diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl b/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl
index fd4bf051..36c83222 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl
@@ -278,6 +278,23 @@ namespace eval ::punkboot::lib {
 
         return "${plat}-${cpu}"
     }
+    proc platform_punk {} {
+        #canonical punkshell platform-dir name: platform_generic normalized.
+        #INLINE COPY of punk::platform::normalize (src/modules/punk/platform-*.tm;
+        #'help platforms' documents the canon) - the boot stage cannot package
+        #require, so keep this mapping in sync with that module:
+        #amd64->x86_64, aarch64->arm64, macos->macosx, macosx arm->arm64.
+        set parts [split [platform_generic] -]
+        set cpu [lindex $parts end]
+        set os  [join [lrange $parts 0 end-1] -]
+        if {$os eq "macos"} {set os macosx}
+        switch -- $cpu {
+            amd64   {set cpu x86_64}
+            aarch64 {set cpu arm64}
+            arm     {if {$os eq "macosx"} {set cpu arm64}}
+        }
+        return "${os}-${cpu}"
+    }
 
 }
 
@@ -370,7 +387,7 @@ set startdir [pwd]
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set bootsupport_module_paths    [list]
 set bootsupport_library_paths   [list]
-set this_platform_generic [punkboot::lib::platform_generic]
+set this_platform_generic [punkboot::lib::platform_punk] ;#normalized punkshell platform-dir name (punk::platform canon)
 #we always create these lists in order of desired precedence.
 # - this is the same order when adding to auto_path - but will need to be reversed when using tcl:tm::add
 if {[file exists [file join $::punkboot::scriptfolder bootsupport]]} {
diff --git a/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/basic/src/make.tcl b/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/basic/src/make.tcl
index fd4bf051..36c83222 100644
--- a/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/basic/src/make.tcl
+++ b/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/basic/src/make.tcl
@@ -278,6 +278,23 @@ namespace eval ::punkboot::lib {
 
         return "${plat}-${cpu}"
     }
+    proc platform_punk {} {
+        #canonical punkshell platform-dir name: platform_generic normalized.
+        #INLINE COPY of punk::platform::normalize (src/modules/punk/platform-*.tm;
+        #'help platforms' documents the canon) - the boot stage cannot package
+        #require, so keep this mapping in sync with that module:
+        #amd64->x86_64, aarch64->arm64, macos->macosx, macosx arm->arm64.
+        set parts [split [platform_generic] -]
+        set cpu [lindex $parts end]
+        set os  [join [lrange $parts 0 end-1] -]
+        if {$os eq "macos"} {set os macosx}
+        switch -- $cpu {
+            amd64   {set cpu x86_64}
+            aarch64 {set cpu arm64}
+            arm     {if {$os eq "macosx"} {set cpu arm64}}
+        }
+        return "${os}-${cpu}"
+    }
 
 }
 
@@ -370,7 +387,7 @@ set startdir [pwd]
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set bootsupport_module_paths    [list]
 set bootsupport_library_paths   [list]
-set this_platform_generic [punkboot::lib::platform_generic]
+set this_platform_generic [punkboot::lib::platform_punk] ;#normalized punkshell platform-dir name (punk::platform canon)
 #we always create these lists in order of desired precedence.
 # - this is the same order when adding to auto_path - but will need to be reversed when using tcl:tm::add
 if {[file exists [file join $::punkboot::scriptfolder bootsupport]]} {
diff --git a/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl b/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl
index fd4bf051..36c83222 100644
--- a/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl
+++ b/src/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/src/make.tcl
@@ -278,6 +278,23 @@ namespace eval ::punkboot::lib {
 
         return "${plat}-${cpu}"
     }
+    proc platform_punk {} {
+        #canonical punkshell platform-dir name: platform_generic normalized.
+        #INLINE COPY of punk::platform::normalize (src/modules/punk/platform-*.tm;
+        #'help platforms' documents the canon) - the boot stage cannot package
+        #require, so keep this mapping in sync with that module:
+        #amd64->x86_64, aarch64->arm64, macos->macosx, macosx arm->arm64.
+        set parts [split [platform_generic] -]
+        set cpu [lindex $parts end]
+        set os  [join [lrange $parts 0 end-1] -]
+        if {$os eq "macos"} {set os macosx}
+        switch -- $cpu {
+            amd64   {set cpu x86_64}
+            aarch64 {set cpu arm64}
+            arm     {if {$os eq "macosx"} {set cpu arm64}}
+        }
+        return "${os}-${cpu}"
+    }
 
 }
 
@@ -370,7 +387,7 @@ set startdir [pwd]
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set bootsupport_module_paths    [list]
 set bootsupport_library_paths   [list]
-set this_platform_generic [punkboot::lib::platform_generic]
+set this_platform_generic [punkboot::lib::platform_punk] ;#normalized punkshell platform-dir name (punk::platform canon)
 #we always create these lists in order of desired precedence.
 # - this is the same order when adding to auto_path - but will need to be reversed when using tcl:tm::add
 if {[file exists [file join $::punkboot::scriptfolder bootsupport]]} {