diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 87907a3..539e8e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  publish-cfgit:
-    name: Publish cfgit
+  publish-cfg-vcs:
+    name: Publish cfg-vcs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: pypi-cfgit
+    environment: pypi-cfg-vcs
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -U build twine
           python -m build
           python -m twine check dist/*
-      - name: Publish cfgit to PyPI
+      - name: Publish cfg-vcs to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           packages-dir: dist/
 
-  publish-cfgit-impact:
-    name: Publish cfgit-impact
+  publish-cfg-impact:
+    name: Publish cfg-impact
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: publish-cfgit
-    environment: pypi-cfgit-impact
+    needs: publish-cfg-vcs
+    environment: pypi-cfg-impact
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -U build twine
           python -m build
           python -m twine check dist/*
-      - name: Publish cfgit-impact to PyPI
+      - name: Publish cfg-impact to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           packages-dir: plugins/cfg_impact/dist/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a9890c..25b43c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ cfgit is pre-1.0 software. The current implementation includes:
 - localhost web UI
 - MCP server
 - portable Codex or Claude Code skill
-- optional `cfgit-impact` plugin for deterministic impact summaries and opt-in LLM narration
+- optional `cfg-impact` plugin for deterministic impact summaries and opt-in LLM narration
 
 The engine is intentionally DB-neutral. Mongo and Postgres are the first two
 adapters to prove the storage seam.
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ standardize the config so that database always uses one env name.
 paths, finds static references to changed values across configured records, and
 reports a risk level.
 
-Optional LLM narration lives in the separate `cfgit-impact` plugin. It reads the
+Optional LLM narration lives in the separate `cfg-impact` plugin. It reads the
 real before/after of the change plus a map of the surrounding records, then
 explains in plain language what the change does, what it ripples into, and how to
 roll it back:
diff --git a/docs/PUBLISHING.md b/docs/PUBLISHING.md
index ae38710..0e8eff7 100644
--- a/docs/PUBLISHING.md
+++ b/docs/PUBLISHING.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Publishing
 
-cfgit publishes two Python packages:
+cfgit publishes two Python distributions:
 
-- `cfgit`: Git-style history, diff, drift detection, branch/PR review, and
+- `cfg-vcs`: Git-style history, diff, drift detection, branch/PR review, and
   rollback for live database records without migrating or owning the datastore.
-- `cfgit-impact`: optional plugin for deterministic system-impact summaries and
+- `cfg-impact`: optional plugin for deterministic system-impact summaries and
   opt-in LLM narration of database record diffs.
 
 Current first release version: `0.1.0`.
@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ Current first release version: `0.1.0`.
 
 Create both projects on PyPI and configure Trusted Publishing for this repository.
 
-For `cfgit`:
+For `cfg-vcs`:
 
 - Owner: `AusafMo`
 - Repository: `cfgit`
 - Workflow: `publish.yml`
-- Environment: `pypi-cfgit`
+- Environment: `pypi-cfg-vcs`
 
-For `cfgit-impact`:
+For `cfg-impact`:
 
 - Owner: `AusafMo`
 - Repository: `cfgit`
 - Workflow: `publish.yml`
-- Environment: `pypi-cfgit-impact`
+- Environment: `pypi-cfg-impact`
 
