diff --git a/get-shit-done/workflows/autonomous.md b/get-shit-done/workflows/autonomous.md
index 88fdeba7e..0a50a677a 100644
--- a/get-shit-done/workflows/autonomous.md
+++ b/get-shit-done/workflows/autonomous.md
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ For the current phase, display the progress banner:
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 ```
 
-Where N = current phase number (from the ROADMAP, e.g., 6), T = total milestone phases (from `phase_count` parsed in initialize step, e.g., 8), P = percentage of all milestone phases completed so far. Calculate P as: (number of phases with `disk_status` "complete" from the latest `roadmap analyze` / T × 100). Use █ for filled and ░ for empty segments in the progress bar (8 characters wide).
+Where N = current phase number (from the ROADMAP, e.g., 63), T = total milestone phases (from `phase_count` parsed in initialize step, e.g., 67). **Important:** T must be `phase_count` (the total number of phases in this milestone), NOT the count of remaining/incomplete phases. When phases are numbered 61-67, T=7 and the banner should read `Phase 63/7` (phase 63, 7 total in milestone), not `Phase 63/3` (which would confuse 3 remaining with 3 total). P = percentage of all milestone phases completed so far. Calculate P as: (number of phases with `disk_status` "complete" from the latest `roadmap analyze` / T × 100). Use █ for filled and ░ for empty segments in the progress bar (8 characters wide).
+
+**Alternative display when phase numbers exceed total** (e.g., multi-milestone projects where phases are numbered globally): If N > T (phase number exceeds milestone phase count), use the format `Phase {N} ({position}/{T})` where `position` is the 1-based index of this phase among incomplete phases being processed. This prevents confusing displays like "Phase 63/5".
 
 **3a. Smart Discuss**
 
@@ -922,7 +924,7 @@ When any phase operation fails or a blocker is detected, present 3 options via A
 - [ ] Complete-milestone invoked via Skill() with ${milestone_version} arg
 - [ ] Cleanup invoked via Skill() — internal confirmation is acceptable (CTRL-01)
 - [ ] Final completion banner displayed after lifecycle
-- [ ] Progress bar uses phase number / total milestone phases (not position among incomplete)
+- [ ] Progress bar uses phase number / total milestone phases (not position among incomplete), with fallback display when phase numbers exceed total
 - [ ] Smart discuss documents relationship to discuss-phase with CTRL-03 note
 - [ ] Frontend phases get UI-SPEC generated before planning (step 3a.5) if not already present
 - [ ] Frontend phases get UI review audit after successful execution (step 3d.5) if UI-SPEC exists