diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptApplicationWorkflows.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascriptApplicationWorkflows.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptApplicationWorkflows.test.ts
rename to tests/boundary/filesystem/javascriptApplicationWorkflows.test.ts
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/acceptance/applications/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
rename to tests/boundary/mcp/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
index 6b21ac22c..ba2944aa6 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { createEvidence } from "../../../src/domain/evidence.js";
 import {
   createApplicationMcpHarness,
   type ApplicationMcpHarness,
-} from "./mcpHarness.js";
+} from "../../fixtures/applicationMcpHarness.js";
 
 async function runInlineEvidenceScenarios(
   client: Client,
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationExportShapeMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationExportShapeMcp.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/acceptance/applications/applicationExportShapeMcp.test.ts
rename to tests/boundary/mcp/applicationExportShapeMcp.test.ts
index 4fad71615..7769dfa49 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationExportShapeMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationExportShapeMcp.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { analyzeJavaScriptApplication } from "../../../src/application/javascrip
 import { compareJavaScriptExportShapesEvidence } from "../../../src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowService.js";
 import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
 import { javaScriptExportShapeComparisonResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptExportShapeComparisonSchemas.js";
-import { createApplicationMcpHarness } from "./mcpHarness.js";
+import { createApplicationMcpHarness } from "../../fixtures/applicationMcpHarness.js";
 
 describe("application workflow MCP parity", () => {
   it("compares exact parser export shapes with inline Evidence", async () => {
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationWorkflowVerifier.test.ts b/tests/boundary/process/applicationWorkflowVerifier.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/acceptance/applications/applicationWorkflowVerifier.test.ts
rename to tests/boundary/process/applicationWorkflowVerifier.test.ts
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/mcpHarness.ts b/tests/fixtures/applicationMcpHarness.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from tests/acceptance/applications/mcpHarness.ts
rename to tests/fixtures/applicationMcpHarness.ts
index 5f971e477..23f70d17a 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/mcpHarness.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/applicationMcpHarness.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Client, InMemoryTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/client";
 
-import { createTestBinarySession } from "../../fixtures/binarySession.js";
-import type { BinarySession } from "../../../src/application/binary/BinarySession.js";
-import { observed } from "../../fixtures/analysisExecution.js";
-import { createServer } from "../../../src/server/createServer.js";
+import { createTestBinarySession } from "./binarySession.js";
+import type { BinarySession } from "../../src/application/binary/BinarySession.js";
+import { observed } from "./analysisExecution.js";
+import { createServer } from "../../src/server/createServer.js";
 
 /** Owned MCP SDK session shared by application workflow scenarios. */
 export interface ApplicationMcpHarness {