diff --git a/plugin/skills/using-scribe/SKILL.md b/plugin/skills/using-scribe/SKILL.md
index a2a6bbe..cd9aff8 100644
--- a/plugin/skills/using-scribe/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugin/skills/using-scribe/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: using-scribe
-description: Use at the start of any session and before answering questions about the operator's work or starting a task — establishes the Scribe-first reflex (recall before acting, load standing rules, update over duplicate, plan in Scribe not in files).
+description: Use at the START of every session, and before answering anything about the operator's work or starting any task — establishes the Scribe-first reflex. FIRST ACTION of a session: call list_always_on_rules() (and enter_project when a repo/project is in scope) to load the operator's binding rules. Then recall before acting, update over duplicate, plan in Scribe not in files.
 ---
 
 # Using Scribe
@@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ milestones, events, typed entities) and rulebook, reachable through the bundled
 `scribe` MCP server. Its value is mostly in what it **already holds** — so make
 reading it a reflex, not something you wait to be asked for.
 
+## Do this first (every session)
+
+**Pull the standing rules yourself — do not wait for them to be handed to you.**
+At the start of a session, before substantive work, call
+`list_always_on_rules()` to load the operator's always-on rules. If the working
+repo maps to a Scribe project (you're in a known repo, or `list_repo_bindings`
+shows a binding), call `enter_project(id)` instead/as-well — it returns the
+project plus its applicable rules, open tasks, and recent notes in one shot.
+
+Do this actively. A SessionStart hook *may* also inject a rule index, but treat
+that as a bonus, not a precondition: it can be absent (e.g. when the instance is
+unreachable, or the token didn't reach the hook), so the reliable path is this
+explicit pull. Rules loaded this way are **binding** for the session.
+
 ## The reflex
 
 1. **Recall before acting.** Before answering a question about the operator's
@@ -18,11 +32,10 @@ reading it a reflex, not something you wait to be asked for.
    re-deriving it or opening a duplicate. When a project is in scope, pass its
    `project_id` so results stay scoped.
 
-2. **Standing rules are binding.** The SessionStart context lists the operator's
-   always-on rule titles. Treat them as binding. Pull full text with
-   `list_always_on_rules()` or `get_rule(id)` when a rule is about to bite.
-   When a project is in scope, `enter_project(id)` also returns its applicable
-   rules.
+2. **Standing rules are binding.** Load them via `list_always_on_rules()` at
+   session start (see "Do this first"); treat every one as binding. Pull a
+   rule's full statement with `get_rule(id)` when it's about to bite. When a
+   project is in scope, `enter_project(id)` also returns its applicable rules.
 
 3. **Update over duplicate.** When recording, prefer updating an existing
    note/rule/task over creating a new one. Search first; revise what's there.
diff --git a/scripts/scribe_session_context.sh b/scripts/scribe_session_context.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ecde6c6..0000000
--- a/scripts/scribe_session_context.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Scribe SessionStart hook (dogfood / pre-plugin).
-#
-# Curls the running Scribe dev instance for the operator's always-on rules +
-# active-project context and emits it as SessionStart `additionalContext` — the
-# push channel that lets Scribe surface reflexively (plan #755, Phase 1).
-#
-# FAIL-OPEN by design: any missing tool, missing config, network error, or
-# unreachable instance results in injecting nothing and exiting 0. A session
-# must NEVER be blocked because Scribe is down. Reads URL+token from the
-# project's .mcp.json so no secret lives in this tracked script.
-#
-# Superseded in Phase 2 by the same hook bundled in the Scribe plugin, where
-# URL+token come from plugin userConfig instead of .mcp.json.
-set -uo pipefail
-
-MCP_JSON="${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}/.mcp.json"
-command -v jq   >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
-command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
-[ -f "$MCP_JSON" ] || exit 0
-
-# scribe-dev is the locally-wired instance (prod id 2 / dev id 3 per binding).
-url=$(jq -r '.mcpServers["scribe-dev"].url // empty' "$MCP_JSON" 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
-auth=$(jq -r '.mcpServers["scribe-dev"].headers.Authorization // empty' "$MCP_JSON" 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
-token=${auth#Bearer }
-[ -n "$url" ] && [ -n "$token" ] || exit 0
-
-base=${url%/mcp}
-body=$(curl -fsS --max-time 8 \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${token}" \
-  "${base}/api/plugin/context?project_id=3" 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
-
-text=$(printf '%s' "$body" | jq -r '.context // empty' 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
-[ -n "$text" ] || exit 0
-
-jq -n --arg c "$text" \
-  '{hookSpecificOutput: {hookEventName: "SessionStart", additionalContext: $c}}'
-exit 0