diff --git a/readme-map.json b/readme-map.json
index a35cd37..2449071 100644
--- a/readme-map.json
+++ b/readme-map.json
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 {
   "files": [
     {
-      "path": "/Users/dico/collar/README.md",
-      "mustContain": ["https://github.com/specdog/dotdog", "https://github.com/specdog/dogbench", "https://github.com/specdog"]
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "/Users/dico/dotdog/README.md",
-      "mustContain": ["https://github.com/specdog/collar", "https://github.com/specdog/dogbench", "https://github.com/specdog"]
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "/Users/dico/dogbench/README.md",
-      "mustContain": ["specdog.github.io/dogbench", "Collar", "dotdog"]
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "/Users/dico/projects/leash/README.md",
-      "mustContain": ["specdog", "Collar", "dogbench", "dotdog"]
+      "path": "README.md",
+      "mustContain": [
+        "https://github.com/specdog/dotdog/releases/tag/v1.0.0",
+        "https://specdog.github.io/dotdog/v1-migration",
+        "npx dotdog@1.0.0 refresh --json",
+        "bunx --bun dotdog@1.0.0 refresh --json"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/scripts/check-readmes.py b/scripts/check-readmes.py
index 1c605f5..a8ca9a0 100644
--- a/scripts/check-readmes.py
+++ b/scripts/check-readmes.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ def main() -> int:
     data = json.loads(MANIFEST.read_text())
     issues = []
     for item in data["files"]:
-        p = Path(item["path"])
+        p = (ROOT / item["path"]).resolve()
         try:
             p.relative_to(ROOT)
         except ValueError:
-            print(f"README CHECK SKIP external path: {p}")
+            issues.append("README path must stay within this repository")
             continue
         if not p.exists():
             issues.append(f"missing file: {p}")