diff --git a/.claude/memory/decisions.md b/.claude/memory/decisions.md
index 15c51ba..c4a99fa 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/decisions.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/decisions.md
@@ -1073,3 +1073,6 @@ Audit (user ask "profile toggles externals both ways?"): ASYMMETRIC. Enable side
 
 ### BDR-080 — bug routing inverted: /bugfix primary, /investigate explicit-only [accepted] (2026-07-21)
 Old routing "Bug → investigate (bugfix if gstack off)" + gstack ON by default → every bug took path bypassing own quality pipeline (gitflow aiguillage, contract, fresh verifier + security gates, doc-sync, `.claude/memory` registries) — /bugfix relegated to near-never fallback. Skill comparison: same core doctrine (root-cause iron law, hypothesis loop, regression test, 3-strike stop, >5-files alert) but incompatible wrappers — investigate monolithic (same context investigates+fixes+verifies, ~1075-line SKILL.md w/ gstack preamble/telemetry/onboarding, capitalizes to `~/.gstack` learnings.jsonl framework never reads at session start); bugfix orchestrator (reflection inline, sonnet bugfixer executor, fresh gates — BDR-066, LRN-083). Composition rejected: skills superpose in context, don't compose — invoking investigate inside bugfix = two full workflows, two completion protocols, two memory systems loaded at once. Decision: CLAUDE.global.md routing line inverted — bugfix primary; investigate ONLY on explicit ask for gstack ecosystem (cross-project learnings, /freeze scope lock, long no-commit investigation). Alternatives rejected: keep investigate primary (bypasses framework), embed investigate inside bugfix (context conflict, dual memory). Known drift noted at write time: Index table rows BDR-074..079 missing (pre-existing, /prune-memory scope).
+
+### BDR-081 — Config recalibrated for Claude 5 family (Opus 5 dispatch tier) [accepted] (2026-07-30)
+Opus 5 (released 2026-07-24) now backs every `model: opus` pin (BDR-076/077) + any `/model opus` session. Research (official migration guide + web + registries): Opus 5 OVER-delegates (inverts LRN-030 Opus 4.8 trait that CLAUDE.global.md:43-47 compensated), self-verifies (explicit verify instructions → over-verification, "removing them reduces wasted tokens with no loss in quality"), literal following (conservative-reporting clauses depress recall; MUST/CRITICAL over-triggers), scope expansion = named regression, written deliverables +30-40%. Claude Code injects Opus-5-only anti-delegation prompt sections (heron_brook + subagent_steer_delegation, issue #80988, server-gated, no opt-out) — prose caps would triple-stack. Shipped: delegation block → model-neutral WHEN-guidance + explicit gates carve-out (verifier/security/challenge still dispatch as written); "staff engineer" self-check bar dropped; finish-whole-task clause folded into Deviations (gone-WRONG→STOP still wins); deliverable-length rule; design hook `\bux\b` dropped (`\bui\b` KEPT — 0 FP, 1 logged TP, lock-tested); plan-challenger grounded-doubt→[MINOR] in-place reword (grammar byte-identical). Plan challenged by 3 blind Opus 5 plan-challengers: correctness CONCERNS(4) / robustness FATAL(5, BLOCKER: all surfaces symlink-deployed LIVE — gates fire post-deployment) / simplicity CONCERNS(4); every fix adopted as prescribed (scratch-validation before live hook write, minimal diffs, ux-only, MINOR-routing). Alternatives rejected: leave as-is (nudge actively counter-productive); hard spawn caps in prose (harness injects one); confidence axis on challenger grammar (consumer unwired); dropping \bui\b (no evidence). NOT touched: verify-secure-loop + fresh gates (harness architecture BDR-049/050, ≠ model self-check prose); Security/Architecture sections (BDR-021); settings effortLevel xhigh (user pref — Opus 5 carry-over trap → LRN-139); superpowers plugin wording (external upstream). Plan+synthesis: .claude/tasks/plans/2026-07-30-opus5-config-tuning-1238.md. Branch feature/opus5-config-tuning, unmerged (human gate).
