diff --git a/orchestrator/compose.yml b/orchestrator/compose.yml
index fee538c..c7bf2b0 100644
--- a/orchestrator/compose.yml
+++ b/orchestrator/compose.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ services:
       - /tree/branch-tree.json
       - --timers
       - /timers
+      - --kept
+      - /kept
       - --vendor
       - /app/vendor
       - --cleanup
@@ -117,6 +119,12 @@ services:
         read_only: true
         bind:
           create_host_path: false
+      - type: bind
+        source: "${KVB_ORCHESTRATOR_KEPT:?written into .env by scripts/install.sh}"
+        target: /kept
+        read_only: true
+        bind:
+          create_host_path: false
       - type: bind
         source: "${KVB_ORCHESTRATOR_APPROVERS:?written into .env by scripts/install.sh}"
         target: /approvers
diff --git a/orchestrator/kvb_orchestrator/hub.py b/orchestrator/kvb_orchestrator/hub.py
index 10364cc..51d86ea 100644
--- a/orchestrator/kvb_orchestrator/hub.py
+++ b/orchestrator/kvb_orchestrator/hub.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class Places:
     vendor: Path
     cleanup: Path
     offices: Path
+    kept: Path
 
 
 def environment(templates: Path) -> jinja2.Environment:
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ class Hub(Mcp, Reviewing, Asking, Messaging, Choosing, Approving, Denying, Reque
     agent_sessions: Path
     model: Model
     timers: Path
+    kept: Path
     settings: Settings
     redirects: Redirects
     speech: Speech
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ def open_hub(council: Path, pages: Path, public_port: int, state: Path, host_sta
         agent_sessions=state / SNAPSHOT,
         model=model,
         timers=places.timers,
+        kept=places.kept,
         council=council,
         pages=pages,
         public_port=public_port,
diff --git a/orchestrator/server.py b/orchestrator/server.py
index 7030b87..ea3e696 100755
--- a/orchestrator/server.py
+++ b/orchestrator/server.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     --tree-file: the JSON file `pkgmgr branch tree --output` writes, mounted
         read-only; read again whenever it changes.
     --timers: directory holding the systemd user units (*.timer).
+    --kept: ~/.local/state/agents-council, mounted read-only: gates.db and
+        the resources/ files of the host sampler.
     --vendor: directory holding the vendored Bootstrap Icons sprite,
         3d-force-graph and three with their licence texts.
     --cleanup: host-mounted directory the hub writes signed branch deletions
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     parser.add_argument("--bind", required=True)
     for name in ("--listen-port", "--public-port"):
         parser.add_argument(name, type=int, required=True)
-    paths = ("--council", "--pages", "--state", "--host-state", "--skills", "--transcripts", "--templates", "--tree-file", "--timers", "--vendor", "--cleanup", "--offices", "--llm-key-file", "--approvers")
+    paths = ("--council", "--pages", "--state", "--host-state", "--skills", "--transcripts", "--templates", "--tree-file", "--timers", "--kept", "--vendor", "--cleanup", "--offices", "--llm-key-file", "--approvers")
     for name in (*paths, "--piper", "--voices", "--whisper", "--whisper-model", "--scratch"):
         parser.add_argument(name, type=Path, required=True)
     for name in ("--llm-url", "--llm-model", "--operator-voice"):
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ def main() -> int:
             transcripts=args.transcripts,
             scripts=Scripts(skills=args.skills, council=args.council, home=args.state),
             templates=args.templates,
-            places=Places(tree_file=args.tree_file, timers=args.timers, vendor=args.vendor, cleanup=args.cleanup, offices=args.offices),
+            places=Places(tree_file=args.tree_file, timers=args.timers, vendor=args.vendor, cleanup=args.cleanup, offices=args.offices, kept=args.kept),
             model=Model(url=args.llm_url.strip(), model=args.llm_model.strip(), key=read_key(args.llm_key_file)),
             engines=Engines(piper=args.piper, voices=args.voices, operator_voice=args.operator_voice, whisper=args.whisper, whisper_model=args.whisper_model, scratch=args.scratch),
             approvers=args.approvers,
diff --git a/scripts/orchestrator.sh b/scripts/orchestrator.sh
index cd08030..67f4552 100644
--- a/scripts/orchestrator.sh
+++ b/scripts/orchestrator.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ install_hub() {
 	port="$(port_of "${REPO_ROOT}/orchestrator/.env")"
 	log "skills: starting the Agent Orchestrator on http://localhost:${port}/"
 	rm -rf "${HUB}"
-	mkdir -p "${HUB}" "${STATE}" "${APPROVALS}" "${COUNCIL}" "${HOME}/.claude/projects" "${TREE_DIR}" "${UNITS}" "${APPROVERS}"
+	mkdir -p "${HUB}" "${STATE}" "${APPROVALS}" "${COUNCIL}" "${HOME}/.claude/projects" "${TREE_DIR}" "${UNITS}" "${APPROVERS}" "${HOME}/.local/state/agents-council/resources"
 	chmod 700 "${APPROVERS}"
 	cp -a "${REPO_ROOT}/orchestrator/." "${HUB}/"
