diff --git a/.github/workflows/finishingbot.yml b/.github/workflows/finishingbot.yml
index aab2719..f0e4de6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/finishingbot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/finishingbot.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release-readiness:
+    # TODO: disabled — hyperpolymath/finishing-bot does not exist yet
+    # (the clone step targets a phantom repo, so this can never pass).
+    # Re-enable (remove `if: false`) once the bot repo is created/restored.
+    if: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rhodibot.yml b/.github/workflows/rhodibot.yml
index 8643c28..7110a2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rhodibot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rhodibot.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   rsr-compliance:
+    # TODO: disabled — hyperpolymath/rhodibot does not exist yet
+    # (the clone step targets a phantom repo, so this can never pass).
+    # Re-enable (remove `if: false`) once the bot repo is created/restored.
+    if: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/seambot.yml b/.github/workflows/seambot.yml
index e9e344f..d339e01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/seambot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/seambot.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   seam-health:
+    # TODO: disabled — hyperpolymath/seambot does not exist yet
+    # (the clone step targets a phantom repo, so this can never pass).
+    # Re-enable (remove `if: false`) once the bot repo is created/restored.
+    if: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4