diff --git a/.github/workflows/governance-drift.yml b/.github/workflows/governance-drift.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f19c4c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/governance-drift.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Governance drift
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '23 3 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  drift:
+    name: drift
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Compare the twin repositories
+        run: sh pr-governance/scripts/check-twin-drift.sh
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00750ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3
diff --git a/pr-governance/README.md b/pr-governance/README.md
index b21cae3..025ed62 100644
--- a/pr-governance/README.md
+++ b/pr-governance/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ A pull request may merge when all of these hold:
 Branch protection, not this action, is the merge constraint. The action only
 publishes evidence; it cannot merge, label, or write repository contents.
 
+The gate applies to repositories that build, deploy or run code. A repository
+that only publishes a static site through a `pages` workflow keeps that
+deployment workflow and is exempt from the gate.
+
 ## Risk tiers
 
 | Tier | Typical paths | Requirement |
@@ -64,7 +68,10 @@ organization community-health files.
    `reviewer` and repository-specific `r2_paths`. Leave `owner` out: account
    identities belong in protected configuration, so the action reads
    `RISK_GATE_OWNER_ID` and `RISK_GATE_OWNER` from repository or organization
-   variables and replaces `owner` when they are set.
+   variables and replaces `owner` when they are set. A repository whose content
+   rules keep accounts out of public source may also leave `reviewer` out and
+   set `RISK_GATE_REVIEWER_APP_ID`, `RISK_GATE_REVIEWER_USER_ID` and
+   `RISK_GATE_REVIEWER_LOGIN` instead; a partial set fails closed.
 2. Copy `templates/risk-gate.yml`, `templates/codex-nudge.yml`,
    `templates/gitleaks.yml` and `templates/weekly-secret-scan.yml` into
    `.github/workflows/`, replacing `__GOVERNANCE_REPO__` with the
@@ -82,7 +89,8 @@ organization community-health files.
 
 The owner identity comes from the `RISK_GATE_OWNER_ID` and `RISK_GATE_OWNER`
 variables. A policy that still carries `owner` keeps working until the
-variables are set, but no account identity is required in the file.
+variables are set, but no account identity is required in the file. The
+reviewer follows the same rule through the `RISK_GATE_REVIEWER_*` variables.
 
 ## Trust model
 
@@ -120,6 +128,15 @@ a fresh review instead of silently reusing one.
 ## Private repositories
 
 GitHub Free does not provide branch protection or secret scanning for private
-repositories, and hosted Actions may be billing-blocked. Use the local track:
-the same policy file, a pre-push hook and `scripts/local` commands recording
-the same receipt and scan results locally. See `docs/private-repositories.md`.
+repositories, and hosted Actions may be billing-blocked. Private repositories
+use a local enforcement track instead: Git hooks that reject staged credentials,
+unconventional commit headers, direct pushes to a protected branch, and
+non-fast-forward pushes, plus an audit over the tracked tree.
+
+
+## Twin repositories
+
+`pr-governance/` is byte-identical in `Pigbibi/governance`, `GdeiAssistant/.github`
+and `QuantStrategyLab/.github`; `VERSION` names the shared revision. Each
+repository runs `scripts/check-twin-drift.sh` weekly and on demand. A change to
+any shared file is applied to all three before the drift check can pass.
diff --git a/pr-governance/scripts/__pycache__/secret_scan.cpython-313.pyc b/pr-governance/scripts/__pycache__/secret_scan.cpython-313.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 856784b..0000000
Binary files a/pr-governance/scripts/__pycache__/secret_scan.cpython-313.pyc and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/pr-governance/scripts/check-twin-drift.sh b/pr-governance/scripts/check-twin-drift.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d892b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pr-governance/scripts/check-twin-drift.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Compare the shared governance content across the three twin repositories.
+set -eu
+
+REPOS="Pigbibi/governance GdeiAssistant/.github QuantStrategyLab/.github"
+base=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)
+tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT
+status=0
+
+for repo in $REPOS; do
+  slug=$(printf '%s' "$repo" | tr '/' '_')
+  mkdir -p "$tmp/$slug"
+  archive="$tmp/$slug.tar.gz"
+  if ! curl --fail --silent --show-error --location --retry 2 \
+      "https://codeload.github.com/$repo/tar.gz/refs/heads/main" --output "$archive"; then
+    echo "cannot download $repo" >&2
+    status=1
+    continue
+  fi
+  if ! tar -xzf "$archive" -C "$tmp/$slug" --strip-components=1; then
+    echo "cannot extract $repo" >&2
+    status=1
+    continue
+  fi
+  for path in pr-governance VERSION; do
+    if ! diff -ru -x '__pycache__' "$base/$path" "$tmp/$slug/$path"; then
+      echo "drift: $path differs from $repo" >&2
+      status=1
+    fi
+  done
+done
+
+exit $status
diff --git a/pr-governance/scripts/main.cjs b/pr-governance/scripts/main.cjs
index 22c3e1b..f1ba8ce 100644
--- a/pr-governance/scripts/main.cjs
+++ b/pr-governance/scripts/main.cjs
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ function configuredOwner() {
   return { user_id: id, login };
 }
 
