diff --git a/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl b/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl
index f4ed2ce31..aacc16cc9 100644
--- a/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ If neither exists, use git diff analysis.
 
 Load the shared preparation gate now (the exploratory STOP just below): complete its scope and selected-method Reads,
 await their results, and select the surfaces. Defer charters, clocks and probes to
-Run the Selected Checks, after report ownership and conditional browser setup below.
+Run the Selected Checks; its §1 then reuses the REPORT_DIR resolved under Prepare Report Artifacts.
 
 {{SECTION:exploratory}}
 
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
index 7fe0fd0a3..28a6f7685 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Never freeze buggy output, weaken tests or delete valid red tests.`}
 ## 4. Final report
 
 Use the surface report template; link each checkpoint. Separate browser scores, functional outcomes and proposed/executed tests.
-Write PROBE_DIR/annotations.json {evidence: [{capture, command, contract, expected, classification}], limits} (browser-only: evidence [], checkpoints in limits); before Markdown \`bun EVIDENCE_TOOL materialize PROBE_DIR annotations.json\` (fills observed/metadata; prints reportLinks; runs once per report root); you classify. Annotate every safe capture, including failures/replays: an omitted capture is withheld and keeps the verdict inconclusive. Classify a capture taken before an input change \`superseded\`; it closes when the same command reran on current inputs. Disclose withheld/incomplete evidence.
+Write PROBE_DIR/annotations.json {evidence: [{capture, command, contract, expected, classification}], limits} (browser-only: evidence [], checkpoints in limits); before Markdown \`bun EVIDENCE_TOOL materialize PROBE_DIR annotations.json\` (fills observed/metadata; prints reportLinks; runs once per PROBE_DIR); you classify. Annotate every safe capture, including failures/replays: an omitted capture is withheld and keeps the verdict inconclusive. Classify a capture taken before an input change \`superseded\`; it closes when the same command reran on current inputs. Disclose withheld/incomplete evidence.
 Evidence is invocation-local${reportOnly ? '.' : '; /ship reruns once per invocation.'}
 Missing prerequisites/expectations/observations, timeouts and refusal never pass.
 Pass requires all required current-input contracts to pass with no required remainder.