diff --git a/engineering_method/issues.py b/engineering_method/issues.py
index 4282d01..c3c9096 100644
--- a/engineering_method/issues.py
+++ b/engineering_method/issues.py
@@ -31,17 +31,44 @@
     r"<!-- engineering-method:issue (?P<payload>\{[^\n]*\}) -->"
 )
 ISSUE_PREFIX = "<!-- engineering-method:issue "
-CONTROLLED_LABELS: tuple[tuple[str, str, str], ...] = (
-    ("engineering-method", "0B7285", "Managed by Peter's Engineering Method."),
-    ("priority:p0", "B60205", "Blocking or urgent work."),
-    ("priority:p1", "D93F0B", "Next planned work."),
-    ("priority:p2", "FBCA04", "Planned work."),
-    ("priority:p3", "C5DEF5", "Later improvement."),
-    ("status:open", "1D76DB", "Open Engineering Method work."),
-    ("status:in-progress", "5319E7", "Engineering Method work in progress."),
-    ("status:blocked", "B60205", "Engineering Method work currently blocked."),
-)
-CONTROLLED_LABEL_NAMES = frozenset(label[0] for label in CONTROLLED_LABELS)
+LEGACY_METHOD_LABEL = "engineering-method"
+_METHOD_NAME = re.compile(r"[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,48}")
+
+
+def method_label(root: Path | None = None) -> str:
+    """Name of the method that bundles this package, read from its method.json.
+
+    Core is copied into each method; the label on managed Issues must name the
+    method that owns the backlog, not the one this package is named after.
+    Without a readable identity (Core's own checkout) the historical name is kept.
+    """
+    root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] if root is None else root
+    try:
+        name = json.loads((root / "method.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))["name"]
+    except (OSError, ValueError, KeyError, TypeError):
+        return LEGACY_METHOD_LABEL
+    return name if isinstance(name, str) and _METHOD_NAME.fullmatch(name) else LEGACY_METHOD_LABEL
+
+
+def controlled_labels(label: str) -> tuple[tuple[str, str, str], ...]:
+    display = label.replace("-", " ").title()
+    return (
+        (label, "0B7285", f"Managed by Peter's {display}."),
+        ("priority:p0", "B60205", "Blocking or urgent work."),
+        ("priority:p1", "D93F0B", "Next planned work."),
+        ("priority:p2", "FBCA04", "Planned work."),
+        ("priority:p3", "C5DEF5", "Later improvement."),
+        ("status:open", "1D76DB", f"Open {display} work."),
+        ("status:in-progress", "5319E7", f"{display} work in progress."),
+        ("status:blocked", "B60205", f"{display} work currently blocked."),
+    )
+
+
+METHOD_LABEL = method_label()
+CONTROLLED_LABELS: tuple[tuple[str, str, str], ...] = controlled_labels(METHOD_LABEL)
+# The historical label stays controlled so that an Issue created before the
+# method had its own label loses it on the next synchronization.
+CONTROLLED_LABEL_NAMES = frozenset(label[0] for label in CONTROLLED_LABELS) | {LEGACY_METHOD_LABEL}
 QUEUE_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
 QUEUE_KINDS = frozenset({"add", "status", "priority", "dependencies"})
 
