diff --git a/.github/scripts/autorevert.sh b/.github/scripts/autorevert.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Deterministic autorevert. Every exit prints one DECISION line.
+set -euo pipefail
+say() { echo "DECISION $*"; }
+run=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/actions/runs/$RUN_ID")
+j() { jq -r "$1" <<<"$run"; }
+name=$(j .name); event=$(j .event); branch=$(j .head_branch)
+sha=$(j .head_sha); attempt=$(j .run_attempt); concl=$(j .conclusion)
+wf=$(j .workflow_id); created=$(j .created_at)
+
+if [ "$name" = "Release" ]; then
+  say "release-failure run=$RUN_ID sha=$sha action=issue"
+  [ "$DRY" = true ] && exit 0
+  t="Autorevert: Release failed at ${sha:0:7}"
+  gh issue list -R "$REPO" --state open --search "\"$t\" in:title" --json number --jq length | grep -qx 0 &&
+    gh issue create -R "$REPO" --title "$t" --body "Release run $(j .html_url) failed. Release commits and tags are never auto-reverted; a box agent triages." >/dev/null
+  exit 0
+fi
+[ "$event" = push ] && [ "$branch" = "$MAIN" ] || { say "skip not-main-push"; exit 0; }
+[ "$concl" = failure ] || { say "skip conclusion=$concl"; exit 0; }
+
+# Kill switch: open pause issue, or 2 autoreverts in 24h, stops everything.
+if [ "$(gh issue list -R "$REPO" --state open --label autorevert-paused --json number --jq length)" != 0 ]; then
+  say "skip kill-switch-open"; exit 0; fi
+
+# Flake guard: first failure reruns failed jobs once; the rerun's completion re-triggers us.
+if [ "$attempt" = 1 ]; then
+  say "rerun-failed run=$RUN_ID sha=$sha"
+  [ "$DRY" = true ] || gh run rerun "$RUN_ID" -R "$REPO" --failed
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Culprit: the previous completed push run on main must be green, else main was already red.
+prev=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/actions/workflows/$wf/runs?branch=$MAIN&event=push&status=completed&per_page=20" \
+  --jq "[.workflow_runs[] | select(.created_at < \"$created\")][0] | .conclusion // \"none\"")
+[ "$prev" = success ] || { say "skip previous=$prev sha=$sha"; exit 0; }
+
+git fetch -q origin "$MAIN"
+[ "$(git cat-file -t "$sha" 2>/dev/null)" = commit ] || { say "skip sha-not-found $sha"; exit 0; }
+git merge-base --is-ancestor "$sha" "origin/$MAIN" || { say "skip not-on-main $sha"; exit 0; }
+subj=$(git log -1 --format=%s "$sha")
+case "$subj" in Revert*|*autorevert*) say "skip is-revert $sha"; exit 0;; esac
+if printf '%s' "$subj" | grep -Eiq '^(release|chore\(release\))'; then say "skip release-commit $sha"; exit 0; fi
+if git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r "$sha" | grep -Eq '^\.github/workflows/(release|autorevert)'; then
+  say "skip touches-release-or-autorevert $sha"; exit 0; fi
+
+br="autorevert/$sha"
+if [ "$(gh pr list -R "$REPO" --state all --head "$br" --json number --jq length)" != 0 ]; then
+  say "skip pr-exists $br"; exit 0; fi
+
+since=$(date -u -d '-24 hours' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
+n=$(gh pr list -R "$REPO" --state all --label autorevert --search "created:>=$since" --json number --jq length)
+if [ "$n" -ge 2 ]; then
+  say "kill-switch count=$n sha=$sha"
+  [ "$DRY" = true ] && exit 0
+  gh label create autorevert-paused -R "$REPO" --color B60205 -f >/dev/null
+  gh issue create -R "$REPO" --label autorevert-paused --title "Autorevert paused: $n reverts in 24h" \
+    --body "Main CI red at $sha ($(j .html_url)). Kill switch tripped; close this issue to re-arm." >/dev/null
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+say "revert sha=$sha subj=$(printf '%q' "$subj")"
+[ "$DRY" = true ] && exit 0
+git config user.name github-actions[bot]
+git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+git checkout -q -b "$br" "origin/$MAIN"
+if ! git revert --no-edit "$sha"; then
+  gh issue create -R "$REPO" --title "Autorevert: revert of ${sha:0:7} conflicts" --body "Main CI red: $(j .html_url)" >/dev/null
+  say "conflict $sha"; exit 0
+fi
+git push -q origin "$br"
+gh label create autorevert -R "$REPO" --color D93F0B -f >/dev/null
+url=$(gh pr create -R "$REPO" --base "$MAIN" --head "$br" --label autorevert \
+  --title "Revert \"$subj\" (autorevert)" \
+  --body "Main CI failed twice at $sha: $(j .html_url). Required checks run via workflow_dispatch on this branch.")
+gh pr merge "$url" --auto --squash
+gh workflow run "$wf" -R "$REPO" --ref "$br"
+say "opened $url"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/autorevert.yml b/.github/workflows/autorevert.yml
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+name: Autorevert
+
+# RQ-AUTOREVERT pilot. Deterministic, no model, no new secrets.
+# When CI on a push to main fails twice (one automatic rerun of the failed
+# jobs rules out flakes), open a revert PR of the culprit commit, enable
+# auto-merge and dispatch CI on the revert branch so the required checks
+# report (GITHUB_TOKEN events do not start pull_request runs, but
+# workflow_dispatch is the documented exception). Release failures open an
+# issue only. Spec: phantom-work/ci-efficiency/autorevert-spec.md.
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [CI, Release]
+    types: [completed]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      run_id:
+        description: CI run id to evaluate (dry run prints the decision, opens nothing)
+        required: true
+
+concurrency:
+  group: autorevert
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  autorevert:
+    if: >-
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      (github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' &&
+       github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name == github.repository &&
+       (github.event.workflow_run.event == 'push' || github.event.workflow_run.name == 'Release'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    permissions:
+      actions: write        # rerun failed jobs once, dispatch CI on the revert branch
+      contents: write       # push the autorevert/<sha> branch
+      pull-requests: write  # open the revert PR and enable auto-merge
+      issues: write         # kill switch and release-failure issues
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+      MAIN: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+      DRY: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+      RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.run_id || github.event.workflow_run.id }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 100
+          persist-credentials: true
+      - name: Decide and act
+        run: bash .github/scripts/autorevert.sh