diff --git a/fleet.toml b/fleet.toml
index 24240a5..d2d83d9 100644
--- a/fleet.toml
+++ b/fleet.toml
@@ -24,3 +24,16 @@ enabled   = true                                                 # is this proje
 secrets   = ".env"                                               # where the project's creds live (path/ref; never in git)
 config    = "agents.toml"                                        # the project's harness config file (relative to the project root)
 notes     = "Sample fleet entry — replace with a real project, or remove."
+
+# cc-ci modeled as a project (poe2e staging). enabled=false: the PO must NOT start it — the live
+# cc-ci still runs under /srv/cc-ci/cc-ci-plan/agents.py in the cc-ci- tmux namespace. Taking it
+# live on the new system is an operator-supervised cutover (see the project's docs/cutover-runbook.md).
+[[project]]
+name      = "cc-ci"
+location  = "/home/loops/poe2e/cc-ci"                            # local staging repo (git, engine submodule pinned)
+harness   = "agent-orchestrator"
+ref       = "v0.1.0"
+enabled   = false                                                # STAGING — never started by the PO (would collide with live)
+secrets   = "/srv/cc-ci/.testenv"                                # live cc-ci creds (Gitea bot, etc.); never in git
+config    = "agents.toml"
+notes     = "cc-ci as project #1 (staging). Migrated from live cc-ci-plan/agents.toml. Parity verified in poe2e. Cutover is operator-supervised."