diff --git a/.github/AI_POLICY.md b/AI_POLICY.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/AI_POLICY.md
rename to AI_POLICY.md
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
rename to CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/scripts/validate_structure.py b/scripts/validate_structure.py
index 1de6088..74ed7f2 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_structure.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_structure.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 ALLOWED_TOP_FILES = {
     ".gitignore",
     "AGENTS.md",
+    "AI_POLICY.md",
+    "CONTRIBUTING.md",
     "CLAUDE.md",
     "LICENSE",
     "Makefile",