diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index e62632e..6594893 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -1674,11 +1674,13 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
         // `requestPairingCode()`/`cancelPairingCode()`, not through this owner-routing switch.
         // The runner verbs (intelligence results, credential mesh — ANTIMATTER_RUNNER §5–6) will
         // ride their own executor/vault loops when the phone side lands; nothing routes them here.
+        // `createProject` (CLOUD_RUNTIME §4.3) will go straight to a user-chosen host when the
+        // phone grows that UI — a brand-new project has no owner to route by.
         case .hello, .ping, .listPeers, .addressUpdate, .meshRoster,
              .registerLiveActivity, .endLiveActivity, .registerPushToStartToken, .setForeground,
              .transferOffer, .transferChunk, .transferCommit, .transferCancel, .fetchTranscript,
              .requestPairingCode, .cancelPairingCode, .respondMacPair,
-             .intelligenceResult, .credentialManifest, .credentialProvision:
+             .intelligenceResult, .credentialManifest, .credentialProvision, .createProject:
             break
         }
     }
@@ -1867,7 +1869,9 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
              // the demo path short-circuits in `requestPairingCode()` with a stand-in code.
              .requestPairingCode, .cancelPairingCode, .respondMacPair,
              // Antimatter runner verbs (ANTIMATTER_RUNNER §5–6) — demo has no runner host.
-             .intelligenceResult, .credentialManifest, .credentialProvision:
+             .intelligenceResult, .credentialManifest, .credentialProvision,
+             // Remote project creation (CLOUD_RUNTIME §4.3) — demo has no host to clone on.
+             .createProject:
             break  // passive / already handled by the seeded fixtures (demo has no mesh peers)
         }
     }