+// The reviewer is the same kind of account identity, so a repository that keeps
+// accounts out of public source can configure it the same way. A partial set
+// fails closed instead of falling back to a committed identity.
+function configuredReviewer() {
+  const appId = process.env.GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_APP_ID;
+  const userId = process.env.GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_USER_ID;
+  const login = process.env.GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_LOGIN;
+  if (!appId && !userId && !login) return null;
+  const app = Number(appId);
+  const user = Number(userId);
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(app) || app < 1 || !Number.isSafeInteger(user) || user < 1
+    || typeof login !== 'string' || !login) {
+    throw new Error('Incomplete reviewer configuration');
+  }
+  return { provider: process.env.GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_PROVIDER || 'codex', app_id: app, user_id: user, login };
+}
+
 async function defaultBranch(github, context) {
   const known = context.payload?.repository?.default_branch
     || context.payload?.pull_request?.base?.ref;
@@ -45,6 +62,8 @@ async function loadPolicy(github, context, branch) {
   }
   const owner = configuredOwner();
   if (owner) policy.owner = owner;
+  const reviewer = configuredReviewer();
+  if (reviewer) policy.reviewer = reviewer;
   gate.validatePolicy(policy);
   // Without an owner nobody can ever satisfy owner-approved, so a missing
   // configuration must fail the check instead of silently downgrading it.
diff --git a/pr-governance/scripts/test-main.cjs b/pr-governance/scripts/test-main.cjs
index ef16177..f71db46 100644
--- a/pr-governance/scripts/test-main.cjs
+++ b/pr-governance/scripts/test-main.cjs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ async function load(policy, environment) {
   } finally {
     delete process.env.GOVERNANCE_OWNER_ID;
     delete process.env.GOVERNANCE_OWNER_LOGIN;
+    delete process.env.GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_APP_ID;
+    delete process.env.GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_USER_ID;
+    delete process.env.GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_LOGIN;
     Object.assign(process.env, saved);
   }
 }
@@ -57,6 +60,27 @@ test('a policy without owner and without variables fails closed', async () => {
   await assert.rejects(load(POLICY, {}));
 });
 
+const OWNER_ENV = { GOVERNANCE_OWNER_ID: '42', GOVERNANCE_OWNER_LOGIN: 'owner' };
+const REVIEWER_ENV = { ...OWNER_ENV, GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_APP_ID: '7',
+  GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_USER_ID: '8', GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_LOGIN: 'reviewer[bot]' };
+
+test('reviewer configuration replaces a committed reviewer', async () => {
+  const { policy } = await load(POLICY, REVIEWER_ENV);
+  assert.deepEqual(policy.reviewer, { provider: 'codex', app_id: 7, user_id: 8, login: 'reviewer[bot]' });
+});
+
+test('a policy without reviewer is valid when the variables are set', async () => {
+  const { reviewer, ...rest } = POLICY;
+  const { policy } = await load(rest, REVIEWER_ENV);
+  assert.deepEqual(policy.reviewer, { provider: 'codex', app_id: 7, user_id: 8, login: 'reviewer[bot]' });
+});
+
+test('an incomplete reviewer configuration fails closed', async () => {
+  await assert.rejects(load(POLICY, { GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_APP_ID: '7' }), /reviewer configuration/);
+  await assert.rejects(load(POLICY, { ...REVIEWER_ENV, GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_USER_ID: '0' }),
+    /reviewer configuration/);
+});
+
 test('an incomplete owner configuration fails closed', async () => {
   await assert.rejects(load(POLICY, { GOVERNANCE_OWNER_ID: '42' }), /owner configuration/);
   await assert.rejects(load(POLICY,
diff --git a/pr-governance/templates/risk-gate.yml b/pr-governance/templates/risk-gate.yml
index 1c68191..8a1a7af 100644
--- a/pr-governance/templates/risk-gate.yml
+++ b/pr-governance/templates/risk-gate.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GOVERNANCE_OWNER_ID: ${{ vars.RISK_GATE_OWNER_ID }}
           GOVERNANCE_OWNER_LOGIN: ${{ vars.RISK_GATE_OWNER }}
+          # Optional: a repository that keeps account identifiers out of public
+          # source configures the reviewer here instead of in policy.json.
+          GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_APP_ID: ${{ vars.RISK_GATE_REVIEWER_APP_ID }}
+          GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_USER_ID: ${{ vars.RISK_GATE_REVIEWER_USER_ID }}
+          GOVERNANCE_REVIEWER_LOGIN: ${{ vars.RISK_GATE_REVIEWER_LOGIN }}
         with:
           mode: gate
           record-label: 'false'