diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 2d9a20c..80bd579 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ From `notes/todo/2026-04-14-todo.md`:
 - **Decisions**: Lightweight markdown decision logs
 - **License**: FLOSS by default
 - **Filenames**: ASCII lowercase, kebab-case (`like-this.md`), English regardless of content language. Dated docs use an ISO prefix joined with a hyphen: `YYYY-MM-DD-label.md`. Hostnames are the exception — `docs/hardware/*.md` must equal the host's `hostname` (enforced by `scripts/gen_overview.py`).
-- **Hardware identifiers**: `<kind-abbrev><NN>` — 2-digit, unique per kind (`srv`, `sw`, `pp`, `pdu`, `ups`, `shf`). Grouping (`cluster:`) lives in frontmatter, not the name. Full scheme: `notes/dev/specs/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-scheme.md`.
+- **Hardware identifiers**: `<kind-abbrev><NN>` — 2-digit, unique per kind (`srv`, `sw`, `pp`, `pdu`, `ups`, `shf`). Grouping (`cluster:`) lives in frontmatter, not the name. Full scheme: `docs/guides/hardware-naming-scheme.md`.
 
 ## Repository Structure
 
diff --git a/docs/guides/editing-hardware-docs.md b/docs/guides/editing-hardware-docs.md
index afecb9f..0fcb0bd 100644
--- a/docs/guides/editing-hardware-docs.md
+++ b/docs/guides/editing-hardware-docs.md
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ graph — is **generated** from that frontmatter.
 
 ## Quick start: add a device
 
-1. Pick a hostname following the scheme `<kind-abbrev><NN>` — a 2-digit number,
-   unique per kind (`srv`, `sw`, `pp`, `pdu`, `ups`, `shf`, …). Example: `srv06`.
+1. Pick a hostname following the [naming scheme](hardware-naming-scheme.md):
+   `<kind-abbrev><NN>` — a 2-digit number, unique per kind (`srv`, `sw`, `pp`,
+   `pdu`, `ups`, `shf`, …). Example: `srv06`.
 2. Create `docs/hardware/<hostname>.md`. **The filename stem must equal the
    `hostname` field** — `srv06.md` must contain `hostname: srv06`.
 3. Fill in the frontmatter (see the reference below). Write any free-text under
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ check fails and nothing is published.
 !!! success "Do"
     - **Do** run `make docs-index` and commit the regenerated files with your change.
     - **Do** keep the filename equal to the `hostname`.
-    - **Do** use the `<kind-abbrev><NN>` naming scheme, 2 digits, unique per kind.
+    - **Do** use the [`<kind-abbrev><NN>` naming scheme](hardware-naming-scheme.md),
+      2 digits, unique per kind.
     - **Do** mark unknown values as provisional placeholders and ask before
       inventing rack/power/network numbers.
     - **Do** preview locally with `make docs-serve` before pushing.
diff --git a/notes/dev/specs/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-scheme.md b/docs/guides/hardware-naming-scheme.md
similarity index 100%
rename from notes/dev/specs/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-scheme.md
rename to docs/guides/hardware-naming-scheme.md
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index f5caef5..42298bf 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ nav:
   - Hardware:
       - hardware/index.md
       - Editing the hardware docs: guides/editing-hardware-docs.md
+      - Naming scheme: guides/hardware-naming-scheme.md
   - Services:
       - services/index.md
   - Infrastructure:
diff --git a/notes/dev/plans/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-migration.md b/notes/dev/plans/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-migration.md
index 7ec0915..f2480dd 100644
--- a/notes/dev/plans/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-migration.md
+++ b/notes/dev/plans/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-migration.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 **Tech Stack:** Markdown frontmatter, Python generators (`gen_overview.py`, `gen_rack.py`) run via `make`, MkDocs Material, pytest.
 
-**Spec:** `notes/dev/specs/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-scheme.md`.
+**Spec:** `docs/guides/hardware-naming-scheme.md`.
 
 ## Global Constraints
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ to:
 In `CLAUDE.md`, immediately after the existing `- **Filenames**: …` bullet, add this new bullet:
 
 ```markdown
-- **Hardware identifiers**: `<kind-abbrev><NN>` — 2-digit, unique per kind (`srv`, `sw`, `pp`, `pdu`, `ups`, `shf`). Grouping (`cluster:`) lives in frontmatter, not the name. Full scheme: `notes/dev/specs/2026-06-24-hardware-naming-scheme.md`.
+- **Hardware identifiers**: `<kind-abbrev><NN>` — 2-digit, unique per kind (`srv`, `sw`, `pp`, `pdu`, `ups`, `shf`). Grouping (`cluster:`) lives in frontmatter, not the name. Full scheme: `docs/guides/hardware-naming-scheme.md`.
 ```
 
 - [ ] **Step 3: Fix the stale hardware hint in `README.md`**
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ git commit -m "docs: record hardware naming scheme, refresh stale mf0x hints"
 
 ## Self-Review
 
-**Spec coverage (`2026-06-24-hardware-naming-scheme.md`):**
+**Spec coverage (`docs/guides/hardware-naming-scheme.md`):**
 - Format `<kind-abbrev><NN>`, `srv` for compute — Task 1 (rename to `srv01`–`srv05`). ✔
 - Stable identifier + `cluster:` in frontmatter — Task 1 (rename + add `cluster: tappaas` to the one known node). ✔
 - `srv01` = `tappaas`; others provisional/omitted — Task 1 Step 3 + Global Constraints. ✔