diff --git a/agents/academic-researcher/agent.toml b/agents/academic-researcher/agent.toml
index a02c52c..8780d30 100644
--- a/agents/academic-researcher/agent.toml
+++ b/agents/academic-researcher/agent.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ tags = ["research", "academic", "papers", "literature-review", "science"]
 [metadata.routing]
 aliases = [
   "academic research",
-  "literature review",
   "paper search",
   "scholarly research",
   "find papers",
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ weak_aliases = [
   "papers",
   "citations",
   "bibliography",
-  "systematic review",
   "meta-analysis",
 ]
 
diff --git a/agents/analyst/agent.toml b/agents/analyst/agent.toml
index 1b0cecc..0e8ccbd 100644
--- a/agents/analyst/agent.toml
+++ b/agents/analyst/agent.toml
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ module = "builtin:chat"
 
 [metadata.routing]
 aliases = [
-  "data analysis",
-  "analyze data",
   "analytics",
   "metrics analysis",
   "report analysis",
 ]
-weak_aliases = ["dashboard", "kpi", "insights", "reporting"]
+weak_aliases = ["kpi", "insights", "reporting"]
 
 [model]
 provider = "default"
diff --git a/agents/data-scientist/agent.toml b/agents/data-scientist/agent.toml
index 93c6d9d..6dccfea 100644
--- a/agents/data-scientist/agent.toml
+++ b/agents/data-scientist/agent.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ aliases = [
   "data science",
   "build model",
   "train model",
-  "statistical analysis",
   "machine learning",
 ]
-weak_aliases = ["modeling", "forecast", "prediction", "statistics"]
+weak_aliases = ["modeling", "statistics"]
 
 [model]
 provider = "default"
diff --git a/agents/devops-lead/agent.toml b/agents/devops-lead/agent.toml
index 26575ea..eee4ef8 100644
--- a/agents/devops-lead/agent.toml
+++ b/agents/devops-lead/agent.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ aliases = [
   "ci cd",
   "deployment pipeline",
   "infrastructure ops",
-  "incident response",
   "production operations",
 ]
-weak_aliases = ["devops", "deployment", "kubernetes", "terraform", "infra"]
+weak_aliases = ["devops", "deployment", "infra"]
 
 [model]
 provider = "default"
diff --git a/agents/researcher/agent.toml b/agents/researcher/agent.toml
index 2e982a2..3c12766 100644
--- a/agents/researcher/agent.toml
+++ b/agents/researcher/agent.toml
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ tags = ["research", "analysis", "web"]
 
 [metadata.routing]
 aliases = [
-  "deep research",
   "web research",
   "investigate topic",
   "gather sources",
   "fact finding",
 ]
-weak_aliases = ["research", "sources", "literature review", "web search"]
+weak_aliases = ["sources", "web search"]
 
 [model]
 provider = "default"
diff --git a/agents/sales-assistant/agent.toml b/agents/sales-assistant/agent.toml
index a4d66a7..90ffc1e 100644
--- a/agents/sales-assistant/agent.toml
+++ b/agents/sales-assistant/agent.toml
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ tags = ["sales", "crm", "outreach", "pipeline", "prospecting", "deals"]
 aliases = [
   "sales outreach",
   "crm update",
-  "prospecting",
   "pipeline review",
   "deal tracking",
 ]
-weak_aliases = ["sales", "crm", "pipeline", "leads"]
+weak_aliases = ["crm", "leads"]
 
 [model]
 provider = "default"
diff --git a/agents/social-media/agent.toml b/agents/social-media/agent.toml
index b8cf270..3729876 100644
--- a/agents/social-media/agent.toml
+++ b/agents/social-media/agent.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ aliases = [
   "engagement strategy",
   "social campaign",
 ]
-weak_aliases = ["social media", "content calendar", "engagement", "campaign"]
+weak_aliases = ["social media", "engagement", "campaign"]
 
 [model]
 provider = "default"
diff --git a/hands/collector/HAND.toml b/hands/collector/HAND.toml
index d9eb1bc..40cfee1 100644
--- a/hands/collector/HAND.toml
+++ b/hands/collector/HAND.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ aliases = [
   "change detection",
   "gather info",
   "market intelligence",
-  "competitive analysis",
 ]
 weak_aliases = [
   "watch",
diff --git a/scripts/validate.py b/scripts/validate.py
index 047fbb7..2137382 100755
--- a/scripts/validate.py
+++ b/scripts/validate.py
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ def validate_hand_file(filepath: Path, integration_ids: set[str]) -> list[str]:
     if category and category not in VALID_HAND_CATEGORIES:
         errors.append(f"{rel}: Invalid category '{category}' (valid: {', '.join(sorted(VALID_HAND_CATEGORIES))})")
 
-    if "agent" not in data:
-        errors.append(f"{rel}: Missing [agent] section")
+    if "agents" not in data:
+        errors.append(f"{rel}: Missing [agents] section")
 
     # Cross-reference: check that [[requires]] with requirement_type = "integration"
     # reference existing integration TOML files