diff --git a/plugins/guardrails/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/guardrails/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 2d16e35d3..68e9dad03 100644
--- a/plugins/guardrails/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/guardrails/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "guardrails",
-  "version": "0.9.2",
+  "version": "0.9.3",
   "description": "Eight safety guards that block secret/credential writes, hardcoded machine-specific paths, git hook-bypass attempts, irreversible git operations (force-push, reset --hard, worktree-wide checkout/restore discards), Bash file-write workarounds that circumvent Write/Edit hooks, (advisory) hallucinated CLI flags, (advisory) un-throttled Workflow fan-out that risks burst 529s, and (advisory) direct git commit/gh pr create calls bypassing this marketplace's own commit/pull-request skills — each independently toggleable.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/guardrails/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/guardrails/CHANGELOG.md
index f9130c33b..bf12d1ee1 100644
--- a/plugins/guardrails/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/guardrails/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `guardrails` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.9.3]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.9.2]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/plugins/guardrails/README.md b/plugins/guardrails/README.md
index d66cfac0c..2cfda5b02 100644
--- a/plugins/guardrails/README.md
+++ b/plugins/guardrails/README.md
@@ -162,5 +162,4 @@ check reports with guidance.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the `LICENSE` file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/playbooks/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/playbooks/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 3297571fd..3b9f41f1a 100644
--- a/plugins/playbooks/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/playbooks/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "playbooks",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "description": "Doctrine and knowledge playbooks as on-demand skills, plus a maintainer-facing update skill. boris — Boris Cherny's Claude Code workflow tips (howborisusesclaudecode.com); skill-authoring — Anthropic's internal skill-authoring playbook; fable-5 — Claude Fable 5's operating doctrine (self-authored, no upstream). The boris and skill-authoring packs vendor a verbatim upstream baseline; /playbooks:update drift-checks and syncs those baselines centrally (maintainers).",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/playbooks/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/playbooks/CHANGELOG.md
index f2f3623d4..a27c859df 100644
--- a/plugins/playbooks/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/playbooks/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to the `playbooks` plugin are recorded here. The `version` i
 `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` is the delivery vehicle — a consumer receives a change
 only after that version increases.
 
+## [0.2.1]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.2.0]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/plugins/playbooks/README.md b/plugins/playbooks/README.md
index 10f2cb0dc..1cbc748d6 100644
--- a/plugins/playbooks/README.md
+++ b/plugins/playbooks/README.md
@@ -52,5 +52,4 @@ working-tree checkout.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the LICENSE file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/powershell-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/powershell-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index ed3653ea5..dba36ebab 100644
--- a/plugins/powershell-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/powershell-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "powershell-format",
-  "version": "0.4.2",
+  "version": "0.4.3",
   "description": "Auto-format and lint PowerShell on edit via PSScriptAnalyzer, only when a PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1 governs the repo — using the consuming repo's own analyzer settings.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/powershell-format/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/powershell-format/CHANGELOG.md
index af641f6c3..176b198cb 100644
--- a/plugins/powershell-format/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/powershell-format/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `powershell-format` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.4.3]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.4.2]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/plugins/powershell-format/README.md b/plugins/powershell-format/README.md
index 78b6a6ef9..3113387e0 100644
--- a/plugins/powershell-format/README.md
+++ b/plugins/powershell-format/README.md
@@ -98,5 +98,4 @@ plugin in that project's `enabledPlugins` instead.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the `LICENSE` file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/prototype/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/prototype/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 319b78073..a2fd5ad52 100644
--- a/plugins/prototype/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/prototype/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "prototype",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "description": "Builds throwaway code to answer a design question before committing to architecture — a logic facet (an interactive terminal app over a portable state model) and a UI facet (radically different visual variants on one route).",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/prototype/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/prototype/CHANGELOG.md
index 761393b50..784d22f0e 100644
--- a/plugins/prototype/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/prototype/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `prototype` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.3.1]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.3.0]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/plugins/prototype/README.md b/plugins/prototype/README.md
index 86701b38a..012d991f1 100644
--- a/plugins/prototype/README.md
+++ b/plugins/prototype/README.md
