diff --git a/internal/handlers/agent_action.go b/internal/handlers/agent_action.go
index 68500775..6444fa0f 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/agent_action.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/agent_action.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ const AgentActionPauseRequiresPro = "Tell the user pausing resources requires th
 // when the row is already in 'paused' state. The remedy is "do nothing"
 // (the resource is in the requested state) or call /resume to flip back —
 // both of which the action verb covers via "Have them".
-const AgentActionResourceAlreadyPaused = "Tell the user this resource is already paused. Have them call POST https://instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/:id/resume to bring it back online."
+const AgentActionResourceAlreadyPaused = "Tell the user this resource is already paused. Have them call POST https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/:id/resume to bring it back online."
 
 // AgentActionResourceNotPaused is returned by POST /resources/:id/resume when
 // the row isn't in 'paused' state — typically because it's already active.
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ const AgentActionBindingFamilyDisabled = "Tell the user this server has family b
 // (raw or family root) doesn't exist.
 func newAgentActionBindingNotFound(envKey string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"Tell the user the resource referenced in resource_bindings.%s doesn't exist. Have them list their families with GET https://instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/families and use a valid root id.",
+		"Tell the user the resource referenced in resource_bindings.%s doesn't exist. Have them list their families with GET https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/families and use a valid root id.",
 		envKey,
 	)
 }
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func newAgentActionBindingNoEnvTwin(rootID, resourceName, env string) string {
 		name = rootID
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"Tell the user to provision a %s twin of %q first: POST https://instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/%s/provision-twin with {\"env\":\"%s\"}. The deploy targets env=%s but no family member exists there.",
+		"Tell the user to provision a %s twin of %q first: POST https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/%s/provision-twin with {\"env\":\"%s\"}. The deploy targets env=%s but no family member exists there.",
 		env, name, rootID, env, env,
 	)
 }
diff --git a/internal/handlers/agent_action_contract_test.go b/internal/handlers/agent_action_contract_test.go
index 16689c81..0c11ebe9 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/agent_action_contract_test.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/agent_action_contract_test.go
@@ -102,8 +102,26 @@ func assertContract(t *testing.T, name, s string) {
 		"%s: agent_action must start with \"Tell the user\" (the imperative the LLM agent re-articulates to the human). Got: %q", name, s)
 
 	// 4. Full HTTPS URL.
-	assert.Contains(t, s, "https://instanode.dev/",
-		"%s: agent_action must contain a full https://instanode.dev/ URL — not a relative path. Got: %q", name, s)
+	//
+	// The string MUST contain at least one absolute https URL on either of
+	// the two canonical instanode.dev surfaces:
+	//
+	//   - https://instanode.dev/...        — marketing + dashboard (/pricing,
+	//                                        /login, /app, /docs, /status,
+	//                                        /support, /llms-full.txt, /claim).
+	//   - https://api.instanode.dev/...    — programmatic API surface
+	//                                        (/api/v1/..., /healthz, /readyz,
+	//                                        /approve/<token>, /start, /webhooks).
+	//
+	// A relative path ("/pricing") or a bare hostname ("instanode.dev/pricing"
+	// without the scheme) forces the LLM agent to guess, which is the
+	// regression this assertion was added to prevent. The dual-host allowance
+	// reflects the actual prod topology — see TestAgentActionContract_APIPathsUseAPIHost
+	// for the companion invariant that pins API paths to the api-host.
+	hasHost := strings.Contains(s, "https://instanode.dev/") ||
+		strings.Contains(s, "https://api.instanode.dev/")
+	assert.True(t, hasHost,
+		"%s: agent_action must contain a full https://instanode.dev/ OR https://api.instanode.dev/ URL — not a relative path. Got: %q", name, s)
 
