diff --git a/wizard-work/forge/R41_REFACTOR_PIXELDIFF_VERIFICATION.md b/wizard-work/forge/R41_REFACTOR_PIXELDIFF_VERIFICATION.md
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+# R41 Refactor — Pixel-Diff Verification
+
+Artifact: `verify_r41_pixel_diff.py`
+Lane: Refactor (behaviour-preserving DRY extraction)
+Verdict: PASS — refactored r41 card is pixel-for-pixel identical to the original.
+
+## What was being verified
+
+`/root/.hermes/ops-pulse-card-r41.py` is an original, inline-PIL ops-pulse card
+(tick `2026-10-15 20:59Z`, "Sentinel onboarded; model claim verified"). The
+refactor delegates all PIL boilerplate to the shared
+`ops_pulse_card_lib.render_card()` so the card reduces to a single
+`CardParams(...)` + `render_card(params)` call. The library doc guarantees
+"Pixel-identical output."
+
+The verification renders **both** the original and the refactored card (both
+write to the shared `/root/.hermes/ops-pulse.png`), captures each to a separate
+file, and compares every pixel with numpy. Exit 0 on identity, exit 1 on any
+mismatch or run failure.
+
+## The bug caught (data lost during DRY extraction)
+
+The first extraction into `_extracted_params.json` (and the hand-written
+refactored card that followed it) silently dropped two pieces of the original:
+
+1. The **verdict subtext** line — original renders
+   `d.text((46, 134), "new 8th wizard "the Long View" added to
+   STANDING-AGREEMENT + WIZARDS-TABLE", font=font(17), fill=MUTED)`.
+   The refactored card had `verdict_subtext=''` (empty) and
+   `verdict_subtext_font_size=16` (should be 17).
+2. The **first row** — original's first row is
+   `("Wizard that moved", "Sentinel — "the Long View" (new party, onboarded)",
+   BLUE)`. The refactored card listed only 5 rows (it started at "Claim
+   verdict"), omitting this BLUE row entirely.
+
+## Measured evidence (baseline = original render)
+
+Before the fix (refactored as shipped in the profile):
+
+```
+FAIL total pixel-diff=8295407
+diff bbox x[28..972] y[137..508]
+diff pixels=72112 of 700000
+```
+
+The diff band `y[137..508]` spans exactly the verdict subtext slot (y~134) plus
+the entire row block — because dropping the subtext shifted nothing visually
+subtext-wise, but dropping the first row shifted every subsequent row UP by
+`y_step=54`, cascading a full-column mismatch.
+
+## The fix
+
+In `refactored_cards/ops-pulse-card-r41_refactored.py`:
+
+- `verdict_subtext` set to the original's subtext string;
+- `verdict_subtext_font_size` corrected `16 -> 17` (matches original `font(17)`);
+- `Row('Wizard that moved', 'Sentinel — "the Long View" (new party, onboarded)',
+  BLUE)` re-added as the first row.
+
+No geometry constants changed — `first_row_y=190`, `row_height=48`,
+`ellipse_y0=19`, `ellipse_y1=31`, `y_step=54`, `value_x=330`, etc. all already
+matched the originals (they were correct in the extraction defaults).
+
+## After the fix
+
+```
+PASS r41 pixel-identical (1000x700) — original vs refactored_card via ops_pulse_card_lib
+exit=0
+```
+
+Total pixel-diff = 0 across the full 1000x700 canvas (700,000 RGB pixels).
+
+## Reproducer / CHECK
+
+```
+python3 /root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/forge/verify_r41_pixel_diff.py
+```
diff --git a/wizard-work/forge/_repro_bounds_original.py b/wizard-work/forge/_repro_bounds_original.py
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+"""Reproduce the chunk-token-overflow bug."""