diff --git a/.claude/memory/journal.md b/.claude/memory/journal.md
index 78a43c9..d489fdb 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/journal.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/journal.md
@@ -427,3 +427,6 @@ rules:
 ## 2026-07-22
 - User: auto-gitignore+delete transient pipeline artifacts in all projects. Investigation reframed the ask — gitignore = WRONG tool (files read from disk during run; would break superpowers SDD `git add` of spec). BDR-065 already rejected gitignore + its DELETE side was doctrine-only (no code, manual chore slipped once — 655e364). User picks (2 recommended): keep committed-during-run + AUTOMATE delete; keep `.claude/tasks/{contracts,plans}` versioned.
 - Built `lib/gitflow.sh` `_gitflow_purge_transient` at finish (feature/bugfix, pre-merge, best-effort never-abort, opt-out `GITFLOW_PURGE_TRANSIENT=0`) + `purge-transient` CLI verb. Universal via `~/.claude/lib`→repo symlink. gitflow-test T17 a-d (10 checks, `--full-history` recovery), shellcheck clean, make test exit 0. BDR-065 amendment + [[LRN-138]]. feature/gitflow-auto-purge-transient.
+
+## 2026-07-30
+- User: Opus 5 "needs more freedom" → analyse config + adapt. Research 3-agent (registries / config audit / web) + official migration guide: over-delegation (inverts LRN-030), over-verification, literal following, scope expansion, #80988 injections. Plan challenged 3 blind Opus 5 plan-challengers — robustness FATAL (BLOCKER: symlink-live deployment), all fixes adopted. Shipped: CLAUDE.global.md recalibrated (delegation when-guidance, staff-bar dropped, finish-whole-task, deliverable-length; 308/320), design hook \bux\b dropped flip-tested (22/0), plan-challenger grounded-doubt→[MINOR] (44/0). BDR-081 + LRN-139. feature/opus5-config-tuning, UNMERGED.
diff --git a/.claude/memory/learnings.md b/.claude/memory/learnings.md
index 2a4d04a..1c27fa5 100644
--- a/.claude/memory/learnings.md
+++ b/.claude/memory/learnings.md
@@ -1355,3 +1355,9 @@ rules:
 - **context**: user asked to gitignore transient planning artifacts (`docs/superpowers/{specs,plans}`, `.claude/tasks/{contracts,plans}`) to stop them merging. BDR-065 had already REJECTED gitignore for docs/superpowers on the git-travel ground; the real gap was the DELETE side never being coded (doctrine-only manual chore, slipped once — 655e364). Built `_gitflow_purge_transient`.
 - **future application**: "don't merge transient X" → ask: does the run read X from disk? does X travel via git (worktree, foreign checkout)? Yes → auto-purge at finish, not gitignore. Scoped commit `-- <paths>` avoids sweeping a dirty index; `git diff --quiet HEAD -- paths` precheck makes `git rm` all-or-nothing safe; keep the purge best-effort so cleanup NEVER blocks a merge. Prove archive-reachability with `git log --full-history` / `git show <sha>:path` — plain `git log -- path` prunes the purged add-commit via history simplification (bit me writing T17).
 - **link**: [[BDR-065]].
+
+## LRN-139 — model-trait compensations invert across generations; state WHEN-guidance, not direction (2026-07-30)
+- **pattern**: config rules that COMPENSATE a model trait become counter-productive when the next generation inverts the trait. LRN-030 (Opus 4.8 under-delegates → "Default to delegation… counters under-delegation") inverted by Opus 5 (delegates MORE readily, official guide) — the rule pushed the failure the model now has. Same class: explicit verify instructions → over-verification; conservative-reporting clauses → literal recall suppression; MUST/CRITICAL → over-triggering.