 The workflow uses PyPI OpenID Connect, so no PyPI API token is stored in GitHub
 Secrets.
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ python -m twine check dist/*
 ```bash
 python -m venv /tmp/cfgit-publish-smoke
 /tmp/cfgit-publish-smoke/bin/python -m pip install \
-  'dist/cfgit-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl[mcp]' \
-  plugins/cfg_impact/dist/cfgit_impact-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
+  'dist/cfg_vcs-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl[mcp]' \
+  plugins/cfg_impact/dist/cfg_impact-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
 /tmp/cfgit-publish-smoke/bin/cfg --help
 /tmp/cfgit-publish-smoke/bin/python -c 'import cfg; import cfg.mcp.server; import cfg_impact; print("imports ok")'
 ```
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ git push origin v0.1.0
 gh release create v0.1.0 --title "v0.1.0" --notes "First public cfgit release."
 ```
 
-The release triggers `.github/workflows/publish.yml`, which publishes `cfgit`
-first and `cfgit-impact` second.
+The release triggers `.github/workflows/publish.yml`, which publishes `cfg-vcs`
+first and `cfg-impact` second.
 
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
-pip install cfgit
-pip install 'cfgit[mongo]'
-pip install 'cfgit[postgres]'
-pip install 'cfgit[mongo,postgres,mcp]'
-pip install cfgit-impact
+pip install cfg-vcs
+pip install 'cfg-vcs[mongo]'
+pip install 'cfg-vcs[postgres]'
+pip install 'cfg-vcs[mongo,postgres,mcp]'
+pip install cfg-impact
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/cfg_impact/pyproject.toml b/plugins/cfg_impact/pyproject.toml
index e604643..4f6be55 100644
--- a/plugins/cfg_impact/pyproject.toml
+++ b/plugins/cfg_impact/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [project]
-name = "cfgit-impact"
+name = "cfg-impact"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = "Optional cfgit plugin for deterministic system-impact summaries and opt-in LLM narration of database record diffs"
+description = "Optional cfg-impact plugin for deterministic system-impact summaries and opt-in LLM narration of database record diffs"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = [{ name = "Mohammad Ausaf" }]
 dependencies = [
-  "cfgit>=0.1.0,<0.2.0",
+  "cfg-vcs>=0.1.0,<0.2.0",
   "httpx>=0.27",
 ]
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1cb5b2e..496c48f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [project]
-name = "cfgit"
+name = "cfg-vcs"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Git-style history, diff, drift detection, and rollback for live database records without migrating or owning your datastore"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mongo = ["pymongo>=4.6"]
 postgres = ["psycopg[binary]>=3.2"]
 cli = ["click>=8.1", "rich>=13.0"]
 mcp = ["mcp>=1.0"]
-impact = []   # the cfgit-impact plugin declares its own model-client deps; never in core
+impact = []   # the cfg-impact plugin declares its own model-client deps; never in core
 dev = ["pytest>=8.0", "pytest-asyncio", "ruff", "mypy", "httpx>=0.27"]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/cfg/adapters/mongo.py b/src/cfg/adapters/mongo.py
index e94b166..a806a1e 100644
--- a/src/cfg/adapters/mongo.py
+++ b/src/cfg/adapters/mongo.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     from pymongo.client_session import ClientSession
     from pymongo.errors import OperationFailure
 except ModuleNotFoundError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
-    raise ModuleNotFoundError("install cfgit[mongo] to use MongoAdapter") from exc
+    raise ModuleNotFoundError("install cfg-vcs[mongo] to use MongoAdapter") from exc
 
 
 class MongoAdapter:
diff --git a/src/cfg/adapters/postgres.py b/src/cfg/adapters/postgres.py
index 7ed33a7..1371f85 100644
--- a/src/cfg/adapters/postgres.py
+++ b/src/cfg/adapters/postgres.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     from psycopg.rows import dict_row
     from psycopg.types.json import Jsonb
 except ModuleNotFoundError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
-    raise ModuleNotFoundError("install cfgit[postgres] to use PostgresAdapter") from exc
+    raise ModuleNotFoundError("install cfg-vcs[postgres] to use PostgresAdapter") from exc
 
 
 _IDENT_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$")
diff --git a/src/cfg/interfaces/actions.py b/src/cfg/interfaces/actions.py
index b4cc262..1052a41 100644
--- a/src/cfg/interfaces/actions.py
+++ b/src/cfg/interfaces/actions.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def impact(
         from cfg_impact.overview import overview
     except ModuleNotFoundError as exc:
         raise ValueError(
-            "cfgit-impact plugin is not installed. Install plugins/cfg_impact or cfgit[impact]."
+            "cfg-impact plugin is not installed. Install plugins/cfg_impact or cfg-impact."
         ) from exc
     return (
         overview(engine, record, a=a, b=b, use_llm=use_llm, provider=provider, model=model, against=against),
diff --git a/src/cfg/mcp/server.py b/src/cfg/mcp/server.py
index ca42adb..27008b1 100644
--- a/src/cfg/mcp/server.py
+++ b/src/cfg/mcp/server.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from cfg.interfaces import actions
 from cfg.interfaces.actions import ActionContext
 
-try:  # pragma: no cover - exercised when cfgit[mcp] is installed
+try:  # pragma: no cover - exercised when cfg-vcs[mcp] is installed
     from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
 except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
     FastMCP = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 def _mcp() -> Any:
     if FastMCP is None:
-        raise ModuleNotFoundError("install cfgit[mcp] to run the cfgit MCP server")
+        raise ModuleNotFoundError("install cfg-vcs[mcp] to run the cfgit MCP server")
     return FastMCP("cfgit")