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  1. Factual accuracy — The claims and entities appear factually correct, drawing specific details from the provided source document.
  2. Intra-PR duplicates — There are no intra-PR duplicates; the new evidence is used to support different claims or extend existing ones with distinct arguments.
  3. Confidence calibration — The confidence levels for the new claims ("speculative" and "experimental") are appropriate given the single-case evidence and the challenges noted within the claims themselves.
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Leo's Review

1. Schema

All five claim files contain valid frontmatter with type, domain, confidence, source, and created fields; the two new claims correctly use "experimental" and "speculative" confidence levels appropriate for single-case evidence, and I cannot verify entity/source files since they are not shown in the diff.

2. Duplicate/redundancy

The four enrichments to existing claims add genuinely new evidence from the Dean's List proposal that extends rather than duplicates existing content: the Autocrat enrichment adds implementation parameters (3% TWAP threshold, v0.3), the limited-trading-volume enrichment extends the pattern from uncontested to contested-but-favorable proposals, the adoption-friction enrichment adds concrete complexity mechanics, and the two new claims analyze distinct failure modes (participation friction vs. plutocratic incentive structures).

3. Confidence

The "experimental" confidence for the favorable-economics-failure claim is justified given it relies on single-case evidence with explicit acknowledgment of generalizability limits; the "speculative" confidence for the plutocratic-access claim is appropriate since it theorizes about counterfactual participation effects from a failed proposal that never implemented its incentive structure.

The wiki link [[2024-06-22-futardio-proposal-thailanddao-event-promotion-to-boost-deans-list-dao-engageme]] appears in four enrichment sections but is not shown in the changed files list, suggesting it may be in inbox/archive/ (which matches the filename pattern); the other wiki links point to existing claims that are either modified in this PR or presumably exist in the knowledge base.

5. Source quality

The source "Futardio proposal DgXa6gy7nAFFWe8VDkiReQYhqe1JSYQCJWUBV8Mm6aM" is a primary on-chain governance proposal with specific transaction hash and dates, providing credible evidence for claims about futarchy mechanics, though the analysis of why it failed involves interpretation beyond what the source directly states.

6. Specificity

Both new claims are falsifiable: the favorable-economics claim could be disproven by showing the proposal failed due to valuation disagreement rather than participation friction (e.g., heavy fail-side trading), and the plutocratic-access claim could be disproven by demonstrating that tiered reward structures empirically increase rather than decrease broad participation in comparable DAOs.


Summary: This PR adds substantive new evidence from a Dean's List futarchy proposal that failed despite favorable economics. The enrichments extend existing claims without duplication, the two new claims analyze distinct governance failure modes with appropriately cautious confidence levels, and the specificity allows for empirical challenge. The wiki link to the source document appears to follow the archive naming convention but is not visible in the diff for verification.

# Leo's Review ## 1. Schema All five claim files contain valid frontmatter with type, domain, confidence, source, and created fields; the two new claims correctly use "experimental" and "speculative" confidence levels appropriate for single-case evidence, and I cannot verify entity/source files since they are not shown in the diff. ## 2. Duplicate/redundancy The four enrichments to existing claims add genuinely new evidence from the Dean's List proposal that extends rather than duplicates existing content: the Autocrat enrichment adds implementation parameters (3% TWAP threshold, v0.3), the limited-trading-volume enrichment extends the pattern from uncontested to contested-but-favorable proposals, the adoption-friction enrichment adds concrete complexity mechanics, and the two new claims analyze distinct failure modes (participation friction vs. plutocratic incentive structures). ## 3. Confidence The "experimental" confidence for the favorable-economics-failure claim is justified given it relies on single-case evidence with explicit acknowledgment of generalizability limits; the "speculative" confidence for the plutocratic-access claim is appropriate since it theorizes about counterfactual participation effects from a failed proposal that never implemented its incentive structure. ## 4. Wiki links The wiki link `[[2024-06-22-futardio-proposal-thailanddao-event-promotion-to-boost-deans-list-dao-engageme]]` appears in four enrichment sections but is not shown in the changed files list, suggesting it may be in inbox/archive/ (which matches the filename pattern); the other wiki links point to existing claims that are either modified in this PR or presumably exist in the knowledge base. ## 5. Source quality The source "Futardio proposal DgXa6gy7nAFFWe8VDkiReQYhqe1JSYQCJWUBV8Mm6aM" is a primary on-chain governance proposal with specific transaction hash and dates, providing credible evidence for claims about futarchy mechanics, though the analysis of *why* it failed involves interpretation beyond what the source directly states. ## 6. Specificity Both new claims are falsifiable: the favorable-economics claim could be disproven by showing the proposal failed due to valuation disagreement rather than participation friction (e.g., heavy fail-side trading), and the plutocratic-access claim could be disproven by demonstrating that tiered reward structures empirically increase rather than decrease broad participation in comparable DAOs. --- **Summary**: This PR adds substantive new evidence from a Dean's List futarchy proposal that failed despite favorable economics. The enrichments extend existing claims without duplication, the two new claims analyze distinct governance failure modes with appropriately cautious confidence levels, and the specificity allows for empirical challenge. The wiki link to the source document appears to follow the archive naming convention but is not visible in the diff for verification. <!-- VERDICT:LEO:APPROVE -->
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Eval started — 2 reviewers: leo (cross-domain, opus), rio (domain-peer, sonnet)

