diff --git a/skills/ingest/scripts/run-ingest.sh b/skills/ingest/scripts/run-ingest.sh
index 5a9b738..9ccd995 100644
--- a/skills/ingest/scripts/run-ingest.sh
+++ b/skills/ingest/scripts/run-ingest.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # =============================================================================
 # skills/ingest/scripts/run-ingest.sh
-# Post-pi orchestrator. Runs OUTSIDE pi's loop, on vm101, in the genome checkout.
-# Consumes .ingest-manifest.json (written by the ingest skill) and performs every
-# deterministic step — index, log, scoped lint, PR — so pi's context stays clean.
+# Post-semantic orchestrator. Runs OUTSIDE the model, on vm101, in the genome
+# checkout. Consumes .ingest-manifest.json (written by ingest-semantic.py) and
+# performs every deterministic step — index, log, scoped lint, PR.
 #
 #   run-ingest.sh <genome_name> [manifest_path]
 #
 # Emits a single JSON result line on stdout for n8n to parse.
+#
+# every page listed in the manifest must exist on disk before we trust the run.
+# Everything else is unchanged: the manifest the semantic phase now produces is
+# already in this script's expected schema.
 # =============================================================================
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -57,6 +61,13 @@ mapfile -t modified_paths < <(jq -r '.pages[] | select(.status=="modified") | .p
 all_paths=( "${created_paths[@]}" "${modified_paths[@]}" )
 [[ ${#all_paths[@]} -gt 0 ]] || fail "manifest" "no pages reported"
 
+# --- the semantic phase (ingest-semantic.py) writes the files; verify
+# every manifest page actually exists on disk before trusting the run. Catches any
+# drift between what the manifest claims and what was really written. ---
+for _p in "${all_paths[@]}"; do
+  [[ -f "$_p" ]] || fail "pages" "manifest lists a file not present on disk: ${_p}"
+done
+
 conflict_label=""
 
 # NOTE: No rollback. The steps below modify the working tree in order (index → log → commit).