@@ -54,5 +54,4 @@ already uses; the plugin adds no runtime of its own.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the LICENSE file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/repo-hygiene/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/repo-hygiene/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index bcd6d6bcf..e1c18cc52 100644
--- a/plugins/repo-hygiene/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/repo-hygiene/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "repo-hygiene",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "description": "Repo hygiene action-router: /repo-hygiene:clean sweeps reclaimable caches, build artifacts, and stale git metadata, and can realign the working tree to a fresh-pull state — dry-run-first, with destructive tiers gated behind explicit confirmation and a session-scoped destructive-command guard. Ecosystem targets are detected at runtime; secrets, runtime dependencies, and skill data are preserved by default.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/repo-hygiene/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/repo-hygiene/CHANGELOG.md
index bfcff5164..af462272e 100644
--- a/plugins/repo-hygiene/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/repo-hygiene/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `repo-hygiene` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.4.4]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.4.3]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/plugins/repo-hygiene/README.md b/plugins/repo-hygiene/README.md
index 4d829a3d2..c904d52e8 100644
--- a/plugins/repo-hygiene/README.md
+++ b/plugins/repo-hygiene/README.md
@@ -92,5 +92,4 @@ extension point, not yet exposed as configuration.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the LICENSE file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/review/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/review/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index aafccb8f5..d97d12a78 100644
--- a/plugins/review/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/review/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "review",
-  "version": "0.14.7",
+  "version": "0.14.8",
   "description": "Code-review toolkit: six read-only reviewer agents (code, security, architecture, doc drift, build/test/lint, CI-log audit) plus two orchestration skills — a single-lens quality gate and a multi-surface review fan-out with severity-ranked, deduplicated findings.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/review/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/review/CHANGELOG.md
index bf6538097..bc132f3bb 100644
--- a/plugins/review/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/review/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `review` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.14.8]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.14.7]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/plugins/review/README.md b/plugins/review/README.md
index 1580e4a59..0c3b7ed62 100644
--- a/plugins/review/README.md
+++ b/plugins/review/README.md
@@ -88,5 +88,4 @@ findings location in your `CLAUDE.md`/rules overrides the default path.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the `LICENSE` file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/ruff-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/ruff-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 985fff317..29a8fea90 100644
--- a/plugins/ruff-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/ruff-format/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "ruff-format",
-  "version": "0.4.1",
+  "version": "0.4.2",
   "description": "Auto-format and lint Python on edit via Ruff, only when a Ruff config governs the repo — using the consuming repo's own Ruff config.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/ruff-format/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/ruff-format/CHANGELOG.md
index 726a885e8..404e24c8e 100644
--- a/plugins/ruff-format/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/ruff-format/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `ruff-format` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.4.2]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.4.1]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/plugins/ruff-format/README.md b/plugins/ruff-format/README.md
index 3764381f6..9954851d7 100644
--- a/plugins/ruff-format/README.md
+++ b/plugins/ruff-format/README.md
@@ -94,5 +94,4 @@ To turn the plugin off for a single repository, disable it in that project's
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the `LICENSE` file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/songwriting/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/songwriting/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 155036fd1..e9c9a293b 100644
--- a/plugins/songwriting/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/songwriting/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "songwriting",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.6.1",
   "description": "Songwriting craft companion — eight concern-scoped lyric-craft skills (workflow router, rhyme, object-writing, meter-prosody, song-form, co-write, diagnose, practice) applying Pat Pattison's methods, plus Suno v5.5 prompt engineering (style prompts, tagged lyrics, genre templates, troubleshooting).",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/songwriting/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/songwriting/CHANGELOG.md
index 489b3eb93..e3b319466 100644
--- a/plugins/songwriting/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/songwriting/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `songwriting` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.6.1]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.6.0]
 
 ### Changed (breaking)
diff --git a/plugins/songwriting/README.md b/plugins/songwriting/README.md
index ff631eb29..c314ee522 100644
--- a/plugins/songwriting/README.md
+++ b/plugins/songwriting/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ internal rhyme generation.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the LICENSE file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository. Pat Pattison's books are cited as methodology
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). Pat Pattison's books are cited as methodology
 sources; the plugin contains distilled craft guidance and short verified anchor quotes, not book
 text.