+- **Opus 5 traps found**: (a) Claude Code injects Opus-5-only anti-delegation prompt sections (heron_brook + subagent_steer_delegation, issue #80988; server-gated, no opt-out, absent from transcripts) — own prose stacks on top blindly; (b) NO model-default effort hold on Opus 5 — persisted effortLevel (xhigh, settings.json) silently carries over, against "start high, sweep low/medium"; run /effort sweep per model; (c) effort does NOT shorten visible output/deliverables — only prose length rules do (+30-40% docs).
+- **future application**: at every model-generation bump, grep config for trait-compensating language ("counters model tendency…", "default to X") and re-verify the premise; prefer WHEN-guidance (conditions where X pays) over directional nudges — survives inversions unchanged.
+- **link**: [[LRN-030]] [[BDR-081]].
diff --git a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
index cc2c8cb..9e6c2a4 100644
--- a/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
+++ b/.claude/tasks/TODO.md
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 # TODO
 
+## 2026-07-30 — adapt config for Claude 5 family / Opus 5 (feature/opus5-config-tuning)
+User: Opus 5 "needs more freedom" → research (official migration guide +
+web + registres) confirms: over-delegates (inverts LRN-030 Opus 4.8 trait),
+over-verifies if told to verify, literal instruction following, scope
+expansion named regression, harness already injects anti-delegation on
+Opus 5 (#80988). Plan: .claude/tasks/plans/2026-07-30-opus5-config-tuning-1238.md
+— to be challenged by 3 blind plan-challengers (opus pins → Opus 5), then
+executed on feature branch. NO merge (human gate).
+Challenged 2026-07-30: correctness CONCERNS(4) · robustness FATAL(5, 1
+BLOCKER: symlink-live deployment) · simplicity CONCERNS(4) — all fixes
+adopted as prescribed (plan §5bis, v2 items below).
+- [x] W0 branch first (eab2a10 parent); hook regex validated on scratch copy
+      (bash -n + shellcheck + 5 replays, HOME sandboxed) before live write
+- [x] W1 delegation block v2 (when-guidance + gates carve-out + scoped don't-redo) — 0f7b565
+- [x] W2 "staff engineer" bar line deleted — 0f7b565
+- [x] W3 finish-whole-task folded into Deviations (+ gone-WRONG→STOP) — 0f7b565
+- [x] W4 deliverable-length rule — 0f7b565
+- [x] W5 line budget: 308/320
+- [x] W6 hook \bux\b dropped, \bui\b kept + F10 must-fire lock, D11 quiet row
+      flip-tested (fire before/quiet after) — eab2a10, suite 22/0
+- [x] W7 plan-challenger :82-83 reworded → [MINOR] routing, census row — c3d3f4d, 44/0
+- [x] W8 BDR-081 + LRN-139 + journal + CHANGELOG
+- [ ] W9 final gate: make test full suite
+- [ ] W10 no gitflow finish (human gate) — merge only on explicit user signal
+
 ## 2026-07-22 — auto-purge transient superpowers artifacts at finish (feature/gitflow-auto-purge-transient)
 User: transient planning artifacts (`docs/superpowers/{specs,plans}`) leak into
 develop; BDR-065 "post-merge cleanup" is DOCTRINE ONLY (no code) — manual chore,
diff --git a/.claude/tasks/plans/2026-07-30-opus5-config-tuning-1238.md b/.claude/tasks/plans/2026-07-30-opus5-config-tuning-1238.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9c2c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/tasks/plans/2026-07-30-opus5-config-tuning-1238.md
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+# PLAN — Adapt claude-config for the Claude 5 family (Opus 5 focus)
+
+Date: 2026-07-30 · Branch (planned): feature/opus5-config-tuning (off develop)
+KIND: build-plan · Author: main-loop session (Fable 5)
+
+## 1. Context & evidence
+
+Opus 5 (`claude-opus-5`, released 2026-07-24) now backs every `model: opus`
+agent pin in this repo (analyzer, plan-challenger, seo/geo-analyzer,
+plugin-advisor — BDR-076/077) and any session the user switches to via
+`/model opus`. Its documented behavioral profile differs from Opus 4.8 in
+ways that make parts of this config counterproductive:
+
+- E1 **Over-delegation**: Opus 5 "delegates to subagents more readily than
+  prior models" (official prompting guide). Opus 4.8 had the OPPOSITE trait
+  (LRN-030), and `CLAUDE.global.md:43-47` was written to counter it
+  ("Counters model tendency to under-delegate"). The premise is inverted.
