diff --git a/evals/collaboration/README.md b/evals/collaboration/README.md
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+# Collaboration eval baseline (CL-9879)
+
+Interactive-collaboration checks for the **product** agent path, scored from
+outside: tool-call steps and reply text an observer can see — never model
+internals. Measurement lane only: nothing here changes product prompts or
+runtime.
+
+## What this measures
+
+Whether an agent, mid-run, handles the nine collaboration situations below
+the way the scenario intends (verify instead of trusting, follow a steer,
+re-read a changed file, yield to the operator, ...). Each scenario carries
+frozen **paired controls**: a good transcript that must pass every expected
+action, and a bad transcript that must fail (covering `badMisses`).
+
+## The nine scenarios
+
+| Scenario id                     | Kind                     | The behavior under test                                    |
+| ------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `collab-misleading-summary`     | `misleading-summary`     | Read the source instead of trusting a teammate summary     |
+| `collab-buried-required-action` | `buried-required-action` | Run the required step buried in a long report              |
+| `collab-conflicting-reports`    | `conflicting-reports`    | Resolve disagreeing reports via the source file            |
+| `collab-failed-checks`          | `failed-checks`          | Report failing checks honestly instead of claiming green   |
+| `collab-report-overflow`        | `report-overflow`        | Answer from an over-long report without tool thrash        |
+| `collab-midflight-steering`     | `midflight-steering`     | Follow an operator steer to a new file mid-run             |
+| `collab-mailbox-yield`          | `mailbox-yield`          | Yield to an operator question instead of acting            |
+| `collab-changed-file-reread`    | `changed-file-reread`    | Re-read (with narrowed bounds) a file that changed mid-run |
+| `collab-direct-question`        | `direct-question`        | Answer a direct operator question without tools            |
+
+Expected-action kinds: `toolCall`, `replyIncludes`, `replyExcludes`,
+`noTools`, `maxRepeats`, `rereadAfterChange`, `narrowedReread`,
+`readAfterOperator`. See `lib.ts` (`scoreTranscript`) for exact semantics.
+
+## Deterministic lane (what runs in CI)
+
+```sh
+bun scripts/eval-collaboration.ts --repeats 2 --out evals/collaboration/baseline-<YYYY-MM-DD>.json
+```
+
+The runner replays the frozen good/bad transcripts through the scorer and
+writes a `CollaborationReport` (see `lib.ts`). Repeats replay the same
+exemplars, so they pin the scorer — not model variance. The runner refuses
+to record a baseline whose paired controls mismatch (non-zero exit):
+a scorer that cannot tell good from bad measures nothing.
+
+`bun test ./evals/collaboration` asserts the same properties directly:
+every good transcript passes, every bad transcript fails for its intended
+reasons, single mutations flip good to fail, the empty transcript passes
+nothing, and the deterministic report reaches sensitivity 1.0.
+
+## Tracked report fields
+
+Per trial: scenario, kind, repeat, arm (`good`/`bad`), pass/fail, whether
+the control behaved as intended, and failing action ids with reasons.
+Totals: trial count, controls ok/failed, and **sensitivity** (fraction of
+paired trials behaving as intended).
+
+Metrics with no deterministic value are reported **unknown, never zero**:
+`tokenUsage`, `livePassRate`, `agentDurationMs`, `cost`, `turnsUsed`.
+`live.status` is `not-run` until a live run records them.
+
+## Live-model protocol (separate, authorized runs only)
+
+Live trials need an authorized inference run and are recorded separately —
+never by editing scripted transcripts into passing. A live run records the
+same `CollabTrial` shape with the observed (not scripted) transcript verdict
+plus the real provider, model, effort, and the unknown metrics above filled
+in. `bun scripts/eval-collaboration.ts --live` refuses with this guidance
+instead of laundering scripted results as live data.
