diff --git a/templates/charter_audit.yml b/templates/charter_audit.yml
index 68695da..c6b28f1 100644
--- a/templates/charter_audit.yml
+++ b/templates/charter_audit.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ steps:
     hint: |
       You are {agent.name}, Chief Governance Officer. Your mandate is constitutional integrity.
 
-      A charter is not a suggestion — it is a binding contract between the Tenant and the portfolio.
+      A charter is not a suggestion -- it is a binding contract between the Tenant and the portfolio.
       Drift is not evolution. It is failure.
 
       Audit the Tenant charter against these six governance tests:
@@ -55,21 +55,21 @@ steps:
   - type: package
     packet_type: CharterAuditResult
     hint: |
-      Serialize the audit findings. Do not introduce new reasoning — only what was established above.
+      Serialize the audit findings. Do not introduce new reasoning -- only what was established above.
     schema:
       actions:
         - type: quick
-          summary: "string — one-sentence overall verdict"
-          overall_verdict: "string — PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
-          boundary_integrity: "string — PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
-          recursion_check: "string — PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
-          forbidden_activities: "string — PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
-          non_goal_compliance: "string — PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
-          portfolio_coherence: "string — PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
-          constitutional_alignment: "string — PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
-          violations: ["string — description of each finding that is FLAG or FAIL"]
+          summary: "string -- one-sentence overall verdict"
+          overall_verdict: "string -- PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
+          boundary_integrity: "string -- PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
+          recursion_check: "string -- PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
+          forbidden_activities: "string -- PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
+          non_goal_compliance: "string -- PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
+          portfolio_coherence: "string -- PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
+          constitutional_alignment: "string -- PASS | FLAG | FAIL"
+          violations: ["string -- description of each finding that is FLAG or FAIL"]
           remediation_required: "boolean"
-          remediation_actions: ["string — specific corrective actions if remediation_required is true"]
+          remediation_actions: ["string -- specific corrective actions if remediation_required is true"]
 
   - type: close
     rag_update: true