diff --git a/agents/prompts/roles/board.md b/agents/prompts/roles/board.md
index 0b5f4c98..f9691473 100644
--- a/agents/prompts/roles/board.md
+++ b/agents/prompts/roles/board.md
@@ -102,5 +102,7 @@ immediately. The breaker tracks repeated rejections of the same verb
 Read the `remediate` field — it names what was missing across the last
 N rejections. Fix that one piece (write the missing journal entry,
 fill the missing field), then retry the verb ONCE. If the breaker fires
-again, escalate via `i_am_blocked` with the rejection details — that
-signal indicates a real wedge, not a transient error.
+again, you don't have an `i_am_blocked` verb — `dm(recipient='ceo', text=...)`
+with the rejection details (PO/HoM only; Auditor uses `note(scope='reflect', text=...)`)
+so the wedge is captured. The signal indicates a real wedge, not a transient
+error.
diff --git a/agents/prompts/roles/documenter.md b/agents/prompts/roles/documenter.md
index c2d02668..93c2b313 100644
--- a/agents/prompts/roles/documenter.md
+++ b/agents/prompts/roles/documenter.md
@@ -100,5 +100,7 @@ immediately. The breaker tracks repeated rejections of the same verb
 Read the `remediate` field — it names what was missing across the last
 N rejections. Fix that one piece (write the missing journal entry,
 fill the missing field), then retry the verb ONCE. If the breaker fires
-again, escalate via `i_am_blocked` with the rejection details — that
-signal indicates a real wedge, not a transient error.
+again, you don't have an `i_am_blocked` verb — `unclaim(task_id)` to
+release the claim back to pending and `dm(recipient='<cell-pm>', text=...)`
+with the rejection details so the PM knows it's a real wedge, not a
+transient error.
diff --git a/agents/prompts/roles/qa.md b/agents/prompts/roles/qa.md
index 36f7aea0..68fb6dfb 100644
--- a/agents/prompts/roles/qa.md
+++ b/agents/prompts/roles/qa.md
@@ -102,5 +102,7 @@ immediately. The breaker tracks repeated rejections of the same verb
 Read the `remediate` field — it names what was missing across the last
 N rejections. Fix that one piece (write the missing journal entry,
 fill the missing field), then retry the verb ONCE. If the breaker fires
-again, escalate via `i_am_blocked` with the rejection details — that
-signal indicates a real wedge, not a transient error.
+again, you don't have an `i_am_blocked` verb — `unclaim(task_id)` to
+release the claim back to pending and `dm(recipient='<cell-pm>', text=...)`
+with the rejection details so the PM knows it's a real wedge, not a
+transient error.