diff --git a/src/automation/autonomousRunner.enable.test.ts b/src/automation/autonomousRunner.enable.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2689c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/automation/autonomousRunner.enable.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Purpose: enableProject must also add the repo to allowedProjects so
+// resolveProjectPath reads its openswarm.json mapping (INT-1973).
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { AutonomousRunner } from './autonomousRunner.js';
+import type { AutonomousConfig } from './runnerTypes.js';
+
+const cfg = (over: Partial<AutonomousConfig> = {}): AutonomousConfig => ({
+  linearTeamId: 'team',
+  allowedProjects: ['/x/a'],
+  heartbeatSchedule: '0 * * * *',
+  autoExecute: false,
+  maxConsecutiveTasks: 1,
+  cooldownSeconds: 0,
+  dryRun: true,
+  ...over,
+});
+
+describe('AutonomousRunner.enableProject (INT-1973)', () => {
+  it('enabling a repo also allows it (resolveProjectPath reads only allowed paths)', () => {
+    const r = new AutonomousRunner(cfg());
+    r.enableProject('/x/wave');
+    expect(r.getEnabledProjects()).toContain('/x/wave');
+    expect(r.getAllowedProjects()).toContain('/x/wave');
+  });
+
+  it('does not duplicate an already-allowed path', () => {
+    const r = new AutonomousRunner(cfg({ allowedProjects: ['/x/a'] }));
+    r.enableProject('/x/a');
+    expect(r.getAllowedProjects().filter((p) => p === '/x/a')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(r.getEnabledProjects()).toContain('/x/a');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/automation/autonomousRunner.ts b/src/automation/autonomousRunner.ts
index 5485dd4..bfff8b5 100644
--- a/src/automation/autonomousRunner.ts
+++ b/src/automation/autonomousRunner.ts
@@ -1358,6 +1358,14 @@ export class AutonomousRunner {
 
   enableProject(projectPath: string): void {
     this.enabledProjects.add(projectPath);
+    // Enabling a repo (via `openswarm add` / the dashboard) must also ALLOW it:
+    // resolveProjectPath only reads a repo's openswarm.json for paths in
+    // allowedProjects, so an enabled-but-not-allowed repo never resolves
+    // ("No repo mapped"). Keep config + DecisionEngine in sync. (INT-1970)
+    const allowed = this.config.allowedProjects ?? [];
+    if (!allowed.includes(projectPath)) {
+      this.updateAllowedProjects([...allowed, projectPath]);
+    }
     console.log(`[AutonomousRunner] Project enabled: ${projectPath}`);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/cli/projectHandler.ts b/src/cli/projectHandler.ts
index e170675..115a4f7 100644
--- a/src/cli/projectHandler.ts
+++ b/src/cli/projectHandler.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 //
 // Manage the work-repo registry the daemon reads at startup
 // (~/.claude/openswarm-repos.json — the same file the web dashboard writes).
-// `setWebRunner` (src/support/web.ts) merges `enabled` into both the runner's
-// enabled set AND its allowedProjects, so a repo added here is actually worked.
+// `setWebRunner` (src/support/web.ts) calls runner.enableProject() for each
+// enabled repo, which adds it to BOTH the enabled set AND allowedProjects
+// (INT-1973) — the latter is required so resolveProjectPath reads the repo's
+// openswarm.json mapping. A repo added here is therefore actually worked.
 //
 // `add` also offers a Linear team/project picker (shared with `openswarm init`
 // via ./linearMapping) and writes the repo↔Linear mapping into the repo's