; you are the only door work issues come through |
 | **builder** agent | [BUILDER.md](BUILDER.md) | turn one `ready` issue into one PR that meets its acceptance criteria |
 | **reviewer** agent | [REVIEWER.md](REVIEWER.md) | verdicts on PRs — approve or request-changes, converge, hand to the human |
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ are the shared state machine, and misusing one lies to every other agent on
 the board.
 
 **Not told a role?** Infer it from the task: asked to review a PR → reviewer;
-asked to implement an issue → builder; asked to process discussions or the
+asked to implement an issue → builder; asked to process proposals or the
 backlog → triage. Still ambiguous → ask before acting. Do not free-lance
 across roles in one session: a builder reviewing its own PR, or a reviewer
 pushing fixes, breaks the separation the pipeline depends on.
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ pushing fixes, breaks the separation the pipeline depends on.
 ## The pipeline you are part of
 
 ```
-discussion ──▶ triage ──▶ issue ──▶ build ──▶ review ──▶ human merge ──▶ release
- (anyone)     (agent)   (queue)    (agent)   (agents)     (human)      (ceremony)
+proposal ──▶ triage ──▶ work issue ──▶ build ──▶ review ──▶ human merge ──▶ release
+ (anyone)    (agent)      (queue)      (agent)   (agents)     (human)      (ceremony)
 ```
 
 Two rules bind every role:
 
-- **Only triage mints issues.** Found work? Open or extend a discussion.
+- **Only triage mints work issues.** Found work? File or extend a proposal.
 - **Only humans merge.** Convergence ends at `state:needs-human`, never at
   a merge button.