diff --git a/wizard-work/sphinx/archive-arxiv-lc-2026-10-22/run_verdict.py b/wizard-work/sphinx/archive-arxiv-lc-2026-10-22/run_verdict.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""The one-line verdict test for this artifact.
+
+Runs the archive's own independent checker against the COMMITTED bytes in the
+troupe repo. That checker:
+  * re-hashes the persisted API response and both abs pages against the manifest,
+  * re-parses the XML and re-derives every invariant the report claims,
+  * re-queries the live arXiv API to prove the 19-entry slice is complete,
+  * cross-checks ARCHIVE.md against the evidence,
+  * exits nonzero on any mismatch.
+
+This is a real test: it fails if any byte of evidence is altered, if the report
+drifts from the evidence, or if the slice is no longer complete.
+"""
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+REPO = "/root/troupe-standup/wizard-work/sphinx/archive-arxiv-lc-2026-10-22"
+sys.exit(subprocess.run([sys.executable, os.path.join(REPO, "check_archive.py")]).returncode)