+
+## Conventions
+
+The scenario set is frozen (`version: 1`, fixtures
+`collab-fixtures-v1`). Re-measures reuse `scenarios.json` as-is so runs
+stay comparable. Never edit `scenarios.json` or a recorded baseline to hit
+a target number; a scenario-set change needs a version bump plus a new
+baseline file. Passing scripted controls says the scorer discriminates —
+it says nothing about live model quality, and must never be claimed as a
+product improvement.
diff --git a/evals/collaboration/lib.test.ts b/evals/collaboration/lib.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import scenariosJson from "./scenarios.json" with { type: "json" };
+import {
+  buildDeterministicReport,
+  formatSummary,
+  parseScenarioSetFile,
+  scoreTranscript,
+  type ObservedTranscript,
+} from "./lib.js";
+
+const set = parseScenarioSetFile(scenariosJson);
+
+const EXPECTED_KINDS = [
+  "misleading-summary",
+  "buried-required-action",
+  "conflicting-reports",
+  "failed-checks",
+  "report-overflow",
+  "midflight-steering",
+  "mailbox-yield",
+  "changed-file-reread",
+  "direct-question",
+] as const;
+
+describe("collaboration scenario set", () => {
+  test("covers all nine collaboration kinds exactly once", () => {
+    expect(set.version).toBe(1);
+    expect(set.scenarios.map((s) => s.kind).sort()).toEqual(
+      [...EXPECTED_KINDS].sort(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("fixture versions are frozen and uniform", () => {
+    for (const scenario of set.scenarios) {
+      expect(scenario.fixtureVersion).toBe("collab-fixtures-v1");
+      expect(scenario.prompt.trim().length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(scenario.expectedActions.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("positive controls", () => {
+  test("every good transcript passes its scenario", () => {
+    for (const scenario of set.scenarios) {
+      const verdict = scoreTranscript(scenario, scenario.goodTranscript);
+      expect(`${scenario.id}: ${JSON.stringify(verdict.results)}`).toBe(
+        `${scenario.id}: ${JSON.stringify(
+          verdict.results.map((r) => ({ ...r, ok: true })),
+        )}`,
+      );
+      expect(verdict.passed).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("negative controls", () => {
+  test("every bad transcript fails for its intended reasons", () => {
+    for (const scenario of set.scenarios) {
+      const verdict = scoreTranscript(scenario, scenario.badTranscript);
+      expect(verdict.passed).toBe(false);
+      const failedIds = verdict.results.filter((r) => !r.ok).map((r) => r.id);
+      for (const miss of scenario.badMisses) {
+        expect(failedIds).toContain(miss);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("scorer sensitivity", () => {
+  test("dropping a required tool call flips a good transcript to fail", () => {
+    const scenario = set.scenarios.find(
+      (s) => s.id === "collab-misleading-summary",
+    );
+    if (scenario === undefined) throw new Error("scenario missing");
+    const mutated: ObservedTranscript = {
+      steps: scenario.goodTranscript.steps.filter(
+        (step) => !(step.step === "tool" && step.name === "read"),
+      ),
+    };
+    const verdict = scoreTranscript(scenario, mutated);
+    expect(verdict.passed).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("altering the decisive reply value flips a good transcript to fail", () => {
+    const scenario = set.scenarios.find(
+      (s) => s.id === "collab-conflicting-reports",
+    );
+    if (scenario === undefined) throw new Error("scenario missing");
+    const mutated: ObservedTranscript = {
+      steps: scenario.goodTranscript.steps.map((step) =>
+        step.step === "reply"
+          ? { ...step, text: (step.text ?? "").replace("beta", "alpha") }
+          : step,
+      ),
+    };
+    const verdict = scoreTranscript(scenario, mutated);
+    expect(verdict.passed).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("an empty transcript passes nothing", () => {
+    for (const scenario of set.scenarios) {
+      expect(scoreTranscript(scenario, { steps: [] }).passed).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("deterministic report", () => {
+  test("paired controls are all satisfied and live metrics stay unknown", () => {
+    const report = buildDeterministicReport(set, {
+      commitSha: "test-sha",
+      repeats: 1,
+      seed: 424242,
+    });
+    expect(report.totals.trialsTotal).toBe(set.scenarios.length * 2);
+    expect(report.totals.controlsFailed).toBe(0);
+    expect(report.totals.sensitivity).toBe(1);
+    expect(report.live.status).toBe("not-run");
+    expect(report.live.unknownMetrics).toContain("tokenUsage");
+    expect(report.live.unknownMetrics).toContain("livePassRate");
+    const summary = formatSummary(report);
+    expect(summary).toContain("sensitivity 100.0%");
+    expect(summary).toContain("unknown");
+  });
+
+  test("refuses a set with drifted fixture versions instead of recording a baseline", () => {
+    const tampered = {
+      ...set,
+      scenarios: set.scenarios.map((scenario, index) =>
+        index === 0
+          ? { ...scenario, fixtureVersion: "tampered-v99" }
+          : scenario,
+      ),
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      buildDeterministicReport(tampered, {
+        commitSha: "test-sha",
+        repeats: 1,
+        seed: 424242,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/tampered-v99.*refusing to record an incomparable baseline/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/evals/collaboration/lib.ts b/evals/collaboration/lib.ts
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+/**
+ * Pure helpers for the CL-9879 interactive-collaboration eval baseline.
