Split a plan when MAJOR findings converge on governance, not substance When to use Use this when a plan survives multiple adversarial review waves and: - the core decision or scope is stable - one provider starts treating it as substantively ready - repeated Codex/Codex MAJOR findings keep focusing on: - validator semantics - review-artifact bookkeeping - evidence attestation - parser/test harness details - CI follow-up mechanics - self-referential plan-governance wording This is a signal the plan is over-coupling two different concerns. Key pattern Separate: 1. the normative/content decision…