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refactor(pressure-test): main context is the main brain; subagents are scoped instruments - #31

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Replaces the per-pillar subagent fan-out: the main context runs the test and owns the ruling, with most of the thinking and token spend staying there. Subagents are spawned only for small scoped checks that benefit from being outside the session — challenging a belief the conversation already holds, or online research / docs verification — never the test wholesale: an agent that only orchestrates stops being the main brain.

pallaoro and others added 5 commits August 19, 2026 18:29
Humans describe what they saw on the screen, not what happened; follow
the evidence to the failing layer before fixing where it was reported.
Added to CLAUDE.md, fanned out to all rule mirrors, mirrored in README,
and condensed into the always-injected hook text (with the hook comment
updated to state its admission bar).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
pressure-test now fans grounding out to parallel subagents — one per
pillar and per load-bearing claim, each gathering its own evidence in a
fresh context immune to session anchoring — then synthesizes one
recommendation. No token-thrift: invoking the command is the signal the
stakes warrant the fleet.

New §1 rule "Map the usage surface": a feature is more than the flow in
the prompt — enumerate entry points and usage variations, build what was
asked, and name the usages left out.
…e scoped instruments

Replaces the per-pillar fan-out: the main context runs the test and owns
the ruling, with most of the thinking and token spend staying there.
Subagents are spawned only for small scoped checks that benefit from
being outside the session — challenging a belief the conversation
already holds, or online research / docs verification — never the test
wholesale: an agent that only orchestrates stops being the main brain.
…-from-a

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#	README.md
#	commands/pressure-test.md
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