diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 4460609..23a9858 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ def register(registry) -> None:
     write_enabled = bool(cfg.get("write", False))
 
     # The default repo the tools fall back to when their `repo` arg is omitted — the
-    # configured `default_repo`, else the first of `repos` (same resolution as /issue and
-    # the board). Tools are rebuilt on a config reload, so capturing it here is live enough.
+    # configured `default_repo`, else the first of `repos`, else the first repo in the
+    # host's ADR 0095 managed-projects registry (same resolution as /issue and the
+    # board). Tools are rebuilt on a config reload, so capturing it here is live enough.
     from .gh_issue import effective_default_repo
+    from .projects import effective_repos
 
-    default_repo = effective_default_repo(cfg.get("default_repo", ""), cfg.get("repos", []))
+    default_repo = effective_default_repo(cfg.get("default_repo", ""), effective_repos(cfg.get("repos")))
 
     # READ tools — always available (they return an error string if `gh`/auth is missing).
     n_read = 0
diff --git a/api.py b/api.py
index 76e85dd..1709d8a 100644
--- a/api.py
+++ b/api.py
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ async def fetch_prs(repo: str, state: str = "open", limit: int = 30) -> dict:
 
 
 def _repos(cfg: dict) -> list[str]:
-    return [str(r).strip() for r in (cfg.get("repos") or []) if str(r).strip()]
+    """The picker list — explicit ``github.repos``, else the host's ADR 0095
+    managed-projects registry (v0.115.0+; ``[]`` on older hosts)."""
+    from .projects import effective_repos
+
+    return effective_repos(cfg.get("repos"))
 
 
 def build_view_router():
diff --git a/projects.py b/projects.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a950d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""The host's managed-projects registry (ADR 0095), read defensively.
+
+protoAgent gained a top-level ``projects:`` registry in v0.115.0 — one place to
+declare a project, with consumers projecting from it instead of re-declaring it.
+This module is the GitHub half of that: a registered project's ``github`` field
+feeds the repo picker and ``/issue``, so registering a project once is enough
+instead of also re-typing ``owner/name`` into ``github.repos``.
+
+Two properties are deliberate:
+
+**Explicit config always wins.** ``github.repos`` set ⇒ the registry is not
+consulted at all. Same non-regression property the core work has: configuring
+nothing new keeps today's behavior byte for byte.
+
+**Every read degrades to ``[]``.** The plugin's ``min_protoagent_version`` stays
+0.27.0 — the projection is additive, and bumping the floor would cut off older
+hosts that don't want it anyway. So the host import is lazy and broadly guarded:
+no host (the host-free test suite), a pre-0.115.0 host (no ``projects``
+attribute), or config not yet loaded all yield ``[]`` rather than raising. Same
+posture as ``__init__.py``'s ``hasattr(registry, "live_config")`` fallback.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def registry_repos() -> list[str]:
+    """``owner/name`` for every registered project that declares one — config
+    order, deduped, blanks dropped. ``[]`` on any host without the registry."""
+    try:
+        from graph.sdk import config
+
+        entries = getattr(config(), "projects", None) or []
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — no host / older host / config unloaded; never fatal
+        return []
+    out: list[str] = []
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for entry in entries:
+        if not isinstance(entry, dict):
+            continue
+        repo = str(entry.get("github") or "").strip()
+        if repo and repo not in seen:
+            seen.add(repo)
+            out.append(repo)
+    return out
+
+
+def effective_repos(cfg_repos: list | None) -> list[str]:
+    """The repo picker list: explicit ``github.repos`` when set, else the host's
+    managed-projects registry. The single place the two layers meet."""
+    explicit = [str(r).strip() for r in (cfg_repos or []) if str(r).strip()]
+    return explicit or registry_repos()
diff --git a/protoagent.plugin.yaml b/protoagent.plugin.yaml
index 5167318..b1a1b53 100644
--- a/protoagent.plugin.yaml
+++ b/protoagent.plugin.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Keep `version` in lockstep with pyproject.toml (tests/test_version.py asserts it).
 id: github
 name: GitHub (read/write tools)
-version: 0.3.0
+version: 0.4.0
 description: >-
   Read AND write GitHub tools over the `gh` CLI, with PER-AGENT write gating. The
   read tools (PRs, issues, diffs, CI, repo files/contents) are always on; the write
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ config_section: github
 config:
   write: false                 # false = read tools only; true = read + write tools
   default_repo: ""             # preselected repo for /issue (owner/name); "" = none
-  repos: []                    # repo picker list (each owner/name) for /issue + views
+  repos: []                    # repo picker list (each owner/name) for /issue + views.
+                               # LEAVE EMPTY to inherit the host's managed-projects
+                               # registry (ADR 0095, protoAgent 0.115.0+): every
+                               # `projects:` entry with a `github:` field feeds the
+                               # picker, so a project is declared once instead of here
+                               # as well. Setting this list explicitly WINS and the
+                               # registry is not consulted; on older hosts (or with no
+                               # registry configured) behavior is unchanged.
 