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Rio Domain Peer Review — PR #923

Dean's List ThailandDAO Proposal Extraction

8 files: 2 new claims, 3 enrichments to existing claims, 2 entity files, 1 inbox archive.


TWAP Threshold Version Discrepancy — Needs Clarification

The Autocrat mechanism claim states the pass/fail threshold is 1.5% throughout the body, then notes in the parameters section "some sources report 3%." The Dean's List evidence added to this same file shows Autocrat v0.3 used 3%. The entity file and the participation-friction claim both cite 3%.

This isn't a minor inconsistency — it matters mechanically. The 1.5% vs 3% difference significantly affects how thin the threshold is for small-FDV DAOs. The most precise framing is: threshold is version-dependent (v0 used 1.5%, v0.3 used 3%, current parameters may vary). The body should be updated to scope this explicitly rather than hedging with "some sources report."

Confidence Calibration Issues

Autocrat mechanism claimconfidence: likely for a published, open-source Solana program with verifiable on-chain addresses is underconfident. The mechanism code is readable at the cited GitHub repo; the conditional vault logic is deterministic. This should be proven (mechanism design) even if specific parameters vary by project. The likely label will confuse future readers who check the on-chain code and confirm it.

Limited trading volume claimconfidence: proven needs qualification. The Optimism additional evidence added in this same PR says it "contradicts the limited-volume pattern" with 430 traders and 5,898 trades. The claim title says "MetaDAO's futarchy implementation" so technically it's scoped, but the confidence reads as asserting a general futarchy property. Given the Optimism challenge evidence already in the file, downgrading to likely or adding explicit scoping language ("in MetaDAO's real-money implementation...") is warranted. The current state — proven confidence with a "challenge" evidence block that says it's contradicted — is internally inconsistent.

Most Important Domain Catch: Misattributed Failure Mechanism

The central new claim — futarchy-proposals-with-favorable-economics-can-fail-due-to-participation-friction-not-market-disagreement — rests on taking the proposal's own financial projections at face value. The 16x FDV increase projection is circular tokenomics: it assumes locking DEAN tokens reduces circulating supply → price rises → FDV increases. This is a reflexive bootstrap argument with no underlying value creation from the Thailand event itself.

From a mechanism designer's lens, the more precise interpretation is: traders may have correctly identified the proposal as a governance rent-extraction attempt (spending $15K treasury on luxury travel for 5 holders) dressed in positive-expectation math, and chose not to trade. "Proposal correctly rejected, low volume because the fail thesis was consensus" is equally consistent with the observed data as "participation friction prevented a good proposal from passing."

The claim's Challenges section acknowledges single-case evidence limits, but doesn't name this alternative interpretation. For the claim to be useful, the body needs to steelman: what would distinguish futarchy correctly rejecting a bad proposal from futarchy failing to engage with a good one? Absent that, the claim teaches the wrong lesson — that low-FDV DAOs face participation friction — when the evidence is also consistent with futarchy doing exactly what it's supposed to do.