 	# Python loads a cached .pyc whose header matches the source mtime and size, and cp -a keeps the mtime: one planted in the sandbox-writable tree would run on the host
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ install_hub() {
 	chmod +x "${HUB}/client/permission_hook.py" "${HUB}/client/runner.py" "${HUB}/client/approval.py" "${HUB}/client/cleanup.py" "${HUB}/client/offices.py" "${HUB}/client/sessions.py"
 	log "skills: the PermissionRequest hook client is ${HUB}/client/permission_hook.py"
 	log "skills: approvals need a pinned passkey: settings, 'Passkey registrieren', then 'make orchestrator-pin CREDENTIAL=<blob>'; until then every executor refuses"
-	printf 'KVB_ORCHESTRATOR_USER=%s:%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_STATE=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_COUNCIL=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_SKILLS=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_PROJECTS=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_TREE=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_TIMERS=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_APPROVERS=%s\n' \
-		"$(id -u)" "$(id -g)" "${STATE}" "${COUNCIL}" "${HOME}/.claude/skills" "${HOME}/.claude/projects" "${TREE_DIR}" "${UNITS}" "${APPROVERS}" >>"${HUB}/.env"
+	printf 'KVB_ORCHESTRATOR_USER=%s:%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_STATE=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_COUNCIL=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_SKILLS=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_PROJECTS=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_TREE=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_TIMERS=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_APPROVERS=%s\nKVB_ORCHESTRATOR_KEPT=%s\n' \
+		"$(id -u)" "$(id -g)" "${STATE}" "${COUNCIL}" "${HOME}/.claude/skills" "${HOME}/.claude/projects" "${TREE_DIR}" "${UNITS}" "${APPROVERS}" "${HOME}/.local/state/agents-council" >>"${HUB}/.env"
 	if ! docker compose --file "${HUB}/compose.yml" up -d --build; then
 		warn "skills: docker compose failed; the Agent Orchestrator stays down until 'make orchestrator-install' succeeds."
 	fi
diff --git a/tests/hub_case.py b/tests/hub_case.py
index 11dfe4a..674c68d 100644
--- a/tests/hub_case.py
+++ b/tests/hub_case.py
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ class HubCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.projects = base / "projects"
         self.tree_file = base / "tree" / "branch-tree.json"
         self.timers = base / "timers"
+        self.kept = base / "kept"
         self.cleanup = base / "state" / "cleanup"
         self.offices = base / "state" / "offices"
         self.approvers = base / "config" / "approvers.json"
         self.replay = base / "replay"
-        for path in (self.pages, self.state, self.outside, self.projects, self.tree_file.parent, self.timers):
+        for path in (self.pages, self.state, self.outside, self.projects, self.tree_file.parent, self.timers, self.kept):
             path.mkdir()
         silence = mock.patch.object(server.Handler, "log_message")
         silence.start()
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ class HubCase(unittest.TestCase):
             transcripts=self.projects,
             scripts=self.scripts,
             templates=HUB / "templates",
-            places=server.Places(tree_file=self.tree_file, timers=self.timers, vendor=HUB / "vendor", cleanup=self.cleanup, offices=self.offices),
+            places=server.Places(tree_file=self.tree_file, timers=self.timers, vendor=HUB / "vendor", cleanup=self.cleanup, offices=self.offices, kept=self.kept),
             model=server.Model(url="", model="", key=""),
             engines=self.engines,
             approvers=self.approvers,
diff --git a/tests/test_hub_speech.py b/tests/test_hub_speech.py
index 6d11db6..26adb58 100644
--- a/tests/test_hub_speech.py
+++ b/tests/test_hub_speech.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TestHubSpeech(HubCase):
         args = {
             "--bind": "127.0.0.1", "--listen-port": "0", "--public-port": "1", "--council": str(self.council), "--pages": str(self.pages), "--state": str(self.state),
             "--host-state": str(HOST_STATE), "--skills": str(self.outside), "--transcripts": str(self.projects), "--templates": str(HUB / "templates"),
-            "--tree-file": str(self.tree_file), "--timers": str(self.timers), "--vendor": str(HUB / "vendor"), "--cleanup": str(self.cleanup), "--offices": str(self.offices),
+            "--tree-file": str(self.tree_file), "--timers": str(self.timers), "--kept": str(self.kept), "--vendor": str(HUB / "vendor"), "--cleanup": str(self.cleanup), "--offices": str(self.offices),
             "--llm-key-file": os.devnull, "--llm-url": "", "--llm-model": "",
             "--piper": str(self.engines.piper), "--voices": str(self.engines.voices), "--operator-voice": "en_US-test-high:9", "--whisper": str(self.engines.whisper),
             "--whisper-model": str(self.engines.whisper_model), "--scratch": str(self.engines.scratch), "--approvers": str(self.approvers),