diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 98a47e8..eff25db 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "analysis-workflow",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "description": "Conventions for analysis repos where humans (notebooks) and coding agents (scripts) work side by side: one task per session, worktree and directory; worktree-safe output paths; additive write-back to AnnData zarr working objects. Ships a skill, guard hooks and the analysis_workflow Python package.",
   "author": {
     "name": "quadbio"
diff --git a/skills/analysis-workflow/SKILL.md b/skills/analysis-workflow/SKILL.md
index e8dc8da..60a5a9c 100644
--- a/skills/analysis-workflow/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/analysis-workflow/SKILL.md
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ repo, a short summary.
 1. The agreed deliverables, and the README brought up to date, its jobs counted with the compute environment's
    tools.
 2. Write back: dry run, sign-off on that diff, then `yes=True`.
-3. An object other tasks will load is promoted to `data/<dataset>/processed/` at sign-off. Ask which subdirectory;
-   record the path.
+3. An object other tasks will load is promoted to `data/<dataset>/processed/` at sign-off: a working object into
+   `working/`, anything else into a subdirectory with a descriptive name. Ask which subdirectory; record the path.
 4. `analysis-workflow check layout`, then push.
 5. Open the PR, its body from the PR template; then add it with a short summary to the README and push again. The
    body is edited until the merge, never after.
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ repo, a short summary.
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `raw/` | bytes as they arrived | nobody, after arrival |
 | `resources/` | curated inputs that are not data: gene lists, marker tables | a human, rarely |
-| `processed/` | objects code loads, the working objects among them | notebooks; tasks by promotion |
+| `processed/` | objects code loads: working objects in `working/`, others in descriptively named subdirectories | notebooks; tasks by promotion |
 | `results/` | a notebook's own outputs, prefixed with its stem | humans only |
 
-**Working objects** are AnnData zarr stores, `<name>_<YYYY-MM-DD>.zarr`, in which results accumulate.
+**Working objects** are AnnData zarr stores, `processed/working/<name>_<YYYY-MM-DD>.zarr`, in which results
+accumulate.
 - Read only what you need: `ad.io.read_elem(zarr.open_group(path)["obs"])`, or `ad.experimental.read_lazy`.
 - Write back only through `commit_adata`: additions only. Never write an in-memory object over a working object.
   Changing or removing a key means a new dated copy; recomputing an existing key is a silent no-op.
diff --git a/skills/analysis-workflow/assets/task_template/README.md b/skills/analysis-workflow/assets/task_template/README.md
index a6c0da4..9740870 100644
--- a/skills/analysis-workflow/assets/task_template/README.md
+++ b/skills/analysis-workflow/assets/task_template/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ here too. -->
 
 <!-- The actual files, not concepts: this is what makes the task re-runnable. -->
 
-- Working object: `data/<dataset>/processed/.../<object>.zarr`, and the label keys used
-- Other artifacts consumed: `analysis/<dataset>/<topic>/<other_task>/outputs/<file>`, `data/<dataset>/processed/<file>`
+- Working object: `data/<dataset>/processed/working/<object>.zarr`, and the label keys used
+- Other artifacts consumed: `analysis/<dataset>/<topic>/<other_task>/outputs/<file>`, `data/<dataset>/processed/<subdirectory>/<file>`
 
 ## Write-back