+- E2 **Anti-delegation already injected by the harness**: Claude Code
+  v2.1.219 server-gates an Opus-5-only prompt section (`heron_brook` +
+  `subagent_steer_delegation`, GitHub issue #80988) that says "Do not call
+  the AgentTool unless the user requested it" and "Subagents multiply cost
+  and time…". Stacking our own hard cap on top would triple-constrain;
+  keeping a pro-delegation nudge would fight the injection. Model-neutral
+  when-guidance is the stable middle.
+- E3 **Over-verification**: official guidance — "If your prompt contains
+  explicit verification instructions … remove them: instructions like these
+  cause over-verification on Claude Opus 5, and removing them reduces wasted
+  tokens with no loss in quality." Also true of per-prompt "double-check"
+  phrasing. Targets PROSE told to the model, not harness-level gates.
+- E4 **Scope expansion**: named Opus 5 regression ("can expand the scope of
+  a task, adding steps that weren't requested"). Anthropic ships a literal
+  counter-block; tested to reduce scope changes "to nearly zero".
+- E5 **Literal instruction following** (since 4.7, stronger now): aggressive
+  MUST/CRITICAL language over-triggers; conservative-reporting instructions
+  ("only report high-severity") measurably depress recall in review/challenge
+  harnesses.
+- E6 **Longer written deliverables**: files written to disk run ~30-40%
+  longer; `effort` does NOT control visible/deliverable length — only prose
+  instructions do.
+- E7 **Overconstraint costs reasoning**: Anthropic removed >80% of Claude
+  Code's system prompt for Claude-5-generation models "with no measurable
+  loss"; named mechanism = tokens burned resolving conflicting rules.
+- E8 **Hook false positive (today)**: `\bux\b` in
+  `hooks/design-toolchain-reminder.sh:47` fired on French prose ("changement
+  ux vu" — matches after apostrophe/slash/space); 2nd `ux` FP in the log,
+  both French. Continues the LRN-1005/1007 false-positive series. No test
+  row covers `\bui\b`/`\bux\b`.
+- E9 **Effort carry-over trap**: Opus 5 has no model-default effort hold in
+  Claude Code — a persisted `xhigh` (our `settings.json:333`) silently
+  carries onto Opus 5 sessions, against Anthropic's "start at high, sweep
+  low/medium" guidance for that model.
+
+## 2. Design decisions
+
+- D1 The global instruction layer must be MODEL-NEUTRAL across the Claude 5
+  family (sessions run Fable 5 by default; dispatched judgment agents run
+  Opus 5; executors Sonnet). Fixes therefore express WHEN-guidance and
+  outcome bars, not directional compensation for one model's trait.
+- D2 Harness-level quality gates (fresh blind verifier + security-auditor,
+  BDR-049/050; plan-challenge, BDR-075) are architecture, not model
+  self-check prompting. They stay. E3 applies only to prose that tells the
+  MODEL to verify its own work.
+- D3 Per BDR-021, the Security and Architecture-decisions sections of
+  CLAUDE.global.md stay verbatim (deliberate policy). No softening there.
+- D4 Registries are append-only: LRN-030 is not edited; a new LRN records
+  the trait inversion and points back to it.
+- D5 Deterministic backstops (gitflow pre-commit, Gitea protection,
+  permissions.deny, rtk pinning) are explicitly out of "more freedom" scope
+  — community reports show Opus 5 working AROUND soft controls, which argues
+  for keeping hard ones.
