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AGENTS.md

@@ -574,8 +574,32 @@ and layout reuse, follow `frontend/AGENTS.md`.
   wording and placement before implementing it.
 - Do not invent replacement copy when removing unrequested wording.
 - Do not create, modify, or run tests unless the user explicitly asks for
-  test work. When the user asks for tests, keep working and rerun them until
-  they pass or the remaining failure is clearly blocked.
+  test work. When the user asks for tests, keep working within the permitted
+  test-file scope and rerun them until they pass or the remaining failure is
+  clearly blocked.
+- Test-only work includes adding, updating, deleting, reorganising, or fixing
+  SyntaxError in tests. During test-only work, do not modify production code.
+- During test-only work, do not change production constants, behaviour, API
+  contracts, validation, routes, authentication, permissions, UI, copy,
+  dependencies, limits, thresholds, defaults, migrations, schema, or
+  environment settings to satisfy tests.
+- Do not make production code match failing tests, mock assumptions, fixtures,
+  snapshots, old expectations, or stale setup. This includes changing
+  production constants merely because a test expects a different value.
+- If test work reveals a production bug, spec mismatch, or missing behaviour,
+  stop without modifying production code and report: the failing test or
+  discovered issue, the related production file, the actual behaviour, the
+  expected behaviour, and why a production change appears necessary.
+- Modify production code for test failures only when the user explicitly asks
+  for that production change. Do not expand a test task into a production task
+  on your own authority.
+- If the user explicitly asks for both production implementation and test
+  updates, implement production code to the confirmed specification first,
+  then add or update tests to verify that specification. Never roll production
+  behaviour back to satisfy old tests.
+- If it is unclear whether the test or the production implementation is stale,
+  or a test cannot be corrected without changing production code, ask the user
+  instead of guessing.
 
 ## Backend rules