diff --git a/programming_general/recursive_code_workspace.yaml b/programming_general/recursive_code_workspace.yaml
index 841a4da..a0af400 100644
--- a/programming_general/recursive_code_workspace.yaml
+++ b/programming_general/recursive_code_workspace.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,20 @@ rules:
   - id: org_dirs
     level: must
     text: >
-      Every @org dir is one of two things: a PRODUCER NAMESPACE (who builds it — e.g.
-      @ct, @lilith, @magic-civilization) or a KIND-ORG (what kind of artifact — @applications,
-      @packages, @platform, @developer). The same names recur at any depth; an @org's
-      meaning is positional, never global.
+      Every @org dir is one of two things: a PRODUCER NAMESPACE (who builds it — @ct, @mc,
+      @quinn) or a KIND-ORG (what kind of artifact — @applications, @projects, @packages,
+      @platform, @developer). The same names recur at depth; an @org's meaning is positional,
+      never global.
+  - id: root_is_producers
+    level: must
+    text: >
+      The workspace root (~/Code) contains ONLY producer namespaces (@ct, @mc, @quinn) plus the
+      cross-cutting support buckets. KIND-ORGS NEVER APPEAR AT ROOT — every @applications /
+      @projects / @packages / @platform / @developer lives one level down, INSIDE a producer
+      namespace. A repo's path is ~/Code/<producer>/<kind-org>/<repo>, e.g.
+      ~/Code/@quinn/@packages/<lib> (never ~/Code/@packages/<lib>). @quinn is the default
+      producer, so personal / unscoped work lands under ~/Code/@quinn/<kind-org>/.
+    rationale: "Producer is the PRIMARY partition, kind is secondary. The path mirrors the forge — ~/Code/<producer>/<kind-org>/<repo> <-> <forge-host>/<producer-or-org>/<repo>."
   - id: producer_namespaces
     level: must
     text: >
@@ -39,8 +49,10 @@ rules:
     level: must
     text: >
       Kind-orgs partition a producer's repos by artifact role:
-      @applications = deployable products you operate (a composition of clients + backends +
-      databases serving real consumers);
+      @applications = single deployable products you operate (a composition of clients + backends
+      + databases serving real consumers);
+      @projects = project-shaped initiatives that aren't one deployable app (multi-component
+      efforts, experiments, creative / personal work);
       @packages = shared libraries consumed by apps;
       @platform = the core platform product, kept as VERSIONED GENERATIONS (current + archived);
       @developer = dev-infra / meta repos (conventions, tooling).
@@ -86,5 +98,6 @@ rules:
     level: may
     text: >
       Cross-cutting or transient items live in the top-level support buckets (@scripts /
-      @docs / @forks / @external / @archives / @work), not inside project repos. These sit
-      beside the producer namespaces and kind-orgs at the workspace root.
+      @docs / @forks / @external / @archives / @work), not inside project repos. These are the
+      ONLY non-producer entries at the workspace root — they sit beside the producer namespaces
+      (@ct / @mc / @quinn), never kind-orgs.