diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 31fe480..d30a7be 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - Every stack has at least 3 files: `compose.yaml` (dockhand style), `sample.env`, `README.md`
 - `_dev` = experimental, `_notes` = docs/minimal examples, no suffix = production-ready
 - Always references an external `proxy` network (`docker network create proxy` once)
-- Volumes use `${VOL_PATH:-/data}` as the base path (absolute `/data`, never `./data`)
+- Volumes use `${VOL_PATH:-/data}` as the base path (absolute `/data`, never `./data`); project directories use `${VOL_PROJECTS:-/data}`
 - Timezone defaults to `America/Vancouver`, but only include if the container requires it.
 - Restart policy, image tag, and port are configurable via env vars with sensible defaults
 - New stacks: copy from `_docs/template-compose.md` and `_docs/template-readme.md`
diff --git a/opencode/compose.yaml b/opencode/compose.yaml
index f274fb4..b5aa19c 100644
--- a/opencode/compose.yaml
+++ b/opencode/compose.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ services:
 
     volumes:
       - ${VOL_PATH:-/data}/opencode/config:/config
-      - ${VOL_PATH:-/data}/opencode/data:/data
-      - ${VOL_PATH:-/data}/opencode/projects:/projects
+      - ${VOL_PROJECTS:-/data/projects}:/projects
 
     environment:
       - OPENCODE_PORT=${OPENCODE_PORT:-4096}
diff --git a/opencode/sample.env b/opencode/sample.env
index 594bb8b..31116c0 100644
--- a/opencode/sample.env
+++ b/opencode/sample.env
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 OPENCODE_IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/anomalyco/opencode:latest
 OPENCODE_RESTART=unless-stopped
 VOL_PATH=/home/youruser/.local/share
+VOL_PROJECTS=/home/youruser/projects
 OPENCODE_PORT=4096
 OPENCODE_HOSTNAME=0.0.0.0
 OLLAMA_HOST=http://localhost:11434
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vscode/compose.yaml b/vscode/compose.yaml
index 7272b08..033b81a 100644
--- a/vscode/compose.yaml
+++ b/vscode/compose.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
     restart: ${VSCODE_RESTART:-unless-stopped}
 
     volumes:
-      - ${VOL_PATH:-./data}/vscode/data:/data
+      - ${VOL_PROJECTS:-/data/projects}:/data
       - ${VOL_PATH:-./data}/vscode/config:/config
 
     environment:
diff --git a/vscode/sample.env b/vscode/sample.env
index 8a010b5..65eeadd 100644
--- a/vscode/sample.env
+++ b/vscode/sample.env
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # ===== Paths =====
 VOL_PATH=/data
+VOL_PROJECTS=/data
 
 # ===== Code Server =====
 VSCODE_IMAGE=lscr.io/linuxserver/code-server:latest