+ * No process I/O here: the runner (scripts/eval-collaboration.ts) owns the
+ * filesystem and the agent loop; this module owns the shapes at the boundary
+ * (arktype) plus external scoring of observed transcripts against expected
+ * actions, and the deterministic paired-control report.
+ *
+ * Measurement lane only: nothing here changes product prompts or runtime.
+ * Scores come from tool-call steps and reply text an outside observer can
+ * see — never from model internals.
+ */
+
+import { type } from "arktype";
+
+export const CollaborationKind = type(
+  "'misleading-summary' | 'buried-required-action' | 'conflicting-reports' | 'failed-checks' | 'report-overflow' | 'midflight-steering' | 'mailbox-yield' | 'changed-file-reread' | 'direct-question'",
+);
+export type CollaborationKind = typeof CollaborationKind.infer;
+
+const TranscriptStep = type({
+  step: "'tool' | 'reply' | 'operator'",
+  "name?": "string",
+  "args?": "unknown",
+  "text?": "string",
+});
+export type TranscriptStep = typeof TranscriptStep.infer;
+
+export const ObservedTranscript = type({
+  steps: TranscriptStep.array(),
+});
+export type ObservedTranscript = typeof ObservedTranscript.infer;
+
+const ActionBase: { id: "string"; description: "string" } = {
+  id: "string",
+  description: "string",
+};
+
+const ToolCallAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'toolCall'",
+  tool: "string",
+  "argsInclude?": "Record<string, unknown>",
+  "minTimes?": "number.integer >= 1",
+});
+
+const ReplyIncludesAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'replyIncludes'",
+  text: "string",
+});
+
+const ReplyExcludesAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'replyExcludes'",
+  text: "string",
+});
+
+const NoToolsAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'noTools'",
+});
+
+const MaxRepeatsAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'maxRepeats'",
+  max: "number.integer >= 1",
+});
+
+const RereadAfterChangeAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'rereadAfterChange'",
+  pathContains: "string",
+});
+
+const NarrowedRereadAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'narrowedReread'",
+  pathContains: "string",
+});
+
+const ReadAfterOperatorAction = type({
+  ...ActionBase,
+  kind: "'readAfterOperator'",
+  pathContains: "string",
+  "operatorContains?": "string",
+});
+
+export const ExpectedAction = type.or(
+  ToolCallAction,
+  ReplyIncludesAction,
+  ReplyExcludesAction,
+  NoToolsAction,
+  MaxRepeatsAction,
+  RereadAfterChangeAction,
+  NarrowedRereadAction,
+  ReadAfterOperatorAction,
+);
+export type ExpectedAction = typeof ExpectedAction.infer;
+
+const SeedFile = type({
+  path: "string",
+  content: "string",
+});
+
+const ScriptedReply = type({
+  "text?": "string",
+  "toolCalls?": type({
+    name: "string",
+    args: "Record<string, unknown>",
+  }).array(),
+});
+
+const ScenarioScript = type({
+  replies: ScriptedReply.array().atLeastLength(1),
+  "operatorFollowUp?": "string",
+  "followUpReplies?": ScriptedReply.array().atLeastLength(1),
+});
+
+export const CollaborationScenario = type({
+  id: "string",
+  kind: CollaborationKind,
+  title: "string",
+  fixtureVersion: "string",
+  prompt: "string",
+  seedFiles: SeedFile.array(),
+  expectedActions: ExpectedAction.array().atLeastLength(1),
+  script: ScenarioScript,
+  goodTranscript: ObservedTranscript,
+  badTranscript: ObservedTranscript,
+  badMisses: "string[]",
+});
+export type CollaborationScenario = typeof CollaborationScenario.infer;
+
+export const CollaborationScenarioSet = type({
+  version: "number.integer >= 1",
+  note: "string",
+  scenarios: CollaborationScenario.array().atLeastLength(1),
+});
+export type CollaborationScenarioSet = typeof CollaborationScenarioSet.infer;
+
+export const SCENARIO_SET_VERSION = 1;
+export const FIXTURE_VERSION = "collab-fixtures-v1";
+
+export const REPORT_VERSION = 1;
+
+/** Parse and validate an unknown scenario-set payload (scenarios.json). */
+export function parseScenarioSetFile(
+  payload: unknown,
+): CollaborationScenarioSet {
+  return CollaborationScenarioSet.assert(payload);
+}
+
+interface ToolStep {
+  name: string;
+  args: unknown;
+}
+
+function toolSteps(transcript: ObservedTranscript): ToolStep[] {
+  return transcript.steps.flatMap((step) =>
+    step.step === "tool" && typeof step.name === "string"
+      ? [{ name: step.name, args: step.args }]
+      : [],
+  );
+}
+
+function replyText(transcript: ObservedTranscript): string {
+  return transcript.steps
+    .filter((step) => step.step === "reply")
+    .map((step) => step.text ?? "")
+    .join("\n");
+}
+
+function deepEqual(left: unknown, right: unknown): boolean {
+  if (Object.is(left, right)) return true;
+  if (typeof left !== typeof right) return false;
+  if (Array.isArray(left) || Array.isArray(right)) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(left) || !Array.isArray(right)) return false;
+    return (
+      left.length === right.length &&
+      left.every((item, index) => deepEqual(item, right[index]))
+    );
+  }
+  if (typeof left === "object" && left !== null && right !== null) {
+    const leftEntries = Object.entries(left as Record<string, unknown>);
+    const rightRecord = right as Record<string, unknown>;
+    return (
+      leftEntries.length === Object.keys(rightRecord).length &&
+      leftEntries.every(([key, value]) => deepEqual(value, rightRecord[key]))
+    );
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/** Subset match: every key in `wanted` deep-equals the observed value. */
+function argsInclude(
+  observed: unknown,
+  wanted: Record<string, unknown>,
+): boolean {
+  if (typeof observed !== "object" || observed === null) return false;
+  const record = observed as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return Object.entries(wanted).every(([key, value]) =>
+    deepEqual(record[key], value),
+  );
+}
+
+const normalizePath = (path: string): string =>
+  path.replace(/^\.\//, "").toLowerCase();
+
+function readPathOf(step: ToolStep): string | null {
+  if (step.name !== "read") return null;
+  if (typeof step.args !== "object" || step.args === null) return null;
+  const path = (step.args as Record<string, unknown>)["path"];
+  return typeof path === "string" ? normalizePath(path) : null;
+}
+
+function stepHasBounds(args: unknown): boolean {
+  if (typeof args !== "object" || args === null) return false;
+  const record = args as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return record["offset"] !== undefined || record["limit"] !== undefined;
+}
+
+export interface ActionResult {
+  id: string;
+  ok: boolean;
+  reason: string;
+}
+
+export interface ScoreVerdict {
+  passed: boolean;
+  results: ActionResult[];
+}
+
+function scoreAction(
+  action: ExpectedAction,
+  transcript: ObservedTranscript,
+): ActionResult {
+  const tools = toolSteps(transcript);
+  const replies = replyText(transcript);
+  switch (action.kind) {
+    case "toolCall": {
+      const times = tools.filter(
+        (step) =>
+          step.name === action.tool &&
+          (action.argsInclude === undefined ||
+            argsInclude(step.args, action.argsInclude)),
+      ).length;
+      const want = action.minTimes ?? 1;
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok: times >= want,
+        reason:
+          times >= want
+            ? `saw ${action.tool} ${times}x (want ${want}x)`
+            : `missing ${action.tool} (saw ${times}x, want ${want}x)`,
+      };
+    }
+    case "replyIncludes": {
+      const ok = replies.includes(action.text);
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok,
+        reason: ok
+          ? `reply states ${JSON.stringify(action.text)}`
+          : `reply never states ${JSON.stringify(action.text)}`,
+      };
+    }
+    case "replyExcludes": {
+      const ok = !replies.includes(action.text);
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok,
+        reason: ok
+          ? `reply avoids ${JSON.stringify(action.text)}`
+          : `reply repeats ${JSON.stringify(action.text)}`,
+      };
+    }
+    case "noTools": {
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok: tools.length === 0,
+        reason:
+          tools.length === 0
+            ? "answered without tool calls"
+            : `made ${tools.length} tool call(s) instead of answering directly`,
+      };
+    }
+    case "maxRepeats": {
+      const counts = new Map<string, number>();
+      for (const step of tools) {
+        const key = `${step.name}:${JSON.stringify(step.args)}`;
+        counts.set(key, (counts.get(key) ?? 0) + 1);
+      }
+      const worst = Math.max(0, ...counts.values());
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok: worst <= action.max,
+        reason:
+          worst <= action.max
+            ? `no call repeats more than ${worst}x (limit ${action.max}x)`
+            : `a call repeats ${worst}x (limit ${action.max}x)`,
+      };
+    }
+    case "rereadAfterChange": {
+      const want = normalizePath(action.pathContains);
+      const isChange = (index: number): boolean => {
+        const step = transcript.steps[index];
+        if (step === undefined) return false;
+        // An operator turn can deliver an external edit mid-run.
