diff --git a/scripts/gen-index.sh b/scripts/gen-index.sh
index 42691a4..9d8b4bd 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-index.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen-index.sh
@@ -9,23 +9,10 @@ WIKI_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../wiki" && pwd)"
 INDEX="$WIKI_DIR/../index.md"
 
 # ─── Branch order and display names ───
-# Edit this array for your branches. Leave empty (declare -a BRANCHES=())
-# to auto-discover by filename prefix and capitalize display names automatically.
-#
-# Reference implementation uses these 11 branches in this order:
-declare -a BRANCHES=(
-  "harness-engineering|Harness Engineering"
-  "mcp|MCP"
-  "ai-skills|AI Skills"
-  "vibe-coding|Vibe Coding"
-  "ai-agent|AI Agent"
-  "self-media|Self-Media"
-  "product-business|Product & Business"
-  "claude-code|Claude Code"
-  "context-engineering|Context Engineering"
-  "career-mindset|Career & Mindset"
-  "developer-workflow|Developer Workflow"
-)
+# Edit this array once your branch set stabilizes. Empty array = auto-discover
+# branches by filename prefix (everything before first hyphen), and capitalize
+# display names automatically.
+declare -a BRANCHES=()
 
 # ─── Auto-discover branches if not overridden ───
 if [ ${#BRANCHES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
index 1d3229a..8f0a18a 100644
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ for f in "$WIKI_DIR"/*.md; do
   [ -f "$f" ] || continue
   slug=$(basename "$f" .md)
   # Skip index and log
-  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" ]] && continue
+  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" || "$slug" == "_template" || "$slug" == "README" ]] && continue
   SLUGS["$slug"]=1
 done
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ FOUND_GHOST=0
 for f in "$WIKI_DIR"/*.md; do
   [ -f "$f" ] || continue
   slug=$(basename "$f" .md)
-  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" ]] && continue
+  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" || "$slug" == "_template" || "$slug" == "README" ]] && continue
 
   # Extract all [[...]] links
   while IFS= read -r link; do
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ done
 for f in "$WIKI_DIR"/*.md; do
   [ -f "$f" ] || continue
   slug=$(basename "$f" .md)
-  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" ]] && continue
+  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" || "$slug" == "_template" || "$slug" == "README" ]] && continue
 
   while IFS= read -r link; do
     target="${link%%|*}"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ FOUND_FORMAT=0
 for f in "$WIKI_DIR"/*.md; do
   [ -f "$f" ] || continue
   slug=$(basename "$f" .md)
-  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" ]] && continue
+  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" || "$slug" == "_template" || "$slug" == "README" ]] && continue
 
   # 3a. First line must be # title
   first_line=$(head -1 "$f")
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ PATTERNS='最新版|目前最新|currently v|latest v|just released|剛出|剛
 for f in "$WIKI_DIR"/*.md; do
   [ -f "$f" ] || continue
   slug=$(basename "$f" .md)
-  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" ]] && continue
+  [[ "$slug" == "index" || "$slug" == "log" || "$slug" == "_template" || "$slug" == "README" ]] && continue
 
   matches=$(grep -nE "$PATTERNS" "$f" 2>/dev/null)
   if [ -n "$matches" ]; then