diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e9bf91e72..0505ec9126 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ __pycache__/
 # Aggregator: the Reservoir manifest is fetched on demand and kept
 # locally only. Curated per-package files in candidates/packages/
 # are the source of truth that gets committed.
-/aggregator/candidates/raw_data/
+/candidates/raw_data/
 .claude/
diff --git a/aggregator/candidates/CRITERIA.txt b/candidates/CRITERIA.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from aggregator/candidates/CRITERIA.txt
rename to candidates/CRITERIA.txt
diff --git a/aggregator/candidates/README.md b/candidates/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from aggregator/candidates/README.md
rename to candidates/README.md
diff --git a/aggregator/candidates/decisions.jsonl b/candidates/decisions.jsonl
similarity index 100%
rename from aggregator/candidates/decisions.jsonl
rename to candidates/decisions.jsonl
diff --git a/aggregator/candidates/manual.txt b/candidates/manual.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from aggregator/candidates/manual.txt
rename to candidates/manual.txt
diff --git a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/__main__.py b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/__main__.py
index b9529aea0a..1d3c60c25c 100644
--- a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/__main__.py
+++ b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/__main__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 )
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
-CANDIDATES_DIR = REPO_ROOT / "aggregator" / "candidates"
+CANDIDATES_DIR = REPO_ROOT / "candidates"
 DEFAULT_MANIFEST = CANDIDATES_DIR / "raw_data" / "manifest.json"
 DEFAULT_MANUAL_LIST = CANDIDATES_DIR / "manual.txt"
 DEFAULT_MANUAL_DATA = CANDIDATES_DIR / "raw_data" / "manual_packages.json"
diff --git a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/cloner.py b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/cloner.py
index 398fbd288f..5c95cf56cb 100644
--- a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/cloner.py
+++ b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/cloner.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 clone is typically a few hundred KB.
 
 The cache lives at
-``aggregator/candidates/raw_data/clones/<owner>/<name>/``, keyed by the
+``candidates/raw_data/clones/<owner>/<name>/``, keyed by the
 package's canonical GitHub key (lowercased, ``.lean``/``.git`` suffix
 stripped) so two manifest entries pointing at the same repo (e.g.
 Reservoir's ``leanprover-community/mathlib`` and a manual entry's
diff --git a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/manual.py b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/manual.py
index e733a8a68a..e861e5452a 100644
--- a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/manual.py
+++ b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/manual.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 metadata from the GitHub REST API at the same time we fetch the
 Reservoir manifest.
 
-The list lives at ``aggregator/candidates/manual.txt`` — one GitHub URL
-per line, ``#`` comments and blank lines allowed.
+The list lives at ``candidates/manual.txt`` — one GitHub URL per line,
+``#`` comments and blank lines allowed.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/render.py b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/render.py
index 0f1856f639..3e00ac9ea6 100644
--- a/python/lean_pool/aggregator/render.py
+++ b/python/lean_pool/aggregator/render.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 one source of truth for the descriptive fields.
 
 The renderer replaces the content between two HTML comment markers in
-``aggregator/candidates/README.md``:
+``candidates/README.md``:
 
     <!-- BEGIN AUTOGENERATED TABLE -->
     ...generated table goes here...