diff --git a/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml b/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml
index 7bd96e4..61199a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,21 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   claude-review:
-    if: false
+    # NOTE: there is deliberately no `if: false` here.
+    #
+    # Until v0.6.22 this job carried one, on top of the commented-out `pull_request` trigger
+    # above. The trigger alone already stops automatic review on every PR -- which was the
+    # whole point -- so the guard added nothing there, and its only remaining effect was to
+    # neuter the manual path: `gh workflow run claude-code-review.yml` started a run, skipped
+    # this job, and reported SUCCESS having reviewed nothing.
+    #
+    # A green run that did nothing is the exact failure this repo's tooling exists to refuse,
+    # and it is the one the sibling repo recorded twice about this very action (a review job
+    # going green without reviewing). "Dispatch is available but silently inert" is worse than
+    # either honest alternative -- working, or absent.
+    #
+    # To review a PR on demand:
+    #     gh workflow run claude-code-review.yml --ref <branch>
     # Optional: Filter by PR author
     # if: |
     #   github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'external-contributor' ||
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ee46153..e7f2ea6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ checksum = "dc897dd8d9e8bd1ed8cdad82b5966c3e0ecae09fb1907d58efaa013543185d0a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "retch-cli"
-version = "0.6.21"
+version = "0.6.22"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d59ff1b..e633cfe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ members = [
 
 [package]
 name = "retch-cli"
-version = "0.6.21"
+version = "0.6.22"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Ken Tobias"]
 description = "A fast, feature-rich system information fetcher written in Rust (similar to fastfetch or neofetch)"
diff --git a/NOTES.md b/NOTES.md
index 775eafa..09eaccf 100644
--- a/NOTES.md
+++ b/NOTES.md
@@ -96,7 +96,29 @@ The `retch-sysinfo` crate can be used independently as a library for cross-platf
 
 ---
 
-## Current State (v0.6.21)
+## Current State (v0.6.22)
+- **v0.6.22 — the manual Claude review was available and inert** (CI configuration only; one line
+  removed, no runtime change, `retch-sysinfo` unchanged at `0.1.53`).
+  - `v0.6.17` disabled automatic review by commenting out the `pull_request` trigger **and**
+    setting `if: false` on the `claude-review` job. The trigger alone already achieved the goal, so
+    the guard added nothing there — but it also applied to `workflow_dispatch`, which was kept. The
+    result: `gh workflow run claude-code-review.yml` started a run, **skipped the job, and reported
+    success having reviewed nothing.**
+  - **A green run that did nothing is the exact failure this repo's tooling exists to refuse**, and
+    it is the one `rusticprofile` recorded twice about this very action — `0.0.11` and `0.0.14`, both
+    about a review job going green *without reviewing*, and the reason its workflow now writes its
+    outcome to the step summary. "Dispatch is available but silently inert" is worse than either
+    honest alternative: working, or absent.
+  - **Nobody had been bitten**, which is why it survived: the dispatch had never been used. Every
+    run of that workflow in its history is a `pull_request` event predating `v0.6.17`.
+  - **Automatic review stays off.** Only the job guard is removed; the `pull_request` trigger
+    remains commented immediately above it, so restoring per-PR review is still uncommenting two
+    lines. The diff is one line deleted and a comment explaining why there is deliberately no guard
+    there — because the next person to "tidy up" this file needs to know the omission is the point.
+  - Brings retch in line with `rusticprofile` and `etr`, where the dispatch genuinely runs. Found
+    while auditing the three repos' workflows against each other, which is the same cross-repo
+    comparison that surfaced the nushell completion path.
+  - `retch-cli` → 0.6.22. Patch bump.
 - **v0.6.21 — two gates that could not be satisfied from the situation they failed in**
   (tooling only; no runtime change, `retch-sysinfo` unchanged at `0.1.53`). Both were hit by hand
   while landing v0.6.20, and both are fixes `rusticprofile` already had.
diff --git a/docs/retch.1 b/docs/retch.1
index 873aadb..56bf593 100644
--- a/docs/retch.1
+++ b/docs/retch.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "RETCH" "1" "August 2026" "retch 0.6.21" "System Information Fetcher"
+.TH "RETCH" "1" "August 2026" "retch 0.6.22" "System Information Fetcher"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 .PP