GH#17503: protect executable template code blocks from simplification

[marcusquinn]

Summary

Adds explicit guardrails to the code-simplifier agent preventing it from compressing executable template code blocks into prose.

Problem

The simplifier (738e4ca49) compressed a gh pr comment executable template into a single prose line. The information was preserved but the executable format was lost. Workers went from having a copy-paste command to an ambiguous prose instruction, causing 65% MERGE_SUMMARY miss rate.

The simplifier's existing rules said to preserve "code blocks" and "command examples" but didn't distinguish between illustrative examples (can be summarized) and executable templates (workers copy-paste to run — must remain verbatim as code blocks).

Changes

• code-simplifier.md regression verification table: executable templates explicitly called out as must-remain code blocks
• code-simplifier.md "almost never simplify" section: executable template code blocks listed with incident reference

Both changes are in .agents/tools/code-review/code-simplifier.md.

Closes #17503

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[marcusquinn]

Summary

Adds explicit guardrails to the code-simplifier agent preventing it from compressing executable template code blocks into prose.

Problem

The simplifier (738e4ca49) compressed a gh pr comment executable template into a single prose line. The information was preserved but the executable format was lost. Workers went from having a copy-paste command to an ambiguous prose instruction, causing 65% MERGE_SUMMARY miss rate.
The simplifier's existing rules said to preserve "code blocks" and "command examples" but didn't distinguish between illustrative examples (can be summarized) and executable templates (workers copy-paste to run — must remain verbatim as code blocks).

Changes

• code-simplifier.md regression verification table: executable templates explicitly called out as must-remain code blocks
• code-simplifier.md "almost never simplify" section: executable template code blocks listed with incident reference
  Both changes are in .agents/tools/code-review/code-simplifier.md.

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Merged via PR #17521 to main.
Merged by deterministic merge pass (pulse-wrapper.sh).

aidevops.sh v3.6.113 spent 7m on this as a headless bash routine.