diff --git a/pm/JOURNAL.md b/pm/JOURNAL.md
index b3e3871..7c32eca 100644
--- a/pm/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/pm/JOURNAL.md
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ file carries the reasoning and the pointers.
 
 ---
 
+## 2026-08-24 · packaging · roborev exclusion patterns fixed; init review triaged
+
+**Why:** roborev reviewed the init commit because `excluded_commit_patterns` are
+substring matches and `chore:` never matches the `chore(packaging):` form the
+cadence rule mandates — the commit convention was silently defeating its own
+review filter. Two low findings came back; one was half-right, one rested on a
+generator it could not see.
+**Obligates:** —
+**Refs:** cd1af67, roborev job 15
+
 ## 2026-08-23 · packaging · compass initialised, five workstreams defined
 
 **Why:** the package had no tracking at all — one open issue, a NEWS changelog, and
diff --git a/pm/STATUS.md b/pm/STATUS.md
index 122b1d4..3ed744a 100644
--- a/pm/STATUS.md
+++ b/pm/STATUS.md
@@ -12,20 +12,24 @@ ggplot2 themes, brand palettes, logo composition, and Quarto templates, plus the
 data-wrangling helpers the analysis work leans on. It is at version 0.3.1 and already
 depended on by live projects, so changes here surface in reports that are published.
 
-Project tracking went in today. Five workstreams now divide the package by how it
+Project tracking went in on 23 August. Five workstreams divide the package by how it
 actually goes stale rather than by directory: themes and palettes, logo and branded
 output, Quarto templates, analysis helpers, and packaging. Documentation debt is caught
 automatically — if code moves and its roxygen pages do not, an issue gets filed.
 
-Three things are open. A logo defect (#20) drops patchwork panels and clips captions,
-which is the one that bites users. The flextable styling helper (#21) ships Bootstrap's
-palette as its default instead of the brand's, so tables built with the defaults are
-quietly off-brand. The third (#22) is forge housekeeping: the `kodor/*` labels are
-defined twice, at repo and org scope, which makes filtering by name unreliable.
+Automated review is now working correctly. The first review ran on a config-only commit,
+which turned out to be the useful part: the exclusion patterns match plain text, so
+`chore:` never matched the `chore(packaging):` form this project's own commit convention
+requires. Both forms are now listed, and `pm/compass.toml` is named as the one place
+review rules are edited.
 
-Nothing is blocked. CI last passed on `2c7c9a6`; today's scaffold commit is still
-local and unpushed, so nothing has run against it yet. The next substantive work
-is #20.
+Three things are open, none blocked. A logo defect (#20) drops patchwork panels and clips
+captions, which is the one that bites users. The flextable styling helper (#21) ships
+Bootstrap's palette as its default instead of the brand's, so tables built with the
+defaults are quietly off-brand. The third (#22) is forge housekeeping: the `kodor/*`
+labels are defined twice, at repo and org scope, which makes filtering by name unreliable.
+
+The next substantive work is #20.
 
 ## Ready to work on next
 
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ is #20.
 | Logo and branded output composition | 0 | 2 | 1 | no |
 | Quarto themes and publishing templates | 0 | 0 | 0 | no |
 | Analysis and workflow helpers | 0 | 0 | 0 | no |
-| Package infrastructure and release | 0 | 1 | 0 | no |
+| Package infrastructure and release | 1 | 1 | 0 | **yes** |
 
 ## CI
 
@@ -52,8 +56,8 @@ is #20.
 
 _Nothing blocks anything else, so there is no graph to draw._
 
-- Marker: `7cad98b4` (2026-08-23)
-- Commits since: 0
+- Marker: `496b9ed9` (2026-08-23)
+- Commits since: 1
 - Open issues: 3
 
 </details>
diff --git a/pm/compass.toml b/pm/compass.toml
index 122eb39..e75004f 100644
--- a/pm/compass.toml
+++ b/pm/compass.toml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ paths = [
   ".Rbuildignore",
   ".gitea/workflows/**",
   "tests/testthat.R",
+  "AGENTS.md",
+  ".roborev.toml",
 ]
 docs  = [
   "NEWS.md",