diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 0b1205203f..4fa7557c18 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -142,3 +142,8 @@ PORT=9900
 # Must match the secret configured in GitHub repo Settings → Webhooks → Secret.
 # If not set, all webhook payloads are rejected (fail-closed).
 # GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET=your-webhook-secret-here
+
+# sutando workspace — set when src/ is a symlink into a packaged app bundle,
+# so the bridges write tasks/results into the user workspace rather than
+# the bundle's copy of src/. Leave unset for a normal git-clone install.
+# SUTANDO_WORKSPACE=/path/to/workspace
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diff --git a/src/discord-bridge.py b/src/discord-bridge.py
index 8fed1a5f3d..4164ac6e70 100644
--- a/src/discord-bridge.py
+++ b/src/discord-bridge.py
@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@
 
 import discord
 
-REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+# REPO resolution: prefer SUTANDO_WORKSPACE env var so the bridge writes to the
+# user's workspace tasks/results/state dirs, not the app-bundle's copy. When
+# this file lives under /Applications/Sutando.app/.../repo/src/, the workspace
+# `src/` is typically a symlink into the bundle, so `Path(__file__).resolve()`
+# walks INTO the bundle and `parent.parent` returns the bundle root rather
+# than the workspace. That divergence stranded owner DMs on 2026-05-14 — the
+# bridge wrote tasks to bundle-tasks/ while core agent watched workspace-tasks/.
+import os
+_workspace_env = os.environ.get("SUTANDO_WORKSPACE")
+REPO = Path(_workspace_env) if _workspace_env else Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent))
 from util_paths import shared_personal_path  # noqa: E402