+
+## 3. Work items
+
+### W1 — CLAUDE.global.md: rewrite the delegation block (:43-47)
+Replace the 5-line block (incl. "Default to delegation for multi-file
+exploration. Counters model tendency to under-delegate.") with model-neutral
+when-guidance, same footprint (≤5 lines):
+
+```
+- Sub-agents: one task per sub-agent, main context stays clean.
+  Delegate genuinely independent, sizeable tracks (wide multi-file
+  exploration, parallel audits) — not work doable in a few tool
+  calls, and not self-verification (harness gates own that). Brief
+  precisely, then commit to the delegation — don't redo its work.
+```
+Rationale: E1+E2. No hard spawn cap in prose (harness already injects one on
+Opus 5; Fable benefits from delegation).
+
+### W2 — CLAUDE.global.md: reframe "After code changes" (:75-83)
+Keep the concrete quality bar; drop the proof-mandate/self-check phrasing
+(E3). Replace steps 2-4 with faithful-outcome reporting:
+
+```
+## After code changes
+1. Run tests, lint, build, type-check if available.
+2. Report outcomes faithfully: what passed, what wasn't run,
+   remaining risks, surviving deviations. Completion claims only
+   for verified work.
+3. Correction or notable event → capitalize to right registry.
+```
+Net: -2 lines. "Would staff engineer approve?" bar and "Don't mark complete
+without proof" are removed as self-check choreography; honest-reporting
+line preserves the intent (grounded completion claims) without mandating an
+extra verification pass.
+
+### W3 — CLAUDE.global.md: add scope fence (Workflow section)
+Append (adapted from Anthropic's tested block, caveman-compressed, ~5 lines):
+
+```
+- Scope: deliver what was asked, at the scope intended. Routine
+  judgment calls → decide alone; materially different readings →
+  ask. Better approach spotted → say so in one line, still do the
+  task as asked. Finish the whole task; genuinely blocked → do the
+  rest, state plainly what's missing.
+```
+Rationale: E4. Complements existing "Scope changes to task — no unrelated
+edits" (line ~15) without contradicting it.
+
+### W4 — CLAUDE.global.md: add deliverable-length rule (Code style / Comments area)
+~2 lines:
+
+```
+- Written deliverables (docs, reports, .md): length matched to what
+  the task needs — no filler sections, no boilerplate summaries.
+```
+Rationale: E6. Registries already covered by caveman rule.
+
+### W5 — Line budget
+After W1-W4: expected ~309 lines. Hard check: `wc -l CLAUDE.global.md` ≤ 320
+(session-start.sh warning threshold at :202-213).
+
+### W6 — hooks/design-toolchain-reminder.sh: drop `\bui\b` and `\bux\b`
+- Remove the two 2-char alternatives from the pattern at :47. Keep
+  `ui/ux|ux/ui|ui kit` and all other tokens.
+- Add a dated header comment (3rd tightening pass, 2026-07-30, cites the
+  two French-prose `ux` FPs; series LRN-1005/1007).
+- Trade-off accepted: a bare "améliore l'ux" prompt with no other design
+  token goes quiet — the CLAUDE.global.md "Design work" section still
+  routes it (the hook is a belt, self-described soft nudge).
+- Update `lib/tests/design-toolchain-reminder.test.sh`: add 2 quiet rows
+  (the real FP prompt excerpt; a bare "l'ui" French sentence) — flip-tested
+  per LRN-096. Existing 9 must-fire rows unaffected (none uses ui/ux).
+
+### W7 — agents/plan-challenger.md: coverage-first reporting line
+Add one clause to the findings rules (add-only, no removal): uncertain or
+low-severity findings are REPORTED with an explicit confidence + severity
+tag rather than self-censored — severity filtering happens in the
+orchestrator's synthesis, not in the challenger. Rationale: E5 (literal
+Opus 5 + "manufactured concern is a failure" wording risks suppressing real
+low-confidence findings). Must not touch: verdict grammar, MANDATORY PROOF
+clause, blind-dispatch rules (test-locked in plan-challenger.test.sh).
