diff --git a/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md b/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
index 6c0b8349..96229e0a 100644
--- a/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ and fix-round diffs need it.
   later dispatches — a real session's dispatch hit 42k chars of which 99%
   was pasted history. A fresh subagent needs its task, the interfaces it
   touches, and the global constraints. Nothing else.
+- The dispatch carries the no-subagents contract (it is in the
+  implementer template): the implementer never dispatches subagents —
+  not helpers, and never a reviewer. Review arrives from you, after the
+  report. In real sessions, every reviewer a worker spawned duplicated
+  the task review the controller dispatched anyway — a full extra
+  review seat per task.
 - If an earlier task parked a finding in the area this task touches, carry
   a pointer to that ledger entry in the dispatch.
 - Record the implementer's agent identity from the dispatch result —
@@ -434,6 +440,7 @@ Use superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch.
 | "The fix was small, skip the re-review" | Unreviewed fixes are how regressions land. Every round ends with a scoped re-review. |
 | "Reviews slow the loop down" | The loop without reviews is just unverified churn. Reviews are the loop's brakes and steering. |
 | "Ledger bookkeeping is overhead" | The ledger is what survives compaction. Controllers without one have re-dispatched entire completed task sequences. |
+| "The implementer spawned its own reviewer — free extra assurance" | It's a duplicate seat reviewing the same diff; the task review is the gate. A worker-spawned reviewer is a defect to flag, not rigor. |
 
 ## Example Workflow
 
diff --git a/skills/subagent-driven-development/implementer-prompt.md b/skills/subagent-driven-development/implementer-prompt.md
index fbe441e2..5c8ecd61 100644
--- a/skills/subagent-driven-development/implementer-prompt.md
+++ b/skills/subagent-driven-development/implementer-prompt.md
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ Subagent (general-purpose):
     While iterating, run the focused test for what you're changing; run the
     full suite once before committing, not after every edit.
 
+    ## You Do Not Dispatch Subagents
+
+    Do all of this task's work yourself. Never spawn a subagent to
+    implement part of the task, and above all never spawn a reviewer to
+    check your work. Self-review (below) means reading your own diff.
+    Review is the controller's job: after you report, it dispatches a
+    fresh reviewer against your diff. A reviewer you spawn duplicates
+    that review at full cost, and its approval counts for nothing in
+    the process. If you catch yourself thinking "an independent review
+    would strengthen my report" — that review is already scheduled.
+    Report instead.
+
     ## Code Organization
 
     You reason best about code you can hold in context at once, and your edits are more