diff --git a/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/references/scripts.md b/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/references/scripts.md
index 6a4966c..42c4493 100644
--- a/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/references/scripts.md
+++ b/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/references/scripts.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ All scripts in this skill must follow these rules:
 - **Idempotent** — "create if not exists" per file. The scaffold script skips any file that already exists; agents may safely re-run it.
 - **Meaningful exit codes** — `0` success, `1` invalid arguments or precondition failure. Document in `--help`.
 - **Self-contained** — no external package installs at runtime. The script uses only bash builtins and POSIX tools (`sed`, `mkdir`, `cat`).
+- **No restated field rosters** — no script output, in `--help` or in next-steps guidance, enumerates permitted, forbidden, or required frontmatter fields. Point at the `apm-agent-allowlist` section of `agent-audit`'s `references/field-inventory.md`, which `agent-audit`'s `validate.sh` reads from there as data. A roster copied into script output goes stale one step further out than the list itself: the next-steps hint `(name, description, model, body only)` kept printing after ADR-0016's 2026-08-14 amendment added `disallowedTools` to the permitted set. `tests/new-agent.bats` enforces this for the plugin/APM branch — naming some allowlisted fields but not all is a failure.
 
 ## Template variables
 
diff --git a/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/scripts/new-agent.sh b/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/scripts/new-agent.sh
index c771dd1..4742610 100755
--- a/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/scripts/new-agent.sh
+++ b/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-author/scripts/new-agent.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ Arguments:
                                     without type: is a marketplace-only manifest
                                     and is skipped, the walk continues upward
                                → creates <package-root>/.apm/agents/<name>.agent.md
-                                 (single vendor-neutral file — no tools,
-                                 isolation, maxTurns, effort, memory, or
-                                 permissionMode; apm compile has no per-target
-                                 field integrator, see ADR-0016)
+                                 (single vendor-neutral file; apm compile copies
+                                 its frontmatter verbatim to every target with no
+                                 per-target field integrator, so the permitted
+                                 field set is narrow — see the apm-agent-allowlist
+                                 section of agent-audit's
+                                 references/field-inventory.md and ADR-0016)
                                → creates <package-root>/sources.md (if absent)
                 project scope    : no type:-bearing apm.yml found; root is a
                                     project directory
@@ -258,6 +260,19 @@ SOURCES
   fi
 fi
 
+# Next-steps guidance names no frontmatter fields, by rule (see references/scripts.md).
+# A roster restated in terminal output goes stale one step further out than the list
+# itself: the old "(name, description, model, body only)" hint outlived ADR-0016's
+# 2026-08-14 amendment, which added disallowedTools to the permitted set. Point at the
+# scaffolded file's own comments for what to fill, and at agent-audit's validate.sh —
+# which reads the allowlist from field-inventory.md as data — for what is permitted.
+AUDIT_SCRIPTS="$(cd "$SKILL_ROOT/../agent-audit/scripts" 2>/dev/null && pwd || true)"
+if [[ -n "$AUDIT_SCRIPTS" && -f "$AUDIT_SCRIPTS/validate.sh" ]]; then
+  VALIDATE_HINT="$AUDIT_SCRIPTS/validate.sh"
+else
+  VALIDATE_HINT="agent-audit's scripts/validate.sh"
+fi
+
 if [[ "$created_any" == false ]]; then
   echo "All files already exist — nothing to do." >&2
 else
@@ -266,12 +281,17 @@ else
   echo "" >&2
   echo "Next steps:" >&2
   if [[ "$SCOPE" == "plugin" ]]; then
-    echo "  1. Fill in $APM_FILE — replace all FILL IN: placeholders (name, description, model, body only)" >&2
+    echo "  1. Fill in $APM_FILE — replace every FILL IN: placeholder. Optional fields are" >&2
+    echo "     scaffolded there as commented blocks; uncomment the ones that apply." >&2
     echo "  2. Populate $SOURCES_DIR/sources.md with research sources, or delete it" >&2
-    echo "  3. Validate: check required fields (name, description, system prompt) in the file" >&2
+    echo "  3. Validate: $VALIDATE_HINT $APM_FILE" >&2
+    echo "     It checks the frontmatter against the apm-agent-allowlist section of" >&2
+    echo "     agent-audit's references/field-inventory.md, the authoritative field list." >&2
   else
-    echo "  1. Fill in $CC_FILE — replace all FILL IN: placeholders" >&2
-    echo "  2. Fill in $CP_FILE — replace all FILL IN: placeholders" >&2
-    echo "  3. Validate: check required fields (name, description, system prompt) in both files" >&2
+    echo "  1. Fill in $CC_FILE — replace every FILL IN: placeholder. Optional fields are" >&2
+    echo "     scaffolded there as commented blocks; uncomment the ones that apply." >&2
+    echo "  2. Fill in $CP_FILE — same, and heed its closing comment: the Claude Code-only" >&2
+    echo "     fields it names must not cross over from the file above." >&2
+    echo "  3. Validate: run $VALIDATE_HINT on each file" >&2
   fi
 fi