diff --git a/bin/mosaic b/bin/mosaic
index 6b6d952..00a5176 100755
--- a/bin/mosaic
+++ b/bin/mosaic
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ launch_claude() {
   check_soul
   check_runtime "claude"
 
-  local soul_file="$MOSAIC_HOME/SOUL.md"
-  echo "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code with SOUL.md injection..."
-  exec claude --append-system-prompt-file "$soul_file" "$@"
+  # SOUL.md is loaded via ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md directive (pushed by mosaic-link-runtime-assets)
+  echo "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code..."
+  exec claude "$@"
 }
 
 launch_opencode() {
diff --git a/bin/mosaic.ps1 b/bin/mosaic.ps1
index 5ee4ab8..28b5ad7 100644
--- a/bin/mosaic.ps1
+++ b/bin/mosaic.ps1
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ switch ($command) {
         Assert-MosaicHome
         Assert-Soul
         Assert-Runtime "claude"
-        $soulFile = Join-Path $MosaicHome "SOUL.md"
-        Write-Host "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code with SOUL.md injection..."
-        & claude --append-system-prompt-file $soulFile @remaining
+        # SOUL.md is loaded via ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md directive (pushed by mosaic-link-runtime-assets)
+        Write-Host "[mosaic] Launching Claude Code..."
+        & claude @remaining
     }
     "opencode" {
         Assert-MosaicHome