diff --git a/plugins/claude-code/skills/remember/SKILL.md b/plugins/claude-code/skills/remember/SKILL.md
index 354352ab..09543e1b 100644
--- a/plugins/claude-code/skills/remember/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/claude-code/skills/remember/SKILL.md
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ Capture `$ARGUMENTS` into Basic Memory as a quick note, keeping the user's words
    - `directory` = the resolved `rememberFolder`
    - `content` = the text
    - `tags` = `["manual-capture"]`
-   - `project` = `primaryProject` if set; otherwise omit it
+   - Route to `primaryProject` if set: pass it as `project`, or as `project_id` if
+     it's an `external_id` UUID (a bare UUID in `project` won't route). Omit both if
+     `primaryProject` isn't set.
    Don't overwrite an existing note unless the user explicitly asks.
 
 4. **Confirm** in one line: what was saved and its permalink —
diff --git a/plugins/claude-code/skills/setup/SKILL.md b/plugins/claude-code/skills/setup/SKILL.md
index 2d033c14..b40f39cd 100644
--- a/plugins/claude-code/skills/setup/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/claude-code/skills/setup/SKILL.md
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ For each one:
   `title` = the schema's title (Session / Decision / Task), `content` = the file's
   full contents (including its `---` frontmatter — Basic Memory merges that into the
   note's frontmatter, so the `type: schema` + `entity` + `schema` definition land
-  intact and become resolvable by `schema_validate`), `project` = `primaryProject`.
+  intact and become resolvable by `schema_validate`), routed to `primaryProject`
+  (pass it as `project`, or as `project_id` if it's an `external_id` UUID).
 
 ### 2. Install the shared skills (if the user opted in)
 Run, from the project root:
diff --git a/plugins/claude-code/skills/status/SKILL.md b/plugins/claude-code/skills/status/SKILL.md
index 1f56a264..eaa909a1 100644
--- a/plugins/claude-code/skills/status/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/claude-code/skills/status/SKILL.md
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ This is a quick diagnostic — gather the facts and lay them out; don't over-inv
 4. **Active tasks.** `search_notes` with
    `metadata_filters={"type": "task", "status": "active"}` — report just the count.
 
+When scoping these queries to `primaryProject`, pass it as `project`, or as
+`project_id` if it's an `external_id` UUID (a bare UUID in `project` won't route).
+
 ## Present
 
 Lay it out like this (fill in real values; write "—" or a short note for anything