diff --git a/.changeset/pin-templates-0-18.md b/.changeset/pin-templates-0-18.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b10b431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pin-templates-0-18.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'seamless-cli': patch
+---
+
+New projects scaffold the starters from `seamless-templates` `v0.18.0` (was `v0.17.0`). Every starter now ships an `AGENTS.md` and a `CLAUDE.md`, so the root guide `seamless init` writes links each starter's `AGENTS.md` instead of its README, and the Go (Gin), Rust (Axum) and Python (FastAPI) api starters are available as `beta`.
diff --git a/src/core/images.ts b/src/core/images.ts
index 80018be..64d8e40 100644
--- a/src/core/images.ts
+++ b/src/core/images.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ export const SEAMLESS_AUTH_ADMIN_DASHBOARD_REF = SEAMLESS_AUTH_ADMIN_DASHBOARD_V
 // point at a local checkout with SEAMLESS_TEMPLATES_DIR.
 export const SEAMLESS_TEMPLATES_REPO = "fells-code/seamless-templates";
 
-export const SEAMLESS_TEMPLATES_REF = "v0.17.0";
+export const SEAMLESS_TEMPLATES_REF = "v0.18.0";
 
-export const SEAMLESS_TEMPLATES_COMMIT = "c7bde96b32dc214b533cf17932c11ea34a2e244a";
+export const SEAMLESS_TEMPLATES_COMMIT = "b2d2b30079e84223a148297b54a559e82f6e0fdc";