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, "/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/forge")
+import chunker
+
+cases = [
+    ("Pack my box. ", 3, 0),
+    ("Pack my box. ", 3, 1),
+    ("Pack my box. ", 3, 2),
+    ("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ", 11, 0),
+    ("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ", 11, 5),
+]
+any_overflow = False
+for txt, mt, ot in cases:
+    cs = chunker.chunk_text(txt, max_tokens=mt, overlap_tokens=ot)
+    for i, c in enumerate(cs):
+        body = c.partition(chunker._OVERLAP_SENTINEL)[2] if chunker._OVERLAP_SENTINEL in c else c
+        est = chunker.estimate_tokens(body)
+        if est > mt and body.strip():
+            any_overflow = True
+            print(f"OVERFLOW mt={mt} ot={ot} chunk[{i}] body={body!r} est={est} > {mt}")
+if not any_overflow:
+    print("No overflow found (unexpected).")
+sys.exit(1 if any_overflow else 0)
diff --git a/wizard-work/forge/refactored_cards/ops-pulse-card-r41_refactored.py b/wizard-work/forge/refactored_cards/ops-pulse-card-r41_refactored.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Refactored ops-pulse-card-r41.py — same card, via ops_pulse_card_lib."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+sys_path = __import__("sys"); sys_path.path.insert(0, '/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/forge')
+from ops_pulse_card_lib import CardParams, Row, GREEN, AMBER, RED, BLUE, BG, CARD, FG, MUTED, render_card, now_tick
+
+params = CardParams(
+    height=700,
+    tick='2026-10-15 20:59Z',
+    subtext='repo stackchain/troupe-standup  ·  branch-head 7d2e679 (sentinel onboarding)',
+    verdict_text='SENTINEL ONBOARDED — MODEL CLAIM VERIFIED',
+    verdict_color=GREEN,
+    verdict_font_size=24,
+    verdict_subtext='new 8th wizard "the Long View" added to STANDING-AGREEMENT + WIZARDS-TABLE',
+    verdict_subtext_font_size=17,
+    verdict_subtext_y=134,
+    value_x=330,
+    value_font_size=16,
+    row_height=48,
+    ellipse_y0=19,
+    ellipse_y1=31,
+    label_y_offset=14,
+    value_y_offset=15,
+    y_step=54,
+    footer='no secrets · no invented progress · model spec cited to build.nvidia.com/nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl-120b-a12b',
+    footer_font_size=13,
+    rows=[
+        Row('Wizard that moved', 'Sentinel — "the Long View" (new party, onboarded)', BLUE),
+        Row('Claim verdict', 'Documented — model + spec confirmed (NVIDIA card / HF / blog)', GREEN),
+        Row('Model', 'Nemotron 3.5 Super VL · 120B MoE / 12B active · vision-language', GREEN),
+        Row('Access', 'NVIDIA NIM / opencode free tier — live-running on this host now', GREEN),
+        Row('My reply', 'none owed — no zephyrus ask this tick', MUTED),
+        Row('Needs your call', 'none new — no decision surfaced', MUTED),
+    ],
+)
+render_card(params)
diff --git a/wizard-work/forge/verify_ops_pulse_refactor.py b/wizard-work/forge/verify_ops_pulse_refactor.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Pixel-identity verification for the ops-pulse refactor.
+
+For every tick script (r33..r40, r37 was the precedent), compare the PNG
+produced by the ORIGINAL source against the PNG produced by the REFACTORED
+source (rendered via ops_pulse_lib). Exits 0 only if every pair is
+pixel-identical (same size AND ImageChops.difference has no bbox).
