diff --git a/.agents/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md
index 8e8b7c08..72e82d15 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ With repository access (project agents):
 2. Commit the plot file (and nothing unrelated) with a plain message; no
    Defense paragraph is needed for content-only additions.
 3. Push the branch and open the pull request:
-   `git push origin worktree-<plot-id>` then
+   `branch=$(git branch --show-current) && git push -u origin "$branch"` then
    `tang pr create -t "Plot: <plot-id>" -b "<target>, <category>, one-line synopsis. Coexists: <causal and executable delta from existing target plots>. Contract: wiki/mechanics/plots.md."`
    (If `tang` is unauthenticated, ask the operator to run
    `tang auth login`, or push the branch and name it in your handoff.)
diff --git a/.claude/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md
index 8e8b7c08..72e82d15 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/plot-author/SKILL.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ With repository access (project agents):
 2. Commit the plot file (and nothing unrelated) with a plain message; no
    Defense paragraph is needed for content-only additions.
 3. Push the branch and open the pull request:
-   `git push origin worktree-<plot-id>` then
+   `branch=$(git branch --show-current) && git push -u origin "$branch"` then
    `tang pr create -t "Plot: <plot-id>" -b "<target>, <category>, one-line synopsis. Coexists: <causal and executable delta from existing target plots>. Contract: wiki/mechanics/plots.md."`
    (If `tang` is unauthenticated, ask the operator to run
    `tang auth login`, or push the branch and name it in your handoff.)
diff --git a/wiki/log/2026-07-11-plot-content-pipeline.md b/wiki/log/2026-07-11-plot-content-pipeline.md
index 4f1ab09b..88ee5fff 100644
--- a/wiki/log/2026-07-11-plot-content-pipeline.md
+++ b/wiki/log/2026-07-11-plot-content-pipeline.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ gate, reach review, and never enter the game.
   Tangled gates, with a classifier fixture.
 - Updated the plot README and canonical/mirrored authoring skill to state the
   actual no-registry workflow and require semantic validation before review.
+- Corrected the submission recipe to discover and push the worktree's actual
+  branch name instead of assuming a stale `worktree-<plot-id>` convention.
 - Used a seventh proposed plot as the end-to-end probe. It exposed a second
   hidden registry in the six-plot test assertion and a contributor-workflow
   gap: an author could rename prose over an existing target's identical