diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
index 6a33fe5..6f63ba3 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
       "Bash(git push -f *)",
       "Bash(sudo *)",
       "Read(**/.env)",
-      "Read(**/.env.*)"
+      "Read(**/.env.local)",
+      "Read(**/.env.*.local)",
+      "Read(**/.env.production)"
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/.claude/workflow.lock.json b/.claude/workflow.lock.json
index 9d58184..a364def 100644
--- a/.claude/workflow.lock.json
+++ b/.claude/workflow.lock.json
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     ".claude/skills/gc/SKILL.md": "abfb7282d3000eb30b872df8313a17aa2c60a54e5951034c0bdfaa3da59bde71",
     ".claude/skills/handoff/SKILL.md": "1289ffc479b7761066212b576d1a22c8c134e3aeed7bff5945642acc439a3eab",
     ".claude/skills/parallel-work/SKILL.md": "94fbb922cf88fc005fd8cfa033c1c3559adbfde04fd759ca5f3c696f2afd9afe",
-    ".claude/workflow/check.py": "c3e23ff58df8e13365d69c85a5a54d1bfbc9557f08d745e426426715e09d6220",
+    ".claude/workflow/check.py": "f2e69f3c29d75e116ed3812bc3a33af7129a82c8d32b17d8782d8d4aed7ce29a",
     ".claude/workflow/gc.py": "30b0191f1171a1fe9d5f6bf10579a8eaa8a06db49da9a8437376df5bebb70af4",
     "docs/plans/_template.md": "9178c6a0a9807241ecd8d5624f9e07f94f6b5181e4a2290f44fd49f0c8b08d3f"
   },
-  "kit": "c9485b3 2026-11-06",
+  "kit": "9a00ece 2026-11-06",
   "level": "full"
 }
diff --git a/.claude/workflow/check.py b/.claude/workflow/check.py
index d8c367a..635ae41 100755
--- a/.claude/workflow/check.py
+++ b/.claude/workflow/check.py
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 - Every path-scoped rule in .claude/rules/ has a strict `paths:` header whose fixed prefixes exist
   (a header that fails to parse makes the rule load in every session instead).
 - docs/decisions.md, if present: under its byte budget, lines within the length limit, each theme
-  heading names an existing detail file; every detail entry opens with a status line; every index
-  line is claimed by an entry marked `live, indexed`, and every claim names an index line.
+  heading names an existing detail file, each detail file under its own budget when one is set
+  (entries that no longer apply move to docs/decisions/archive/, which is not checked); every
+  detail entry opens with a status line; every index line is claimed by an entry marked
+  `live, indexed`, and every claim names an index line.
 - docs/plans/README.md, if present: its "Active plans" list agrees with each dated plan's
   `Status:` line (a closed plan is not listed; an open one is).
 """
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
     "claude_md_max_bytes": 14336,
     "decisions_index_max_bytes": 20000,
     "decisions_line_max_chars": 250,
+    "decisions_theme_max_bytes": 0,  # 0 = no cap; new repositories are seeded with 40960
 }
 STATUS = re.compile(
     r"^\*\*Status:\*\* (live, indexed|live, not indexed|superseded by \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}"
@@ -144,7 +147,14 @@ def check_decisions(root: Path, cfg: dict, r: Report) -> None:
         if not detail.exists():
             r.fail("decisions", f"theme heading names {file}, which does not exist")
             continue
-        lines = detail.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig").split("\n")
+        text = detail.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig")
+        cap = cfg.get("decisions_theme_max_bytes") or 0
+        if cap and len(text.encode()) > cap:
+            size = len(text.encode())
+            r.fail("decisions", f"{file} is {size} bytes, over {cap}: move superseded, withdrawn "
+                                f"and record entries to docs/decisions/archive/{file}, which "
+                                "nothing loads or checks")
+        lines = text.split("\n")
         claims: list[tuple[int, str]] = []
         for i, line in enumerate(lines):
             h = HEADING.match(line)