diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31ede43..a85966b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,9 +155,8 @@ import {
 } from "@tutti-os/agent-acp-kit/tutti";
 
 const runtime = createDefaultLocalAgentRuntime();
-const cwd = process.env.TUTTI_WORKSPACE_ROOT ?? process.cwd();
-const env = { ...process.env };
-const detectContext = { cwd, env };
+const projectCwd = await resolveAppLocalProjectCwd(projectId);
+const detectContext = { cwd: projectCwd };
 const agents = await runtime.detect(detectContext);
 const agent =
   agents.find(
@@ -172,15 +171,14 @@ if (!agent.agentTargetId) throw new Error("Selected Agent has no target identity
 const skills = await loadTuttiAgentSkillContext({
   agentTargetId: agent.agentTargetId,
   agentSessionId: runId,
-  cwd: appLocalCwd,
+  cwd: projectCwd,
   detectContext,
 });
 for await (const event of runtime.run({
   agentTargetId: agent.agentTargetId,
   runId,
   provider: agent.provider,
-  cwd,
-  env,
+  cwd: projectCwd,
   prompt,
   skillManifest: skills.skillManifest,
 })) {
@@ -188,6 +186,17 @@ for await (const event of runtime.run({
 }
 ```
 
+The host owns both `cwd` and environment policy. Pass the app-local run or
+project directory explicitly; the kit does not derive a business workspace
+root from `TUTTI_WORKSPACE_ROOT` or another host path alias. When `env` is
+omitted, runtime detection and execution inherit the host process environment.
+When `env` is present, its values overlay that ambient environment. The kit
+does not apply an application-specific allowlist or remove arbitrary host
+variables; it only performs provider/runtime operational normalization such as
+removing a nested Claude session marker and extending `PATH`. A host that must
+exclude product secrets is responsible for constructing an appropriate process
+environment before invoking the runtime.
+
 There is no app-facing mode switch. `runtime.detect()` is the single discovery
 API. When `TUTTI_CLI` is configured it uses `agent list` plus target-scoped
 composer JSON and preserves every exact Agent Target, including multiple
diff --git a/tests/process/env.test.ts b/tests/process/env.test.ts
index a55bdd9..2e7f137 100644
--- a/tests/process/env.test.ts
+++ b/tests/process/env.test.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,19 @@ describe("injectSystemProxyEnv", () => {
 });
 
 describe("buildLocalAgentProcessEnv", () => {
+  it("preserves host-owned environment values without business filtering", async () => {
+    const env = await buildLocalAgentProcessEnv({
+      PATH: "/usr/bin",
+      TUTTI_APP_DATA_DIR: "/app/data",
+      TUTTI_WORKSPACE_ROOT: "/opaque/host/workspace",
+      HOST_RUNTIME_MARKER: "runtime-value",
+    });
+
+    expect(env.TUTTI_APP_DATA_DIR).toBe("/app/data");
+    expect(env.TUTTI_WORKSPACE_ROOT).toBe("/opaque/host/workspace");
+    expect(env.HOST_RUNTIME_MARKER).toBe("runtime-value");
+  });
+
   it("removes Claude's nested-session marker from child agent environments", async () => {
     const env = await buildLocalAgentProcessEnv({
       PATH: "/usr/bin",