diff --git a/docs/cordis-catalog/events-and-services.md b/docs/cordis-catalog/events-and-services.md
index 6eede54b97..ef3671644c 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-catalog/events-and-services.md
+++ b/docs/cordis-catalog/events-and-services.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ An agent was registered in the AgentRegistry and is ready to receive messages.
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:255`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:258`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/disposed` — emit
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ An agent was disposed and removed from the registry; its fiber and any in-flight
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:262`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:265`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/error` — emit
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ A step or turn errored. The loop reports a failure here (plus the logger) even w
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:401`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:404`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/pre-step` — serial
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Serial (awaited in registration order), not a waterfall: a listener mutates the
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:340`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:343`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/prompt-submit` — waterfall
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Waterfall: decide what happens to ONE drained queued message before it becomes a
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:353`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:356`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/queued` — emit
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ A message entered the agent's inbox (queued or steering). `source` is the resolv
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [MessageSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:280`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:283`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/request` — waterfall
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Waterfall: mutate the fully-assembled GenerateOptions before the model call (hoo
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [GenerateOptions](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:366`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:369`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/session-start` — emit
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ The agent's session lifecycle began, fired once before its first turn. `source`
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:295`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:298`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/status` — emit
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`, or → `disposed`). Drive lifecycle
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:271`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:274`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/step-result` — waterfall
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Waterfall: post-process the assembled assistant Message before tool dispatch (va
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Message](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:376`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:379`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 #### `agent/turn-continuation` — waterfall
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Waterfall: override the turn-continuation decision via a typed ContinuationDecis
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:389`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:392`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `fs/*`
 
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts b/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts
index 26dde9c764..3823b0db61 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts
@@ -78,11 +78,14 @@ export interface AgentOptions {
   /** Model name (must have a registered adapter at call time). */
   model?: string
   /**
-   * The agent's persona: a deployment-authored prompt-template fragment,
+   * The agent's persona: a deployment-authored prompt-TEMPLATE fragment,
    * rendered as the order-0 section of the assembled system prompt (before
    * all tool guidance). It may reference registered `{{variables}}` (e.g.
    * `{{model}}`, `{{cwd}}`); it is one section of the full prompt, never the
-   * whole.
+   * whole. Template, not free-form text: every complete `{{…}}` group IS
+   * interpreted, strictly — an unknown or malformed reference fails the turn
+   * loudly — and there is no escape syntax for literal `{{…}}` prose yet (a
+   * deliberate deferral; see the prompt-variables RFC).
    */
   systemPrompt?: string
 }