+
+### W8 — Memory + docs capitalization (same branch, follows the work)
+- decisions.md: new BDR (config adapted for Claude 5 family — scope,
+  rationale, alternatives incl. "leave config as-is" and "hard spawn caps"
+  rejected).
+- learnings.md: new LRN — Opus 5 behavioral profile (over-delegation
+  inverts LRN-030's Opus 4.8 trait; over-verification; literal following;
+  no effort hold on Opus 5 in Claude Code; heron_brook/#80988 injection).
+- journal.md: one line.
+- CHANGELOG.md: entry under Unreleased.
+
+### W9 — Gates (before commit)
+- `shellcheck hooks/design-toolchain-reminder.sh` clean.
+- Manual flip-test of the hook: FP prompt → quiet; "redesign the navbar" →
+  fires.
+- `make test` full suite green (design-toolchain-reminder.test.sh,
+  plan-challenger.test.sh, model-routing.test.sh untouched-but-must-pass,
+  curated-config-guard, loops-light…).
+- `wc -l CLAUDE.global.md` ≤ 320.
+
+### W10 — Gitflow
+`bash ~/.claude/lib/gitflow.sh start feature opus5-config-tuning` off
+develop; atomic commits (hook+test / CLAUDE.global.md / agent / memory+docs);
+NO `gitflow finish` — merge only on explicit human signal.
+
+## 4. Explicitly NOT doing (considered, rejected)
+
+- N1 Touching lib/verify-secure-loop.md or the fresh-verifier/security
+  gates: harness architecture (BDR-049/050, D2), verifies SONNET executor
+  output — not Opus 5 self-check prose.
+- N2 Softening the Security / Architecture sections (BDR-021, D3).
+- N3 Editing the superpowers plugin's "1% chance → MUST invoke" language:
+  external upstream code; flagged as residual over-triggering risk in the
+  new LRN, revisit as its own decision if observed.
+- N4 Changing `settings.json` `effortLevel: "xhigh"`: user preference,
+  optimal for the Fable 5 session default; the Opus 5 carry-over trap (E9)
+  is documented in the LRN + surfaced to the user for a manual decision.
+- N5 De-prescribing seo-analyzer.md / geo-analyzer.md (1528/1106 lines,
+  heavy MUST density): separate project, backlog note in TODO.md.
+- N6 Removing or session-gating the design/ctx7 reminder hooks: soft
+  nudges, cheap, deliberately built; tightened only (W6).
+- N7 Any model pin change: `model: opus` pins now resolve to Opus 5 —
+  desired outcome, census (model-routing.test.sh) untouched.
+- N8 Committing settings.json for any reason (LRN-098/1049 /model-churn
+  trap): file is currently clean; keep it out of every commit.
+
+## 5bis. CHALLENGE SYNTHESIS (2026-07-30) — FINAL amendments (v2)
+
+Verdicts: correctness CONCERNS(4) · robustness FATAL(5, 1 BLOCKER) ·
+simplicity CONCERNS(4). Every fix below is the challenger's own named FIX,
+adopted as written. No re-challenge pass: scope narrowed, no new dependency;
+W0 is an execution-time safety procedure, not a new config mechanism.
+
+- **W0 (NEW — robustness BLOCKER)**: all edited surfaces are symlink-deployed
+  LIVE (~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, hooks/, agents/ → this repo); edits take effect
+  machine-wide at save time, before any W9 gate. Mitigations:
+  (a) `gitflow start` BEFORE any live-file edit; never checkout develop
+  mid-work; (b) hook regex change validated on a SCRATCH copy first
+  (bash -n + shellcheck + pattern replay), then written to the live file in
+  ONE atomic Edit; (c) named reverts: `git show develop:<file> > <file>`;
+  escape hatch = remove the hook registration block from settings.json.
