diff --git a/docs/turn-loop/claude-invocation.md b/docs/turn-loop/claude-invocation.md
index e44d050e..86bae1d6 100644
--- a/docs/turn-loop/claude-invocation.md
+++ b/docs/turn-loop/claude-invocation.md
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ context (it won't carry our title). claude stores sessions in
 `--name` writes the title into the file as a `custom-title` event, which
 is what `--resume <title>` resolves against. We never pass bare
 `--continue` (it resumes the *latest* session in the cwd — the hijack
-vector). Auto-compact and auto-memory are disabled via the managed
-settings at `/etc/claude-code/managed-settings.json` because hyperhive
-owns compaction — see [Compaction](#compaction) below.
+vector). Auto-compact, auto-memory, and dynamic workflows (the `/workflows`
+feature) are disabled via the managed settings at
+`/etc/claude-code/managed-settings.json`: hyperhive owns compaction
+(see [Compaction](#compaction) below), and `disableWorkflows` keeps the
+`/workflows` machinery from spawning sub-runs that burn usage on the
+harness's autonomous turns.
 
 **Session reset** is available via `POST /api/new-session` (or
 `/new-session` slash command). It does *not* touch the session inline —
diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/prompts/claude-settings.json b/hive-ag3nt/prompts/claude-settings.json
index afa99164..06116fc0 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/prompts/claude-settings.json
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/prompts/claude-settings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "autoCompactEnabled": false,
   "autoMemoryEnabled": false,
+  "disableWorkflows": true,
   "permissions": {
     "deny": ["Task", "TodoWrite"]
   }