@@ -147,7 +174,7 @@ def _remote_map(
 
 
 def _labels(item: BacklogItem) -> tuple[str, ...]:
-    labels = ["engineering-method", f"priority:{item.priority.value.lower()}"]
+    labels = [METHOD_LABEL, f"priority:{item.priority.value.lower()}"]
     if item.status is not TaskStatus.COMPLETE:
         labels.append(f"status:{item.status.value.replace('_', '-')}")
     return tuple(labels)
diff --git a/tests/test_issues_regressions.py b/tests/test_issues_regressions.py
index f89f5c1..ee171e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_issues_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_issues_regressions.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def test_partial_failure_retry_upserts_every_field_and_reconciles_relations(self
             identifier="EM-002",
             title="EM-002: Old blocker",
             state="open",
-            labels=("engineering-method", "priority:p3", "status:open"),
+            labels=(issues.METHOD_LABEL, "priority:p3", "status:open"),
         )
         runner = MutableGitHubRunner(issues=tuple(noise + [parent, blocker]), page_size=100)
         runner.sub_issues[150] = {90_002}
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def test_partial_failure_retry_upserts_every_field_and_reconciles_relations(self
         self.assertEqual(by_id["EM-001"]["state"], "open")
         self.assertEqual(
             {label["name"] for label in by_id["EM-001"]["labels"]},
-            {"custom", "engineering-method", "priority:p1", "status:open"},
+            {"custom", issues.METHOD_LABEL, "priority:p1", "status:open"},
         )
         self.assertIn('Notes JSON: "Keep context"', str(by_id["EM-001"]["body"]))
         self.assertEqual(by_id["EM-002"]["state"], "closed")
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def test_partial_failure_retry_upserts_every_field_and_reconciles_relations(self
         self.assertEqual(
             set(runner.labels),
             {
-                "engineering-method",
+                issues.METHOD_LABEL,
                 "priority:p0",
                 "priority:p1",
                 "priority:p2",
@@ -240,21 +240,21 @@ def test_reparents_only_after_removing_the_stale_parent_relation(self) -> None:
                 101,
                 identifier="EM-001",
                 title="EM-001: Desired parent",
-                labels=("engineering-method", "priority:p1", "status:open"),
+                labels=(issues.METHOD_LABEL, "priority:p1", "status:open"),
             ),
             remote_issue(
                 2,
                 102,
                 identifier="EM-001.1",
                 title="EM-001.1: Child",
-                labels=("engineering-method", "priority:p1", "status:open"),
+                labels=(issues.METHOD_LABEL, "priority:p1", "status:open"),
             ),
             remote_issue(
                 3,
                 103,
                 identifier="EM-002",
                 title="EM-002: Stale parent",
-                labels=("engineering-method", "priority:p1", "status:open"),
+                labels=(issues.METHOD_LABEL, "priority:p1", "status:open"),
             ),
         )
         runner = MutableGitHubRunner(issues=remote)
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def test_refresh_reads_remote_state_instead_of_remigrating_the_cache(self) -> No
                 ),
                 "state": "open",
                 "labels": [
-                    {"name": "engineering-method"},
+                    {"name": issues.METHOD_LABEL},
                     {"name": "priority:p0"},
                     {"name": "status:in-progress"},
                 ],
diff --git a/tests/test_method_identity.py b/tests/test_method_identity.py
index 027c26c..9be5446 100644
--- a/tests/test_method_identity.py
+++ b/tests/test_method_identity.py
@@ -6,9 +6,43 @@
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import unittest
+import unittest.mock
 import zipfile
 from scripts.package_plugin import build_package
 ROOT=Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+import engineering_method.issues as issues
+from engineering_method.gh import RemoteIssue
+from engineering_method.models import BacklogItem, Priority, TaskStatus
+
+class MethodLabelTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Managed Issues carry the label of the method that owns the backlog."""
+    def identity(self, content):
+        root=Path(tempfile.mkdtemp());self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree,root)
+        if content is not None:(root/'method.json').write_text(content)
+        return root
+    def test_label_comes_from_the_bundling_method_identity(self):
+        # A hard-coded name labels a Writing Method backlog as engineering-method.
+        self.assertEqual('writing-method',issues.method_label(self.identity(json.dumps({'name':'writing-method'}))))
+        self.assertEqual('engineering-method',issues.method_label(self.identity(json.dumps({'name':'engineering-method'}))))
+    def test_missing_or_unusable_identity_keeps_the_historical_label(self):
+        for content in [None,'not json',json.dumps({}),json.dumps({'name':'Bad Name; rm'}),json.dumps({'name':7})]:
+            self.assertEqual('engineering-method',issues.method_label(self.identity(content)))
+    def test_installed_identity_matches_this_checkout(self):
+        manifest=ROOT/'method.json'
+        expected=json.loads(manifest.read_text())['name'] if manifest.is_file() else 'engineering-method'
+        self.assertEqual(expected,issues.METHOD_LABEL)
+        self.assertEqual(issues.METHOD_LABEL,issues.CONTROLLED_LABELS[0][0])
+    def test_descriptions_name_the_method(self):
+        labels={name:description for name,_,description in issues.controlled_labels('writing-method')}
+        self.assertEqual("Managed by Peter's Writing Method.",labels['writing-method'])
+        self.assertEqual('Open Writing Method work.',labels['status:open'])
+        self.assertNotIn('engineering-method',labels)
+    def test_issue_labelled_under_the_historical_name_is_relabelled(self):
+        item=BacklogItem(id='WM-001',title='Video',status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,priority=Priority.P1,parent_id=None,depends_on=(),notes='',updated_at='2026-11-13T00:00:00Z')
+        remote=RemoteIssue(id=1,number=1,title='WM-001: Video',body='',state='open',labels=('engineering-method','priority:p1','status:open','custom'),updated_at='2026-11-13T00:00:00Z')
+        with unittest.mock.patch.object(issues,'METHOD_LABEL','writing-method'):
+            desired=issues._desired_remote_labels(item,remote)
+        self.assertEqual(('custom','writing-method','priority:p1','status:in-progress'),desired)
 
 class MethodIdentityTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_writing_archive_uses_committed_manifest_identity(self):