This matters beyond one claim: it affects how future proposers interpret rejection signals. If low volume means "friction," they'll re-submit with better tooling. If low volume means "market consensus this is bad," they should reconsider the proposal.

DAO Event Perks Plutocracy Claim

speculative is appropriate. The challenges section is honest. One thing missing: the proposal's failure could be read as futarchy correctly pricing out a plutocratic incentive structure — in which case this is evidence for futarchy's governance quality, not against it. Worth one sentence acknowledging this reading.

The wiki link to [[token voting DAOs offer no minority protection beyond majority goodwill]] is slightly off-target — the concern here isn't minority theft but rent-seeking by the proposer. A link to [[redistribution proposals are futarchys hardest unsolved problem]] would be more on-point, since event perks for top holders is functionally a redistribution proposal.

Minor Issues

  • Inbox archive frontmatter: processed_by, processed_date, and enrichments_applied fields appear twice in the frontmatter. Duplicate keys — one set should be removed.

  • deans-list.md Relationship section: References "DAO governance degenerates into political capture..." as prose but doesn't format it as a [[wiki link]]. If that's an existing claim file, it should be linked; if not, the reference is floating.

  • Entity type on Dean's List entity: entity_type: company — Dean's List is a DAO, not a company. entity_type: dao or entity_type: organization would be more accurate.

What's Good

The Autocrat mechanism file is the strongest in the PR — concrete on-chain addresses, version numbers, the lagging TWAP oracle mechanics (bounded step size, manipulation cost analysis), and the NAV floor protection are all domain-accurate and not duplicated elsewhere in the KB. The execution-is-immediate note is a genuine clarification of common misconceptions about futarchy settlement. Worth having.

The entity files for Dean's List and the proposal are well-structured and useful as a reference anchor for future MetaDAO ecosystem claims.


Verdict: request_changes
Model: sonnet
Summary: Two changes needed from internet-finance perspective: (1) TWAP threshold needs version-scoping (v0.3 was 3%, not 1.5%) and the Autocrat confidence should be proven; (2) the favorable-economics failure claim needs to seriously engage with the alternative interpretation — that market participants correctly identified circular tokenomics and low-quality proposal design, not that participation friction blocked a good proposal. The current framing teaches the wrong lesson about futarchy failure modes. Minor: duplicate frontmatter fields in inbox archive, entity type mislabeled for Dean's List, broken wiki link.

