diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b0113b4..fdaef3b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ All notable changes to vouch are documented here. Format follows
   artifact the caller could not already retrieve, and it touches no write path.
 
 ### Fixed
+- **`kb.list_pages` / `vouch pages` no longer list archived pages** (#728):
+  `filter_pages` (shared by MCP, JSONL, and the CLI) had no
+  `PageStatus.ARCHIVED` gate, so retired pages stayed in the agent-facing
+  live listing — and MCP/CLI payloads omit `status`, so an archived page
+  looked identical to a live one. Default is now live-set only
+  (`include_archived=False`); pass `include_archived=True` to opt back in.
 - **`extract` no longer fractures file paths/URLs into auto-approved
   garbage claims** (#702): the sentence segmenter only skipped a `.` as a
   boundary when it was flanked by digits on both sides (decimals/versions
diff --git a/src/vouch/page_filters.py b/src/vouch/page_filters.py
index 068059d2..2853b904 100644
--- a/src/vouch/page_filters.py
+++ b/src/vouch/page_filters.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any
 
-from .models import Page
+from .models import Page, PageStatus
 
 
 def filter_pages(
@@ -27,15 +27,21 @@ def filter_pages(
     equals: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     before: dict[str, str] | None = None,
     after: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    include_archived: bool = False,
 ) -> list[Page]:
     """Return the pages matching every given predicate.
 
     kind: exact match on `Page.type`.
     equals: frontmatter field == value (string-compared).
     before / after: inclusive bounds — value <= / >= the given bound.
+    include_archived: when False (default), drop ``PageStatus.ARCHIVED``
+    pages so agent-facing listings (`kb.list_pages`, `vouch pages`) match
+    the live-set convention used by search/wiki/neighbors/digest (#728).
     """
     out: list[Page] = []
     for page in pages:
+        if not include_archived and page.status is PageStatus.ARCHIVED:
+            continue
         if kind is not None and page.type != kind:
             continue
         meta = page.metadata
diff --git a/tests/test_page_filters.py b/tests/test_page_filters.py
index 92c42c81..e68b4f74 100644
--- a/tests/test_page_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_page_filters.py
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ def test_filter_numeric_bounds() -> None:
     assert [p.id for p in hits] == ["p5", "p30"]
 
 
+def test_filter_excludes_archived_by_default() -> None:
+    pages = [
+        _page("live"),
+        Page(id="dead", title="dead", type="concept", status=PageStatus.ARCHIVED),
+    ]
+    assert [p.id for p in filter_pages(pages)] == ["live"]
+    assert [p.id for p in filter_pages(pages, include_archived=True)] == ["live", "dead"]
+
+
 def test_parse_kv() -> None:
     assert parse_kv(("a=1", "b=x=y")) == {"a": "1", "b": "x=y"}
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):