diff --git a/00-META/process/07-feature-branches.md b/00-META/process/07-feature-branches.md
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--- a/00-META/process/07-feature-branches.md
+++ b/00-META/process/07-feature-branches.md
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ never into the running one, unless it blocks the running one.
 ## Phase 0 — Prepare (the lead, larger model)
 
 1. **Name the feature once:** `feat/<slug>`, the same branch name in every repository it touches. The
-   branch is never protected.
+   branch is never protected. **One milestone is one branch per repository** (the operator, 2026-10-17): every
+   step of a milestone uses the milestone's one name and its one folder `.work/<slug>/`; after a step's merge,
+   which removes the branch on the forge, the next step makes it again from the new `main` under the same name.
+   Never a second name for a step (`-2`, `-step2`).
 2. **Make the worktrees:** one per touched repository under `.work/<slug>/<repo>`, branched off `main`
    (`git worktree add .work/<slug>/<repo> -b feat/<slug> origin/main`). The lab beds find the other
    repositories by sibling path, so add the untouched siblings the lab reads as detached worktrees on