diff --git a/config/portfolio-catalog.yaml b/config/portfolio-catalog.yaml
index 4afdec4..b479183 100644
--- a/config/portfolio-catalog.yaml
+++ b/config/portfolio-catalog.yaml
@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@ repos:
     review_cadence: weekly
     intended_disposition: maintain
     tool_provenance: claude-code
+  operant-public:
+    owner: d
+    purpose: operating-agent calibration benchmark with shipped public MCP access
+    lifecycle_state: active
+    criticality: high
+    review_cadence: weekly
+    intended_disposition: maintain
+    category: infrastructure
+    tool_provenance: claude-code
+    maturity_program: maintain
+    target_maturity: operating
+    doctor_standard: full
+    notes: Canonical operating project is OPERANT / saagpatel/operant; local checkout remains operant-public. operant-mcp is the shipped MCP distribution slice, not a separate active project.
   PageDiffBookmark:
     owner: d
     lifecycle_state: active
diff --git a/config/project-registry-overrides.json b/config/project-registry-overrides.json
index 04ececd..89cf67b 100644
--- a/config/project-registry-overrides.json
+++ b/config/project-registry-overrides.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		"netmapper": "NetworkMapper",
 		"notion_os": "Notion",
 		"mcpaudit-web": "MCPAudit",
+		"operant-mcp": "operant-public",
 		"portfolio-code-health": "portfolio-health",
 		"screenshotselect": "ScreenshottoDataSelect",
 		"interruptionresume": "Interruption Resume Studio"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 		"MCP Audit": "MCPAudit",
 		"Notion": "Notion",
 		"Notion Operating System": "Notion",
+		"OPERANT": "operant-public",
 		"OrbitMechanics": "OrbitMechanic",
 		"OrbitForge (staging)": "OrbitForge",
 		"Personal Ops": "operator-os-docs",