diff --git a/examples/claude-code-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs b/examples/claude-code-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs
index e84b0f3dc4..031b659f39 100644
--- a/examples/claude-code-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs
+++ b/examples/claude-code-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ export const KNOBS = [
   { name: "logRankingDetails", type: "bool", default: false, env: "OPENVIKING_LOG_RANKING_DETAILS", capability: "recall" },
   { name: "recallLedger", type: "bool", default: true, env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_LEDGER", capability: "recall" },
   { name: "recallQueryFilters", type: "list", default: [], env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_QUERY_FILTERS", capability: "recall" },
+  // Subtree URIs the recall search must never return. Without this there is no
+  // way to keep generated directory files (viking://user/<space>/skills,
+  // viking://user/<space>/resources, viking://agent/skills) out of the hits:
+  // they match like ordinary content and carry only boilerplate text.
+  {
+    name: "recallExcludeUris",
+    type: "list",
+    default: [],
+    env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_EXCLUDE_URIS",
+    capability: "recall",
+  },
 
   // Digest compression. Claude Code reads this as the tri-state
   // off/client/server/auto through `normalizeRewriteMode`; Codex reads the same
diff --git a/examples/codex-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs b/examples/codex-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs
index e84b0f3dc4..031b659f39 100644
--- a/examples/codex-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs
+++ b/examples/codex-memory-plugin/scripts/shared/config-schema.mjs
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ export const KNOBS = [
   { name: "logRankingDetails", type: "bool", default: false, env: "OPENVIKING_LOG_RANKING_DETAILS", capability: "recall" },
   { name: "recallLedger", type: "bool", default: true, env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_LEDGER", capability: "recall" },
   { name: "recallQueryFilters", type: "list", default: [], env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_QUERY_FILTERS", capability: "recall" },
+  // Subtree URIs the recall search must never return. Without this there is no
+  // way to keep generated directory files (viking://user/<space>/skills,
+  // viking://user/<space>/resources, viking://agent/skills) out of the hits:
+  // they match like ordinary content and carry only boilerplate text.
+  {
+    name: "recallExcludeUris",
+    type: "list",
+    default: [],
+    env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_EXCLUDE_URIS",
+    capability: "recall",
+  },
 
   // Digest compression. Claude Code reads this as the tri-state
   // off/client/server/auto through `normalizeRewriteMode`; Codex reads the same
diff --git a/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.mjs b/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.mjs
index 892264f250..64847441aa 100644
--- a/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.mjs
+++ b/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.mjs
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export class OpenVikingRuntime {
         actorPeerId: state.config.peerId,
         legacyPeerId: state.config.legacyPeerId,
         sessionId: state.ovSessionId,
+        excludeUris: state.config.recallExcludeUris,
         log: (stage, data) => this.log(stage, data),
       },
     );
diff --git a/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.test.mjs b/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.test.mjs
index 6d3726f8c9..601633628b 100644
--- a/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.test.mjs
+++ b/examples/dsh-memory-plugin/runtime.test.mjs
@@ -366,6 +366,53 @@ test("autoRecall false stops the recall request", async () => {
   assert.equal(await runtime.recallMessage({}, [{ role: "user", content: "what did we decide" }]), null);
 });
 
+// recall-core reads options.excludeUris, but the DSH runtime built its options
+// without it, so nothing a user configured could stop a subtree from being
+// recalled: generated directory files came back as ordinary hits.
+test("recallExcludeUris reaches the search request", async () => {
+  const bodies = [];
+  const runtime = new OpenVikingRuntime({
+    async fetchJSON(path, init) {
+      if (/\/search\/search$/.test(path)) bodies.push(JSON.parse(init.body));
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        result: {
+          context: "<openviking-context>\nrecalled\n</openviking-context>",
+          stats: {},
+        },
+      };
+    },
+  }, { ...config(), recallExcludeUris: ["viking://user/default/skills", "viking://agent/skills"] }, { debug() {} });
+  runtime.initialize = async () => ({
+    ready: true,
+    config: { ...config(), recallExcludeUris: ["viking://user/default/skills", "viking://agent/skills"] },
+  });
+
+  await runtime.recallMessage({}, [{ role: "user", content: "what did we decide" }]);
+
+  assert.equal(bodies.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(bodies[0].exclude_uris, ["viking://user/default/skills", "viking://agent/skills"]);
+});
+
+test("recall sends no exclude_uris when recallExcludeUris is unset", async () => {
+  const bodies = [];
+  const runtime = new OpenVikingRuntime({
+    async fetchJSON(path, init) {
+      if (/\/search\/search$/.test(path)) bodies.push(JSON.parse(init.body));
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        result: { context: "<openviking-context>\nrecalled\n</openviking-context>", stats: {} },
+      };
+    },
+  }, config(), { debug() {} });
+  runtime.initialize = async () => ({ ready: true, config: config() });
+
+  await runtime.recallMessage({}, [{ role: "user", content: "what did we decide" }]);
+
+  assert.equal(bodies.length, 1);
+  assert.equal("exclude_uris" in bodies[0], false);
+});
+
 test("syncTurns false sends nothing: no capture, no commit, no dispose flush, no replay", async () => {
   const pendingDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "dsh-memory-sync-off-"));
   tempDirs.push(pendingDir);
diff --git a/examples/memory-plugin-shared/lib/config-schema.mjs b/examples/memory-plugin-shared/lib/config-schema.mjs
index 156f90895b..9eea92f6b8 100644
--- a/examples/memory-plugin-shared/lib/config-schema.mjs
+++ b/examples/memory-plugin-shared/lib/config-schema.mjs
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ export const KNOBS = [
   { name: "logRankingDetails", type: "bool", default: false, env: "OPENVIKING_LOG_RANKING_DETAILS", capability: "recall" },
   { name: "recallLedger", type: "bool", default: true, env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_LEDGER", capability: "recall" },
   { name: "recallQueryFilters", type: "list", default: [], env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_QUERY_FILTERS", capability: "recall" },
+  // Subtree URIs the recall search must never return. Without this there is no
+  // way to keep generated directory files (viking://user/<space>/skills,
+  // viking://user/<space>/resources, viking://agent/skills) out of the hits:
+  // they match like ordinary content and carry only boilerplate text.
+  {
+    name: "recallExcludeUris",
+    type: "list",
+    default: [],
+    env: "OPENVIKING_RECALL_EXCLUDE_URIS",
+    capability: "recall",
+  },
 
   // Digest compression. Claude Code reads this as the tri-state
   // off/client/server/auto through `normalizeRewriteMode`; Codex reads the same