diff --git a/plugins/spire/skills/project/SKILL.md b/plugins/spire/skills/project/SKILL.md
index 2863b99..d26cc70 100644
--- a/plugins/spire/skills/project/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/spire/skills/project/SKILL.md
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@ description: Loads per-project Spire configuration (override or bundled template
 allowed-tools: Bash(cat:*)
 ---
 
-!`cat "${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR}/.claude/spire/project.md" 2>/dev/null || cat "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../igor/references/project.md"`
-
-<!-- If the above block is the blank template, run /spire:init to configure this project. -->
+!`cat "${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR}/.claude/spire/project.md" 2>/dev/null || echo "No project config found. Run /spire:init to set up this project."`