diff --git a/.ciagent/config.json b/.ciagent/config.json
index e9f4cc0..607f679 100644
--- a/.ciagent/config.json
+++ b/.ciagent/config.json
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
     }
   },
   "git": {
-    "branching_strategy": "phase",
+    "branching_strategy": "flat",
+    "_branching_strategy_note": "ACDL uses flat workflow (committed directly to main per established convention since v1.0). The 'phase' strategy is advisory; CIAgent uses milestone/phase branches for v1.14 but the project convention is flat.",
     "auto_commit": true,
     "auto_push": true
   },
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
       },
       "ollama-cloud": {
         "base_url": "",
+        "_base_url_note": "Intentionally unset. The runtime uses the glm-5.2 model via the opencode backend (not the llm_backends config). This entry is for reference only.",
         "api_key_env": "OLLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY",
         "model_profile": "quality",
         "timeout_ms": 60000
@@ -190,9 +192,11 @@
       {
         "name": "frontend-engineer",
         "domain": "frontend",
+        "active": false,
         "frameworks": ["react", "next.js"],
         "constraints": ["component-first", "server-components", "minimal-client-js"],
-        "territory": ["**/components/**", "**/pages/**", "**/hooks/**", "**/styles/**", "**/*.tsx", "**/*.css", "**/*.vue"]
+        "territory": ["**/components/**", "**/pages/**", "**/hooks/**", "**/styles/**", "**/*.tsx", "**/*.css", "**/*.vue"],
+        "reason": "ACDL has no frontend (no package.json); decks are markdown (lead-developer territory). Deactivated per PERSONAS.md:80."
       }
     ]
   },