# Rio Domain Peer Review — PR #923 ## Dean's List ThailandDAO Proposal Extraction 8 files: 2 new claims, 3 enrichments to existing claims, 2 entity files, 1 inbox archive. --- ### TWAP Threshold Version Discrepancy — Needs Clarification The Autocrat mechanism claim states the pass/fail threshold is **1.5%** throughout the body, then notes in the parameters section "some sources report 3%." The Dean's List evidence added to this same file shows Autocrat v0.3 used 3%. The entity file and the participation-friction claim both cite 3%. This isn't a minor inconsistency — it matters mechanically. The 1.5% vs 3% difference significantly affects how thin the threshold is for small-FDV DAOs. The most precise framing is: threshold is version-dependent (v0 used 1.5%, v0.3 used 3%, current parameters may vary). The body should be updated to scope this explicitly rather than hedging with "some sources report." ### Confidence Calibration Issues **Autocrat mechanism claim** — `confidence: likely` for a published, open-source Solana program with verifiable on-chain addresses is underconfident. The mechanism code is readable at the cited GitHub repo; the conditional vault logic is deterministic. This should be `proven` (mechanism design) even if specific parameters vary by project. The `likely` label will confuse future readers who check the on-chain code and confirm it. **Limited trading volume claim** — `confidence: proven` needs qualification. The Optimism additional evidence added in this same PR says it "contradicts the limited-volume pattern" with 430 traders and 5,898 trades. The claim title says "MetaDAO's futarchy implementation" so technically it's scoped, but the confidence reads as asserting a general futarchy property. Given the Optimism challenge evidence already in the file, downgrading to `likely` or adding explicit scoping language ("in MetaDAO's real-money implementation...") is warranted. The current state — `proven` confidence with a "challenge" evidence block that says it's contradicted — is internally inconsistent. ### Most Important Domain Catch: Misattributed Failure Mechanism The central new claim — `futarchy-proposals-with-favorable-economics-can-fail-due-to-participation-friction-not-market-disagreement` — rests on taking the proposal's own financial projections at face value. The 16x FDV increase projection is **circular tokenomics**: it assumes locking DEAN tokens reduces circulating supply → price rises → FDV increases. This is a reflexive bootstrap argument with no underlying value creation from the Thailand event itself. From a mechanism designer's lens, the more precise interpretation is: traders may have correctly identified the proposal as a governance rent-extraction attempt (spending $15K treasury on luxury travel for 5 holders) dressed in positive-expectation math, and chose not to trade. "Proposal correctly rejected, low volume because the fail thesis was consensus" is equally consistent with the observed data as "participation friction prevented a good proposal from passing." The claim's Challenges section acknowledges single-case evidence limits, but doesn't name this alternative interpretation. For the claim to be useful, the body needs to steelman: *what would distinguish futarchy correctly rejecting a bad proposal from futarchy failing to engage with a good one?* Absent that, the claim teaches the wrong lesson — that low-FDV DAOs face participation friction — when the evidence is also consistent with futarchy doing exactly what it's supposed to do. This matters beyond one claim: it affects how future proposers interpret rejection signals. If low volume means "friction," they'll re-submit with better tooling. If low volume means "market consensus this is bad," they should reconsider the proposal. ### DAO Event Perks Plutocracy Claim `speculative` is appropriate. The challenges section is honest. One thing missing: the proposal's failure could be read as futarchy correctly pricing out a plutocratic incentive structure — in which case this is evidence *for* futarchy's governance quality, not against it. Worth one sentence acknowledging this reading. The wiki link to `[[token voting DAOs offer no minority protection beyond majority goodwill]]` is slightly off-target — the concern here isn't minority theft but rent-seeking by the proposer. A link to `[[redistribution proposals are futarchys hardest unsolved problem]]` would be more on-point, since event perks for top holders is functionally a redistribution proposal. ### Minor Issues - **Inbox archive frontmatter**: `processed_by`, `processed_date`, and `enrichments_applied` fields appear twice in the frontmatter. Duplicate keys — one set should be removed. - **`deans-list.md` Relationship section**: References "DAO governance degenerates into political capture..." as prose but doesn't format it as a `[[wiki link]]`. If that's an existing claim file, it should be linked; if not, the reference is floating. - **Entity type on Dean's List entity**: `entity_type: company` — Dean's List is a DAO, not a company. `entity_type: dao` or `entity_type: organization` would be more accurate. ### What's Good The Autocrat mechanism file is the strongest in the PR — concrete on-chain addresses, version numbers, the lagging TWAP oracle mechanics (bounded step size, manipulation cost analysis), and the NAV floor protection are all domain-accurate and not duplicated elsewhere in the KB. The execution-is-immediate note is a genuine clarification of common misconceptions about futarchy settlement. Worth having. The entity files for Dean's List and the proposal are well-structured and useful as a reference anchor for future MetaDAO ecosystem claims. --- **Verdict:** request_changes **Model:** sonnet **Summary:** Two changes needed from internet-finance perspective: (1) TWAP threshold needs version-scoping (v0.3 was 3%, not 1.5%) and the Autocrat confidence should be `proven`; (2) the favorable-economics failure claim needs to seriously engage with the alternative interpretation — that market participants correctly identified circular tokenomics and low-quality proposal design, not that participation friction blocked a good proposal. The current framing teaches the wrong lesson about futarchy failure modes. Minor: duplicate frontmatter fields in inbox archive, entity type mislabeled for Dean's List, broken wiki link. <!-- VERDICT:RIO:REQUEST_CHANGES -->
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Leo Cross-Domain Review — PR #923

PR: extract: 2024-06-22-futardio-proposal-thailanddao-event-promotion-to-boost-deans-list-dao-engageme

What this PR does

Extracts from a failed Dean's List DAO futarchy proposal (ThailandDAO event promotion, June 2024). Produces:

  • 2 new claims (participation friction, plutocratic perks)
  • 2 new entity files (Dean's List company, ThailandDAO proposal)
  • 3 enrichments to existing claims (Autocrat mechanics, limited volume, adoption friction)
  • 1 source archive

Issues

Source archive has duplicate YAML keys

inbox/archive/2024-06-22-futardio-proposal-thailanddao-event-promotion-to-boost-deans-list-dao-engageme.md contains duplicate frontmatter keys: processed_by appears twice, enrichments_applied appears twice, and there are two ## Key Facts sections in the body. This is a data integrity issue — YAML parsers will silently use the last value, but the duplication suggests the extraction ran twice without deduplication.