 	// 5. Soft length ceiling — LLMs reproduce sub-tweet copy verbatim.
 	assert.Less(t, len(s), 280,
@@ -205,6 +223,60 @@ func TestAgentActionContract(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestAgentActionContract_APIPathsUseAPIHost is the bug-burner R11 regression
+// gate: every agent_action string that mentions a programmatic API path
+// (anything containing "/api/v") MUST attach it to the api-host
+// (https://api.instanode.dev/api/v...), NEVER the marketing/dashboard host
+// (https://instanode.dev/api/v...).
+//
+// Why this matters: api.instanode.dev is the only host that actually serves
+// /api/v1/* routes — the marketing site (instanode.dev) returns HTML 404 for
+// /api/v1/anything. Pre-fix, 11 agent_action strings shipped with the wrong
+// host, telling LLM agents to relay a non-working curl/POST URL to users.
+//
+// The test iterates the LIVE contract registry (agentActionContractCases),
+// so any new agent_action — static const, builder, or codeToAgentAction
+// entry — that re-introduces the bug fails this gate. Hand-typed slices
+// would themselves be a single-site fallacy (CLAUDE.md rule 18).
+func TestAgentActionContract_APIPathsUseAPIHost(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := agentActionContractCases()
+	require.NotEmpty(t, cases, "agentActionContractCases must list every string")
+
+	// Bug-burner R11: also include the long-form deploy-TTL string that is
+	// excluded from the full contract gate by length (it documents THREE
+	// next actions and is intentionally > 280 chars). The host invariant
+	// still applies to it — it was already correct, but covering it here
+	// means a future edit that flips the host will fail this gate.
+	cases["newAgentActionDeployAutoExpire24h(id,ts)"] = newAgentActionDeployAutoExpire24h(
+		"aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
+		"2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+	)
+
+	const (
+		wrongHostAPIPrefix = "https://instanode.dev/api/v"
+		rightHostAPIPrefix = "https://api.instanode.dev/api/v"
+	)
+
+	for name, s := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.NotContains(t, s, wrongHostAPIPrefix,
+				"%s: agent_action mentions an /api/v path on the marketing host (https://instanode.dev/api/v...) — that URL returns HTML 404. Switch to https://api.instanode.dev/api/v...  Got: %q",
+				name, s)
+
+			// Sanity: if the string mentions "/api/v" at all, it must use
+			// the api-host. This catches a hypothetical future bug where
+			// someone writes a bare "instanode.dev/api/v" (no scheme) — the
+			// NotContains above would miss it but the substring check below
+			// catches the structural mistake.
+			if strings.Contains(s, "/api/v") {
+				assert.Contains(t, s, rightHostAPIPrefix,
+					"%s: agent_action mentions an /api/v path but does not use the canonical api-host (%s...). Got: %q",
+					name, rightHostAPIPrefix, s)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestAgentActionContract_RegistryCoverage guards against the most likely
 // regression: someone adds a new code to codeToAgentAction but its string
 // silently fails the contract. The map iteration in
diff --git a/internal/handlers/helpers.go b/internal/handlers/helpers.go
index e9a4a254..27815a40 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/helpers.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ var codeToAgentAction = map[string]errorCodeMeta{
 		UpgradeURL:  "",
 	},
 	"no_existing_deployment_to_redeploy": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user no deployment with that name exists on this team. Omit redeploy=true to create one fresh, or list https://instanode.dev/api/v1/deployments to find the app_id and call POST /deploy/{id}/redeploy.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user no deployment with that name exists on this team. Omit redeploy=true to create one fresh, or list https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/deployments to find the app_id and call POST /deploy/{id}/redeploy.",
 		UpgradeURL:  "",
 	},
 	"rate_limit_exceeded": {
@@ -311,10 +311,10 @@ var codeToAgentAction = map[string]errorCodeMeta{
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user the team needs at least one owner. Have them promote another member to owner at https://instanode.dev/app/team before changing or removing this one.",
 	},
 	"cannot_remove_primary": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user they can't remove the primary user — every team needs a primary. Have them promote another member first via POST https://instanode.dev/api/v1/team/members/<other_user_id>/promote-to-primary, then retry the removal.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user they can't remove the primary user — every team needs a primary. Have them promote another member first via POST https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/team/members/<other_user_id>/promote-to-primary, then retry the removal.",
 	},
 	"cannot_assign_owner_role": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user the owner role can't be assigned via PATCH role — ownership transfers atomically. Have them call POST https://instanode.dev/api/v1/team/members/<user_id>/promote-to-primary instead.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user the owner role can't be assigned via PATCH role — ownership transfers atomically. Have them call POST https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/team/members/<user_id>/promote-to-primary instead.",
 	},
 
