diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index c1633df..67eb1e3 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ should carry this so any vendor's agent surfaces pending items at session start:
   key, `d5885d1`) is **unblocked**, runs in a keysat session; Stage 2 (Path 2, buyer-pays on regtest)
   is **gated** on keysat's greenlit `payment_providers:write` scope + network gate + sandbox flag.
 - **Design system (ROADMAP item 8) shipped** — `/design` → `design/DESIGN.md` + DTCG tokens;
-  `design-checker`; `/new-project` scaffolds `design/`. Pilot: keysat import. **Open:** extract→reconcile
-  path untested; a fresh Claude Design run still needed to confirm export internals + tune Phase-C.
+  `design-checker`; `/new-project` scaffolds `design/`. Pilot: keysat import (Case A). **In flight:**
+  the first **Case B (Extract) run on recap** — document-as-is, run in a recap session (no `design/`
+  there yet; entire UI is inline-styled `public/index.html`, palette drift confirmed). Closing it
+  exercises the previously-untested extract→reconcile path and feeds Phase-D learnings back to
+  `guides/design.md`. **Still open (decoupled):** a fresh Claude Design run to confirm export
+  internals + tune Phase-C — deliberately kept out of the recap run.
 - **Next steps:** (1) run the Stage-1 `onboarding-tester` harness in a keysat session (item 9);
-  (2) backfill design into recaps.cc/recap — extract→reconcile Case B (item 8); (3) cross-repo
-  quality-gate standard + `/harden` (item 1); (4) non-git-folder sweep under `~/Projects` (~13).
+  (2) **in flight** — recap Case B `/design` backfill (document-as-is), run in a recap session (item 8);
+  (3) cross-repo quality-gate standard + `/harden` (item 1); (4) non-git-folder sweep under `~/Projects` (~13).
 - Queued in `INBOX.md` for other repos' `/triage`: keysat design cleanup (P2) + onboarding Path-2
   (P3); `ten31-transcripts` mini-retrofit; `ten31-database` networking/icon/intake; (standards)
   operator-onboarding agent (P3).
diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index dd45ded..4495273 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -155,10 +155,14 @@ front-end, never a dependency.
 
 **Remaining options:** (a) `/retrofit` should backfill `design/` into existing user-facing
 repos (keysat, recap, recaps.cc, premier-gunner, ten31-database, ten31-transcripts) — run
-`/design` then `design-checker` per repo; (b) fold a `design-checker` pass into `/full-eval`
+`/design` then `design-checker` per repo. **In flight:** recap is the first **Case B (Extract)**
+backfill — document-as-is, run in a recap session; it's the live test of the extract→reconcile
+path (previously untested — keysat was Case A/Import) and the source of the next Phase-D
+learnings for `guides/design.md`. (b) fold a `design-checker` pass into `/full-eval`
 for repos that have a contract; (c) confirm against a real Claude Design run what the export
 bundle actually contains and tune the Phase C distillation (the export internals are only
-medium-confidence from research).
+medium-confidence from research) — kept **decoupled** from the recap run so one untested thing
+moves at a time.
 
 ## 9. `onboarding-tester` — docs-only fresh-adopter agent ✅ BUILT (agent); harness pending (staged Path 1 → Path 2)