diff --git a/TODO-file-length-250.md b/TODO-file-length-250.md
index f1672c4..2977abe 100644
--- a/TODO-file-length-250.md
+++ b/TODO-file-length-250.md
@@ -91,3 +91,5 @@ A refactor without a gate silently regrows. Before this task is done:
 ## Verify
 
 Run the suite, then actually run the locker entry point — this repo deploys from the working tree, so a broken import is a live outage.
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diff --git a/TODO-finish-dart-250.md b/TODO-finish-dart-250.md
index e52504e..63831a9 100644
--- a/TODO-finish-dart-250.md
+++ b/TODO-finish-dart-250.md
@@ -174,3 +174,5 @@ The code matches the pinned gatelock 0.4.0; this machine has 0.5.0 installed.
 Resync with `pip install -r requirements.txt`. **Do not "fix" the code to
 match the installed version** — that would break CI. See the comment in
 `scripts/_popup_form_check.py`.
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diff --git a/TODO-pylint-to-ten.md b/TODO-pylint-to-ten.md
index 0d925db..df254e8 100644
--- a/TODO-pylint-to-ten.md
+++ b/TODO-pylint-to-ten.md
@@ -139,3 +139,5 @@ is exactly the change that can cause one.
   another class's private attribute is a real finding.
 - Do not touch `refactor_claude_todo.md`'s 250-line work; that is a separate,
   in-progress task with its own prompt file.
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diff --git a/docs/TODO-android-ui-mcp-wrapper.md b/docs/TODO-android-ui-mcp-wrapper.md
index db44537..0f450e8 100644
--- a/docs/TODO-android-ui-mcp-wrapper.md
+++ b/docs/TODO-android-ui-mcp-wrapper.md
@@ -122,3 +122,5 @@ emulator and not a debug-only Flutter driver session.
   unfocus without popping the route (tap dead space, or `dumpsys input_method`
   to check `mInputShown` first) and must distinguish "tree is partial" from
   "element is genuinely absent" rather than reporting a false negative.
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diff --git a/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-04-screen-locker.md b/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-04-screen-locker.md
index 7d92a89..17009fb 100644
--- a/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-04-screen-locker.md
+++ b/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-04-screen-locker.md
@@ -204,3 +204,5 @@ Current real state for comparison: `screen_locker/extra_benefits_state.json` and
   icon at `~/.config/i3/scripts/screen_locker_tray.py` (outside the repo, shells
   out to the CLI, refreshes every 60s), and the lock screen itself. No i3blocks
   integration exists despite `format_summary_line` being described as one.
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diff --git a/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-05-workout-app.md b/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-05-workout-app.md
index 0fe57b2..0d38311 100644
--- a/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-05-workout-app.md
+++ b/prompts/TODO-dopamine-ux-05-workout-app.md
@@ -228,3 +228,5 @@ state what you felt and heard; do not infer them from the code.
   what counts as a workout** — enforcement depends on it, and it is out of scope.
 - The repo enforces a 250-line file cap and bans `# noqa`; ruff runs
   `select = ["ALL"]` on the Python side.
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diff --git a/stronglift_replacement/TODO-workout-app-v2.md b/stronglift_replacement/TODO-workout-app-v2.md
index 49e8b2b..8909bf1 100644
--- a/stronglift_replacement/TODO-workout-app-v2.md
+++ b/stronglift_replacement/TODO-workout-app-v2.md
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ Technical Requirements:
 App should work on rooted and unrooted phones with minimum android version of at least 12
 Full test coverage (100%) (but first check the functionality and if the functionality fully works and is approved by user THEN start writing ANY tests at all please)
 I connected an unrooted phone with adb on to the pc use it for testing
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diff --git a/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/TODO-workout-app-context.md b/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/TODO-workout-app-context.md
index d8e6e58..9f18841 100644
--- a/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/TODO-workout-app-context.md
+++ b/stronglift_replacement/workout_app/TODO-workout-app-context.md
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ Implementing design_v2.md improvements.
 ## Next Steps
 - Clarify user intent on "no break between sets" (contradicts design_v2.md which
   explicitly requested per-set breaks)
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