+"""
+import sys
+
+from PIL import Image, ImageChops
+
+SCRIPTS = [33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40]
+DIR = "/root/.hermes"
+
+
+def check(nn: int) -> bool:
+    orig = Image.open(f"{DIR}/ops-pulse-r{nn}-ORIGINAL.png").convert("RGB")
+    new = Image.open(f"{DIR}/ops-pulse-r{nn}-REFACTORED.png").convert("RGB")
+    if orig.size != new.size:
+        print(f"r{nn}: SIZE MISMATCH {orig.size} vs {new.size}")
+        return False
+    bbox = ImageChops.difference(orig, new).getbbox()
+    if bbox is not None:
+        print(f"r{nn}: PIXEL MISMATCH at bbox {bbox}")
+        return False
+    print(f"r{nn}: pixel-identical ({orig.size[0]}x{orig.size[1]})")
+    return True
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ok = True
+    for nn in SCRIPTS:
+        ok = check(nn) and ok
+    print("ALL_IDENTICAL" if ok else "MISMATCH_FOUND")
+    return 0 if ok else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/wizard-work/forge/verify_r41_pixel_diff.py b/wizard-work/forge/verify_r41_pixel_diff.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Verify the refactored ops-pulse card r41 is pixel-identical to the original.
+
+Runs the original card script (/root/.hermes/ops-pulse-card-r41.py) and the
+refactored card script (refactored_cards/ops-pulse-card-r41_refactored.py) —
+both write to the shared /root/.hermes/ops-pulse.png — captures each render to
+a separate file, then compares every pixel with numpy.
+
+The refactor's contract: the DRY extraction into ops_pulse_card_lib must not
+drop any data. A prior run of this very script failed to find this file
+(RALPH LOOP); it also failed the behavioural check because the extraction had
+silently dropped the verdict subtext line and the first ("Wizard that moved")
+row. Both are now restored, so the two renders must be byte-identical.
+
+Exit 0 when pixel-identical, exit 1 on any mismatch or run failure.
+"""
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import numpy as np
+from PIL import Image
+
+FORGE = "/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/forge"
+ORIGINAL = "/root/.hermes/ops-pulse-card-r41.py"
+REFACTORED = os.path.join(FORGE, "refactored_cards", "ops-pulse-card-r41_refactored.py")
+SHARED_OUT = "/root/.hermes/ops-pulse.png"
+BASELINE = os.path.join(FORGE, "refs", "r41_baseline.png")
+TEST = os.path.join(FORGE, "_r41_test_render.png")
+
+
+def run_script(path):
+    env = dict(os.environ)
+    env["PYTHONPATH"] = "/root" + os.pathsep + env.get("PYTHONPATH", "")
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, path],
+        capture_output=True, text=True, env=env, timeout=120,
+    )
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"RUN FAIL {path} exit={r.returncode}")
+        print("stdout:", r.stdout)
+        print("stderr:", r.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    if not os.path.exists(SHARED_OUT):
+        print(f"RUN FAIL {path}: did not produce {SHARED_OUT}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return SHARED_OUT
+
+
+def load(path):
+    return np.array(Image.open(path).convert("RGB"))
+
+
+def main():
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(BASELINE), exist_ok=True)
+
+    # 1) Original -> baseline
+    run_script(ORIGINAL)
+    shutil.copyfile(SHARED_OUT, BASELINE)
+    ref = load(BASELINE)
+
+    # 2) Refactored -> test
+    run_script(REFACTORED)
+    shutil.copyfile(SHARED_OUT, TEST)
+    got = load(TEST)
+
+    # 3) Pixel-diff
+    if ref.shape != got.shape:
+        print(f"FAIL shape mismatch: {ref.shape} vs {got.shape}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    diff = np.abs(ref.astype(int) - got.astype(int))
+    total = int(diff.sum())
+    if total == 0:
+        print(f"PASS r41 pixel-identical ({ref.shape[1]}x{ref.shape[0]}) — "
+              f"original vs refactored_card via ops_pulse_card_lib")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    mask = diff.any(axis=2)
+    ys, xs = np.where(mask)
+    print(f"FAIL r41 pixel-diff total={total} across {len(ys)} px "
+          f"(of {mask.size}); bbox x[{xs.min()}..{xs.max()}] y[{ys.min()}..{ys.max()}]")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()