diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/labeling_agent.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/labeling_agent.ts
index c9367f39..d28649b1 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/labeling_agent.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/labeling_agent.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ System-generated messages that require no decision:
 - **Platform policy updates**: "Billing permissions are changing starting next month" → \`filter: ['notification']\`
 - **Expired OTPs**: One-time passwords for completed actions → \`filter: ['notification']\`
 
+# Meeting vs Scheduling (Critical Distinction)
+
+- **topic: meeting** (CREATE) — A calendar invite or scheduling email for a real meeting with a **named person** you have a relationship with: an investor, customer, partner, candidate, advisor, team member. Examples: "Invitation: Zoom: Rowboat Labs <> Dalton Caldwell", "YC between Peer Richelsen and Arjun", "Rowboat <> Smash Capital". The key signal is a specific person or company in the subject/body.
+- **filter: scheduling** (SKIP) — Automated reminders and scheduling tool notifications with **no named person or meaningful context**: "Reminder: your meeting is about to start", "Our meeting in an hour", generic ChiliPiper/Calendly confirmations. These are system-generated noise.
+
+**Rule of thumb:** If the email names who you're meeting with, it's \`topic: meeting\`. If it's just a system ping about a time slot, it's \`filter: scheduling\`.
+
 # Newsletter & Promotion Detection (Often Missed as Noise)
 
 These are noise even from a vendor you recognize or a platform you use:
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/tag_system.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/tag_system.ts
index 8fdd70f0..d95ea816 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/tag_system.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/tag_system.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TAG_DEFINITIONS: TagDefinition[] = [
   { tag: 'fundraising', type: 'topic', applicability: 'both', noteEffect: 'create', description: 'Raising money, SAFEs, term sheets, and investor relations', example: 'Thanks for sending the deck. We\'d like to schedule a partner meeting.' },
   { tag: 'security', type: 'topic', applicability: 'both', noteEffect: 'create', description: 'Vulnerability disclosures, login alerts, brand impersonation, or compliance requests', example: 'We found a JWT bypass in your auth endpoint. Details attached.' },
   { tag: 'infrastructure', type: 'topic', applicability: 'both', noteEffect: 'create', description: 'Deploy failures, build errors, webhook issues, API migrations, and production alerts', example: 'Vercel deploy failed for rowboat-app. Build log attached.' },
+  { tag: 'meeting', type: 'topic', applicability: 'both', noteEffect: 'create', description: 'Calendar invites and scheduling for real meetings with named people — investors, customers, partners, candidates, team members. The key signal is a specific person you have a relationship with.', example: 'Invitation: Zoom: Rowboat Labs <> Dalton Caldwell @ Sat 7 Mar 2026' },
   { tag: 'event', type: 'topic', applicability: 'both', noteEffect: 'create', description: 'Conferences, meetups, and gatherings you are attending or invited to', example: 'You\'re invited to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt. Can you confirm your availability?' },
   { tag: 'research', type: 'topic', applicability: 'both', noteEffect: 'create', description: 'Research requests and information gathering', example: 'Here\'s the market analysis you requested on the AI agent space.' },
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TAG_DEFINITIONS: TagDefinition[] = [
   { tag: 'receipt', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Completed transaction confirmations with no decision remaining: payment receipts, salary/payroll disbursements, tax payment acknowledgements (challans), GST/VAT filing confirmations (GSTR1 ARNs), TDS workings, recurring invoice-sharing threads, and transfer-initiated confirmations', example: 'Challan payment under section 200 for TAN BLXXXXXX4B has been successfully paid.' },
   { tag: 'social', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Social media notifications', example: 'John Smith commented on your post.' },
   { tag: 'forums', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Mailing lists, group discussions, and Google Groups moderation digests that are not spam digests', example: 'Re: [dev-list] Question about API design' },
-  { tag: 'scheduling', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Calendar invites, meeting reminders, and scheduling confirmations', example: 'Reminder: Team standup in 15 minutes.' },
+  { tag: 'scheduling', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Automated meeting reminders, scheduling tool confirmations, and calendar system notifications with no named person or context. NOT real meeting invites with specific people — those are topic: meeting.', example: 'Reminder: your meeting is about to start. Join with Google Meet.' },
   { tag: 'travel', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Flights, hotels, trips, and travel logistics', example: 'Your flight to Tokyo on March 15 is confirmed. Confirmation #ABC123.' },
   { tag: 'shopping', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Purchases, orders, and returns', example: 'Your order #12345 has shipped. Track it here.' },
   { tag: 'health', type: 'noise', applicability: 'email', noteEffect: 'skip', description: 'Medical, wellness, and health-related matters', example: 'Your appointment with Dr. Smith is confirmed for Monday at 2pm.' },