diff --git a/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/design.md b/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/design.md
index e17d501..5b90d95 100644
--- a/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/design.md
+++ b/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/design.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 | Feature Step | Bounded Context | Workflow Slice | Notes |
 | :----------- | :-------------- | :------------- | :---- |
 | Ingest upstream bundle snapshot into deterministic recovery artifacts | `ingest-snapshot` | `deterministic-bundle-ingest` | Produces the canonical per-run source of truth used by all later slices. |
-| Identify vendored package boundaries and confidence decisions | `dependency-recovery` | `identify-vendored-packages` | Consumes ingest artifacts and records accepted, rejected, and unresolved dependency decisions. |
+| Identify the next vendored package decision from one source | `dependency-recovery` | `identify-next-vendored-package-decision-from-source` | Consumes ingest artifacts, emits one dependency decision at a time, and signals when no more plausible candidates remain. |
 | Replace accepted vendored packages with external dependencies while keeping fallbacks | `dependency-recovery` | `externalize-accepted-dependencies` | Depends on identified package decisions; unresolved packages stay bundled. |
 | Extract deterministic context packets for each segment | `static-context-evidence` | `extract-segment-context` | Consumes ingest output after dependency treatment to emit machine-readable evidence. |
 | Compare adjacent runs and classify lineage-aware changes | `snapshot-lineage` | `diff-adjacent-runs` | Consumes current and previous run manifests plus Phase 3 context. |
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 ## Recommended Slice Order
 
 1. `ingest-snapshot/deterministic-bundle-ingest` — all later slices depend on deterministic ingest artifacts and canonical segment boundaries.
-2. `dependency-recovery/identify-vendored-packages` — shrinks the app-authored surface before later evidence and naming work.
+2. `dependency-recovery/identify-next-vendored-package-decision-from-source` — shrinks the app-authored surface one source decision at a time before later evidence and naming work.
 3. `dependency-recovery/externalize-accepted-dependencies` — completes dependency treatment before downstream evidence extraction.
 4. `static-context-evidence/extract-segment-context` — provides deterministic evidence used by diffing, summaries, and transform anchoring.
 5. `snapshot-lineage/diff-adjacent-runs` — identifies changed/new material and durable lineage needed for iterative naming.
diff --git a/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/discovery.md b/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/discovery.md
index 792ae83..db7ce30 100644
--- a/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/discovery.md
+++ b/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/discovery.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 ## 6. Candidate Workflow Slices
 
 - ingest-snapshot/deterministic-bundle-ingest: turn an upstream bundle into deterministic segment records and canonical source projection.
-- dependency-recovery/identify-vendored-packages: score dependency candidates and recover package boundaries.
+- dependency-recovery/identify-next-vendored-package-decision-from-source: recover the next plausible vendored candidate from one source and record one dependency decision or exhaustion.
 - dependency-recovery/externalize-accepted-dependencies: replace accepted vendored code with npm imports while preserving fallbacks.
 - static-context-evidence/extract-segment-context: emit canonical context packets and binding/link evidence.
 - snapshot-lineage/diff-adjacent-runs: classify changes, mint lineage, and produce relabel queues plus upstream summaries.
diff --git a/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/status.md b/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/status.md
index d545fef..c3d0d76 100644
--- a/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/status.md
+++ b/design/feature/recovery-pipeline/status.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 | Bounded Context | Workflow Slice | Slice Discovery | Core Sketch | Blueprint | Design Security | Assembly | Impl Security | Refactor | Notes |
 | :-------------- | :------------- | :-------------- | :---------- | :-------- | :-------------- | :------- | :------------ | :------- | :---- |
 | `ingest-snapshot` | `deterministic-bundle-ingest` | `Complete` | `Complete` | `Complete` | `Complete` | `Complete` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Foundational source-of-truth slice.` |
-| `dependency-recovery` | `identify-vendored-packages` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Shrinks app-authored surface before later phases.` |
+| `dependency-recovery` | `identify-next-vendored-package-decision-from-source` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Shrinks app-authored surface one decision at a time.` |
 | `dependency-recovery` | `externalize-accepted-dependencies` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Depends on package identification decisions.` |
 | `static-context-evidence` | `extract-segment-context` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Produces deterministic evidence for downstream consumers.` |
 | `snapshot-lineage` | `diff-adjacent-runs` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Not Started` | `Owns lineage and changed/new segment routing.` |