diff --git a/examples/workspaces/team-config/rules.md b/examples/team-config/rules.md
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/workspaces/team-config/rules.md
rename to examples/team-config/rules.md
diff --git a/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/.allagents/workspace.yaml b/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/.allagents/workspace.yaml
index 8a338ab6..8f368bd7 100644
--- a/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/.allagents/workspace.yaml
+++ b/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/.allagents/workspace.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ workspace:
     - source: config/settings.json
       dest: settings.json
 
-    # File-level source override (sibling directory)
+    # File-level source override (outside the workspace templates directory)
     # Paths starting with ../ are resolved from workspace root, not workspace.source
     - dest: TEAM-RULES.md
-      source: ../team-config/rules.md
+      source: ../../team-config/rules.md
 
     # GitHub source (always fetched fresh)
     # - dest: CONTRIB.md
diff --git a/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/README.md b/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/README.md
index b2c651e0..ea703b9e 100644
--- a/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/README.md
+++ b/examples/workspaces/file-source-sync/README.md
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ This example demonstrates the file-level source sync feature in AllAgents.
 ## Directory Structure
 
 ```
-workspaces/
-├── file-source-sync/           # The workspace
-│   ├── .allagents/
-│   │   └── workspace.yaml
-│   ├── shared-config/          # Default source (workspace.source)
-│   │   ├── AGENTS.md
-│   │   └── config/
-│   │       └── settings.json
-│   └── README.md
-└── team-config/                # Sibling directory for file-level override
+examples/
+├── workspaces/
+│   └── file-source-sync/       # The workspace
+│       ├── .allagents/
+│       │   └── workspace.yaml
+│       ├── shared-config/      # Default source (workspace.source)
+│       │   ├── AGENTS.md
+│       │   └── config/
+│       │       └── settings.json
+│       └── README.md
+└── team-config/                # Shared fixture, outside the workspace templates
     └── rules.md
 ```
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ The `workspace.yaml` demonstrates three source patterns:
 
 1. **String shorthand** - `AGENTS.md` resolves to `shared-config/AGENTS.md`
 2. **Relative source** - `source: config/settings.json` resolves to `shared-config/config/settings.json`
-3. **File-level override** - `source: ../team-config/rules.md` uses a different directory
+3. **File-level override** - `source: ../../team-config/rules.md` uses a shared fixture outside `workspaces/`, resolved from the workspace root
 
 ## Running the Example