diff --git a/src/guard/conformance.test.ts b/src/guard/conformance.test.ts
index bc945546d..7f476321a 100644
--- a/src/guard/conformance.test.ts
+++ b/src/guard/conformance.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { listCommands } from '../cli/registry.js';
 import { commandGuardAction } from '../cli/guard.js';
 import { listDeliveryActions, registerDeliveryAction } from '../delivery.js';
 import { EXEMPT_DELIVERY_ACTIONS, guardConformanceViolations } from '../guard-conformance.js';
-import { getGuardedAction } from './catalog.js';
+import { getGuardedAction } from './guard-actions.js';
 
 describe('guard conformance', () => {
   it('the full walk (shared with the boot check) reports zero violations', () => {
diff --git a/src/guard/catalog.ts b/src/guard/guard-actions.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from src/guard/catalog.ts
rename to src/guard/guard-actions.ts
index 1a00d4e3e..32ce0da09 100644
--- a/src/guard/catalog.ts
+++ b/src/guard/guard-actions.ts
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ export interface GuardedActionSpec {
   grantMatches?: (grant: PendingApproval, input: GuardInput) => boolean;
 }
 
-const catalog = new Map<string, GuardedActionSpec>();
+const guardedActions = new Map<string, GuardedActionSpec>();
 
 export function registerGuardedAction(spec: GuardedActionSpec): void {
-  if (catalog.has(spec.action)) {
+  if (guardedActions.has(spec.action)) {
     log.warn('Guarded action re-registered (overwriting)', { action: spec.action });
   }
-  catalog.set(spec.action, spec);
+  guardedActions.set(spec.action, spec);
 }
 
 export function getGuardedAction(action: string): GuardedActionSpec | undefined {
-  return catalog.get(action);
+  return guardedActions.get(action);
 }
 
 export function listGuardedActions(): GuardedActionSpec[] {
-  return [...catalog.values()].sort((a, b) => a.action.localeCompare(b.action));
+  return [...guardedActions.values()].sort((a, b) => a.action.localeCompare(b.action));
 }
diff --git a/src/guard/guard.test.ts b/src/guard/guard.test.ts
index d072e9537..88cf203a8 100644
--- a/src/guard/guard.test.ts
+++ b/src/guard/guard.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { guard } from './guard.js';
-import { registerGuardedAction } from './catalog.js';
+import { registerGuardedAction } from './guard-actions.js';
 import { ALLOW, DENY, HOLD, type GuardInput } from './types.js';
 
 const mockGetPendingApproval = vi.fn();
diff --git a/src/guard/guard.ts b/src/guard/guard.ts
index b38a3ccad..55bed0223 100644
--- a/src/guard/guard.ts
+++ b/src/guard/guard.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 import { getPendingApproval } from '../db/sessions.js';
 import { log } from '../log.js';
-import { getGuardedAction } from './catalog.js';
+import { getGuardedAction } from './guard-actions.js';
 import { ALLOW, DENY, type GuardDecision, type GuardInput } from './types.js';
 
 export function guard(input: GuardInput): GuardDecision {
diff --git a/src/guard/index.ts b/src/guard/index.ts
index 7bf897e1a..89781dfb3 100644
--- a/src/guard/index.ts
+++ b/src/guard/index.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
  * Guard — the privileged-action decision seam (guarded-actions phase 2).
  *
  * See the guarded-actions decisions doc on the team hub. One decision
- * function (guard.ts) and a registration-derived action catalog (catalog.ts).
+ * function (guard.ts) and a registration-derived action catalog
+ * (guard-actions.ts).
  * Domain-free leaf: domain baselines register from the domain modules' edges.
  */
 export { guard } from './guard.js';
-export { registerGuardedAction, getGuardedAction, listGuardedActions, type GuardedActionSpec } from './catalog.js';
+export {
+  registerGuardedAction,
+  getGuardedAction,
+  listGuardedActions,
+  type GuardedActionSpec,
+} from './guard-actions.js';
 export { ALLOW, DENY, HOLD, type GuardActor, type GuardDecision, type GuardInput } from './types.js';
diff --git a/src/guard/types.ts b/src/guard/types.ts
index 4925effa7..03233a42f 100644
--- a/src/guard/types.ts
+++ b/src/guard/types.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * The guard is a domain-free leaf: this module may import the DB read layer,
  * config, log, and shared types — never src/cli/* or src/modules/*. Domain
  * knowledge (what an action's structural baseline checks) arrives via
- * registration: catalog entries (catalog.ts) are registered by the domain
+ * registration: catalog entries (guard-actions.ts) are registered by the domain
  * modules at their module edges.
  */
 import type { PendingApproval } from '../types.js';