diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 547a6a9..1add10f 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ linters:
     # Approved by sneak 2026-07-07
     - testpackage      # Tests use internal package game to reach unexported state
     - exhaustive       # C-faithful switches handle only the cases C handled
+    - mnd              # C-faithful gameplay literals; naming them hurts C-greppability
 
 linters-settings:
   lll:
diff --git a/MEMORY.md b/MEMORY.md
index 6486034..0069e1c 100644
--- a/MEMORY.md
+++ b/MEMORY.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ The .golangci.yml is the house standard and may only be modified with
 sneak's explicit permission. To disable a linter, ask, explaining what
 the linter does; he approves specific exceptions, which are recorded
 in the config's "Repo-specific exceptions" block with the approval
-date. Approved so far: paralleltest (2026-07-06); testpackage and
-exhaustive (2026-07-07). Complexity linters (cyclop, gocognit, nestif)
-stay enabled and red until refactor step 7 fixes the findings, per
-sneak 2026-07-07. mnd findings await a ruling. Line-level //nolint
+date. Approved so far: paralleltest (2026-07-06); testpackage,
+exhaustive, and mnd (2026-07-07). Complexity linters (cyclop, gocognit,
+nestif) stay enabled and red until refactor step 7 fixes the findings,
+per sneak 2026-07-07. Line-level //nolint
 with a reason is used sparingly for C-faithfulness (e.g. the authentic
 "missle" message spellings) and provably-safe gosec conversions; each
 needs a justifying comment.
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index acbef93..13079ab 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ dispatch, and saveGame in favor of loops and helpers.
   fixed with named word constants (potionName, goldName, staffName,
   ripWall, ...); testpackage and exhaustive disabled in .golangci.yml
   with sneak's approval (2026-07-07); misspell's corruption of the
-  "ther" scroll syllable reverted. Remaining red: cyclop (36), nestif
-  (30), gocognit (23) stay until step 7 fixes them per sneak's ruling,
-  and mnd (289) still awaits a ruling.
+  "ther" scroll syllable reverted. mnd disabled with sneak's approval
+  (2026-07-07, follow-up commit). Remaining red: cyclop (36), nestif
+  (30), gocognit (23) stay until step 7 fixes them per sneak's ruling.
 - 2026-07-06 Lint adoption bulk (refactor/lint-adoption, 5ba9fe8):
   .golangci.yml copied verbatim from the prompts repo (plus the
   sneak-approved paralleltest exception, 2026-07-06); ~1,500 findings