diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
index b928556..644f9aa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -33,25 +33,18 @@ cargo check
 cargo test
 ----
 
-==== Workspace caveat — `+gitbot-shared-context+`
+==== Build from a bare clone
 
-echidnabot’s `+Cargo.toml+` carries a *path dependency* on
-`+gitbot-shared-context+` that assumes the
-https://github.com/hyperpolymath/gitbot-fleet[gitbot-fleet] monorepo
-layout (sibling directory `+../../shared-context+`). Building from a
-bare clone of `+echidnabot+` alone therefore fails at the
-dependency-resolution step. This is *acknowledged tech debt* — see issue
-https://github.com/hyperpolymath/echidnabot/issues/18[#18]. Until that
-is resolved, contributors who want a building tree should either:
+`+Cargo.toml+` takes `+gitbot-shared-context+` as a git dependency, pinned
+by its full commit hash (`+rev+`), as it takes `+echidna-core+`. A bare
+clone of `+echidnabot+` builds, and its tests run, with the toolchain of
+`+rust-toolchain.toml+`. No
+https://github.com/hyperpolymath/gitbot-fleet[`+gitbot-fleet+`] checkout
+is necessary.
 
-[arabic]
-. Clone the parent
-https://github.com/hyperpolymath/gitbot-fleet[`+gitbot-fleet+`] and work
-from `+gitbot-fleet/bots/echidnabot/+`, *or*
-. Provide a local checkout of `+shared-context+` at
-`+../../shared-context+` relative to this clone, *or*
-. Limit your changes to *documentation* (which is what this PR-class
-covers — no build required).
+An earlier version of this section said that the dependency was a path
+dependency at `+../../shared-context+` and that a bare clone failed. That
+is not true any more.
 
 '''''
 
@@ -174,8 +167,7 @@ Before opening a PR:
 
 * [ ] `+cargo fmt --check+` is clean
 * [ ] `+cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings+` is clean
-* [ ] `+cargo test+` passes (caveat: requires gitbot-fleet layout — see
-above)
+* [ ] `+cargo test+` passes
 * [ ] New behaviour has tests (unit + integration where appropriate)
 * [ ] Docs updated when touching public surface (README / wiki / CLI
 help)
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index e9a913f..e4ad232 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ failures, auto-resets after 5 minutes.
 
 [source,bash]
 ----
-# Build (requires gitbot-fleet layout — see CONTRIBUTING.md)
+# Build (a bare clone builds; see CONTRIBUTING.adoc)
 cargo build --release
 
 # Initialise database
diff --git a/RSR_COMPLIANCE.adoc b/RSR_COMPLIANCE.adoc
index 6362cbd..428e82d 100644
--- a/RSR_COMPLIANCE.adoc
+++ b/RSR_COMPLIANCE.adoc
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ packaging primary going forward.
 |echidnabot is registered as a submodule in `hyperpolymath/echidna` but
  checked in as regular files. Acknowledged drift; fix path tracked in
  `STATE.a2ml` `[known-drift]`.
-
-|`Cargo.toml` path dep on `../../shared-context`
-|Standalone-clone builds fail at dep resolution. Acknowledged; tracked
- in issue #18. Working build requires the gitbot-fleet layout.
 |===
 
 == Outstanding Action Items
@@ -132,8 +128,9 @@ packaging primary going forward.
 the work landing.)
 
 * [ ] Generate SPDX SBOM at release time and attach to GitHub Release
-* [ ] Resolve `gitbot-shared-context` path dependency for standalone
-      buildability (issue #18)
+* [x] Resolve `gitbot-shared-context` path dependency for standalone
+      buildability. Done: `Cargo.toml` takes it as a git dependency with a
+      `rev` pin, and a bare clone builds.
 * [ ] Realise the Zig FFI scaffold (replace `echidnabot` template
       placeholders in `ffi/zig/`; see link:ABI-FFI-README.md[ABI-FFI-README.md]
       "Current Status")