+- **W1 v2** (robustness#3, correctness#2): replacement text carves out the
+  mandated gates explicitly and scopes "don't redo":
+  "Skill-mandated gates (fresh verifier/security/challenge) always dispatch
+  as written. Don't redo delegated work by hand — failed gates re-dispatch
+  fresh executors instead."
+- **W2 v2** (simplicity#2): minimal diff — delete ONLY the line
+  `Bar: "would staff engineer approve?"`. Steps 1-4 + capitalize step stay.
+- **W3 v2** (simplicity#1, robustness#4): no new bullet. Fold the only new
+  clause into the existing Deviations bullet: "Finish the whole task:
+  blocked on an independent sub-part → do the rest, state what's missing.
+  Gone WRONG → still STOP, re-plan." (net +2 lines, no conflict with :53).
+- **W4**: unchanged (+2 lines). Budget v2: 304 +1 −1 +2 +2 = 308 ≤ 320.
+- **W6 v2** (all lenses): drop `\bux\b` ONLY — keep `\bui\b` (zero evidenced
+  FP; one logged true positive). Accepted trade-off: the 2026-07-21 "ameliore
+  le tutoriel…gamifier" ux row (plausible TP) goes quiet; CLAUDE.global.md
+  design-routing section remains the router. Header comment notes the log
+  records `head -1` only → per-token FP rate not fully derivable. Tests:
+  quiet row = synthetic "changement ux vu…" (verified matches pre-change →
+  flips); must-fire row = "revois l'ui du panneau admin" (locks `\bui\b`;
+  apostrophe escaped correctly, doubles as JSON-path control per
+  robustness#7). No log-excerpt rows (vacuous — 100-char truncation).
+- **W7 v2** (all lenses): in-place reword of the `:82-83` sentence (NOT
+  test-locked; plan v1 misstated that) instead of an add-only clause:
+  "No invention — ungrounded is noise. Silently dropping a grounded doubt is
+  equally a failure: file it as `[MINOR]` with the uncertainty stated in
+  `WHY:`. Nothing real at all → `SOLID` with `FINDINGS: none`."
+  OUTPUT grammar byte-identical; no confidence axis; no consumer change.
+  Census: add `has "$A" "grounded doubt"` row to plan-challenger.test.sh in
+  the same commit.
+- **W9 v2**: adds the W0 scratch-validation step; rest unchanged.
+- **W10 v2**: branch creation moves FIRST in execution order.
+
+## 5. Constraints for challengers
+
+- Registries append-only; curation only via /prune-memory.
+- Census tests lock behavior: any hook/agent edit must land with its test
+  update in the same commit; `make test` must stay green.
+- CLAUDE.global.md ≤ 320 lines (runtime warning threshold).
+- BDR-021: Security + Architecture sections verbatim.
+- Gitflow: feature branch off develop, no merge without human signal.
+- The global file serves ALL models (Fable sessions, Opus 5 dispatches,
+  Sonnet executors read skill/agent prompts instead) — no Opus-5-only
+  wording in CLAUDE.global.md.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7df2b7..e8769b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- **Global instruction layer recalibrated for the Claude 5 family (BDR-081)** —
+  delegation block is now model-neutral when-guidance (the Opus 4.8
+  under-delegation counter inverted on Opus 5, which over-delegates and gets
+  an injected harness cap); "staff engineer" self-check bar dropped (Opus 5
+  over-verification trigger); finish-whole-task clause added to Deviations;
+  written-deliverable length rule added. 308/320 lines.
+- **design-toolchain hook** — dropped `\bux\b` (2 French-prose false
+  positives; 3rd tightening pass, series LRN-1005/1007); `\bui\b` kept and
+  locked by a must-fire test row.
+- **plan-challenger** — grounded-but-uncertain findings now file as `[MINOR]`
+  with the uncertainty stated, instead of being self-censored (Opus 5 follows
+  conservative-reporting clauses literally).
+
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