diff --git a/scripts/leo_agent_challenger_protocol.py b/scripts/leo_agent_challenger_protocol.py
index 8445fd6..2db5ae3 100644
--- a/scripts/leo_agent_challenger_protocol.py
+++ b/scripts/leo_agent_challenger_protocol.py
@@ -111,14 +111,15 @@ def build_challenger_prompt(step: int, objective: str, transcript: list[dict[str
     tasks = {
         1: (
             "Ask one natural opening question. Make Leo select a consequential current belief without giving it a "
-            "row ID. Require Leo to cite the full or 8-character database row ID it selected from its own read-only "
-            "context, show the support and confidence boundary, and offer a narrower claim for review only."
+            "row ID. Ask Leo to cite the full or 8-character database row ID only if its read-only context surfaces "
+            "one; otherwise require it to say the raw ID was not surfaced. It must show the support and confidence "
+            "boundary and offer a narrower claim for review only."
         ),
         2: (
             "Follow the weakest part of Leo's answer. Include one exact 4-8 word quotation from L1 in double "
             "quotes, ask what is assumption versus observed support and what would falsify it, and require Leo to "
-            "repeat the cited row ID and author two review-only replacements on lines labelled exactly Candidate A: "
-            "and Candidate B:. Do not write either candidate or either label yourself."
+            "repeat any row ID that was actually surfaced and author two review-only replacements on lines labelled "
+            "exactly Candidate A: and Candidate B:. Do not write either candidate or either label yourself."
         ),
         3: (
             "Raise a substantive objection to one replacement. Include one exact 4-8 word quotation from Leo's "