src/selfTest.ts

@@ -2285,8 +2285,8 @@ export async function runSelfTest(): Promise<void> {
   const workspaceHistoryRoot = cleanupRoots.find(
     (item) => item.root === ".kt-workspace",
   );
-  if (!testArtifactsRoot?.preservedNames.includes("_templates")) {
+  if (testArtifactsRoot?.preservedNames.includes("_templates")) {
-    throw new Error("cleanup template preservation self-check failed");
+    throw new Error("cleanup template migration self-check failed");
   }
   if (!workspaceHistoryRoot?.preservedNames.includes("test-artifacts")) {
     throw new Error("cleanup workspace root preservation self-check failed");

src/tools/cleanup.ts

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ const workspaceRootPreservedNames = new Set([
 
 /**
  * Builds the directory names that represent generated artifact categories under
- * `.kt-workspace`; test artifact templates stay in place because KT page and
+ * `.kt-workspace`; reusable templates and references are intentionally not
- * business test flows use them as local scaffolding inputs.
+ * preserved here because they belong in `workspace-assets`.
  *
  * @param rootRelativePath - Cleanup root relative to the KT workspace.
  * @returns Category names that cleanup should skip when pruning `.kt-workspace`.
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ function buildPreservedNames(rootRelativePath: string): Set<string> {
       preservedNames.add(name);
     }
   }
-  if (rootRelativePath === '.kt-workspace/test-artifacts') {
-    preservedNames.add('_templates');
-  }
 
   return preservedNames;
 }