diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
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@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@ All require a valid `X-Recap-Operator-Key`. Defined in `routes/user-tier.js`.
 - `POST /:id/repolish` — re-runs `runSummaryPolish` with the CURRENT names (no re-inference). Synchronous; needs hardware analyze online; 400 if no named speakers.
 - `DELETE /:id`.
 
+### Cross-repo changes (sibling: `../recap`)
+
+This repo and the Recaps app (`../recap`) share a live client/server contract — the
+`/relay/*` endpoints, the `X-Recap-*` headers, request/response shapes, and tier/credit
+semantics. **Before finishing any change that touches that boundary, check whether
+`../recap` needs a matching change.** If you add/rename/remove an endpoint, alter a payload
+shape or header, or shift tier/credit/billing behavior, update the consumer side too — and
+reflect it in BOTH repos' `AGENTS.md` (the contract docs) and `ROADMAP.md` (if it's staged
+work). Purely internal changes (diarization tuning, dashboard layout, packaging) don't need
+this. When unsure whether a change is contract-affecting, assume it is and check.
+
 ## Conventions for this codebase specifically
 
 - **A saved meeting record stores the per-chunk TitaNet fingerprints in `rec.diarization`.** Because the audio is gone, this is what makes re-clustering possible *offline* — no re-upload, no Spark Control round-trip.