diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6eaa78..9edb568 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ This repo (the **plugin**) carries everything that is universal:
   / NEEDS_CONTEXT`
 - Working-tree-as-quarantine and only-orchestrator-commits
 - main HEAD sacrosanct
-- No nested subagent dispatch (Claude Code platform constraint)
+- No nested subagent dispatch (Claude Code platform constraint;
+  Opus 4.8 Workflows fan out at the top level but do not lift it)
 - No orphan agents
 
 Your project carries a small **profile** that fills the slots:
diff --git a/docs/design.md b/docs/design.md
index fdf9075..c742fb8 100644
--- a/docs/design.md
+++ b/docs/design.md
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ The plugin owns:
   main moves forward only via orchestrator commits.
 - **No nested subagent dispatch** — a hard Claude Code
   platform constraint; the implement-orchestrator runs phases
-  as sequential role-switches inside its own context.
+  as sequential role-switches inside its own context. Opus 4.8
+  added Workflows as an orthogonal top-level fan-out mechanism
+  but did not lift this constraint — a workflow script
+  orchestrates from the top level, yet the agents it spawns
+  still cannot spawn further agents.
 - **No orphan agents** — every agent lives under the skill
   that dispatches it.
 - **Output budget discipline** — agents have word budgets on