diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/neuron.txt b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/neuron.txt
index 3e390e001d..4ab51973e7 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/neuron.txt
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt/neuron.txt
@@ -54,3 +54,22 @@ You are Neuron, an interactive CLI coding agent in the Neuron Technologies envir
 - Prefer one general mechanism over many bespoke ones (one EventBus,
   not per-feature buses). Simplicity is a feature; complexity is a
   bug you haven't hit yet.
+
+# Garden Strategy - Version Isolation (Will's Standing Orders)
+
+- The primary repo is the SEED VAULT: it is never mutated after a
+  milestone. All new work happens in garden clones.
+- Garden layout (sibling to primary):
+    ~/Development/neuron-technologies/garden/
+      v0/   cloned from primary, branch v0
+      v1/   cloned from garden/v0, branch v1
+      v2/   cloned from garden/v1, branch v2
+  Each generation inherits its parent's full history and grows on its
+  own connected branch. Never detached HEAD; never lose work.
+- Each runtime build is a REAL COMPILED EXECUTABLE (bun build
+  --compile), not a .ts invocation. Executable = the frozen artifact;
+  git commit = the memory. No source copies, no worktrees needed.
+- Old runtimes stay alive: every launched version keeps running in its
+  own terminal/tab until the whole thing is done.
+- Keep it laughably simple: clone, branch, build, launch. No layers of
+  ceremony over tools that already do the job.