diff --git a/.beads/.gitignore b/.beads/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 148d4f1..0000000
--- a/.beads/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Database
-*.db
-*.db-journal
-*.db-shm
-*.db-wal
-
-# Lock files
-*.lock
-
-# Temporary
-last-touched
-*.tmp
-
-# Local history backups
-.br_history/
-
-# DB-family recovery artifacts (truncated WAL/SHM, quarantined sidecars)
-# - same lifecycle as .br_history/, written by recovery paths and
-# `br doctor --repair`. Filename suffix `.truncated-wal` slips past the
-# generic `*.db-wal` glob above, so it needs an explicit entry (#271).
-.br_recovery/
-
-# Sync state (local-only, per-machine)
-.sync.lock
-sync_base.jsonl
-
-# Merge artifacts (temporary files from 3-way merge)
-beads.base.jsonl
-beads.base.meta.json
-beads.left.jsonl
-beads.left.meta.json
-beads.right.jsonl
-beads.right.meta.json
-
-# Daemon runtime files
-daemon.lock
-daemon.log
-daemon.pid
-bd.sock
-sync-state.json
-
-# Worktree redirect file
-redirect
-
-# bv (beads viewer) lock file
-.bv.lock
diff --git a/.beads/config.yaml b/.beads/config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d59ec4..0000000
--- a/.beads/config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-issue_prefix: allagents
diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl
deleted file mode 100644
index 658697a..0000000
--- a/.beads/issues.jsonl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{"id":"allagents-ntm-beads-ao-cleanup-s4v","title":"Set up NTM and Beads guidance and remove AO artifacts","description":"Set up Beads for EntityProcess/allagents, add minimal repo guidance for future NTM sessions/workers and Beads coordination, and remove/supersede Composio AO / agent-orchestrator artifacts in favor of NTM. Track search evidence and validation before PR.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2026-06-08T20:45:18.446045720Z","created_by":"entity","updated_at":"2026-06-08T20:52:21.560446826Z","closed_at":"2026-06-08T20:51:19.931912943Z","close_reason":"Guidance, Beads setup, AO evidence, and focused validation complete for PR.","source_repo":"allagents","source_repo_path":"/home/entity/projects/EntityProcess/allagents","compaction_level":0,"original_size":0,"labels":["beads","cleanup","ntm"],"comments":[{"id":1,"issue_id":"allagents-ntm-beads-ao-cleanup-s4v","author":"entity","text":"AO/Composio search evidence: origin/main (14d555d18a3dbf89375518a88193c4db5c8087ed) has no filename or content matches for composio, agent-orchestrator, agent orchestrator, AO config, agentConfig, or permissionless except ordinary GitHub Actions permissions keys. The primary checkout branch chore/ao-agent-orchestrator-config adds only agent-orchestrator.yaml with agentConfig.permissions: permissionless. This PR branch is based on origin/main, so there is no AO file to delete here; the branch supersedes that AO config by documenting NTM/Beads as the repo coordination path and forbidding AO artifacts.","created_at":"2026-06-08T20:49:17Z"},{"id":2,"issue_id":"allagents-ntm-beads-ao-cleanup-s4v","author":"entity","text":"Implementation/validation: initialized Beads with issue_prefix=allagents, added a concise AGENTS.md NTM & Beads Coordination section naming /home/entity/ntm_Dev/allagents as the stable NTM project root, and verified no AO artifacts are present on origin/main. Checks run: git status -sb, br status, br show allagents-ntm-beads-ao-cleanup-s4v --wrap, bun run lint, bun run typecheck.","created_at":"2026-06-08T20:51:19Z"}]}
-{"id":"allagents-remove-legacy-orchestration-wording-r2z","title":"Clean AGENTS.md coordination wording","description":"Update AGENTS.md to keep positive NTM sessions/workers guidance and Beads tracking via br.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2026-06-08T21:06:14.269026977Z","created_by":"entity","updated_at":"2026-06-08T21:08:00.898412860Z","closed_at":"2026-06-08T21:08:00.898261719Z","close_reason":"AGENTS.md coordination wording cleaned and verified.","source_repo":"allagents","source_repo_path":"/home/entity/projects/EntityProcess/allagents","compaction_level":0,"original_size":0,"labels":["beads","cleanup","ntm"]}
diff --git a/.beads/metadata.json b/.beads/metadata.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f581edc..0000000
--- a/.beads/metadata.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "database": "beads.db",
-  "jsonl_export": "issues.jsonl"
-}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 770a78f..71b9d7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ temp/
 .worktrees/
 allagents.worktrees/
 
+# Beads external workspace (never initialized inside this source repo)
+.beads/
+
 # Ralph runtime files (not config)
 .ralph/.call_count
 .ralph/.circuit_breaker_history
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 4ac2090..c618958 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ bun install
 ```
 - If you discover you are not on a fresh worktree from the latest `origin/main`, stop and fix that first before changing code.
 
-### NTM & Beads Coordination
-- Use NTM sessions/workers for multi-agent orchestration. The stable NTM project root is `/home/entity/ntm_Dev/allagents`; use task labels/workers from that project for coordinated work.
-- Track durable task state with Beads using `br`. Keep Bead statuses current, run `br sync --flush-only` before commits that change Beads state, and commit only intentional `.beads` JSONL/config files.
-- Do not commit Beads runtime files such as local DB/WAL files, locks, sync state, or history backups.
-
 ### Planning
 - Use plan mode for any non-trivial task (5+ steps or architectural decisions).
 - If something goes sideways, STOP and re-plan immediately instead of pushing through a broken approach.