diff --git a/plugin/hooks/grimoire_after_write.sh b/plugin/hooks/grimoire_after_write.sh
index ff043a4e..3da6f372 100644
--- a/plugin/hooks/grimoire_after_write.sh
+++ b/plugin/hooks/grimoire_after_write.sh
@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ combined=""
 n_files=0
 while IFS= read -r rel_path; do
   [ -n "${rel_path:-}" ] || continue
-  # A Bash call that rewrote many files is a refactor or a generator, not a
-  # shape being instantiated; four is enough to name what matters.
+  # Every changed file goes into the end-of-turn ledger, up to forty — a bound
+  # on this hook's run time, past which the call was a generator. The arms
+  # below speak for the first four only (see the check after the ledger).
   n_files=$((n_files + 1))
-  [ "$n_files" -le 4 ] || break
+  [ "$n_files" -le 40 ] || break
   file_path="$repo_root/$rel_path"
 
   # The code just written: the ADDED lines of the uncommitted diff for a
@@ -136,14 +137,19 @@ while IFS= read -r rel_path; do
     fresh="new"
   fi
   [ -n "$code" ] || continue
-  # `|| true` inside: an early-exiting `head` must not void its own output.
-  names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u | head -12 || true)
-  # What this write defined, for the end-of-turn question —
+  all_names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u || true)
+  # What this write defined, for the end-of-turn question: every definition,
   # recorded before the arms below, which skip a write that defines nothing.
-  printf '%s\n' "$names" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
+  printf '%s\n' "$all_names" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
   # Nothing DEFINED in what was written (prose, data, a call-site edit) →
   # nothing to say; the arms are about shapes.
-  [ -n "$names" ] || continue
+  [ -n "$all_names" ] || continue
+  # A Bash call that rewrote many files is a refactor or a generator, not a
+  # shape being instantiated; four files and twelve names per file are enough
+  # for the arms to name what matters, and bound their git grep and URL.
+  [ "$n_files" -le 4 ] || continue
+  # `|| true` inside: an early-exiting `head` must not void its own output.
+  names=$(printf '%s\n' "$all_names" | head -12 || true)
 
   local_lines=$(grimoire_local_dups "$repo_root" "$rel_path" <<< "$names") || local_lines=""
   local_context=""
diff --git a/plugin/hooks/grimoire_prior_art.sh b/plugin/hooks/grimoire_prior_art.sh
index 979e91cc..da8c9f79 100755
--- a/plugin/hooks/grimoire_prior_art.sh
+++ b/plugin/hooks/grimoire_prior_art.sh
@@ -79,10 +79,16 @@ fi
 
 # ARM 1 — BY NAME, LOCALLY: does a definition of this already exist
 # in the repo? (grimoire_local_dups in grimoire_defs.sh carries the why.)
+#
+# `all_names` is every definition the write carries; it feeds the end-of-turn
+# ledger, which must hear about all of them. `names` is the first twelve, and
+# bounds the queries below — a git grep and a URL per name.
+all_names=""
 names=""
 if [ -n "$code" ]; then
+  all_names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u || true)
   # `|| true` inside: an early-exiting `head` must not void its own output.
-  names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u | head -12 || true)
+  names=$(printf '%s\n' "$all_names" | head -12 || true)
 fi
 
 local_lines=""
@@ -204,10 +210,11 @@ if [ -n "$session_id" ]; then
   # Write onto a path that does not exist yet creates a file, which may be a
   # unit in its own right (see grimoire_written_append). Written before any
   # server call: the ask at the end of the turn must not depend on this
-  # write's hint having been answered.
+  # write's hint having been answered. Every definition, not the capped list
+  # the queries use; an Edit that names none records its enclosing one.
   fresh=""
   [ -e "$file_path" ] || fresh="new"
-  printf '%s\n' "$shapes" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
+  printf '%s\n' "${all_names:-$shapes}" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
   idfile="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.ids"
   syncfile="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.sync.ids"
   derivefile="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.derive.ids"
diff --git a/tests/test_after_write_hook.py b/tests/test_after_write_hook.py
index 67bafc7e..7d048a01 100644
--- a/tests/test_after_write_hook.py
+++ b/tests/test_after_write_hook.py
@@ -90,6 +90,23 @@ def test_after_write_names_what_bash_just_wrote_then_stays_quiet_until_the_next_
         assert seen[0]["exclude_derive"] == ["dup:483a"]
         assert set(seen[0]["shapes"][0].split(",")) == {"css:log-empty", "css:other"}
 
+def test_after_write_records_every_definition_for_the_turn_but_queries_only_the_first_four_files(tmp_path):
+    """The end-of-turn ledger hears every file and every definition a Bash call
+    wrote; the prior-art arms stay bounded to four files and twelve names."""
+    with http_sink(SINK_REPLY) as (port, seen):
+        env = _env(tmp_path, url=f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}")
+        repo = _repo(tmp_path, env)
+        for n in range(6):
+            body = "".join(f"def f{n}_{i:02d}():\n    return {i}\n\n" for i in range(15))
+            (repo / f"gen{n}.py").write_text(body)
+        _run(repo, env, session="s-many")
+        ledger = (tmp_path / "grimoire-priorart" / "s-many.written.ids").read_text().splitlines()
+        assert len(ledger) == 6 * 15
+        assert "gen5.py\tsym\tf5_14" in ledger
+        assert len(seen) == 4
+        assert all(len(q["shapes"][0].split(",")) == 12 for q in seen)
+
+
 def test_after_write_is_silent_where_it_has_nothing_to_say(tmp_path):
     env = _env(tmp_path)
     repo = _repo(tmp_path, env)
diff --git a/tests/test_shape_check_hook.py b/tests/test_shape_check_hook.py
index 9f6971c3..de1084d4 100644
--- a/tests/test_shape_check_hook.py
+++ b/tests/test_shape_check_hook.py
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ def test_an_edit_to_an_existing_file_adds_no_file_line(tmp_path):
         assert lines == ["lib.py\tsym\thelper"]
 
 
+def test_a_write_with_many_definitions_notes_every_one(tmp_path):
+    """The ledger is not bounded by the twelve names the prior-art query sends:
+    a new test file with twenty functions is asked about in full."""
+    with http_sink(b'{"note_ids":[]}') as (port, _seen):
+        env = _env(tmp_path, f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}")
+        repo = _repo(tmp_path)
+        body = "".join(f"def test_case_{i:02d}():\n    assert {i}\n\n" for i in range(20))
+        _pre_write(env, repo, "test_many.py", body)
+        lines = _ledger(tmp_path).read_text().splitlines()
+        assert len(lines) == 20
+        assert "test_many.py\tsym\ttest_case_19" in lines
+
+
 def test_a_skipped_path_notes_nothing(tmp_path):
     with http_sink(b'{"note_ids":[]}') as (port, _seen):
         env = _env(tmp_path, f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}")