docs(agent-guidance-audit): call the pass/fail run count a deliberate exception

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hr-agent-guidance-audit's prune workflow now says its pass/fail screening count is a deliberate exception to the 3-runs-per-arm default in hr-benchmarking.

The workflow tells the agent to use --runs 4 or more, and 9 runs per arm for a smaller gap. The hr-benchmarking default (3 runs per arm, up to 5) is for performance claims, and read next to this line it looked like a contradiction. A count of passes separates arms far less finely than a timing range does: 4 runs separate a rule only when the arms differ by 4 and 0, and 8 of 9 against 3 of 9 gives p = 0.05.

The count and its reasoning are unchanged. The edit adds one sentence naming the exception and pointing at the default. A CHANGELOG.md entry is under Unreleased.

Checks: pinned oxfmt --check and oxlint clean; the reference-link tests pass (20). The full test suites were not run because the host was reserved for another job; the change is one paragraph of Markdown. Not landed; the maintainer decides. The branch is rebased on main after #319 landed.

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• Documentation
  • Clarified that pass/fail screening uses a higher run-count threshold than performance comparisons: at least 4 runs, or 9 runs per arm when the gap is smaller.
  • The existing thresholds remain unchanged. Guidance distinguishes these screening thresholds from the 3-runs-per-arm default for performance claims, making the applicable run counts clearer.

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📝 Walkthrough

The workflow guidance clarifies that screening uses at least four runs, or nine runs per arm for smaller gaps. The Unreleased changelog records this exception to the three-runs-per-arm default for performance claims.

Changes: Screening guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Screening run-count exception skills/hr-agent-guidance-audit/references/prune-workflow.md, CHANGELOG.md	The workflow guidance explains that screening uses at least four runs, or nine runs per arm for smaller gaps, unlike the three-runs-per-arm default for performance claims. The changelog records this distinction.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5a545

The run-count clarification matches the existing benchmarking guidance. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

### Architecture Summary

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The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: CHANGELOG.md, skills

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• observed — CHANGELOG.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — skills (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Adds an Unreleased note specifying the hr-agent-guidance-audit screening thresholds and distinguishing them from hr-benchmarking’s 3-runs-per-arm default.
• observed — Modified behavior in skills/hr-agent-guidance-audit/references/prune-workflow.md: The guidance now explains that --runs 4 or more is an exception to hr-benchmarking’s three-runs-per-arm default for performance claims, distinguishing pass/fail screening from timing-range evaluation. It retains the four-versus-zero separation threshold and the nine-runs-per-arm requirement for smaller gaps.

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Suppressions Explained		The pull request changes only CHANGELOG.md and a Markdown workflow reference. The added lines document run-count guidance and add no lint, type-check, formatter, or ignore directive.
Rule Changes Documented		The diff changes only CHANGELOG.md and skills/hr-agent-guidance-audit/references/prune-workflow.md. It does not change rules/core.md, a file under rules/modifiers/, or any skills/*/SKILL.md.…
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Review comments at @skills/hr-agent-guidance-audit/references/prune-workflow.md:
- Line 44: Update both references to the three-runs-per-arm default: in
prune-workflow.md at line 44 and CHANGELOG.md at line 8, describe four runs as
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