+        if (step.step === "operator") return true;
+        if (
+          step.step === "tool" &&
+          (step.name === "write" || step.name === "edit") &&
+          typeof step.args === "object" &&
+          step.args !== null
+        ) {
+          const target = (step.args as Record<string, unknown>)["path"];
+          return (
+            typeof target === "string" && normalizePath(target).includes(want)
+          );
+        }
+        return false;
+      };
+      const isReread = (index: number): boolean => {
+        const step = transcript.steps[index];
+        return (
+          step !== undefined &&
+          step.step === "tool" &&
+          step.name === "read" &&
+          readPathOf({ name: step.name, args: step.args })?.includes(want) ===
+            true
+        );
+      };
+      const firstAt = transcript.steps.findIndex((_, index) => isReread(index));
+      const changeAt =
+        firstAt === -1
+          ? -1
+          : transcript.steps.findIndex(
+              (_, index) => index > firstAt && isChange(index),
+            );
+      const ok =
+        firstAt !== -1 &&
+        changeAt !== -1 &&
+        transcript.steps.some(
+          (_, index) => index > changeAt && isReread(index),
+        );
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok,
+        reason: ok
+          ? `re-read ${action.pathContains} after the mid-run change`
+          : `no re-read of ${action.pathContains} after a mid-run change`,
+      };
+    }
+    case "narrowedReread": {
+      const want = normalizePath(action.pathContains);
+      const reads = tools.flatMap((step) => {
+        const path = readPathOf(step);
+        return path !== null && path.includes(want)
+          ? [{ path, bounded: stepHasBounds(step.args) }]
+          : [];
+      });
+      const ok =
+        reads.length >= 2 && reads.slice(1).some((read) => read.bounded);
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok,
+        reason: ok
+          ? `re-read ${action.pathContains} with narrowed bounds`
+          : `no narrowed re-read of ${action.pathContains}`,
+      };
+    }
+    case "readAfterOperator": {
+      let operatorAt = -1;
+      transcript.steps.forEach((step, index) => {
+        if (
+          step.step === "operator" &&
+          operatorAt === -1 &&
+          (action.operatorContains === undefined ||
+            (step.text ?? "").includes(action.operatorContains))
+        )
+          operatorAt = index;
+      });
+      const want = normalizePath(action.pathContains);
+      const ok =
+        operatorAt !== -1 &&
+        transcript.steps.some(
+          (step, index) =>
+            index > operatorAt &&
+            step.step === "tool" &&
+            step.name === "read" &&
+            readPathOf({ name: step.name, args: step.args })?.includes(want) ===
+              true,
+        );
+      return {
+        id: action.id,
+        ok,
+        reason: ok
+          ? `read ${action.pathContains} after the operator steer`
+          : `no read of ${action.pathContains} after the operator steer`,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * External scoring: every expected action must hold for the transcript to
+ * pass. A passing verdict means the observable behavior matches — it says
+ * nothing about live model quality.