 	// ── Body-validation errors ─────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ var codeToAgentAction = map[string]errorCodeMeta{
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user one or more required fields are missing. Check the response message for the field list and retry — see https://instanode.dev/docs.",
 	},
 	"missing_backup_id": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user the backup_id path parameter is missing. Use GET https://instanode.dev/api/v1/backups to find an id and retry.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user the backup_id path parameter is missing. Use GET https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/backups to find an id and retry.",
 	},
 	"missing_confirm_slug": {
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user the confirm_slug field is required to confirm this destructive action — supply the slug exactly as shown in the prompt and retry — see https://instanode.dev/docs.",
@@ -657,13 +657,13 @@ var codeToAgentAction = map[string]errorCodeMeta{
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user the approval_id is not a valid UUID. Check the approval link in your email and retry — see https://instanode.dev/docs/promote.",
 	},
 	"invalid_backup_id": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user the backup_id is not a valid UUID. List backups at GET https://instanode.dev/api/v1/backups and retry.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user the backup_id is not a valid UUID. List backups at GET https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/backups and retry.",
 	},
 	"invalid_target": {
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user the target value is invalid. Check the docs at https://instanode.dev/docs for the allowed targets.",
 	},
 	"invalid_target_resource_id": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user the target_resource_id is not a valid UUID. List resources at GET https://instanode.dev/api/v1/resources and retry.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user the target_resource_id is not a valid UUID. List resources at GET https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/resources and retry.",
 	},
 	"invalid_parent_resource_id": {
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user the parent_resource_id is not a valid UUID. Check the resource list at https://instanode.dev/app/resources and retry.",
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ var codeToAgentAction = map[string]errorCodeMeta{
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user the parent resource referenced by this request no longer exists. Re-provision the parent or retarget — see https://instanode.dev/docs.",
 	},
 	"backup_not_found": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user the backup id is unknown. List available backups at GET https://instanode.dev/api/v1/backups and retry.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user the backup id is unknown. List available backups at GET https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/backups and retry.",
 	},
 	"approval_not_found": {
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user the approval link is invalid or expired. The team owner can re-issue the approval — see https://instanode.dev/docs/promote.",
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ var codeToAgentAction = map[string]errorCodeMeta{
 	},
 	// (invitation_invalid covered in the auth/token section above)
 	"backup_resource_mismatch": {
-		AgentAction: "Tell the user this backup belongs to a different resource. List the resource's backups at GET https://instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/<id>/backups and retry.",
+		AgentAction: "Tell the user this backup belongs to a different resource. List the resource's backups at GET https://api.instanode.dev/api/v1/resources/<id>/backups and retry.",
 	},
 	"restore_in_progress": {
 		AgentAction: "Tell the user a restore is already in progress on this resource. Wait for it to complete — see https://instanode.dev/app/resources.",
diff --git a/internal/handlers/resource_pause_test.go b/internal/handlers/resource_pause_test.go
index c4df403e..ffa9a0d1 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/resource_pause_test.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/resource_pause_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -208,7 +209,12 @@ func TestPauseResource_AlreadyPaused_409(t *testing.T) {
 	action, _ := body["agent_action"].(string)
 	require.NotEmpty(t, action, "409 already_paused must carry agent_action")
 	assert.Contains(t, action, "Tell the user")
-	assert.Contains(t, action, "https://instanode.dev/")
+	// agent_action contains an https URL on either the marketing or api host.
+	// The dual-host allowance mirrors assertContract in
+	// agent_action_contract_test.go; api-path strings live on api.instanode.dev.
+	hasHost := strings.Contains(action, "https://instanode.dev/") ||
+		strings.Contains(action, "https://api.instanode.dev/")
+	assert.True(t, hasHost, "agent_action must contain a full https URL on either instanode.dev or api.instanode.dev. Got: %q", action)
 }
 
 // TestResumeResource_NotPaused_409 — resume on an active row is 409 not_paused.