diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.gitea/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index 746a01e..7bf328c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ jobs:
         #
         # This needs a token that can read the OTHER repositories in the org: link,
         # servuo-plugins, website and installer. The automatic per-run token is scoped
-        # to this repository alone and will 404 on all four, so the job reads an
-        # org-level secret instead.
+        # to this repository alone and 404s on all four, so the job uses the org-level
+        # REGISTRY_TOKEN, which already exists and already carries the right scope.
+        #
+        # The secret is named for the registry; the script reads GITEA_TOKEN. Mapping it
+        # here rather than renaming either side keeps the script's interface honest — it
+        # wants a Gitea token, not this org's particular secret.
         #
         # It runs last, and it is the only step that touches the network, so a Gitea
         # outage cannot mask a real failure in the build.
         env:
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_READ_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
         run: npm run check:facts
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49521f5..99c1c13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ on protocol 3, because every checkout in the workspace sat on a feature branch w
 never been fetched.
 
 It needs a token — anonymous raw fetches fail on this Gitea instance, and a check that silently skips
-itself is worse than no check at all.
+itself is worse than no check at all. It must be able to read the other repositories in the
+organisation, not just this one. CI already has this: the workflow maps the org-level
+`REGISTRY_TOKEN` secret into `GITEA_TOKEN` for that step.
 
 **`checkTokens.mjs`** fails the build if a colour literal appears anywhere in `src/` outside
 `src/styles/tokens.css`. §7 promises that recolouring the site is a file copy and a container
diff --git a/scripts/checkFacts.mjs b/scripts/checkFacts.mjs
index 7e92e9e..30e870e 100644
--- a/scripts/checkFacts.mjs
+++ b/scripts/checkFacts.mjs
@@ -231,8 +231,9 @@ async function main() {
       'checkFacts: GITEA_TOKEN is not set.\n\n' +
         '  Anonymous raw fetches fail on this Gitea instance, and a fact check that skips\n' +
         '  itself is worse than no fact check — a stale version would ship silently.\n\n' +
-        '  Locally:  GITEA_TOKEN=$(grep -o "[^=]*$" ~/.gitea_token_claude) npm run check:facts\n' +
-        '  In CI:    set GITEA_TOKEN from the repository secret.\n'
+        '  Locally:  GITEA_TOKEN=<a token that can read the org> npm run check:facts\n' +
+        '  In CI:    already wired — .gitea/workflows/pr-checks.yml maps the org-level\n' +
+        '            REGISTRY_TOKEN secret into GITEA_TOKEN for this step.\n'
     );
     process.exit(2);
   }