diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4da72c..4aff86f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ target/
 work/*
 !work/README.md
 
+# Agent-managed linked worktrees nested beneath this checkout
+/worktrees/
+
 # Test runs (production sync testing data and logs)
 tmp/
 
@@ -19,4 +22,4 @@ data/
 .relay-owner.nsec
 
 # direnv directory - used by nix
-.direnv
\ No newline at end of file
+.direnv
diff --git a/worktrees/ec1f-administrator-observability-and-management-strategy b/worktrees/ec1f-administrator-observability-and-management-strategy
deleted file mode 160000
index a1c89b4..0000000
--- a/worktrees/ec1f-administrator-observability-and-management-strategy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a1c89b41e25cb2c4757862e1e64a57ac928f4efd