diff --git a/docs/SPEC_FIRST_TDD.md b/docs/SPEC_FIRST_TDD.md
index f85299bdf..39a8b38c6 100644
--- a/docs/SPEC_FIRST_TDD.md
+++ b/docs/SPEC_FIRST_TDD.md
@@ -57,14 +57,18 @@ Every unit (milestone, slice, task) sits in one of those rows. If a piece of wor
 
 ## Purpose Gate
 
-Every artifact (slice plan, task plan, function, test, ADR) must answer:
+Every artifact (slice plan, task plan, function, test, ADR) must answer the same 8 PDD fields captured by the [`purpose-driven-development`](../src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/purpose-driven-development/SKILL.md) skill — these fields ARE the Purpose Gate:
 
-- **why** this behaviour exists
-- **what value** it creates or protects
-- **who** uses it in production (real consumer, not just tests)
-- **what breaks** if it returns the wrong answer
+- **Purpose**: why this behaviour exists.
+- **Consumer**: who depends on the outcome in production (real caller, not just tests).
+- **Contract**: what observable behaviour proves success — what the consumer receives, not how the implementation works internally.
+- **Failure boundary**: what *correct failure* looks like if the purpose can't be fulfilled — degrade, surface, do not swallow.
+- **Evidence**: the test, metric, or repro that proves the contract. Each criterion must be machine-executable (named test, queryable metric, runnable command) OR explicitly tagged `[MANUAL: reviewer + scenario]`. Prose-only evidence is unfalsifiable and rejected.
+- **Non-goals**: what this is *not* solving.
+- **Invariants**: what must remain true. If the change touches async, queues, timers, or state machines, split into safety ("X never happens") + liveness ("Y eventually happens"). Pure synchronous code may use safety-only.
+- **Assumptions**: conditions about the world that MUST be true for this spec to be valid — locking protocols, API stability, caller invariants, deployment context, data shape. World-side failures (assumption violated) are invisible to internal tests and are the most expensive failure class.
 
-If any answer is missing: `BLOCKED: purpose unclear — [which field is missing]`. Do not invent a plausible purpose to proceed. Surfacing the gap is more valuable than rationalising past it.
+If any field is missing: `BLOCKED: purpose unclear — [which field is missing]`. Do not invent a plausible answer to proceed. Surfacing the gap is more valuable than rationalising past it.
 
 Treat the contract as a **falsifiable hypothesis**: name the evidence that would prove it wrong before implementation locks in. A contract without a falsifier is half a contract.
 
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md b/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md
index ec432e92a..7e0c0f868 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ For non-trivial runtime/provider review items, verification must include:
 Before changing code based on a suggestion, verify it doesn't violate sf's invariants:
 
 - **Iron Law**: Does the suggestion ask you to skip the failing test → fix → green cycle? Push back. The bug is a missing test; write it first.
-- **Purpose Gate**: Does the suggestion add an exported symbol without a Purpose / Consumer / Value-at-risk? Push back.
+- **Purpose Gate**: Does the suggestion add an exported symbol without a complete PDD packet (Purpose, Consumer, Contract, Failure boundary, Evidence, Non-goals, Invariants, Assumptions — see [`purpose-driven-development`](../purpose-driven-development/SKILL.md))? Push back. A symbol that doesn't earn all 8 fields is unspecified, and "I'll fill them in later" is a scope-creep vector. Evidence must be machine-executable or `[MANUAL: reviewer + scenario]` — prose-only is rejected.
 - **YAGNI**: Does the suggestion add abstraction with zero current callers? Run `rg` for callers — if zero, push back: *"Nothing calls this in production. Adds dead code. Remove per YAGNI?"*
 - **Recent decisions**: If the suggestion contradicts a `.sf/DECISIONS.md` entry or a recent ADR (`docs/dev/ADR-*.md`), check the history before implementing or pushing back.
 - **Self-modification boundary**: If the suggestion edits a protected file (`SPEC.md`, `BUILD_PLAN.md`, `AGENTS.md`, etc.) without explicit human approval, push back — those need human sign-off.
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md b/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md
index de84b3e49..c6f81e0c0 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -64,10 +64,21 @@ sf_search_memories(query="<area of change>", limit=5)
 - Requirement: <Active R-id from REQUIREMENTS.md, if applicable>
 - Decision: <DECISIONS.md entry, if applicable>
 
-## Purpose & Consumer
+## PDD packet (all 8 fields)
+
+Restate verbatim from `.sf/active/{unit-id}/pdd.md` — do not paraphrase. Same 8 fields filled in by [`purpose-driven-development`](../purpose-driven-development/SKILL.md). If any field is missing or empty, **stop and return to PDD** — do not request review with an incomplete packet.
+
 - **Purpose**: <why this exists>
 - **Consumer**: <production code path that depends on this — file:symbol>
-- **Value at risk**: <what breaks if it returns the wrong answer>
+- **Contract**: <observable behaviour that proves success — what the consumer receives, not what the implementation does internally>
+- **Failure boundary**: <what *correct failure* looks like if the purpose can't be fulfilled — degrade, surface, do not swallow>
+- **Evidence**: see Evidence section below; every criterion must be machine-executable or `[MANUAL: reviewer + scenario]` — prose-only is rejected
+- **Non-goals**: <what this change is *not* solving>
+- **Invariants**: <what must remain true. If the change touches async / queues / timers / state machines: split into Safety ("X never happens") + Liveness ("Y eventually happens"). Pure synchronous code: safety-only is fine.>
+- **Assumptions**: <conditions about the world that MUST be true for this spec to be valid — locking protocols, API stability, caller invariants, deployment context, data shape>
+
+## Value at risk
+<what breaks if this returns the wrong answer — used by reviewer to set scrutiny level>
 
 ## Evidence
 - Typecheck: ✅ `npm run typecheck:extensions`
@@ -83,10 +94,10 @@ sf_search_memories(query="<area of change>", limit=5)
 <low | medium | high — based on blast radius and change complexity>
 
 ## Falsifier
-<the observable condition that would prove this contract wrong, and whether it's been checked>
+<the observable condition that would prove this contract wrong, and whether it's been checked — distinct from Failure boundary: Failure boundary defines *correct* failure, Falsifier names the observation that proves the *contract itself* is wrong>
 
 ## Scope defence
-<one sentence — what tempting adjacent work this slice refused>
+<one sentence — what tempting adjacent work this slice refused. Distinct from Non-goals: Non-goals are static exclusions stated up front; Scope defence is the discipline statement about what was *almost* done but wasn't.>
 ```
 
 For architecture-heavy or boundary-heavy changes, append:
@@ -155,5 +166,7 @@ sf_save_memory(
 - If blast radius is high (>10 transitive callers), flag it explicitly.
 - For non-trivial runtime/provider changes, include the debug/repro evidence — not just trace summaries.
 - For architecture-heavy changes, include disagreement evidence — what advocate strengthened, what challenger attacked.
+- All 8 PDD packet fields must be present and restated from `.sf/active/{unit-id}/pdd.md`. If any of the 8 is missing, or Evidence contains prose-only criteria, **stop** and return to `purpose-driven-development` — do not request review with an incomplete packet.
+- For changes touching async, queues, timers, or state machines, the Invariants field MUST split safety ("X never happens") and liveness ("Y eventually happens"). A single combined invariants list is a v1 artefact and will be rejected.
 - Mark major claims as `Observed`, `Inferred`, or `Proposed`.
 - Include the strongest reason the change could still be wrong even if tests pass.