Reviewer skepticism covers the implementer's design rationales

Fourth planted-defect failure mode: the implementer's self-report said
'noted mild structural duplication; left unabstracted per YAGNI' and the
reviewer deferred to that framing, rating the duplication no finding at
all. The pre-judging keeps relocating — controller prompt, then reviewer
calibration, now the implementer's report. Rationales are claims; they
never downgrade severity.
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@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ Subagent (general-purpose):
Treat the implementer's report as unverified claims about the code. It
may be incomplete, inaccurate, or optimistic. Verify the claims against
the diff.
the diff. Design rationales in the report are claims too: "left it per
YAGNI," "kept it simple deliberately," or any other justification is the
implementer grading their own work. Judge the code on its merits — a
stated rationale never downgrades a finding's severity.
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