diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index fd0d52ef..e798fb53 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ For the full workflow narrative, conventions, and registry schemas, read
   first folder — see [README.md](README.md) "Prompt taxonomy" and `ROUTING.md`.
   Lifecycle/meta folders are **not** work-types and keep their own names:
   `issued/` (routed prompts), `z_features/` (multi-task epic trackers),
-  `z_vault/` (deferred), `shelved/`, and `autoprompt/` (prompts about this repo's
-  own infrastructure).
-- **Registry** — root-level markdown files: `active.md`, `complete.md`,
-  `planned.md`, `parked.md`, `queue.md`, `priority.md`, `ideas.md`. Mutate
-  these only via the skills in `skills/` so commit messages stay consistent.
+  `z_vault/` (deferred prompts — the former `shelved/` merged here), and
+  `autoprompt/` (prompts about this repo's own infrastructure).
+- **Registry** — root-level markdown files, each with one job: `active.md`
+  (in-flight tasks), `planned.md` (scoped, not started), `complete.md`
+  (shipped), `parked.md` (started but not in flight), `queue.md` (ordered
+  input for `register_and_iterate --queue`), `ideas.md` (raw inbox swept by
+  `/intake`). Mutate these only via the skills in `skills/` so commit
+  messages stay consistent.
   `parked.md` holds tasks that were started or scoped but are not currently
   in flight (e.g. work parked in a stash, orphan worktrees); move back to
   `active.md` (or `planned.md` if re-scoping) when resuming.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d007b6eb..9087fea5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ PyAutoMind/
 ├── ideas.md                 ← raw incubating ideas, no structure required
 ├── parked.md                ← started/scoped but not in flight (stashes, orphan worktrees, deferred)
 ├── planned.md               ← issued tasks blocked from starting (created on demand)
-├── priority.md              ← hand-curated priority hints
+
 ├── queue.md                 ← processing queue for /register_and_iterate
 │
 │   PROMPTS — organised by WORK TYPE (first folder), then TARGET (second folder).
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ PyAutoMind/
 │   └── complete/            ← archived trackers (all sub-prompts shipped)
 │
 ├── z_vault/                 ← deferred prompts (z_ prefix sorts last in listings)
-├── shelved/                 ← shelved prompts
+
 │
 ├── autoprompt/              ← prompts about THIS repo's own infrastructure (meta)
 │
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ experiment/autoarray/jax_sparse_mapping.md
 
 ### Not work-types
 
-`issued/`, `z_features/`, `z_vault/`, `shelved/` are **workflow lifecycle**
+`issued/`, `z_features/`, `z_vault/` are **workflow lifecycle**
 folders, and `autoprompt/` holds **meta** prompts about this repo's own
 infrastructure. They keep their own names and are not routed by work type.
 
diff --git a/ROUTING.md b/ROUTING.md
index dadc6164..4b5960d2 100644
--- a/ROUTING.md
+++ b/ROUTING.md
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ commands; PyAutoBrain performs the routing.* Bodies + the boundary live in
 
 ## Not routed by work type
 
-`issued/`, `z_features/`, `z_vault/`, `shelved/` are workflow-lifecycle folders;
+`issued/`, `z_features/`, `z_vault/` are workflow-lifecycle folders;
 `autoprompt/` holds meta prompts about this repo's own infrastructure. None of
 these are work-type folders and PyAutoBrain does not route them.
diff --git a/scripts/status.sh b/scripts/status.sh
index 9e0c8903..03620bf7 100755
--- a/scripts/status.sh
+++ b/scripts/status.sh
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ dim()  { printf "\033[2m%s\033[0m\n" "$1"; }
 #
 # Prompts are now organised by WORK TYPE at the first folder level
 # (feature/, bug/, refactor/, …) with the target repo/domain as the second
-# level. Lifecycle/meta folders (issued/, z_features/, z_vault/, shelved/,
+# level. Lifecycle/meta folders (issued/, z_features/, z_vault/,
 # autoprompt/, triage/) keep their own names. See README "Prompt taxonomy".
 
 WORK_TYPES=(feature bug refactor docs test release maintenance research experiment)
-LIFECYCLE_DIRS=(triage issued z_features z_vault shelved autoprompt)
+LIFECYCLE_DIRS=(triage issued z_features z_vault autoprompt)
 
 bold "== Prompt inventory (by work type) =="
 printf "%-35s %s\n" "category" "count"
diff --git a/shelved/delaunay_jax_find_simplex_split.md b/z_vault/delaunay_jax_find_simplex_split.md
similarity index 100%
rename from shelved/delaunay_jax_find_simplex_split.md
rename to z_vault/delaunay_jax_find_simplex_split.md