diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
index fff549c..005bb7e 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ pub const CONTAINER_CLAUDE_MOUNT: &str = "/root/.claude";
 /// state here; persists across destroy/recreate.
 pub const CONTAINER_NOTES_MOUNT: &str = "/state";
 
-const GIT_NAME: &str = "hive-c0re";
-const GIT_EMAIL: &str = "hive-c0re@hyperhive";
+const GIT_NAME: &str = "c0re";
+const GIT_EMAIL: &str = "c0re@hyperhive";
 
 /// Sub-agent web UI port range. Deterministic from the agent's name (FNV-1a
 /// hash mod range size), so the dashboard can compute the same port without
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs b/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs
index 0aa2919..8d6d558 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ use crate::lifecycle;
 
 const META_ROOT: &str = "/var/lib/hyperhive/meta";
 const APPLIED_ROOT: &str = "/var/lib/hyperhive/applied";
-const GIT_NAME: &str = "hive-c0re";
-const GIT_EMAIL: &str = "hive-c0re@hyperhive";
+const GIT_NAME: &str = "c0re";
+const GIT_EMAIL: &str = "c0re@hyperhive";
 
 /// Single-writer lock around every meta-repo operation. Git isn't
 /// safe to drive from concurrent processes against the same `.git/`
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/migrate.rs b/hive-c0re/src/migrate.rs
index 06b6906..9b59437 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/migrate.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/migrate.rs
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ async fn migrate_applied_repo(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
         &dir,
         &[
             "-c",
-            "user.name=hive-c0re",
+            "user.name=c0re",
             "-c",
-            "user.email=hive-c0re@hyperhive",
+            "user.email=c0re@hyperhive",
             "add",
             "flake.nix",
         ],
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ async fn migrate_applied_repo(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
         &dir,
         &[
             "-c",
-            "user.name=hive-c0re",
+            "user.name=c0re",
             "-c",
-            "user.email=hive-c0re@hyperhive",
+            "user.email=c0re@hyperhive",
             "commit",
             "-m",
             "migration: module-only flake",