The numbering is the flow: decisions are 02, design is 03

papa-hq reads 01 research -> 03 decision -> 02 design. The order is a
scar, not a choice: 02-DESIGN existed from its initial commit, and when
adr/ was finally promoted on 2026-07-13 it took the next free number
rather than its place in the sequence. By then design was too settled to
renumber.

hal-hq was three commits old, so it is not. adr/ becomes 02-DECISIONS and
02-DESIGN becomes 03-DESIGN, and following the folder numbers now walks
the process in the order it happens: research produces a decision, the
decision authorises a design.

00-GENESIS becomes 00-META, matching papa's rename from the same
restructure.

Every path reference rewritten across documents, frontmatter, playbooks
and skills. All links resolve; all 58 frontmatter blocks parse and their
path fields still point at files that exist.

.claude/skills/hal-new-research/SKILL.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: Use when starting a new research effort in hal-hq — an idea, tech
 # hal-new-research
 
 Scaffolds a new research effort. **Authoritative playbook:**
-[`00-GENESIS/process/01-research.md`](../../../00-GENESIS/process/01-research.md) — read it;
+[`00-META/process/01-research.md`](../../../00-META/process/01-research.md) — read it;
 this skill only does the mechanical setup.
 
 ## Steps
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ this skill only does the mechanical setup.
 - Do not restate the status in prose. It lives in frontmatter, in one place.
 - Do not fill `became:` while the effort is open — `hal-graduate` sets it at closure.
 - Do not skip or reuse a sequence number.
-- Do not write into `02-DESIGN` from an open effort.
+- Do not write into `03-DESIGN` from an open effort.
 - Do not name the mesh being observed. Evidence is required; identification is forbidden.
 
 ## Closing