diff --git a/tools/autoplay-batch.sh b/tools/autoplay-batch.sh
index f48379ae..3635f66b 100755
--- a/tools/autoplay-batch.sh
+++ b/tools/autoplay-batch.sh
@@ -200,12 +200,13 @@ _run_remote() {
 
     echo "[seed $seed] Running via SSH on $AUTOPLAY_HOST..."
 
-    # REMOTE_HOME is resolved once upfront by the main loop and exported.
+    # Write remote batch artifacts OUTSIDE the dev tree to /tmp so they cannot
+    # trigger auto-commit divergence on the remote host's working copy.
     # Derive a unique remote dir from RESULTS_DIR's basename to avoid per-clan
     # path collisions when multiple batches run in parallel with the same STAMP.
     local results_basename
     results_basename="$(basename "$RESULTS_DIR")"
-    local remote_game_dir="$REMOTE_HOME/Code/@projects/@magic-civilization/.local/batches/${results_basename}/game_${STAMP}_seed${seed}"
+    local remote_game_dir="/tmp/@magic-civilization/builds/.local/batches/${results_basename}/game_${STAMP}_seed${seed}"
     local remote_runner="$REMOTE_HOME/bin/run_ap3.sh"
 
     ssh "$AUTOPLAY_HOST" "