diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/code-linter.yml
index c205cc0..836368d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-linter.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       mode: ${{ inputs.mode || 'auto' }}
       config: .code-linter.json
       gates-ref: main
-      runs-on: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope", "ci-scope-v2"]'
+      runner-group: Default
+      runner-labels: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope"]'
+      runner-label: ci-scope
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/python-quality-gate.yml
index 6f647a8..0703b19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-quality-gate.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ jobs:
   python-quality-gate:
     uses: ForkHorizon/ci-gates/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml@main
     with:
-      runs-on: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope", "ci-scope-v2"]'
+      runner-group: Default
+      runner-labels: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope"]'
+      runner-label: ci-scope
diff --git a/.github/workflows/slop-review.yml b/.github/workflows/slop-review.yml
index bd40a4b..fa7ba48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slop-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slop-review.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   slop-review:
     uses: ForkHorizon/ci-gates/.github/workflows/slop-review.yml@main
     with:
-      runs-on: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope", "ci-scope-v2"]'
+      runner-group: Default
+      runner-labels: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope-ai"]'
+      runner-label: ci-scope-ai
+      model: qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unity-quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/unity-quality-gate.yml
index 400dc59..de3ad67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unity-quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unity-quality-gate.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   unity-quality-gate:
     uses: ForkHorizon/ci-gates/.github/workflows/unity-quality.yml@main
     with:
-      runs-on: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope", "ci-scope-v2"]'
+      runner-group: Default
+      runner-labels: '["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64", "ci-scope"]'
+      runner-label: ci-scope
       duplication-threshold: "2"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index deafd67..0b49640 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ jobs:
     # two same-run jobs with byte-identical runs-on let GitHub's scheduler
     # hand a connecting runner EITHER one, not necessarily the one the broker
     # leased it for (NexusUnity PR #145, 2026-07-04).
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64, ci-scope]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64, ci-scope-ai]
     needs: static-validation
+    concurrency:
+      group: ci-scope-slop-review
+      cancel-in-progress: false
     env:
       NEXUS_DOC_AI_MAX_PARALLEL: "1"
       NEXUS_OLLAMA_URL: http://127.0.0.1:11434