diff --git a/conductor/directives/presets/current_baseline.md b/conductor/directives/presets/current_baseline.md
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+# Preset: current_baseline
+
+The baseline directive composition — all v1 variants lifted verbatim from the
+current production docs. This is the starting point; alternative presets swap
+variants to test different encodings.
+
+## Directives to warm
+
+Read each file below before any action.
+
+- atomic_per_task_commits: conductor/directives/atomic_per_task_commits/v1.md
+- ban_any_type: conductor/directives/ban_any_type/v1.md
+- ban_arbitrary_core_mocking: conductor/directives/ban_arbitrary_core_mocking/v1.md
+- ban_day_estimates: conductor/directives/ban_day_estimates/v1.md
+- ban_dict_any: conductor/directives/ban_dict_any/v1.md
+- ban_dict_get_on_known_fields: conductor/directives/ban_dict_get_on_known_fields/v1.md
+- ban_getattr_dispatch: conductor/directives/ban_getattr_dispatch/v1.md
+- ban_hasattr_dispatch: conductor/directives/ban_hasattr_dispatch/v1.md
+- ban_local_imports: conductor/directives/ban_local_imports/v1.md
+- ban_optional_returns: conductor/directives/ban_optional_returns/v1.md
+- ban_prefix_aliasing: conductor/directives/ban_prefix_aliasing/v1.md
+- ban_repeated_from_dict: conductor/directives/ban_repeated_from_dict/v1.md
+- batch_verification_not_isolation: conductor/directives/batch_verification_not_isolation/v1.md
+- boundary_layer_exception: conductor/directives/boundary_layer_exception/v1.md
+- cache_stable_to_volatile: conductor/directives/cache_stable_to_volatile/v1.md
+- chroma_cache_path: conductor/directives/chroma_cache_path/v1.md
+- comprehensive_logging: conductor/directives/comprehensive_logging/v1.md
+- config_state_owner: conductor/directives/config_state_owner/v1.md
+- deduction_loop_limit: conductor/directives/deduction_loop_limit/v1.md
+- feature_flag_delete_to_turn_off: conductor/directives/feature_flag_delete_to_turn_off/v1.md
+- file_naming_convention: conductor/directives/file_naming_convention/v1.md
+- git_hard_bans: conductor/directives/git_hard_bans/v1.md
+- imgui_scope_verification: conductor/directives/imgui_scope_verification/v1.md
+- inherited_cruft_ask_first: conductor/directives/inherited_cruft_ask_first/v1.md
+- knowledge_harvest_pattern: conductor/directives/knowledge_harvest_pattern/v1.md
+- large_files_are_fine: conductor/directives/large_files_are_fine/v1.md
+- live_gui_poll_not_sleep: conductor/directives/live_gui_poll_not_sleep/v1.md
+- mandatory_research_first: conductor/directives/mandatory_research_first/v1.md
+- metadata_boundary_type: conductor/directives/metadata_boundary_type/v1.md
+- modular_controller_pattern: conductor/directives/modular_controller_pattern/v1.md
+- nil_sentinel_pattern: conductor/directives/nil_sentinel_pattern/v1.md
+- no_comments_in_body: conductor/directives/no_comments_in_body/v1.md
+- no_diagnostic_noise: conductor/directives/no_diagnostic_noise/v1.md
+- no_new_src_files_without_permission: conductor/directives/no_new_src_files_without_permission/v1.md
+- no_output_filtering: conductor/directives/no_output_filtering/v1.md
+- no_skip_markers_as_avoidance: conductor/directives/no_skip_markers_as_avoidance/v1.md
+- one_space_indent: conductor/directives/one_space_indent/v1.md
+- prefer_targeted_tier_runs: conductor/directives/prefer_targeted_tier_runs/v1.md
+- rag_six_rules: conductor/directives/rag_six_rules/v1.md
+- report_instead_of_fix_ban: conductor/directives/report_instead_of_fix_ban/v1.md
+- result_error_pattern: conductor/directives/result_error_pattern/v1.md
+- scope_creep_track_doc_ban: conductor/directives/scope_creep_track_doc_ban/v1.md
+- sdm_dependency_tags: conductor/directives/sdm_dependency_tags/v1.md
+- strict_state_management: conductor/directives/strict_state_management/v1.md
+- tdd_red_green_required: conductor/directives/tdd_red_green_required/v1.md
+- test_sandbox: conductor/directives/test_sandbox/v1.md
+- type_hints_required: conductor/directives/type_hints_required/v1.md
+- typed_dataclass_fields: conductor/directives/typed_dataclass_fields/v1.md
+- ui_delegation_for_hot_reload: conductor/directives/ui_delegation_for_hot_reload/v1.md
+- verbose_commit_message_ban: conductor/directives/verbose_commit_message_ban/v1.md
+- workspace_paths: conductor/directives/workspace_paths/v1.md
+
+## Notes
+
+All v1 (verbatim lifts from current production docs; the harvest yielded 51,
+not the plan's claimed 48 — see HARVEST_SUMMARY.md for what was lifted).
+No alternative encodings tested yet. This preset is the control group for
+future experiments.
+
+To create an experimental preset: copy this file, change the variant path for
+the directives you want to test (e.g., swap `v1.md` for `v2_rationale_first.md`),
+and update the Notes section with your hypothesis.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conductor/tracks/directive_hotswap_harness_20260627/state.toml b/conductor/tracks/directive_hotswap_harness_20260627/state.toml
index 799a9c55..6f9bf2eb 100644
--- a/conductor/tracks/directive_hotswap_harness_20260627/state.toml
+++ b/conductor/tracks/directive_hotswap_harness_20260627/state.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ manual_slop_directive_lab = "planned (future; GUI integration)"
 
 [phases]
 phase_1 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "ce0564fe", name = "Directive Harvest (10 steps: 48 directives from doc tree into conductor/directives/)" }
-phase_2 = { status = "pending", checkpointsha = "", name = "Baseline Preset + Role-Prompt Bootstrap (8 steps: preset + 5 role-prompt warm with: updates)" }
+phase_2 = { status = "in_progress", checkpointsha = "", name = "Baseline Preset + Role-Prompt Bootstrap (8 steps: preset + 5 role-prompt warm with: updates)" }
 phase_3 = { status = "pending", checkpointsha = "", name = "Verification + End-of-Track (4 steps: dir structure verify + manual LLM verify + report + commit)" }
 
 [tasks]