diff --git a/src/main/prompt-builder/api-section.ts b/src/main/prompt-builder/api-section.ts
index a73936a5..baedb628 100644
--- a/src/main/prompt-builder/api-section.ts
+++ b/src/main/prompt-builder/api-section.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,52 @@ import meetingsEn from "./api-docs/meetings.en.md?raw";
 import agentsEn from "./api-docs/agents.en.md?raw";
 import sprintsEn from "./api-docs/sprints.en.md?raw";
 
-const API_DOC_SECTIONS: string[] = [
-  headerEn, agentControlEn, tasksEn, goalsProjectsEn, approvalsEn,
-  messagesEn, filesEn, knowledgeEn, meetingsEn, agentsEn, sprintsEn,
-];
+/**
+ * Role-scoped API documentation bundles.
+ *
+ * Every agent used to receive the full endpoint catalogue. Individual
+ * contributors paid the token cost for hiring / budget / org-design
+ * endpoints they had no authority to call; cache churn followed any
+ * api-docs edit. Scope each bundle to the operations the role can
+ * actually perform under its decision authority.
+ */
+export type ApiAudience = "executive" | "manager" | "individual_contributor";
+
+const SECTIONS_BY_ROLE: Record<ApiAudience, string[]> = {
+  executive: [
+    headerEn,
+    agentControlEn,
+    tasksEn,
+    goalsProjectsEn,
+    approvalsEn,
+    messagesEn,
+    filesEn,
+    knowledgeEn,
+    meetingsEn,
+    agentsEn,
+    sprintsEn,
+  ],
+  manager: [
+    headerEn,
+    agentControlEn,
+    tasksEn,
+    goalsProjectsEn,
+    approvalsEn,
+    messagesEn,
+    filesEn,
+    knowledgeEn,
+    meetingsEn,
+    sprintsEn,
+  ],
+  individual_contributor: [
+    headerEn,
+    tasksEn,
+    messagesEn,
+    filesEn,
+    knowledgeEn,
+    meetingsEn,
+  ],
+};
 
 function render(template: string, ctx: PromptContext): string {
   const connectorIds = ctx.allConnectors && ctx.allConnectors.length > 0
@@ -30,7 +72,9 @@ function render(template: string, ctx: PromptContext): string {
     .replace(/\{\{connectorIds\}\}/g, connectorIds);
 }
 
-export function buildAPISection(ctx: PromptContext): string {
-  const body = API_DOC_SECTIONS.map((s) => render(s, ctx).trimEnd()).join("\n\n");
+export function buildAPISection(ctx: PromptContext, audience: ApiAudience): string {
+  const body = SECTIONS_BY_ROLE[audience]
+    .map((s) => render(s, ctx).trimEnd())
+    .join("\n\n");
   return `${body}\n${buildSocialSection(ctx)}`;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/prompt-builder/sop-section.ts b/src/main/prompt-builder/sop-section.ts
index cd241a9e..542fec14 100644
--- a/src/main/prompt-builder/sop-section.ts
+++ b/src/main/prompt-builder/sop-section.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,67 @@ import sop013En from "./sops/sop-013-incident.en.md?raw";
 import sop014En from "./sops/sop-014-hiring-pipeline.en.md?raw";
 import sop015En from "./sops/sop-015-knowledge.en.md?raw";
 
-const SOPS_IN_ORDER: string[] = [
-  sop001En, sop002En, sop003En, sop004En, sop005En,
-  sop006En, sop007En, sop008En, sop009En, sop010En,
-  sop011En, sop012En, sop013En, sop014En, sop015En,
-];
+/**
+ * Role-scoped SOP bundles.
+ *
+ * The system prompt previously concatenated all 15 SOPs for every agent
+ * regardless of role. Individual contributors were receiving the hiring
+ * pipeline, cadence, and budget SOPs they had no authority to act on;
+ * every wake paid the token bill. The prompt-cache prefix also grew
+ * with each SOP added over the life of the product.
+ *
+ * Each role receives the procedures it can execute under its decision
+ * authority (see `operating-en.ts#authorityRules`). SOPs that every
+ * agent must know regardless of seat — standup, communication,
+ * incident response, knowledge contribution — appear in every bundle.
+ */
+
+const SOP_BY_ROLE = {
+  executive: [
+    sop001En, // standup
+    sop003En, // delegation
+    sop004En, // code-review (CEO still reviews top-level deliverables)
+    sop005En, // hiring
+    sop006En, // escalation
+    sop007En, // communication
+    sop008En, // cross-department
+    sop009En, // documents
+    sop010En, // budget
+    sop012En, // cadence
+    sop013En, // incident
+    sop014En, // hiring-pipeline
+    sop015En, // knowledge
+  ],
+  manager: [
+    sop001En, // standup
+    sop002En, // task-lifecycle
+    sop003En, // delegation
+    sop004En, // code-review
+    sop006En, // escalation
+    sop007En, // communication
+    sop008En, // cross-department
+    sop009En, // documents
+    sop011En, // quality
+    sop013En, // incident
+    sop015En, // knowledge
+  ],
+  individual_contributor: [
+    sop001En, // standup
+    sop002En, // task-lifecycle
+    sop004En, // code-review
+    sop006En, // escalation
+    sop007En, // communication
+    sop009En, // documents
+    sop011En, // quality
+    sop015En, // knowledge
+  ],
+} as const;
+
+export type SopAudience = keyof typeof SOP_BY_ROLE;
 
 const SOP_HEADING = "# Standard Operating Procedures";
 
-export function buildSOPSection(): string {
-  const body = SOPS_IN_ORDER.map((text) => text.trimEnd()).join("\n\n");
+export function buildSOPSection(audience: SopAudience): string {
+  const body = SOP_BY_ROLE[audience].map((text) => text.trimEnd()).join("\n\n");
   return `${SOP_HEADING}\n\n${body}\n`;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/prompt-builder/system-prompt.ts b/src/main/prompt-builder/system-prompt.ts
index b680d34a..382cab94 100644
--- a/src/main/prompt-builder/system-prompt.ts
+++ b/src/main/prompt-builder/system-prompt.ts
@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@ export function buildSystemPrompt(ctx: PromptContext): string {
   const approvalsSection = buildPendingApprovalsSection(ctx.pendingApprovals);
   if (approvalsSection) sections.push(approvalsSection);
 
-  sections.push(buildSOPSection());
-  sections.push(buildAPISection(ctx));
+  const audience = isCEO ? "executive" : isManager ? "manager" : "individual_contributor";
+  sections.push(buildSOPSection(audience));
+  sections.push(buildAPISection(ctx, audience));
 
   if (ctx.recentComments.length > 0) {
     const lines = ctx.recentComments.slice(0, 10)