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 # AGENTS.md
 
+## Deployment Branch Discipline
+
+- If this repo has deployment actions wired to `main`, do not create or stay on a feature branch for deployment-facing site work unless the user explicitly asks for branch-only work.
+- Before telling the user a site change is live or ready to verify on the deployed site, confirm the change is on the branch the deployment action actually watches.
+- Treat "works locally but the deployed page is empty/stale" as a possible branch/deployment ownership failure before continuing CSS or runtime debugging.
+
 ## Layout Debugging
 
 - When a CSS/layout fix is not behaving as expected, inspect the live DOM before guessing again.