diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
index d5b02bdef0..d601aa0733 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export {
   type WorktreeExecResult,
   type WorktreePlan,
   type WorktreeRemoveResult,
-} from "./miner/worktree-allocator.js";
+} from "./miner/worktree-plan.js";
 export * from "./miner/worktree-pool.js";
 export {
   invokeCodingAgentDriver,
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/iterate-loop.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/iterate-loop.ts
index 702c573c83..97bc15873e 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/iterate-loop.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/iterate-loop.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export type IterateLoopInput = {
   linkedIssues?: number[] | undefined;
   authorAssociation?: string | undefined;
   /** Optional branch ref for the attempt's worktree, threaded through to a passing {@link HandoffPacket}
-   *  unchanged -- this loop does not itself manage worktrees/branches (worktree-allocator.ts's job). */
+   *  unchanged -- this loop does not itself manage worktrees/branches (worktree-plan.ts's job). */
   branchRef?: string | undefined;
 
   /** Repo-level self-review context (manifest, repo record, issues, pull requests, ...) -- passed through to
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-allocator.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-plan.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-allocator.ts
rename to packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-plan.ts
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-pool.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-pool.ts
index fd7ee18baf..8e3bdb4104 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-pool.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/worktree-pool.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Git-worktree POOL allocator (#4297): the pure, in-memory scheduling logic for a POOL of per-attempt git
 // worktrees across concurrent fleet attempts — acquire/release under a concurrency cap, plus orphan
-// reclamation. Complementary to the isolation PRIMITIVE (worktree-allocator.ts, #4269), which plans/creates/
+// reclamation. Complementary to the isolation PRIMITIVE (worktree-plan.ts, #4269), which plans/creates/
 // tears down ONE worktree; this manages the SET of them so two concurrent attempts never collide and a crash
 // can't leak worktree slots forever.
 //
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // calls these pure transitions, and writes the result back. No IO here: every function takes state in and
 // returns new state out.
 
-import { planWorktree, type WorktreePlan } from "./worktree-allocator.js";
+import { planWorktree, type WorktreePlan } from "./worktree-plan.js";
 
 /** One live allocation: which attempt holds which planned worktree. */
 export type WorktreeAllocation = {
diff --git a/test/unit/worktree-allocator.test.ts b/test/unit/worktree-plan.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from test/unit/worktree-allocator.test.ts
rename to test/unit/worktree-plan.test.ts