diff --git a/STATUS.md b/STATUS.md
index b7410c3..122fcc6 100644
--- a/STATUS.md
+++ b/STATUS.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 | M2 rebalance pack | floors **PASS** — gold 482 (train 330 / val 50 / test 102); keep_weak 150 |
 | M2 refuse reshuffle | **PASS** — NC by split train **0** / val **9** / test **34**; pack sha `dd0555d3ae4aae85976cb784bca11ebc71e1ac5d4b6b4f80dccb8f36cebcaa10` (superseded by HQ) |
 | M2 HQ leakfix | **PASS** — gold **452** (train **300** / val **50** / test **102**); keep_weak **180**; pack sha `2480bca9eaed7c211e2db01e52db9f62ece7e8e0c90b894221c1d0b11fa4d6d7`; `gold_hq.jsonl` = 242; KEEP-93 train-only; Athanor dumps holdout-only; exact prov train∩test empty |
+| AMC high7 modality rewrite | **APPLIED** — 7 high-only `sign_form` rewrites (slang phrase / smoke / skull / waveform / market volume spike / sigil / meme template); gold still **452** · 300/50/102 · keep_weak **180** · OBSERVED **14** · NC **0/9/34**; pack path same; zip sha `af83977d1251b7f62b07a184f14fc34c52b603a4c54406609fb247f43f6156c8`; receipt `amc-rewrite-high7-20260911.md` |
 | Aaron Notion pack | https://app.notion.com/p/3d83e8ba2f5c81608499deffc060160d (Boof refreshes HQ pack card) |
 | Boof ALLOW_TRAIN | **false** — Aaron trains on Spark |
 | Handoff doc | [`docs/aaron-train-handoff.md`](docs/aaron-train-handoff.md) |
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@
 | Spec 004 doctrine | M2 amend: wrap/seed lawful INFERRED gold; OBSERVED AMC/Foundations preferred |
 | Pre-rebalance zip | quarantined under `/workspace/semion-gold/quarantine/` (404-row pack) |
 | OBSERVED share | **14 / 452** (~3%) — hunt plan: `docs/amc-foundations-hunt-plan.md` |
-| Main tip | `432dfe5` — refuse-reshuffle handoff #5; HQ docs PR advances tip |
+| Main tip | `e69e5bf` — M2 HQ pack handoff #6; AMC high7 docs PR advances tip |
diff --git a/docs/aaron-train-handoff.md b/docs/aaron-train-handoff.md
index b288e37..b05f133 100644
--- a/docs/aaron-train-handoff.md
+++ b/docs/aaron-train-handoff.md
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 **Audience:** Aaron Godbout (Spark)  
 **Date:** 2026-09-11 PT  
-**Repo pin:** `scrimshawlife-ctrl/Semion@432dfe5` (main tip before this docs PR; docs tip advances on merge)
+**Repo pin:** `scrimshawlife-ctrl/Semion@e69e5bf` (main tip before this docs PR; docs tip advances on merge)
 
 ## Pack
 
 - Notion: https://app.notion.com/p/3d83e8ba2f5c81608499deffc060160d (Boof refreshes card for HQ pack)
 - Pack id: `semion-train-pack-m2-hq-20260911`
-- SHA256: `2480bca9eaed7c211e2db01e52db9f62ece7e8e0c90b894221c1d0b11fa4d6d7`
+- SHA256: `af83977d1251b7f62b07a184f14fc34c52b603a4c54406609fb247f43f6156c8`
 - Pack path (operator box): `/workspace/semion-gold/train-pack-m2-hq-20260911/`
 - Zip: `/workspace/semion-gold/semion-train-pack-m2-hq-20260911.zip`
+- **AMC high7 rewrite (2026-09-11):** 7 high-priority `sign_form` modality→atom rewrites applied (text→slang phrase; event/visual signal→smoke; image/object→skull; image/data visualization→waveform; data/event→market volume spike; image/object→sigil; image/text mixed→meme template). Receipt: `/workspace/semion-gold/receipts/amc-rewrite-high7-20260911.md`. Counts unchanged.
 - Gate: `QUALITY.md` + `COMPLETE.md` in pack (also [`docs/quality-bar.md`](quality-bar.md))
 - Spec 011: https://app.notion.com/p/3d83e8ba2f5c813c9989c0a2dc28357f
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Gold pool **452**: OBSERVED **14** · inferred wrap **~210** · inferred seed **
 
