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+# Pull Request Review Template
+
+Use this shape as a copyable reference for substantive PR reviews; GitHub does
+not auto-apply this file to review comments. Omit sections that do not add
+useful signal. Lead with confirmed findings; keep speculative notes out of the
+public review unless they are framed as a concrete open question.
+
+## Small PR Path
+
+For narrow docs, typo, test-only, or obvious local fixes, a short review is
+enough:
+
+```md
+LGTM after checking:
+- scope:
+- validation:
+- residual risk:
+```
+
+Use the fuller structure below for larger, risky, multi-finding, or
+security-sensitive reviews.
+
+## Findings
+
+**<sub><sub>![P2 Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/P2-yellow?style=flat)</sub></sub> issue (test): Short issue title**
+
+- **Problem:** Concrete broken flow, contract, input, or risk.
+
+- **Impact:** Why this matters to users, CI, maintainers, data, security, or scale.
+
+- **Ask:** Smallest practical correction or decision the author should make.
+
+- **Location:** `path:line`
+
+## Open Questions
+
+- **question (scope, non-blocking): Short author question** Ask the concrete
+  intent, scope, or tradeoff question.
+
+## Validation
+
+- Ran:
+- Not run:
+- Residual risk:
+
+## PR Hygiene
+
+- Target/template/checks:
+- Related, duplicate, or superseding context:
+
+## No Findings Variant
+
+```md
+## Findings
+
+none confirmed
+
+## Validation
+
+- Ran:
+- Not run:
+- Residual risk:
+```
+
+## Legend
+
+- **Findings:** Verified, author-actionable issues that should be fixed or
+  consciously accepted before merge.
+- **Priority badges:** The shields.io badges below are optional formatting for
+  priority labels. Plain `P0`, `P1`, `P2`, or `P3` text is also acceptable when
+  an external image dependency is undesirable or may not render.
+  - **P0:** `![P0 Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/P0-red?style=flat)` -
+    release-blocking or actively dangerous.
+  - **P1:** `![P1 Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/P1-orange?style=flat)` -
+    serious bug, security risk, data-loss risk, or broken primary flow.
+  - **P2:** `![P2 Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/P2-yellow?style=flat)` -
+    meaningful correctness, test, maintainability, or edge-case issue.
+  - **P3:** `![P3 Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/P3-lightgrey?style=flat)` -
+    minor polish or low-risk cleanup.
+- **Intent labels:**
+  - **`issue`:** A confirmed defect, regression, broken contract, or concrete
+    risk.
+  - **`suggestion`:** A non-blocking improvement that would make the PR clearer,
+    safer, or easier to maintain.
+  - **`nit`:** A tiny, non-blocking cleanup or style note. Use it only when the
+    author can safely ignore it without changing the review outcome.
+  - **`question`:** A real author-facing clarification about intent, scope, or
+    tradeoffs. Do not use questions to hide an issue that should be stated
+    directly.
+  - **`LGTM`:** "Looks good to me." Use only when the review found no blocking
+    issues, or when any remaining notes are clearly optional.
+- **Decorations:** Optional labels in parentheses that clarify the finding type,
+  scope, or merge impact.
+  - **`security`:** Auth, authorization, ownership, secrets, SSRF, injection,
+    unsafe external input, or other trust-boundary concerns.
+  - **`test`:** Missing, failing, misleading, brittle, or insufficient tests.
+  - **`scope`:** PR scope, feature boundaries, unrelated churn, or work that
+    should be split into a separate issue or PR.
+  - **`ci`:** CI configuration, workflow failures, flaky checks, or validation
+    signal quality.
+  - **`api`:** Route, request/response, public function, schema, persistence, or
+    integration contract changes.
+  - **`docs`:** User-facing docs, contributor docs, examples, or comments that
+    need to change with the code.
+  - **`non-blocking`:** Useful feedback that should not prevent merge by
+    itself.
+- **Finding fields:**
+  - **Problem:** What is wrong, what contract is ambiguous, or what risk the PR
+    introduces.
+  - **Impact:** Why the problem matters in practical terms.
+  - **Ask:** The smallest concrete fix, test, or decision requested from the PR
+    author.
+  - **Location:** The most useful repo-relative file and line reference for the
+    finding, using `path:line`.
+- **Optional sections:**
+  - **Open Questions:** Genuine scope or intent questions; omit when there are
+    no real questions.
+  - **Validation:** What the reviewer ran, what was intentionally not run, and
+    what risk remains after review.
+  - **PR Hygiene:** Target-branch, template, CI/check, duplicate, related-work,
+    or superseding-PR notes.
+- **`none confirmed`:** Use only when no review-worthy findings were confirmed;
+  still list validation gaps or residual risk when relevant.