diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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 ## [0.7.0] - Unreleased
 
+### Fixes
+
+- **`build_standing_set.py` exemplar bias — added declarative-posture
+  patterns.** The pre-fix `CONSTRAINT_EXEMPLARS` list leaned heavily
+  imperative ("never," "always," "must," "default to"). Surfaced
+  2026-05-22: against the real prod vault the auto-selected top-10
+  was 100% engineering rules — career / lifestyle / posture
+  constraints spanning multi-year load-bearing facts (runway,
+  recruiter posture, start-date framing, job-search mode) did not
+  surface despite being equally durable, because the user encodes
+  them declaratively ("Brian's stance," "current preference,"
+  "passive/selective mode") rather than imperatively. Added 10
+  declarative-posture exemplars representing the same constraint
+  class in declarative shape. Exemplar list 22 → 30; imperative /
+  declarative split now roughly balanced. ROADMAP audit-finding
+  follow-up per `feedback_audit_findings_become_roadmap_followups`.
+  Operator should re-run `scripts/salience_phase0.sh snapshot &&
+  scripts/salience_phase0.sh score` to verify the bias fix surfaces
+  career-context memories alongside the engineering rules in the
+  top-10.
+
 ### Features
 
 - **Salience tier Phase 1 — first-class standing-context recall
diff --git a/scripts/build_standing_set.py b/scripts/build_standing_set.py
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--- a/scripts/build_standing_set.py
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@@ -107,6 +107,27 @@
     "runway is not a constraint, optimize for preference not necessity",
     "X is not Y — assert the constraint explicitly",
     "this fact conditions reasoning regardless of query similarity",
+    # ── Declarative-posture exemplars (added 2026-05-22 per ROADMAP P1) ──
+    # Imperative-shape exemplars above ("never," "always," "must,"
+    # "default to") under-weight career / lifestyle / posture constraints
+    # that the user encodes declaratively. The 2026-05-22 finding: the
+    # auto-selected top-10 against the real vault was 100% engineering
+    # rules; career-context memories spanning multi-year load-bearing
+    # posture (runway, recruiter posture, start-date framing, search
+    # mode) did not surface despite being equally durable. These
+    # exemplars represent the declarative shape of the same constraint
+    # class — facts stated as if they govern future advice across many
+    # domains, but phrased as posture not as imperative.
+    "Brian's stance is correct as-is, posture is by design",
+    "current preference is to wait, not to push",
+    "his stated preference: keep replies minimal, not desperate",
+    "passive / selective mode is correct given runway and pipeline",
+    "their silence is information; outreach signals desperation",
+    "this decouples cash pressure from outreach push timing",
+    "lump sum severance through August is in hand, not biweekly",
+    "deliberately niche, not chasing scale or virality",
+    "the constraint binding decisions is preference, not necessity",
+    "soft target for start date preserves negotiating leverage",
 ]
 
 TIME_BOUNDED_EXEMPLARS = [