diff --git a/plugins/tdd/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/tdd/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 86849b604..5b6ef7139 100644
--- a/plugins/tdd/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/tdd/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "tdd",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "description": "A TDD knowledge base distilled from cover-to-cover readings of Kent Beck's Test-Driven Development: By Example and Vladimir Khorikov's Unit Testing: Principles, Practices, and Patterns — fourteen author-attributed reference files behind a routing table plus a no-load quick decision guide, answering the WHY behind test design decisions.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/tdd/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/tdd/CHANGELOG.md
index c236e4e63..00cbd4c04 100644
--- a/plugins/tdd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/tdd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `tdd` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.2.1]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.2.0]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/plugins/tdd/README.md b/plugins/tdd/README.md
index 310edda44..e4b5c124f 100644
--- a/plugins/tdd/README.md
+++ b/plugins/tdd/README.md
@@ -44,5 +44,4 @@ configure, no state, no scripts, no network access.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the LICENSE file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/testing/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/testing/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index ce26ea210..5ba5f4f8e 100644
--- a/plugins/testing/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/testing/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "testing",
-  "version": "0.2.4",
+  "version": "0.2.5",
   "description": "Test-stage discipline across all ecosystems: coverage-gap analysis and test planning (`/testing:plan`), TDD test authoring and placement (`/testing:write`), live E2E plus non-UI smoke verification (`/testing:run-e2e`), and failing-test root-cause diagnosis with the reproduce → isolate → fix → retest loop (`/testing:diagnose`).",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/testing/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/testing/CHANGELOG.md
index b5615b73a..18914fbd8 100644
--- a/plugins/testing/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/testing/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `testing` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.2.5]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.2.4]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/plugins/testing/README.md b/plugins/testing/README.md
index a496a93c7..d1a447f15 100644
--- a/plugins/testing/README.md
+++ b/plugins/testing/README.md
@@ -43,5 +43,4 @@ This plugin declares no userConfig options.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the `LICENSE` file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index ceef76e7a..c4ee3e7ab 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "toolchain",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Repo-agnostic polyglot verification toolchain: build + test + lint for changed files across .NET, Python, TypeScript, Bash, PowerShell, Markdown, YAML, and cross-cutting surfaces (`/toolchain:check`, `/toolchain:lint`), plus a re-runnable `/toolchain:setup` with check (report the configured ecosystems and their command surface) and apply (interview, infer, and write the tracked per-ecosystem command config those skills resolve first).",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md
index 955933196..d2cea57a1 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `toolchain` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.5.1]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.5.0]
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/README.md b/plugins/toolchain/README.md
index 9d7225d8c..60de4ee6c 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/README.md
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/README.md
@@ -43,5 +43,4 @@ reports the effective configuration). This plugin declares no userConfig options
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the `LICENSE` file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/verification/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/verification/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index e68fdeb04..974822e61 100644
--- a/plugins/verification/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/verification/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "verification",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "description": "Outcome-verification stage: prove a change achieved its intended outcome (`/verification:confirm` \u2014 a mechanical build/test/lint prerequisite gate, then intent-match + evidence + verdict with the criterion auto-detected by change type), and verify measurable-improvement claims against a planning-time baseline (`/verification:measure`), never fabricating numbers.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/verification/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/verification/CHANGELOG.md
index ca86b7b36..c5d8cfd1b 100644
--- a/plugins/verification/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/verification/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `verification` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.3.1]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.3.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/plugins/verification/README.md b/plugins/verification/README.md
index 86ceff140..d3b803d03 100644
--- a/plugins/verification/README.md
+++ b/plugins/verification/README.md
@@ -48,5 +48,4 @@ concern read-only, `apply` writes it). This plugin declares no userConfig option
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the `LICENSE` file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).
diff --git a/plugins/work-items/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/work-items/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 4e4fcb601..98fbf2abc 100644
--- a/plugins/work-items/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/work-items/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "work-items",
-  "version": "0.17.1",
+  "version": "0.17.2",
   "description": "Manages development work items through a provider-neutral tracker seam that ships with the plugin (bundled dispatcher plus github and local-markdown adapters; seam plugin-dir canonical, adapters consumer-local-first): dashboard, taxonomy-labeled creation, a race-safe assignee-plus-lease claim protocol, recurring-schedule checks, TODO scanning, stale-lease auditing, plan decomposition into vertical-slice items, and raw-intake triage (issues and unsolicited PRs through raw, verified, briefed, autonomous-eligible states). The re-runnable setup skill binds the provider (.work-item-tracker.json), seeds the recurring-schedule seam (.github/recurring-schedule.json), and remaps canonical role labels.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/work-items/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/work-items/CHANGELOG.md
index 875400066..f237cea64 100644
--- a/plugins/work-items/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/work-items/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 All notable changes to the `work-items` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.17.2]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Documentation-only: the License section now states the plugin's own MIT
+  license inline and no longer points at a `LICENSE` file at the repository
+  root, which an installed consumer running from the isolated plugin cache
+  cannot reach. No behavior change.
+
 ## [0.17.1]
 
 Paginate the github adapter's *open linked PRs* signal so the `/work-items:work` frontier filter
diff --git a/plugins/work-items/README.md b/plugins/work-items/README.md
index bb490ac1f..a248fcee9 100644
--- a/plugins/work-items/README.md
+++ b/plugins/work-items/README.md
@@ -129,5 +129,4 @@ gracefully when any of these are absent.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT). See the LICENSE file at the root of the
-melodic-software/claude-code-plugins repository.
+MIT (SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT).