diff --git a/.agents/memory/imports-aliases-barrels.md b/.agents/memory/imports-aliases-barrels.md
index e06971a..c090ee5 100644
--- a/.agents/memory/imports-aliases-barrels.md
+++ b/.agents/memory/imports-aliases-barrels.md
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ convention, see the last section):
   area (`./a/one.ts`, `no-relative-bypass`; `./b/f.ts` to a file alias,
   `prefer-alias-import`, fixed to the alias) are bypasses.
 - **Inside an area, relative imports of siblings and subfolders are free.**
-- **`../` is banned in every file**, owned or not (`no-parent-import`).
+- **A `../` import is banned in every file**, owned or not (`no-parent-import`).
+  Runtime file URLs (`new URL("../prompt.md", import.meta.url)`) are not
+  imports and are allowed.
   Anything above a file needs an alias.
 - **Files no alias owns** need no `index.ts` and no alias, and import `./`
   siblings and subfolders freely.
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 9ef9921..30931ef 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -29,16 +29,17 @@ below it; an alias to any other file owns only that file. No overlap: no file
 may be owned by 2 aliases, so no alias inside another alias's area and no 2
 aliases with the same target. Outside an area, only the exact alias reaches
 it; a deeper alias specifier or a relative path into the area is a bypass.
-Inside an area, relative imports of siblings and subfolders are free. `../`
-is banned in every file, owned or not
-(`import/no-relative-parent-imports`). Files no alias owns need no `index.ts`
-and no alias, and import `./` siblings and subfolders freely. The one alias
-is `#testing` (`./src/testing/index.ts`): tests that use its helpers import
-it by alias, and `tests/` reaches `src/` only through it. Local convention, stricter than the
-general rule above: in this repo, aliases point only at a direct subfolder of
-`src/` (`"#helpers": "./src/helpers/index.ts"`), and code outside `src/` uses
-`./` relative imports. `scripts/` is flat: one file per
-tool, no subfolders and no `index.ts`, imported directly by file path
+Inside an area, relative imports of siblings and subfolders are free. A `../`
+import is banned in every file, owned or not
+(`import/no-relative-parent-imports`); runtime file URLs such as
+`new URL("../prompt.md", import.meta.url)` are paths, not imports, and stay.
+Files no alias owns need no `index.ts` and no alias, and import `./` siblings
+and subfolders freely. The one alias is `#testing` (`./src/testing/index.ts`):
+tests that use its helpers import it by alias, and `tests/` imports `src/`
+only through it. Local convention, stricter than the general rule above: in
+this repo, aliases point only at a direct subfolder of `src/`
+(`"#helpers": "./src/helpers/index.ts"`), and code outside `src/` uses `./`
+relative imports. `scripts/` is flat: one file per tool, no subfolders and no `index.ts`, imported directly by file path
 ([.agents/memory/imports-aliases-barrels.md](.agents/memory/imports-aliases-barrels.md)).
 
 The only config files are `package.json`, `tsconfig.json`, and