diff --git a/agents/AGENTS-claude.md b/agents/AGENTS-claude.md
index 74e6b8d..b2a48b3 100644
--- a/agents/AGENTS-claude.md
+++ b/agents/AGENTS-claude.md
@@ -46,9 +46,15 @@ Prefix every `Agent` prompt with one of:
 Resolution order: explicit `model` param → agent type frontmatter → parent
 inheritance. (`fork` always runs on the parent model; an override is ignored.)
 
+0. **Self-hosted backend (a SessionStart hook says so when `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`
+   points at the vLLM gateway): never pass `model`.** Aliases like `sonnet`
+   do not exist there; every subagent inherits the one available model.
 1. **Don't override specialized agent types** (`Explore`, `Plan`, etc.) — their frontmatter is tuned. Leave `model` off.
 2. **For `general-purpose` under an expensive parent (Opus/Fable): set `model: sonnet`** — don't pay top rates for routine subagent work.
-3. **A bigger model (`opus`)** on a subagent only when isolated context *and* reasoning beyond what the parent can easily do inline are both needed.
+3. **`opus`** for research, recommendation, trade-off and judgement work
+   (also blinded eval judges) and when isolated context *and* reasoning beyond
+   the parent's inline capacity are both needed. For "how should X look"
+   questions discuss options first, do not build.
 4. **`model: haiku`** only for mechanical tasks: bulk classification, format conversion, summarizing pre-filtered text. Code-semantic work → Sonnet.
 
 ### Context hygiene
diff --git a/agents/AGENTS.md b/agents/AGENTS.md
index ad52d1d..fa9b8e9 100644
--- a/agents/AGENTS.md
+++ b/agents/AGENTS.md
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ pushes and memory writes do not need this.
   a human. No social emojis, no emotional filler ("Danke dir! 🙂", "Huhu").
 - Structure: factual salutation ("Hallo <Name>,"), precise content, concrete
   call to action, closing without emotional markers.
-- Append "(ai generated)" to every external text; never in chat replies to me.
+- Append "(ai generated)" to every external text I phrase; never in chat
+  replies to me, and not in automated webhook or alert texts.
+- PR thread replies carry only the decisive argument: no side findings,
+  links or follow-up ideas.
+- Times in chat in Europe/Berlin local time; convert server UTC first.
 
 ## Error handling
 
@@ -48,6 +52,26 @@ loop or brute-force through API calls.
 - On a Jira issue, prefix the subject with its key (`IT-12345`) in every repo.
   The ISAC repo has its own single-line convention (`IT-12345 bw/<bundle>:
   <what>`, no Conventional Commits); the `isac` skill has the details.
+- **Push and open PRs (also drafts) without asking**, then report the link.
+  Not covered: force-push, pushes to shared or foreign branches, merges, PR
+  comments. Exception: in the private l4d2 project Martin pushes himself.
+- **Never `--amend` and never `git stash pop` when other sessions may work in
+  the same repo.** An amend rewrote another session's pushed commit once
+  (2026-09-25); a pop after "No local changes to save" pops a foreign stash,
+  in the ISAC repo one with staged secrets. Fix-ups are new commits; to look
+  at an old version use `git show <ref>:<path>`.
+- **Commit messages via `-F` use one absolute path for writing and reading**
+  (the Bash tool's cwd changes silently; a relative `.tmp/commitmsg.txt` once
+  landed in a task folder and the commit took the old message). Check
+  `head -1` before committing; several commits per turn get numbered files.
+- **Own PR branches: readable over historical.** Re-cut commits into one per
+  logical step (pure `git mv` first, content second) and push with
+  `--force-with-lease`; rebuild from the final tree instead of amending.
+  Bitbucket detects renames only by content similarity, so keep a renamed
+  file small.
+- `git push` over SSH fails inside the sandbox (no raw TCP; `excludedCommands`
+  does not help): push with `dangerouslyDisableSandbox: true`, ISAC via
+  `isac git -C <repo>`.
 
 ## Jira
 
diff --git a/agents/backend-hint.sh b/agents/backend-hint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8e368f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/backend-hint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SessionStart hook: tell the agent when the session runs against the self-hosted
+# vLLM gateway, where model aliases (sonnet, opus, haiku) do not exist.
+# Prints nothing on Anthropic/Vertex so the default rules apply.
+case "${ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL:-}" in
+  *vllm*|*seibert.tools*)
+    model="${ANTHROPIC_MODEL:-${CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL:-the configured model}}"
+    printf '{"hookSpecificOutput":{"hookEventName":"SessionStart","additionalContext":"Self-hosted backend (%s): only %s is available. Never pass a model override to Agent calls; all subagents inherit this model."}}\n' "$ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL" "$model"
+    ;;
+esac
+exit 0