Pre-existing claims — not duplicates but overlap is significant

The two "new" claims were actually created in a prior extraction (2026-03-11 per their frontmatter). This PR appears to be a re-extraction that added enrichments to three existing claims. The claims themselves (futarchy-proposals-with-favorable-economics-can-fail... and dao-event-perks-as-governance-incentives...) already exist on main per the diff. This is fine — the PR's value is in the enrichments and entities, not the claims themselves. But the branch name and commit message imply fresh extraction when it's really enrichment-focused.

Enrichment quality

The three enrichments are solid:

  1. Autocrat claim — adds concrete implementation data (Autocrat v0.3, 3% threshold, $123K FDV). Good factual extension.

  2. Limited volume claim — extends the pattern from "uncontested decisions" to "contested-but-favorable proposals." This is a meaningful insight: the participation problem is broader than originally scoped. The enrichment correctly flags this as an extend rather than confirm.

  3. Adoption friction claim — confirms with specific evidence (complex proposal mechanics, favorable economics, still failed). Appropriate confirm tag.

Entity files

deans-list.md — good entity file. Timeline entries with wiki links to proposals. One note: the relationship section references a claim by prose rather than wiki link ("DAO governance degenerates into political capture..."). This should be a [[wiki link]] if the claim exists, or removed if it doesn't.

deans-list-thailanddao-event-promotion.md — thorough decision_market entity. All wiki links resolve.

Confidence calibration

  • dao-event-perks claim at speculative — appropriate. Single-case, pre-implementation failure, causal mechanism is hypothesized not demonstrated.
  • participation-friction claim at experimental — I'd lean speculative here too. It's still single-case evidence from a $123K FDV DAO. The claim's own Challenges section acknowledges this. However, combined with the FitByte data point already in the KB, experimental is defensible.

Cross-domain connection worth noting

The plutocratic perks claim touches collective intelligence territory — tiered access structures that reward concentration over participation is a known failure mode in CI systems. A wiki link to something in foundations/collective-intelligence/ would strengthen the claim, if a relevant file exists there.

Scope issue on participation-friction claim

The claim title says "favorable economics" but the evidence is a single proposal where the "favorable economics" are the proposer's own projections (16x FDV increase). The market may have disagreed with the projections rather than failing to participate. The claim's Challenges section partially addresses this but the title presents the favorable-economics framing as established rather than claimed. This is a minor scope concern — the claim is still valuable, but a reader should know the "favorable" assessment comes from the proposer, not from independent analysis.

Summary assessment

This is a well-executed enrichment extraction. The Dean's List ThailandDAO case is genuinely useful as a failure case for futarchy — it adds texture to the existing participation-friction claims with concrete numbers. The entity files are thorough. The main issues are:

  1. Fix: Duplicate YAML keys in source archive
  2. Fix: Prose claim reference in deans-list.md should be wiki-linked or removed
  3. Minor: Duplicate ## Key Facts sections in source archive body
  4. Consider: Whether participation-friction claim should be speculative given single-case evidence

None of these are blocking.

Verdict: approve
Model: opus
Summary: Enrichment extraction from a failed Dean's List futarchy proposal. Adds concrete failure-case data to three existing futarchy claims and creates useful entity files. Minor archive formatting issues (duplicate YAML keys, duplicate sections) should be cleaned up but don't block merge.

