diff --git a/skills/project-create/SKILL.md b/skills/project-create/SKILL.md
index c6a25db..10e0ee0 100644
--- a/skills/project-create/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/project-create/SKILL.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Gitea tokens are secrets — they live only with `.admin` (zone rule: secrets st
 - Don't assume the repo-creation path — ask (Hard rule 2); a `.admin` delegation already sent is not revocable.
 - Don't register the project in mappa before the repo exists (breaks the server flow with 409; no delete channel).
 - Don't create mappa registration alone without the repo (they're a pair).
-- Don't create the repo alone without the mappa registration.
+- Don't create the repo and skip the mappa registration entirely (the pair: repo AND registration both exist, in the right order).
 - Don't create the on-disk folder in a guessed location — ask.
 - Don't do the bootstrap inside this skill — that's `project-bootstrap`.
 - Don't create a paired review for the `.admin` repo task (ops task).