diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf4d230f..868a9e56 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ _private/
 # Environment
 .env
 .env.*
+.vercel
 
 # Eval scratch runs and local agent config — not for the public repo
 publedge-eval-*/
diff --git a/INTENT.md b/INTENT.md
index 0a19cf32..40b27e97 100644
--- a/INTENT.md
+++ b/INTENT.md
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ Reconsider parked work only when at least one of these occurs:
 - A regulator, court, or civic body signals interest in machine-verifiable publication records.
 - A real adopter requests a reusable protocol distribution or additional jurisdiction coverage.
 
+## Exceptions to Repo Standards
+
+- `agents.json` is served only, at `docs/agents.json` (https://publedge.org/agents.json), with no repository-root copy. Repo Standards categorize `agents.json` as travels-with-code at the repository root. Here it is build output of `scripts/build-extras.js`, is fetched over HTTP by `server.json`, `llms.txt` and the README, and is committed under `docs/`, so a clone already carries it. A root copy would add a second file that can drift without serving a consumer the committed `docs/` copy does not.
+
 ## Decision history
 
 - 2026-06-09: Repositioned PubLedge as a convention atop established timestamp infrastructure and parked standalone ambitions.
 - 2026-07-21: Promoted that disposition into the repository's authoritative intent and aligned maintenance priorities around it.
 - 2026-07-28: Clarified the administrative issuance boundary with AI Incident Law's adjudicative determinations.
+- 2026-09-24: Recorded the served-only `agents.json` exception to Repo Standards.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.yaml b/MANIFEST.yaml
index 503f691b..6f8d6656 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.yaml
+++ b/MANIFEST.yaml
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ files:
 
   - path: INTENT.md
     role: protocol
-    hash: sha256:06f6acd5b53c12b8cb559f914ac75020ce154f6c0cb4d78d63df4285c85f009e
+    hash: sha256:0a7b8c7fa0c5f8248a751f58cafe64fc3c03b58b2c81f267b63e3e37a4ba0e8e
     note: INTENT.md
 
   - path: SECURITY.md
diff --git a/docs/INTENT.md b/docs/INTENT.md
index 0a19cf32..40b27e97 100644
--- a/docs/INTENT.md
+++ b/docs/INTENT.md
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ Reconsider parked work only when at least one of these occurs:
 - A regulator, court, or civic body signals interest in machine-verifiable publication records.
 - A real adopter requests a reusable protocol distribution or additional jurisdiction coverage.
 
+## Exceptions to Repo Standards
+
+- `agents.json` is served only, at `docs/agents.json` (https://publedge.org/agents.json), with no repository-root copy. Repo Standards categorize `agents.json` as travels-with-code at the repository root. Here it is build output of `scripts/build-extras.js`, is fetched over HTTP by `server.json`, `llms.txt` and the README, and is committed under `docs/`, so a clone already carries it. A root copy would add a second file that can drift without serving a consumer the committed `docs/` copy does not.
+
 ## Decision history
 
 - 2026-06-09: Repositioned PubLedge as a convention atop established timestamp infrastructure and parked standalone ambitions.
 - 2026-07-21: Promoted that disposition into the repository's authoritative intent and aligned maintenance priorities around it.
 - 2026-07-28: Clarified the administrative issuance boundary with AI Incident Law's adjudicative determinations.
+- 2026-09-24: Recorded the served-only `agents.json` exception to Repo Standards.
diff --git a/docs/MANIFEST.yaml b/docs/MANIFEST.yaml
index 503f691b..6f8d6656 100644
--- a/docs/MANIFEST.yaml
+++ b/docs/MANIFEST.yaml
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ files:
 
   - path: INTENT.md
     role: protocol
-    hash: sha256:06f6acd5b53c12b8cb559f914ac75020ce154f6c0cb4d78d63df4285c85f009e
+    hash: sha256:0a7b8c7fa0c5f8248a751f58cafe64fc3c03b58b2c81f267b63e3e37a4ba0e8e
     note: INTENT.md
 
   - path: SECURITY.md