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 **How you work.** Worktrees from `origin/main` on the branch the handover names; commit per subtask, locally
 only: never push, never open a pull request, never call a verb that writes on the mesh (reads are fine). Never
 ssh, never a shell helper for the mesh. Tests: every change carries a test that fails without it (check it);
-rows or subtests in existing tests where the repository is over its budget (500 unit, 50 integration); no real
+rows or subtests in existing tests where the repository is over the test budget the instructions set; no real
 sleeping. Run `go vet ./...`, `go vet -tags integration ./...` and `go test ./...` in every touched module as
 the running checker places siblings (playbook 07). Use a temporary directory under `/var/tmp` (TMPDIR).