diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a97baf1..2ddfa15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,7 +12,3 @@ Cargo.lock.orig
 # `aura sweep` persists run records to ./runs/runs.jsonl by default; that store
 # is local run telemetry, not a repo artifact.
 /runs/
-
-# Specs and plans are kept as local working artifacts, not checked into the repo.
-/docs/specs/
-/docs/plans/
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 13ea82c..53303b0 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ freeze a validated strategy into a standalone bot with a broker connection.
 This file is the project sittenkodex. It imports the universal discipline from
 `~/dev/skills/templates/CLAUDE.md.fragment` and adds aura's domain invariants.
 The full architecture lives in the design ledger (`docs/design/`), not here.
-Per-cycle specs (`docs/specs/`) and plans (`docs/plans/`) are local-only,
-ephemeral working artifacts — git-ignored, valid only for the cycle that
-produces them. Durable rationale is lifted to the ledger; a spec/plan is never
-treated as a live API reference (its code snippets drift the moment the code
-moves). The canonical record of past cycles is the ledger plus the git history.
+Per-cycle specs (`docs/specs/`) and plans (`docs/plans/`) are ephemeral working
+artifacts, kept git-tracked — committed while their cycle is live and removed
+(`git rm`) at cycle close, valid only for the cycle that produces them. Durable
+rationale is lifted to the ledger; a spec/plan is never treated as a live API
+reference (its code snippets drift the moment the code moves). The canonical
+record of past cycles is the ledger plus the git history.
 
 ## Roles