diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b81468..68a86dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 # More secrets / local state — NEVER commit
 /.sops/            # master recovery age key
 /cc-ci-secrets/    # separate sops-secrets repo, cloned in
-/.claude/          # local claude session/project state
+/.claude/*         # local claude session/project state (history, cache, locks)
+!/.claude/skills/  # ...but DO track shareable skills (e.g. ci-test-review)
 *.tmp.*            # editor temp files
diff --git a/cc-ci-plan/launch.sh b/cc-ci-plan/launch.sh
index d3840a5..a066923 100755
--- a/cc-ci-plan/launch.sh
+++ b/cc-ci-plan/launch.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ WATCH_ORCHESTRATOR="${WATCH_ORCHESTRATOR:-1}"
 # Ordered phase sequence: each entry "id|planfile|statusbasename". The watchdog runs them in order,
 # auto-transitions on the phase's "## DONE" (in BUILDER_DIR/<statusbasename>), and STOPS after the
 # last one (manual gate). Override PHASES_SPEC (semicolon-separated) to change the sequence.
-PHASES_SPEC="${PHASES_SPEC:-1c|plan-phase1c-full-reproducibility.md|STATUS-1c.md;1b|plan-phase1b-review-lint.md|STATUS-1b.md;1d|plan-phase1d-generic-test-suite.md|STATUS-1d.md;1e|plan-phase1e-harness-corrections.md|STATUS-1e.md;2w|plan-phase2w-warm-canonical-quick.md|STATUS-2w.md;2pc|plan-phase2pc-image-cache.md|STATUS-2pc.md;2|plan-phase2-recipe-tests.md|STATUS-2.md;2b|plan-phase2b-test-performance.md|STATUS-2b.md;3|plan-phase3-results-ux.md|STATUS-3.md;3r|plan-phase3r-ci-test-review-skill.md|STATUS-3r.md;4|plan-phase4-final-review-polish-cleanup.md|STATUS-4.md}"
+PHASES_SPEC="${PHASES_SPEC:-1c|plan-phase1c-full-reproducibility.md|STATUS-1c.md;1b|plan-phase1b-review-lint.md|STATUS-1b.md;1d|plan-phase1d-generic-test-suite.md|STATUS-1d.md;1e|plan-phase1e-harness-corrections.md|STATUS-1e.md;2w|plan-phase2w-warm-canonical-quick.md|STATUS-2w.md;2pc|plan-phase2pc-image-cache.md|STATUS-2pc.md;2|plan-phase2-recipe-tests.md|STATUS-2.md;2b|plan-phase2b-test-performance.md|STATUS-2b.md;3|plan-phase3-results-ux.md|STATUS-3.md;4|plan-phase4-final-review-polish-cleanup.md|STATUS-4.md}"
 IFS=';' read -r -a PHASES <<< "$PHASES_SPEC"
 PHASE_IDX_FILE="${PHASE_IDX_FILE:-$LOG_DIR/.phase-idx}"
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------