diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 5b8393b..6c98d62 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ v-stdlib is **VistA-specific** (needs Kernel/FileMan/KIDS). The waterline rule
 
 - **Dependency is one-way: `v → m`.** A `VSL*` routine MAY call an `STD*`
   routine; an `STD*` routine MUST NOT call a `VSL*` routine. Never invert it.
-- Layer is declared in `dist/repo.meta.json` (`"layer": "v"`) and enforced by
-  `m arch check` (G1). v-stdlib passes G1 trivially but must keep the tag.
+- Layer is declared in the root `repo.meta.json` (`"layer": "v"`) and enforced
+  by `m arch check` (G1–G4 + meta-shape). v-stdlib passes G1/G2 trivially but
+  must keep the tag and a well-formed meta.
 - VistA vocabulary (FileMan globals, KIDS, XPAR, Broker) lives **here**, never
   below the waterline in m-stdlib.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4eb53c6..22772ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ fmt-check:
 lint:
 	$(M) lint --check $(SRC) $(TESTS)
 
-# m/v waterline G1 gate (dependency-direction). v-stdlib is layer v
-# (dist/repo.meta.json); it passes G1 trivially (v -> m is allowed) but must
-# declare its layer so the gate runs everywhere with no exception.
+# m/v waterline gates. v-stdlib is layer v (root repo.meta.json); it passes
+# G1/G2 trivially (v -> m, and VistA above the line, are allowed) but must
+# declare its layer so the gates run everywhere with no exception.
 arch:
 	$(M) arch check .
 
diff --git a/docs/memory/MEMORY.md b/docs/memory/MEMORY.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c94bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/memory/MEMORY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# v-stdlib — per-repo memory index
+
+One line per memory file. Content lives in the files, not here.
+
+- [meta-root + owed VSLSEED filer](meta-root-and-owed.md) — layer declared in **root `repo.meta.json`** (migrated off `dist/` 2026-06-15, Phase B item 1); the owed `fileViaDie^VSLSEED` FileMan filer (re-homed from m-stdlib STDSEED per the G2 waterline decision) lands here when a v-layer seeding consumer needs it.
diff --git a/docs/memory/meta-root-and-owed.md b/docs/memory/meta-root-and-owed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab74c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/memory/meta-root-and-owed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+name: meta-root-and-owed
+description: v-stdlib declares its layer in root repo.meta.json (migrated off dist/); the owed fileViaDie^VSLSEED FileMan filer lands here
+metadata:
+  type: project
+---
+
+**Meta location (Phase B item 1, 2026-06-15):** v-stdlib's layer tag lives in
+the **root `repo.meta.json`** (`"layer": "v"`), migrated off `dist/repo.meta.json`
+now that `m arch check` reads the meta root-first. The meta must keep the four
+required fields (id, layer, language, verification_commands) — `m arch check`
+validates the shape (`Gate:"META"`). v-stdlib passes G1/G2 trivially (v → m, and
+VistA above the line, are allowed) and runs G3/G4 + meta like every repo.
+
+**Owed — `fileViaDie^VSLSEED`:** when m-stdlib's STDSEED was made engine-neutral
+for the waterline G2 (the FileMan default filer `do FILE^DIE` removed; filer now
+required), the FileMan-backed filer was re-homed to the **v layer** here as
+`fileViaDie^VSLSEED`. It is **not yet implemented** — deferred because (a) no
+v-layer seeding consumer exists yet, and (b) a real test needs a live FOIA VistA
+(FileMan isn't on the bare m-test engines). Land it with its first consumer or as
+a dedicated FOIA-up increment. m-stdlib's `docs/modules/stdseed.md` + the org
+docs `docs/vsl-msl/` already forward-reference the name. See m-stdlib memory
+`stdseed-g2-engine-neutral`.
diff --git a/dist/repo.meta.json b/repo.meta.json
similarity index 100%
rename from dist/repo.meta.json
rename to repo.meta.json