diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cce6638..9ff7064 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,36 +1,4 @@
 # Contributing
 
-The affected repository's README and repository-local contribution guidance
-define its build, test, and validation steps. Follow those local instructions
-before this organization-wide fallback.
-
-## Before making a change
-
-- Review the repository's open issues and use the MSX
-  [issue process](https://msx.no/docs/Ways-of-Working/Issues/) to propose or
-  claim substantial work.
-- Read the repository's code of conduct and applicable MSX standards.
-- Keep each change focused on one deliverable.
-
-## Agent plugin
-
-The [MSX agent plugin marketplace](https://github.com/MSXOrg/docs/tree/main/.github/plugin)
-provides harnesses with skills that route work to current MSX standards and
-workflows.
-
-## Submit the change
-
-1. Create a short-lived branch from the repository's default branch.
-2. Make the smallest complete change and run the repository's relevant checks.
-3. Open a draft pull request and follow the MSX
-   [PR Format](https://msx.no/docs/Ways-of-Working/PR-Format/).
-4. Self-review the diff, request Copilot review explicitly, and address
-   in-scope feedback.
-5. Mark the pull request ready only after it satisfies the repository's review
-   gate.
-
-The canonical
-[Contribution Workflow](https://msx.no/docs/Ways-of-Working/Contribution-Workflow/)
-defines the complete delivery loop. Use the MSX
-[Review Etiquette](https://msx.no/docs/Ways-of-Working/Review-Etiquette/) when
-giving or responding to feedback.
+Follow the guidance in the central [MSX documentation](https://msx.no/docs/)
+when contributing to this repo.
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 468e379..08350aa 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -4,7 +4,3 @@ Read in this order:
 
 1. [README.md](README.md) — what this repository provides and how its defaults are enforced.
 2. [.github/CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) — how a change is made and reviewed.
-3. [MSXOrg/docs](https://github.com/MSXOrg/docs/) — current MSXOrg organization standards.
-
-Clone each linked repository locally, keep its configuration local to that
-clone, and update it before reading it.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7f6aa7..9309d8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # MSXOrg community defaults
 
 `MSXOrg/.github` is GitHub's special public repository for organization-wide
-community defaults. GitHub uses these files when an MSX repository does
-not define its own corresponding file. This repository must remain public for
-the fallback behavior to work.
+community defaults. GitHub uses these files when an MSX repository does not
+define its own corresponding file. This repository must remain public for the
+fallback behavior to work.
+
+The central [MSX documentation](https://msx.no/docs/) is the source for MSX
+standards and ways of working.