 - Wrap/seed INFERRED rows are **lawful M2 gold** under Spec 004 amend (`specs/004-encoder-gate/dataset.md`), but HQ prefers seed over page-dump wrap.
 - Prefer `gold_hq.jsonl` / `gold_observed.jsonl`; grow OBSERVED via [`amc-foundations-hunt-plan.md`](amc-foundations-hunt-plan.md).
+- AMC high7: prefer atom-shaped `sign_form` on those 7 OBSERVED rows (slang phrase / smoke / skull / waveform / market volume spike / sigil / meme template); still prefer `gold_hq.jsonl` for train mass.
 - Pre-rebalance zip is **quarantined** on the operator box (`/workspace/semion-gold/quarantine/`) — do not train from it.
 - Refuse-reshuffle pack `semion-train-pack-m2-refuse-reshuffle-20260911` is **superseded** by the HQ pack above.
 
diff --git a/docs/quality-bar.md b/docs/quality-bar.md
index 7e53005..0648515 100644
--- a/docs/quality-bar.md
+++ b/docs/quality-bar.md
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Sealed HQ pack machine checks live in:
 
 `/workspace/semion-gold/train-pack-m2-hq-20260911/QUALITY.md`
 
-Prefer `gold_hq.jsonl` for train mass; see [`aaron-train-handoff.md`](aaron-train-handoff.md).
+Prefer `gold_hq.jsonl` for train mass; see [`aaron-train-handoff.md`](aaron-train-handoff.md). AMC high7: seven modality `sign_form`s rewritten to atom phrases (receipt `amc-rewrite-high7-20260911.md`); zip sha updated.
diff --git a/specs/004-encoder-gate/dataset.md b/specs/004-encoder-gate/dataset.md
index f4637da..7e232b4 100644
--- a/specs/004-encoder-gate/dataset.md
+++ b/specs/004-encoder-gate/dataset.md
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ Local SoT: `~/.semion/corpus/dataset.jsonl` (+ `keep_weak.jsonl`). Not in git.
 | INFERRED wrap | ~210 | `wrapped_sign_atom` (page-dump wraps demoted in HQ) |
 | INFERRED seed | 228 | `seed_fixture` |
 | keep_weak | 180 | demoted wrap-symbol / athanor dumps — not gold |
-| HQ pack | — | `semion-train-pack-m2-hq-20260911` sha256 `2480bca9eaed7c211e2db01e52db9f62ece7e8e0c90b894221c1d0b11fa4d6d7`; prefer `gold_hq.jsonl` (242) |
+| HQ pack | — | `semion-train-pack-m2-hq-20260911` sha256 `af83977d1251b7f62b07a184f14fc34c52b603a4c54406609fb247f43f6156c8` (post AMC high7); prefer `gold_hq.jsonl` (242) |
+
+**AMC high7 (2026-09-11):** seven high-priority OBSERVED `sign_form` modality labels rewritten to atom forms (slang phrase, smoke, skull, waveform, market volume spike, sigil, meme template). Counts/floors unchanged; medium proposals not applied. Receipt: `/workspace/semion-gold/receipts/amc-rewrite-high7-20260911.md`.
 
 **Honesty:** floors pass; preferred OBSERVED share is still thin (**14** / 452 ≈ 3%). Grow OBSERVED via the hunt plan before raising `name_gate`. Targets 600/150 are **not** hit. Do not pad wrap.
 
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ This is probe-scale. It is not a 7B SFT corpus. Do not pad with synthetic mind-t
 - Freeze `test` hashes before any encoder run.
 - No source_run_id in both train and test.
 - Dual-use refuse rows never appear as positive `is_sign` gold.
-- **Preferred:** `NOT_COMPUTABLE` / dual-use refuse live in **val/test** (held out of train). **M2 refuse debt CLEARED** (2026-09-11 PT): NC by split train **0** / val **9** / test **34**. **HQ leakfix** supersedes refuse-reshuffle: gold **452** / keep_weak **180**; KEEP-93 train-only; Athanor dumps holdout-only; exact provenance train∩test empty. Pack: `semion-train-pack-m2-hq-20260911` (sha256 `2480bca9eaed7c211e2db01e52db9f62ece7e8e0c90b894221c1d0b11fa4d6d7`).
+- **Preferred:** `NOT_COMPUTABLE` / dual-use refuse live in **val/test** (held out of train). **M2 refuse debt CLEARED** (2026-09-11 PT): NC by split train **0** / val **9** / test **34**. **HQ leakfix** supersedes refuse-reshuffle: gold **452** / keep_weak **180**; KEEP-93 train-only; Athanor dumps holdout-only; exact provenance train∩test empty. Pack: `semion-train-pack-m2-hq-20260911` (sha256 `af83977d1251b7f62b07a184f14fc34c52b603a4c54406609fb247f43f6156c8`, post AMC high7).
 
 ## E-S3 bind