diff --git a/pmoves/scripts/claude-pmoves.sh b/pmoves/scripts/claude-pmoves.sh
index 7becbc3549..4d58003226 100644
--- a/pmoves/scripts/claude-pmoves.sh
+++ b/pmoves/scripts/claude-pmoves.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# claude-pmoves — Bootstrap Claude Code with PMOVES context
+# claude-pmoves — Bootstrap Claude Code with a PMOVES agent AND its MCP creds.
+# ===========================================================================
+# THIN DELEGATE. The real launcher is deploy/provision/claude-pmoves.sh, which
+# loads pmoves/env.shared and passes the normalized MCP roster via
+# --mcp-config=. This script only adds the positional-agent shorthand on top.
+#
+# WHY THE SPLIT EXISTED: these two files share a name but were never duplicates.
+# This one selected an agent (`claude --agent`) and loaded nothing; the
+# provisioning one loaded env.shared + the MCP roster and selected no agent.
+# Each ended in its own `exec claude`, so they were mutually exclusive — you
+# could have a PMOVES agent OR working MCP creds, never both. `make -C pmoves
+# claude-pmoves` took this path, so the documented way to launch the delivery
+# agent came up with every cred-dependent MCP empty.
+#
+# Delegating fixes that without changing either UI: the shorthand still works,
+# and it now inherits env.shared + the roster.
+#
 # Usage: claude-pmoves [agent-name] [claude-args...]
 # Default agent: delivery-agent
 # Other agents: control-agent, memory-agent, researcher, test-runner, pr-trimmer, verifier, code-review
@@ -9,8 +25,24 @@
 #   claude-pmoves control-agent            # review/gate agent
 #   claude-pmoves memory-agent             # cipher memory agent
 #   claude-pmoves test-runner --worktree   # test runner in worktree
+#
+# To launch with NO agent (plain Claude + PMOVES MCP), call the provisioning
+# script directly: deploy/provision/claude-pmoves.sh
+set -u
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}")/../.." && pwd)"
+LAUNCHER="$ROOT/deploy/provision/claude-pmoves.sh"
 
 AGENT="${1:-delivery-agent}"
 shift 2>/dev/null || true
 
-exec claude --agent "$AGENT" "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+if [ ! -f "$LAUNCHER" ]; then
+  # Degrade to the pre-delegation behavior rather than failing: the agent still
+  # loads, MCP creds do not. Warn so the missing half is visible, not silent.
+  echo "[claude-pmoves] WARN: $LAUNCHER not found — launching without env.shared or the MCP roster." >&2
+  exec claude --agent "$AGENT" "$@"
+fi
+
+# The launcher forwards "$@" straight to claude after --mcp-config=, so --agent
+# rides through unchanged.
+exec bash "$LAUNCHER" --agent "$AGENT" "$@"