diff --git a/.specgit.yaml b/.specgit.yaml
index 9c8ce01..33ca5e5 100644
--- a/.specgit.yaml
+++ b/.specgit.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 version: 1
-delivery: specgit-harness
+delivery: release-route-worker
 context:
   kind: branch
-  branch: chore/17-specgit-harness
+  branch: fix/22-release-route-worker
 issues:
-  - 17
-pr: 21
+  - 22
+issueKinds:
+  - issue: 22
+    kind: kind::fix
+pr: 23
diff --git a/release-route.yaml b/release-route.yaml
index aaea6bc..73c8a2a 100644
--- a/release-route.yaml
+++ b/release-route.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ config:
 
     - id: release-verify
       name: "verify the release landed"
-      worker_type: verify
+      worker_type: general
       depends_on: [release-execute]
       prompt_template:
         inline: >-
diff --git a/script/validate-route-catalog.test.ts b/script/validate-route-catalog.test.ts
index 24d1dbd..f366660 100644
--- a/script/validate-route-catalog.test.ts
+++ b/script/validate-route-catalog.test.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ describe("route catalog guardrails", () => {
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1)
     expect(result.stderr).toContain("Route catalog must contain exactly")
   })
+
+  test("rejects a worker_type outside the compatible runtime agent catalog", async () => {
+    await rewrite(
+      "release-route.yaml",
+      'name: "verify the release landed"\n      worker_type: general',
+      'name: "verify the release landed"\n      worker_type: verify',
+    )
+
+    const result = await validate()
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1)
+    expect(result.stderr).toContain(
+      "not in the compatible runtime agent catalog",
+    )
+  })
 })
 
 async function rewrite(file: string, before: string, after: string) {
diff --git a/script/validate-route-catalog.ts b/script/validate-route-catalog.ts
index 4ad5f44..70ccbd0 100644
--- a/script/validate-route-catalog.ts
+++ b/script/validate-route-catalog.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ const expected = domains
 const crossDomainRoutes = ["release-route.yaml", "ultra-flow-route.yaml"]
 const catalog = [...expected, ...crossDomainRoutes].sort()
 const routeNames = catalog.map((file) => path.basename(file, ".yaml"))
+// The compatible runtime gate (runtime-compat.json, commit b48dce46) rejects
+// any node whose worker_type is outside its builtin agent catalog
+// (build, plan, general, explore); the portable profile skips the catalog when
+// absent, so this check closes the gap config-side.
+const compatibleWorkerTypes = ["explore", "build", "plan", "general"]
 const files = (await fs.readdir(root))
   // Hidden dotfiles are delivery tooling (e.g. the SpecGit `.specgit.yaml`
   // binding), never route templates; the catalog inventory is over visible files.
@@ -43,6 +48,25 @@ for (const filename of catalog) {
   if (parsed.config.name !== name)
     fail(`${filename} config.name must equal ${name}`)
   if (name.endsWith("-lite")) validateLiteRoute(filename, parsed.config)
+  validateWorkerTypes(filename, parsed.config)
+}
+
+function validateWorkerTypes(
+  filename: string,
+  config: Record<string, unknown>,
+) {
+  const workers = [
+    ...(Array.isArray(config.nodes) ? config.nodes : []),
+    ...(Array.isArray(config.blocks) ? config.blocks : []),
+  ].filter(isRecord)
+  for (const worker of workers) {
+    if (worker.worker_type === undefined) continue
+    const workerType = String(worker.worker_type)
+    if (compatibleWorkerTypes.includes(workerType)) continue
+    fail(
+      `${filename} node ${worker.id} worker type "${workerType}" is not in the compatible runtime agent catalog (${compatibleWorkerTypes.join(", ")})`,
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 console.log(