 # Settings (ADR 0019) — surfaced as editable fields in the console.
 settings:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4134304..67f63ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "github-plugin"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 description = "Read/write GitHub tools for protoAgent over the gh CLI, with per-agent write gating."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_projects.py b/tests/test_projects.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c44a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_projects.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+"""The ADR 0095 managed-projects projection — `projects:` feeds the repo picker.
+
+Host-free: `graph.sdk` doesn't exist in this suite, so the default path exercises
+the real "no host" degrade. Where a host IS needed, a fake `graph.sdk` module is
+installed in `sys.modules` (the standalone-plugin pattern) — nothing imports the
+host at module scope, so this stays a pure unit test.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+import types
+
+import pytest
+from ghplugin.gh_issue import effective_default_repo
+from ghplugin.projects import effective_repos, registry_repos
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def fake_host(monkeypatch):
+    """Install a fake `graph.sdk` whose config() returns the given projects list."""
+
+    def _install(projects, *, raises: bool = False):
+        sdk = types.ModuleType("graph.sdk")
+
+        def config():
+            if raises:
+                raise RuntimeError("config not loaded")
+            return types.SimpleNamespace(projects=projects)
+
+        sdk.config = config
+        graph = types.ModuleType("graph")
+        graph.sdk = sdk
+        monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "graph", graph)
+        monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "graph.sdk", sdk)
+
+    return _install
+
+
+# ── degrade paths — the plugin floor stays 0.27.0, the registry is 0.115.0+ ──
+
+
+def test_no_host_yields_no_repos():
+    """The host-free case, and equally any pre-0.115.0 host: never raises."""
+    assert registry_repos() == []
+
+
+def test_host_without_the_registry_yields_no_repos(fake_host):
+    """A pre-0.115.0 host has no `projects` attribute at all."""
+    sdk = types.ModuleType("graph.sdk")
+    sdk.config = lambda: types.SimpleNamespace()  # no .projects
+    graph = types.ModuleType("graph")
+    graph.sdk = sdk
+    sys.modules["graph"], sys.modules["graph.sdk"] = graph, sdk
+    try:
+        assert registry_repos() == []
+    finally:
+        del sys.modules["graph.sdk"], sys.modules["graph"]
+
+
+def test_a_raising_host_config_yields_no_repos(fake_host):
+    """Config not loaded yet must not take the picker down with it."""
+    fake_host([], raises=True)
+    assert registry_repos() == []
+
+
+# ── the projection itself ──
+
+
+def test_registry_repos_are_deduped_in_config_order(fake_host):
+    fake_host(
+        [
+            {"name": "a", "path": "/a", "github": "o/a"},
+            {"name": "b", "path": "/b"},  # no github — contributes nothing
+            {"name": "c", "path": "/c", "github": "o/c"},
+            {"name": "d", "path": "/d", "github": "o/a"},  # dupe
+            {"name": "e", "path": "/e", "github": "   "},  # blank
+            "not-a-dict",
+        ]
+    )
+    assert registry_repos() == ["o/a", "o/c"]
+
+
+def test_explicit_repos_win_over_the_registry(fake_host):
+    """Non-regression: a configured picker list means the registry is never consulted."""
+    fake_host([{"name": "a", "path": "/a", "github": "o/registry"}])
+    assert effective_repos(["o/explicit"]) == ["o/explicit"]
+
+
+def test_registry_fills_an_empty_picker(fake_host):
+    fake_host([{"name": "a", "path": "/a", "github": "o/a"}])
+    assert effective_repos([]) == ["o/a"]
+    assert effective_repos(None) == ["o/a"]
+
+
+def test_blank_only_explicit_list_falls_through(fake_host):
+    """`repos: ["", "  "]` is not a configured list — it's an empty one."""
+    fake_host([{"name": "a", "path": "/a", "github": "o/a"}])
+    assert effective_repos(["", "   "]) == ["o/a"]
+
+
+# ── composition with the default-repo resolution ──
+
+
+def test_default_repo_falls_through_to_the_registry(fake_host):
+    """effective_default_repo stays PURE — the registry arrives as its `repos` arg,
+    so /issue, the tools and the picker keep agreeing on one answer."""
+    fake_host([{"name": "a", "path": "/a", "github": "o/a"}])
+    assert effective_default_repo("", effective_repos([])) == "o/a"
+    # explicit default still beats everything
+    assert effective_default_repo("o/explicit", effective_repos([])) == "o/explicit"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 667418e..460aaac 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "github-plugin"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }