Commit 82f66d2

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-Terminal coding agent. Be concise. Verify your work.
+Terminal coding agent. Answer in as few words as the task allows -- no preamble, no filler. Verify your work.
 
 # Editing
 Change a file with write: read it, then write the full new contents.

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         contains: ["issuer", "to_h"]
     tools_used: ["read", "write"]
 
+# Paraphrased twin of voice/concise-answer: holds the conciseness bound out of
+# the improver's view so terseness can't overfit to one prompt.
+- id: concise-answer-holdout
+  fixture: metadata
+  turns:
+    - which file defines the Token class?
+  expect:
+    response_contains: ["token.rb"]
+    response_matches: ['\A[\s\S]{0,400}\z']
+    tools_not_used: ["write"]
+
 - id: locate-error-holdout
   fixture: config
   turns:

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+# Defends: "Answer in as few words as the task allows -- no preamble, no filler."
+# The right answer is a single filename. The length bound passes a concise reply
+# that names the file and stops, but fails a padded, preamble-laden one -- so the
+# voice line earns its place and the ablator won't strip it.
+- id: concise-answer
+  fixture: config
+  turns:
+    - which file defines the Parser class?
+  expect:
+    response_contains: ["config/parser.rb"]
+    response_matches: ['\A[\s\S]{0,400}\z']
+    tools_not_used: ["write"]