diff --git a/src/bin/poc-hook.rs b/src/bin/poc-hook.rs
index 00ba124..8faa4ae 100644
--- a/src/bin/poc-hook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/poc-hook.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 const CONTEXT_THRESHOLD: u64 = 900_000;
 const RATE_LIMIT_SECS: u64 = 60;
-const SOCK_PATH: &str = ".claude/hooks/idle-timer.sock";
+const SOCK_PATH: &str = ".consciousness/daemon.sock";
 /// How many bytes of new transcript before triggering an observation run.
 /// Override with POC_OBSERVATION_THRESHOLD env var.
 /// Default: 20KB ≈ 5K tokens. The observation agent's chunk_size (in .agent
diff --git a/thalamus/src/config.rs b/thalamus/src/config.rs
index 81ed7e9..a726089 100644
--- a/thalamus/src/config.rs
+++ b/thalamus/src/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Daemon configuration.
 //
-// Lives at ~/.claude/daemon.toml. Loaded on startup, updated at
+// Lives at ~/.consciousness/daemon.toml. Loaded on startup, updated at
 // runtime when modules change state (join channel, etc.).
 
 use crate::home;
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 fn config_path() -> PathBuf {
-    home().join(".claude/daemon.toml")
+    home().join(".consciousness/daemon.toml")
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
diff --git a/thalamus/src/idle.rs b/thalamus/src/idle.rs
index c6249f0..954d179 100644
--- a/thalamus/src/idle.rs
+++ b/thalamus/src/idle.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct Persisted {
 }
 
 fn state_path() -> std::path::PathBuf {
-    home().join(".claude/hooks/daemon-state.json")
+    home().join(".consciousness/daemon-state.json")
 }
 
 /// Compute EWMA decay factor: 0.5^(elapsed / half_life).
diff --git a/thalamus/src/main.rs b/thalamus/src/main.rs
index 4cc9506..e2223ee 100644
--- a/thalamus/src/main.rs
+++ b/thalamus/src/main.rs
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ pub fn home() -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 fn sock_path() -> PathBuf {
-    home().join(".claude/hooks/idle-timer.sock")
+    home().join(".consciousness/daemon.sock")
 }
 
 fn pid_path() -> PathBuf {
-    home().join(".claude/hooks/idle-daemon.pid")
+    home().join(".consciousness/daemon.pid")
 }
 
 // ── CLI ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -448,10 +448,10 @@ async fn module_command(
 // ── Server mode ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 async fn server_main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let log_path = home().join(".claude/hooks/idle-daemon.log");
+    let log_path = home().join(".consciousness/logs/daemon.log");
     let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::daily(
         log_path.parent().unwrap(),
-        "idle-daemon.log",
+        "daemon.log",
     );
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_writer(file_appender)
diff --git a/thalamus/src/modules/irc.rs b/thalamus/src/modules/irc.rs
index 7d7b727..f4f8a0c 100644
--- a/thalamus/src/modules/irc.rs
+++ b/thalamus/src/modules/irc.rs
@@ -429,12 +429,12 @@ fn classify_privmsg(nick: &str, target: &str, text: &str, my_nick: &str) -> (Str
 }
 
 /// Append a message to the per-channel or per-user log file.
-/// Logs go to ~/.claude/irc/logs/{target}.log (e.g. #bcachefs.log, pm-kent.log)
+/// Logs go to ~/.consciousness/irc/logs/{target}.log (e.g. #bcachefs.log, pm-kent.log)
 fn append_log(target: &str, nick: &str, text: &str) {
     use std::io::Write;
     // Sanitize target for filename (strip leading #, lowercase)
     let filename = format!("{}.log", target.trim_start_matches('#').to_lowercase());
-    let dir = home().join(".claude/irc/logs");
+    let dir = home().join(".consciousness/irc/logs");
     let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir);
     if let Ok(mut f) = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
         .create(true)