diff --git a/packages/cli/README.md b/packages/cli/README.md
index 87ed4e0e..ff6415d1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/README.md
+++ b/packages/cli/README.md
@@ -406,13 +406,13 @@ the override without editing JSON by hand.
 
 `sources add` appends by default. `--position <n>` inserts at the 1-based
 position among configurable directories, so `--position 1` gives that directory
-the highest priority after the fixed cwd source. `sources remove` accepts either
-that configurable position or an exact path.
+the highest priority after the fixed `cwd` and `cwd:agents` sources. `sources
+remove` accepts either that configurable position or an exact path.
 
 Examples:
 
 ```sh
-# Show the full source cascade, including fixed cwd and library entries
+# Show the full source cascade, including fixed cwd/cwd:agents and library entries
 agentworkforce sources list
 
 # Install personas from another checkout, below the default user persona dir
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli-impl.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli-impl.ts
index 9dfa5014..1d03cb3e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli-impl.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli-impl.ts
@@ -1757,10 +1757,11 @@ function buildFastLaunchPlan(input: {
     // dirs, so every persona JSON in every layer is a resolution input.
     for (const name of entries) {
       if (dir.nested) {
-        // One persona per subdirectory. The subdirectory's own mtime witnesses
-        // the compile that first creates persona.json, which the parent dir's
-        // stat does not see.
-        digests.push(statDigestOf(join(dir.dir, name)));
+        // One persona per subdirectory. A missing file digests to nulls, so
+        // this one entry witnesses both the compile that first writes
+        // persona.json and later edits to it. Digesting the subdirectory too
+        // would invalidate the plan every time an unrelated sibling — the
+        // handler, the README, agent-card.json — is added or rewritten.
         digests.push(statDigestOf(join(dir.dir, name, NESTED_PERSONA_FILENAME)));
       } else if (name.endsWith('.json')) {
         digests.push(statDigestOf(join(dir.dir, name)));