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diff --git a/claude-templates/.ai/workflows/work-the-backlog.org b/claude-templates/.ai/workflows/work-the-backlog.org
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--- a/claude-templates/.ai/workflows/work-the-backlog.org
+++ b/claude-templates/.ai/workflows/work-the-backlog.org
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ For the task set, in order, until the run cap is hit:
 1. *Eligibility gate* (below). Ineligible → record =skipped-ineligible=, next task.
 2. *Scope read* of the relevant code. Cheap; just enough to run the defer checklist.
 3. *Defer checklist* (below). Any hit → defer: file the =VERIFY= naming the gap and record =deferred-VERIFY= (or, under the speedrun preset, route a quick-question gap to the pre-flight Q&A), next task.
-4. *Implement* under the project's commit discipline: TDD red→green→refactor, then =/review-code --staged=, fix all Critical/Important findings, then close the task per =todo-format.md='s completion rules. Decompose into as many logical commits as the change needs — size is not capped. If implementation fails partway, leave the tree working, record =failed=, surface it, and continue to the next task.
+4. *Implement* under the project's commit discipline: TDD red→green→refactor, then the isolated adversarial review (=publish= Step 1) with its re-review loop, fix all Critical/Important findings, then close the task per =todo-format.md='s completion rules. Decompose into as many logical commits as the change needs — size is not capped. If implementation fails partway, leave the tree working, record =failed=, surface it, and continue to the next task.
 5. *Commit autonomy branch:*
    - =file-only= → surface the diff, do *not* commit. Record =implemented-diff-surfaced=.
    - =autonomous-commit= → =/voice personal= on the message, commit individually, push per the project's flow. Record =implemented-committed=.
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ A task is autonomous-safe when *both* hold. This layer is a lookup, not a judgme
 1. *Status is =TODO=* — never =VERIFY=, =DOING=, =DONE=, or =CANCELLED=. =VERIFY= marks "awaiting Craig's input"; auto-implementing one defeats the check it represents. The do-not-implement set is safe-by-omission: anything not plainly =TODO= (plus any project-declared "hold" marker) is out.
 2. *Tagged =:solo:=* — the autonomy tag, resolved against the project's priority/tag scheme header in =todo.org= (never hardcoded). =:solo:= carries the hard definition in =todo-format.md=: completable and verifiable without Craig beyond at most one or two quick decisions answerable up front, no design deliberation. A project whose scheme declares a different autonomous-safe tag set overrides the default.
 
+Terminology: *speedrunnable means tagged =:solo:=*. It does not mean =:quick:= or require =:quick:solo:=. The =TODO= status check above is the execution-state gate over that speedrunnable set.
+
 Priority and =:next:= drive *ordering* within the eligible set, not eligibility ([#A] before [#B] before [#C], then the author's ordering). =:quick:= is an effort hint for batching and duration estimates — never a gate.
 
 Task *size* is deliberately absent from this gate. A large but well-specified, decision-free task is in scope and gets decomposed into per-logical-commit chunks during implementation. Size never sends a task away; only *deliberation* or *risk* does (the checklist below).
@@ -108,7 +110,8 @@ Autonomy changes who approves, not what quality means. Per task, non-negotiable:
 
 - *TDD* per =testing.md=: red first, green, refactor. The keystone checklist item already proved the failing test is writable.
 - *Verification* per =verification.md=: fresh evidence, full suite green before any commit.
-- *=/review-code --staged=* before every commit; Critical and Important findings block until fixed.
+- *Isolated adversarial review* before every commit, dispatched per the =publish= skill's Step 1 — never an inline self-review, however small the diff. Critical and Important findings block until fixed, and each fix goes back to the *same* reviewer until it approves. Minor findings never earn another round.
+  - *When the review can't reach approval* — three rounds without it, a finding that recurs after being reported fixed, or a =Needs Discussion= verdict — the unattended run has no one to ask. Record the task =failed= with the standing findings in its result, leave the tree working, and continue to the next task. Never commit past a blocking finding because nobody is awake to adjudicate — an unreviewed commit landing overnight is the outcome this gate exists to prevent.
 - *=/voice personal=* on every commit message on the =autonomous-commit= path (or the patterns walked inline if the skill is unavailable), message printed inline so the log shows what landed.
 - *Task closure* per =todo-format.md=: depth-based completion (keyword + =CLOSED:= at level 2, dated rewrite at level 3+).
 - *One logical change per commit.* A large task becomes several commits, not one omnibus.