diff --git a/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md b/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
index 1945714a..d35714d6 100644
--- a/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ final whole-branch review. When you fill a reviewer template:
   findings in the progress ledger as you go, and point the final
   whole-branch review at that list so it can triage which must be fixed
   before merge. A roll-up nobody reads is a silent discard.
+- A finding labeled plan-mandated — or any finding that conflicts with
+  what the plan's text requires — is the human's decision, like any plan
+  contradiction: present the finding and the plan text, ask which governs.
+  Do not dismiss the finding because the plan mandates it, and do not
+  dispatch a fix that contradicts the plan without asking.
 - The final whole-branch review gets a package too: run
   `scripts/review-package MERGE_BASE HEAD` (MERGE_BASE = the commit the
   branch started from, e.g. `git merge-base main HEAD`) and include the
diff --git a/skills/subagent-driven-development/task-reviewer-prompt.md b/skills/subagent-driven-development/task-reviewer-prompt.md
index 6f930e27..588a4022 100644
--- a/skills/subagent-driven-development/task-reviewer-prompt.md
+++ b/skills/subagent-driven-development/task-reviewer-prompt.md
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ Subagent (general-purpose):
     would block a merge over — verbatim duplication of a logic block,
     swallowed errors, tests that assert nothing. "Coverage could be broader"
     and polish suggestions are Minor.
+    If the plan or brief explicitly mandates something this rubric calls a
+    defect (a test that asserts nothing, verbatim duplication of a logic
+    block), that IS a finding — report it as Important, labeled
+    plan-mandated. The plan's authorship does not grade its own work; the
+    human decides.
     Acknowledge what was done well before listing issues — accurate praise
     helps the implementer trust the rest of the feedback.