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+## Promotion Candidate
+- candidate: `promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d`
+- branch: `research/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d`
+- base: `main`
+- risk: `low`
+
+## Summary
+Use generated promotion artifacts as the bounded PR diff.
+
+## Change Intent
+- mode: `improve`
+- subsystem: `research`
+- risk: `low`
+
+Smoke-test the GitHub PR path locally without touching product code.
+
+Expected outcome: A draft PR exists from a temp-clone branch.
+
+## Target Files
+- `.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_candidate.json`
+- `.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_draft.json`
+- `.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/PR_BODY.md`
+
+## Source Hypotheses
+- `hyp-generated-promotion-artifacts-sh-0be40eec`
+
+## Expected Metric
+A draft PR is opened successfully on GitHub.
+
+## Validation Plan
+Verify the PR exists and contains the generated PR body.
+
+## Evidence Checklist
+- [ ] Targeted tests passed
+- [ ] Relevant eval slices passed
+- [ ] No unintended file-scope expansion
+- [ ] Risk remains acceptable for review
diff --git a/.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_candidate.json b/.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_candidate.json
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+{
+  "id": "promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d",
+  "title": "Autonomy PR smoke candidate",
+  "summary": "Use generated promotion artifacts as the bounded PR diff.",
+  "source_publications": [],
+  "source_hypotheses": [
+    "hyp-generated-promotion-artifacts-sh-0be40eec"
+  ],
+  "target_files": [
+    ".harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_candidate.json",
+    ".harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_draft.json",
+    ".harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/PR_BODY.md"
+  ],
+  "expected_metric": "A draft PR is opened successfully on GitHub.",
+  "validation_plan": "Verify the PR exists and contains the generated PR body.",
+  "risk_level": "low",
+  "created_by": "human",
+  "created_at": "2026-05-25T21:36:40+00:00",
+  "change_intent": {
+    "mode": "improve",
+    "subsystem": "research",
+    "rationale": "Smoke-test the GitHub PR path locally without touching product code.",
+    "expected_outcome": "A draft PR exists from a temp-clone branch.",
+    "risk": "low"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_draft.json b/.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_draft.json
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+{
+  "candidate_id": "promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d",
+  "branch_name": "research/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d",
+  "commit_message": "research: promote Autonomy PR smoke candidate",
+  "pr_title": "improve: Autonomy PR smoke candidate",
+  "pr_body": "## Promotion Candidate\n- candidate: `promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d`\n- branch: `research/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d`\n- base: `main`\n- risk: `low`\n\n## Summary\nUse generated promotion artifacts as the bounded PR diff.\n\n## Change Intent\n- mode: `improve`\n- subsystem: `research`\n- risk: `low`\n\nSmoke-test the GitHub PR path locally without touching product code.\n\nExpected outcome: A draft PR exists from a temp-clone branch.\n\n## Target Files\n- `.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_candidate.json`\n- `.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/promotion_draft.json`\n- `.harness/research/promotions/promo-autonomy-pr-smoke-candidate-54c3371d/PR_BODY.md`\n\n## Source Hypotheses\n- `hyp-generated-promotion-artifacts-sh-0be40eec`\n\n## Expected Metric\nA draft PR is opened successfully on GitHub.\n\n## Validation Plan\nVerify the PR exists and contains the generated PR body.\n\n## Evidence Checklist\n- [ ] Targeted tests passed\n- [ ] Relevant eval slices passed\n- [ ] No unintended file-scope expansion\n- [ ] Risk remains acceptable for review\n",
+  "base_branch": "main"
+}
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