diff --git a/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/GenerateKnowledgeSchemaDoc.ts b/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/GenerateKnowledgeSchemaDoc.ts
index 95972f4e7b..ad570c5367 100755
--- a/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/GenerateKnowledgeSchemaDoc.ts
+++ b/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/GenerateKnowledgeSchemaDoc.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ function render(): string {
     L.push(`| \`${t}\` | ${extra.length ? extra.map((k) => `\`${k}\``).join(", ") : "— (envelope only)"} |`);
   }
   L.push("");
+  L.push("**Waived for internal notes.** A note with `source_kind: internal` has no external origin — it *is* the primary artifact (an own-prose capture, a design decision, a corpus this system built). Demanding a `source_url` of it asks for a URL that cannot exist, so `source_*` requirements above are skipped when `source_kind` is `internal`. Externally-sourced notes still must carry their provenance.");
+  L.push("");
   L.push("A note missing an optional per-type source field (e.g. a research note with no `source_url`) is **envelope-conformant but incomplete** — Lint reports it as an enrichment gap, not a schema failure.");
   L.push("");
 
diff --git a/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/KnowledgeSchema.ts b/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/KnowledgeSchema.ts
index 4e09f836e9..3e97143367 100755
--- a/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/KnowledgeSchema.ts
+++ b/LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/KnowledgeSchema.ts
@@ -488,7 +488,14 @@ export function validate(parsed: ParsedNote, _slug: string, dirType: CanonicalTy
 
   // per-type required (present AND non-empty)
   const effType = ((CANONICAL_TYPES as readonly string[]).includes(t ?? "") ? t : dirType) as CanonicalType;
+  // `source_kind: internal` means the note has no external origin — it IS the
+  // primary artifact (a LifeOS corpus, a design decision, an own-prose capture).
+  // Demanding a source_url of it asks for a URL that cannot exist, so the
+  // source_* requirements are waived for internal notes. Externally-sourced
+  // notes still must carry their provenance.
+  const isInternal = deq(get("source_kind")) === "internal";
   for (const key of PER_TYPE_REQUIRED[effType] ?? []) {
+    if (isInternal && key.startsWith("source_")) continue;
     if (missingOrEmpty(key)) v.push({ key, problem: `required for type ${effType}` });
   }