diff --git a/skills/kvb-org-organize/SKILL.md b/skills/kvb-org-organize/SKILL.md
index b1db830..9d6df63 100644
--- a/skills/kvb-org-organize/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/kvb-org-organize/SKILL.md
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ records the result.
 - Before starting anything that consumes shared capacity (gates, deploys,
   iteration loops, swarm or cloud resources, cleanup of shared data), an agent
   sends the chair what, where, for how long and its expected disk need, waits
-  for the grant, and reports the release. The chair keeps one queue, ordered
-  by the WSJF rank of the `kvb-org-wsjf` skill (it asks its subordinates for
-  the Fibonacci estimates), answers every request with its position, enforces the limits the operator set,
+  for the grant, and reports the release. The chair keeps one queue: a
+  hotfix gate (a branch from the default branch that fixes it) takes the next
+  free gate or test slot before every other line, the rest follows the WSJF
+  rank of the `kvb-org-wsjf` skill (it asks its subordinates for the Fibonacci
+  estimates); a running gate is never cut short for a hotfix. It answers
+  every request with its position, enforces the limits the operator set,
   checks every grant with `watch.py admit --need-gb <N>` (or `--kind <slot>`;
   test kinds also need CPU and RAM below the configured limits).
 - A running job (deploy, gate, test, swarm run, build) is never cut short to
diff --git a/skills/kvb-org-wsjf/SKILL.md b/skills/kvb-org-wsjf/SKILL.md
index 81b80ab..d842107 100644
--- a/skills/kvb-org-wsjf/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/kvb-org-wsjf/SKILL.md
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ rasci.py wsjf [--all]
 3. **Rank**: WSJF = median business value / median complexity, highest
    first. An operator's pin (`rasci.py set <task> --prio <n>`) outranks every
    score; unestimated tasks come last and are named under `unestimated:`.
-4. **Grant in rank order**: the chair hands out capacity by this rank.
+4. **Grant in rank order**: the chair hands out capacity by this rank, except
+   that a hotfix gate (a branch from the default branch that fixes it) takes
+   the next free gate or test slot before every ranked task; a running gate
+   is never cut short for it.
 
 ## Rules