diff --git a/.claude/agents/architect.md b/.claude/agents/architect.md
index 5be684b..76081f8 100644
--- a/.claude/agents/architect.md
+++ b/.claude/agents/architect.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+name: architect
 description: Refine work into clear, independent units before implementation.
 ---
 
diff --git a/.claude/agents/dev.md b/.claude/agents/dev.md
index c336bee..21c5095 100644
--- a/.claude/agents/dev.md
+++ b/.claude/agents/dev.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+name: dev
 description: Implement one assigned unit, test it, and open a pull request.
 ---
 
diff --git a/.claude/agents/reviewer.md b/.claude/agents/reviewer.md
index 1c0162a..d4fdd1a 100644
--- a/.claude/agents/reviewer.md
+++ b/.claude/agents/reviewer.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+name: reviewer
 description: Review one assigned scope and report the most important real issue.
 ---
 
diff --git a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncher.java b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncher.java
index 2d190d7..f1e196e 100644
--- a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncher.java
+++ b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncher.java
@@ -279,9 +279,15 @@ public final class ClaudeCodeLauncher extends HerdrPeerLauncher {
      * single inline argv element — herdr refuses to shell-encode a multi-line argument
      * ({@code invalid_agent_argument}). It is written to a temp file instead and mounted with
      * {@code --append-system-prompt-file}, which this host confirms Claude Code accepts for a
-     * multi-line file. The reply charter is always exactly one line and demonstrably encodes, and it
-     * must reach a member with no repo checkout (nowhere to put a file), so it keeps its inline
-     * {@code --append-system-prompt} delivery.
+     * multi-line file.
+     *
+     * <p>CB-618: Claude Code refuses to start when BOTH {@code --append-system-prompt} and
+     * {@code --append-system-prompt-file} are on the command line ("Cannot use both ... Please use
+     * only one"), so the two charters can never travel on separate flags. When both are present they
+     * are concatenated into the one file, role charter first and reply charter last — last is where
+     * the reply rule must sit, because it is the rule that must survive. When only the reply charter
+     * is present it keeps its proven inline {@code --append-system-prompt} delivery, which is also
+     * the only form that reaches a member with no repo checkout.
      */
     private List<String> argvWithBridge(BridgedConfig.Profile cfg, LaunchSpec spec) {
         String roleCharter = nonBlank(spec.roleCharter());
@@ -298,10 +304,10 @@ public final class ClaudeCodeLauncher extends HerdrPeerLauncher {
             argv.add(mcpJson);
         }
         if (roleCharter != null) {
+            String combined = replyCharter == null ? roleCharter : roleCharter + "\n\n" + replyCharter;
             argv.add("--append-system-prompt-file");
-            argv.add(writeRoleCharterFile(roleCharter).toString());
-        }
-        if (replyCharter != null) {
+            argv.add(writeCharterFile(combined).toString());
+        } else if (replyCharter != null) {
             argv.add("--append-system-prompt");
             argv.add(replyCharter);
         }
@@ -325,10 +331,10 @@ public final class ClaudeCodeLauncher extends HerdrPeerLauncher {
      * reads this file (the spawned peer) outlives this JVM call and there is no spawn-scoped teardown
      * hook to delete it synchronously.
      */
-    private static Path writeRoleCharterFile(String roleCharter) {
+    private static Path writeCharterFile(String charterText) {
         try {
             Path file = Files.createTempFile("bridged-role-charter-", ".md");
-            Files.writeString(file, roleCharter);
+            Files.writeString(file, charterText);
             file.toFile().deleteOnExit();
             return file;
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncherTest.java b/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncherTest.java
index 8087626..144c279 100644
--- a/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncherTest.java
+++ b/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/member/ClaudeCodeLauncherTest.java
@@ -109,17 +109,22 @@ class ClaudeCodeLauncherTest {
                 "the operator's own args are preserved, in order, ahead of the model flag");
     }
 
-    // --- CB-617: the role charter travels by file, never inline; the reply charter stays inline ---
+    // --- CB-617/CB-618: both charters travel in ONE file; the reply charter alone stays inline ---
 
     /**
      * CB-617: herdr refuses to shell-encode a multi-line inline argv argument
      * ({@code invalid_agent_argument}) — the exact failure this reproduced on profile {@code opus}.
      * The role charter is operator-authored and often multi-line, so it must never appear as an argv
-     * element; the one-line reply charter still may. This drives the real launcher entry point
-     * ({@code spawn}), the same path a live spawn takes — not the argv builder in isolation.
+     * element.
+     *
+     * <p>CB-618: and Claude Code itself refuses to start when both {@code --append-system-prompt} and
+     * {@code --append-system-prompt-file} are given ("Cannot use both ... Please use only one"), so
+     * the reply charter cannot ride inline alongside a role charter either. Both go in the one file,
+     * reply charter last. This drives the real launcher entry point ({@code spawn}), the same path a
+     * live spawn takes — not the argv builder in isolation.
      */
     @Test
-    void roleCharterTravelsByFileAndReplyCharterStaysInline() {
+    void bothChartersTravelInOneFileAndNeverOnBothFlags() {
         FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
         String roleCharter = "You review changes.\nLine two.\nLine three.";
         BridgedConfig.Profile cfg = new BridgedConfig.Profile(
@@ -138,15 +143,15 @@ class ClaudeCodeLauncherTest {
 
         int fileFlag = args.indexOf("--append-system-prompt-file");
         assertTrue(fileFlag >= 0, "the role charter is mounted via --append-system-prompt-file: " + args);
+        assertFalse(args.contains("--append-system-prompt"),
+                "CB-618: Claude Code refuses to start with both flags — the reply charter must not "
+                        + "ride inline beside a role charter: " + args);
         assertDoesNotThrow(() -> {
             String written = Files.readString(Path.of(args.get(fileFlag + 1)));
-            assertEquals(roleCharter, written, "the file holds exactly the role charter text");
+            assertTrue(written.startsWith(roleCharter), "the file opens with the role charter: " + written);
+            assertTrue(written.endsWith(HerdrPeerLauncher.REPLY_CHARTER),
+                    "the reply charter is last — it is the rule that must survive: " + written);
         }, "the --append-system-prompt-file path must be a readable file");
-
-        int inlineFlag = args.indexOf("--append-system-prompt");
-        assertTrue(inlineFlag >= 0, "the reply charter still travels inline: " + args);
-        assertEquals(HerdrPeerLauncher.REPLY_CHARTER, args.get(inlineFlag + 1),
-                "only the reply charter (one line) rides inline — the role charter never does");
     }
 
     @Test