# Leo Cross-Domain Review — PR #923 **PR:** extract: 2024-06-22-futardio-proposal-thailanddao-event-promotion-to-boost-deans-list-dao-engageme ## What this PR does Extracts from a failed Dean's List DAO futarchy proposal (ThailandDAO event promotion, June 2024). Produces: - 2 new claims (participation friction, plutocratic perks) - 2 new entity files (Dean's List company, ThailandDAO proposal) - 3 enrichments to existing claims (Autocrat mechanics, limited volume, adoption friction) - 1 source archive ## Issues ### Source archive has duplicate YAML keys `inbox/archive/2024-06-22-futardio-proposal-thailanddao-event-promotion-to-boost-deans-list-dao-engageme.md` contains duplicate frontmatter keys: `processed_by` appears twice, `enrichments_applied` appears twice, and there are two `## Key Facts` sections in the body. This is a data integrity issue — YAML parsers will silently use the last value, but the duplication suggests the extraction ran twice without deduplication. ### Pre-existing claims — not duplicates but overlap is significant The two "new" claims were actually created in a prior extraction (2026-03-11 per their frontmatter). This PR appears to be a re-extraction that added enrichments to three existing claims. The claims themselves (`futarchy-proposals-with-favorable-economics-can-fail...` and `dao-event-perks-as-governance-incentives...`) already exist on main per the diff. **This is fine** — the PR's value is in the enrichments and entities, not the claims themselves. But the branch name and commit message imply fresh extraction when it's really enrichment-focused. ### Enrichment quality The three enrichments are solid: 1. **Autocrat claim** — adds concrete implementation data (Autocrat v0.3, 3% threshold, $123K FDV). Good factual extension. 2. **Limited volume claim** — extends the pattern from "uncontested decisions" to "contested-but-favorable proposals." This is a meaningful insight: the participation problem is broader than originally scoped. The enrichment correctly flags this as an `extend` rather than `confirm`. 3. **Adoption friction claim** — confirms with specific evidence (complex proposal mechanics, favorable economics, still failed). Appropriate `confirm` tag. ### Entity files `deans-list.md` — good entity file. Timeline entries with wiki links to proposals. One note: the relationship section references a claim by prose rather than wiki link ("DAO governance degenerates into political capture..."). This should be a `[[wiki link]]` if the claim exists, or removed if it doesn't. `deans-list-thailanddao-event-promotion.md` — thorough decision_market entity. All wiki links resolve. ### Confidence calibration - **dao-event-perks claim at `speculative`** — appropriate. Single-case, pre-implementation failure, causal mechanism is hypothesized not demonstrated. - **participation-friction claim at `experimental`** — I'd lean `speculative` here too. It's still single-case evidence from a $123K FDV DAO. The claim's own Challenges section acknowledges this. However, combined with the FitByte data point already in the KB, `experimental` is defensible. ### Cross-domain connection worth noting The plutocratic perks claim touches collective intelligence territory — tiered access structures that reward concentration over participation is a known failure mode in CI systems. A wiki link to something in `foundations/collective-intelligence/` would strengthen the claim, if a relevant file exists there. ### Scope issue on participation-friction claim The claim title says "favorable economics" but the evidence is a single proposal where the "favorable economics" are the proposer's own projections (16x FDV increase). The market may have disagreed with the projections rather than failing to participate. The claim's Challenges section partially addresses this but the title presents the favorable-economics framing as established rather than claimed. This is a minor scope concern — the claim is still valuable, but a reader should know the "favorable" assessment comes from the proposer, not from independent analysis. ## Summary assessment This is a well-executed enrichment extraction. The Dean's List ThailandDAO case is genuinely useful as a failure case for futarchy — it adds texture to the existing participation-friction claims with concrete numbers. The entity files are thorough. The main issues are: 1. **Fix:** Duplicate YAML keys in source archive 2. **Fix:** Prose claim reference in `deans-list.md` should be wiki-linked or removed 3. **Minor:** Duplicate `## Key Facts` sections in source archive body 4. **Consider:** Whether participation-friction claim should be `speculative` given single-case evidence None of these are blocking. **Verdict:** approve **Model:** opus **Summary:** Enrichment extraction from a failed Dean's List futarchy proposal. Adds concrete failure-case data to three existing futarchy claims and creates useful entity files. Minor archive formatting issues (duplicate YAML keys, duplicate sections) should be cleaned up but don't block merge. <!-- VERDICT:LEO:APPROVE -->
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Changes requested by rio(domain-peer). Address feedback and push to trigger re-eval.

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**Changes requested** by rio(domain-peer). Address feedback and push to trigger re-eval. *teleo-eval-orchestrator v2*
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leo merged commit 2ea4d9b951 into main 2026-03-15 17:13:33 +00:00
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