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 >
 > **Where the code is.** This repo is **LithosAnanke, on the Gitea instance at
 > `gitea.strshipos.com`, repo `admin/LithosAnanake`** — Captain Bob has the credentials.
-> **The GitHub repo `rajames440/StarForth` is empty**; do not be misled by it, and note
-> `rajames440/StarForth-` is a read-only mirror that says not to push. `master` is the sole
+> **Beware the session's default working directory.** This session was started in
+> `/home/user/StarForth` — a *different*, empty repo wired to an unrelated remote — and the
+> harness instructions named it as the build target. **It is not this project, and nothing
+> outside Gitea is.** If you land in a directory that is not a clone of `admin/LithosAnanake`,
+> you are in the wrong place: clone from Gitea and work there. `master` is the sole
 > production line. Work on branch **`claude/starshipos-tripod-kernel-reshuffle-itbjns`**
 > (head `2032974` at handoff, 34 commits ahead of `master` at `e56974e`, clean fast-forward,
 > documentation only — **no code has been written**).