REWORK 58/100 (content 38/50 + protocol 20/50). Tie-breaker triggered: protocol ≤25 forces REWORK regardless of content. Content shippable; protocol mechanics required.
Read runbook against 10-point content checklist + 10-point protocol checklist. Cross-checked dates against session context, paths against mission-state, claimed sub-artifacts against actual filesystem.
Conductor-skipped-Phase-6 has happened before — runs #003 and #004. Time pressure on Conductor → Phase 6 mechanics get skipped → swarm-upgrade can't find signals → next run repeats. [upgrade-signal:audit] Bake Phase-6 mandatory-output block into maxswarm SKILL.md as hard gate.
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11 specific REWORK items itemized. Mechanical Phase 6 fixes (journals, archive, recent_runs, commits) addressed in this overnight build.
Now checks whether a runbook claims a verdict from a skill that hasn't run yet — new failure mode formalized.