diff --git a/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md b/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md
index e587c4d..bfc9305 100644
--- a/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md
@@ -486,3 +486,15 @@ session cc-ci-orchestrator-stale can be killed; recipe-mirrors org still private
   start when the LAST phase hits ## DONE, gated by flag /srv/cc-ci/.cc-ci-logs/.run-upgrade-
   on-complete (set now, consumed once). Upgrader inherits sonnet. So when `drone` completes,
   /upgrade-all auto-starts.
+
+## 2026-06-11 ~20:58 — coordination files → machine-docs/ + memory committed (operator)
+- Operator: recent phases wrote STATUS/BACKLOG/REVIEW/JOURNAL to the cc-ci repo ROOT.
+  Root cause: build_kickoff + plan.md tree used bare filenames (older phases + INBOX/
+  DECISIONS/DEFERRED already used machine-docs/). Fixed everywhere: build_kickoff emits
+  machine-docs/ paths + explicit FILE-LOCATION RULE; prompts/builder+adversary, plan.md
+  (tree+seed), loops AGENTS.md, orchestrator AGENTS.md all updated (cc-ci-orch e144354).
+- Moved 32 root files → machine-docs/ in cc-ci repo (85a7813, all git-detected renames,
+  no content change). Both clones synced; loops restarted with new kickoff (verified
+  kickoff → machine-docs/STATUS-mailu.md); watchdog bounced. resolve_state/INBOX already
+  read machine-docs/ first so phase_done unaffected.
+- Memory notes committed+pushed (cc-ci-orch c33b21f) per AGENTS.md 'memory lives in repo'.