diff --git a/.claude/CLAUDE.md b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
index 676f9de..5c451ea 100644
--- a/.claude/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Two rulesets guard `main`: "Protect main branch" (24806684: no deletion, no forc
 
 ## The one coupling
 
-The `DESIGN.md` that `AGENTS.md` § Conventions names is `coabana-site`'s (checkout `coabana/`), whose `CLAUDE.md` says the same from its side. Before stating what that file holds now, read it or verify it with the `contract-checker` agent.
+The `DESIGN.md` that `AGENTS.md` § Conventions names is `brand/DESIGN.md` of `coabana-brand` (checkout `coabana-brand/`, a private repository), the design-token source of record. `coabana-site`'s `DESIGN.md` (checkout `coabana/`) mirrors the same file, and its `CLAUDE.md` names this session as the CV that mirrors it too. Before stating what either file holds now, read it or verify it with the `contract-checker` agent.
 
 ## Index
 
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 062c19e..b7cb043 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CI (`Validate`, `.github/workflows/ci.yml`) refuses invalid HTML in either page,
 ## Conventions
 
 - **Language.** The content is English by default with Spanish, by audience: the text lives in the `en` and `es` dictionaries of the `i18n` object at the end of `index.html`, with the same keys, and each translatable element carries `data-i18n="<key>"`; the English default in the HTML stays aligned with `en`. The working documents — README, this file, the rules, code comments and commit subjects — are English; Spanish text quoted from the content stays Spanish.
-- **Design.** The design tokens (palette, type, chips, buttons, motion) mirror `DESIGN.md` of `Coabana/coabana.github.io`, the canonical source, copied by hand into the `<style>` of `index.html`. The JSON-LD names Coabana as the affiliation, and a call to action links to https://coabana.github.io/.
+- **Design.** The design tokens (palette, type, chips, buttons, motion) mirror `brand/DESIGN.md` of `Coabana/coabana-brand`, the source of record since 2026-11-05, which the Coabana site's own `DESIGN.md` also mirrors; they are copied by hand into the `<style>` of `index.html`. The JSON-LD names Coabana as the affiliation, and a call to action links to https://coabana.github.io/.
 - **Commits.** The whole subject line at most 72 characters, no trailing period. Authored as `Roanny Lamas <roannylamaslopez@gmail.com>`, set in this checkout's local git config; the employer's address is never used here.
 - **Landing.** Work on a branch, open a pull request, and land it on `main` by fast-forward (`git push origin <branch>:main`) once `Validate` is green on its head. No merge commits, no force push, no remote-ref deletion.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f43dc7..1f51683 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Everything lives in `index.html`. The bilingual text is in the **`i18n`** object
 
 ## Design system
 
-The site shares its identity with [Coabana](https://coabana.github.io/): the same Caribbean-tech palette, typefaces, chips, buttons and motion. The canonical reference for tokens and components is **[`DESIGN.md` in the Coabana site's repository](https://github.com/Coabana/coabana.github.io/blob/main/DESIGN.md)**. A token changed there is copied by hand into the `<style>` of `index.html`.
+The site shares its identity with [Coabana](https://coabana.github.io/): the same Caribbean-tech palette, typefaces, chips, buttons and motion. The canonical reference for tokens and components is `brand/DESIGN.md` in `Coabana/coabana-brand` (a private repository), the source of record since 2026-11-05; the [`DESIGN.md` of the Coabana site](https://github.com/Coabana/coabana.github.io/blob/main/DESIGN.md) mirrors it. A token changed there is copied by hand into the `<style>` of `index.html`.
 
 ## SEO
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ GitHub Pages serves the root of `main`: every push to `main` is live in 1–2 mi
 
 ## The solution
 
-This site is not part of the Looker Developer Agent and names none of its products. It belongs to the Coabana working set as a site, beside the Coabana site, whose `DESIGN.md` is the source of its design tokens.
+This site is not part of the Looker Developer Agent and names none of its products. It belongs to the Coabana working set as a site, beside the Coabana site; both take their design tokens from `coabana-brand`'s `brand/DESIGN.md`.
 
 ## License