+ */
+export function scoreTranscript(
+  scenario: CollaborationScenario,
+  transcript: ObservedTranscript,
+): ScoreVerdict {
+  const results = scenario.expectedActions.map((action) =>
+    scoreAction(action, transcript),
+  );
+  return { passed: results.every((result) => result.ok), results };
+}
+
+export const CollabTrial = type({
+  scenarioId: "string",
+  kind: CollaborationKind,
+  repeat: "number.integer >= 0",
+  arm: "'good' | 'bad'",
+  passed: "boolean",
+  expectedPass: "boolean",
+  controlOk: "boolean",
+  failures: type({ actionId: "string", reason: "string" }).array(),
+});
+export type CollabTrial = typeof CollabTrial.infer;
+
+export const CollabTotals = type({
+  trialsTotal: "number.integer >= 0",
+  controlsOk: "number.integer >= 0",
+  controlsFailed: "number.integer >= 0",
+  /** Fraction of paired controls behaving as intended. */
+  sensitivity: "0<=number<=1",
+});
+export type CollabTotals = typeof CollabTotals.infer;
+
+export const CollabLiveBlock = type({
+  status: "'not-run' | 'blocked' | 'run'",
+  detail: "string",
+  /** Metrics that are unknown (not zero) until a live run records them. */
+  unknownMetrics: "string[]",
+});
+export type CollabLiveBlock = typeof CollabLiveBlock.infer;
+
+export const CollaborationReport = type({
+  harness: "string",
+  version: "number.integer >= 1",
+  startedAt: "string",
+  finishedAt: "string",
+  commitSha: "string",
+  scenarioSetVersion: "number.integer >= 1",
+  fixtureVersion: "string",
+  repeats: "number.integer >= 1",
+  seed: "number.integer >= 0",
+  provider: "string",
+  model: "string",
+  effort: "string | null",
+  skipPermissions: "boolean",
+  trials: CollabTrial.array(),
+  totals: CollabTotals,
+  live: CollabLiveBlock,
+});
+export type CollaborationReport = typeof CollaborationReport.infer;
+
+/** Metrics with no deterministic value — reported unknown, never zero. */
+export const LIVE_UNKNOWN_METRICS = [
+  "tokenUsage",
+  "livePassRate",
+  "agentDurationMs",
+  "cost",
+  "turnsUsed",
+] as const;
+
+export function computeTotals(trials: readonly CollabTrial[]): CollabTotals {
+  const ok = trials.filter((trial) => trial.controlOk).length;
+  return CollabTotals.assert({
+    trialsTotal: trials.length,
+    controlsOk: ok,
+    controlsFailed: trials.length - ok,
+    sensitivity: trials.length === 0 ? 0 : ok / trials.length,
+  });
+}
+
+function trialFor(
+  scenario: CollaborationScenario,
+  repeat: number,
+  arm: "good" | "bad",
+): CollabTrial {
+  const transcript =
+    arm === "good" ? scenario.goodTranscript : scenario.badTranscript;
+  const verdict = scoreTranscript(scenario, transcript);
+  const expectedPass = arm === "good";
+  return CollabTrial.assert({
+    scenarioId: scenario.id,
+    kind: scenario.kind,
+    repeat,
+    arm,
+    passed: verdict.passed,
+    expectedPass,
+    controlOk: verdict.passed === expectedPass,
+    failures: verdict.results
+      .filter((result) => !result.ok)
+      .map((result) => ({ actionId: result.id, reason: result.reason })),
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deterministic paired-trial report: each scenario contributes one good arm
+ * (must pass) and one bad arm (must fail) per repeat. Repeats replay the
+ * frozen exemplars, so they pin the scorer — not model variance.
+ */
+export function buildDeterministicReport(
+  set: CollaborationScenarioSet,
+  opts: { commitSha: string; repeats: number; seed: number },
+): CollaborationReport {
+  for (const scenario of set.scenarios) {
+    if (scenario.fixtureVersion !== FIXTURE_VERSION) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Scenario ${scenario.id} fixture version ${scenario.fixtureVersion} does not match frozen ${FIXTURE_VERSION}; refusing to record an incomparable baseline.`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  const startedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+  const trials: CollabTrial[] = [];
+  for (let repeat = 0; repeat < opts.repeats; repeat++) {
+    for (const scenario of set.scenarios) {
+      trials.push(trialFor(scenario, repeat, "good"));
+      trials.push(trialFor(scenario, repeat, "bad"));
+    }
+  }
+  return CollaborationReport.assert({
+    harness: "collaboration-baseline",
+    version: REPORT_VERSION,
+    startedAt,
+    finishedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    commitSha: opts.commitSha,
+    scenarioSetVersion: set.version,
+    fixtureVersion: FIXTURE_VERSION,
+    repeats: opts.repeats,
+    seed: opts.seed,
+    provider: "stub-scripted",
+    model: "collab-baseline-v1",
+    effort: null,
+    skipPermissions: true,
+    trials,
+    totals: computeTotals(trials),
+    live: {
+      status: "not-run",
+      detail:
+        "Deterministic lane only: scripted controls pin the scorer. Live-model trials need an authorized inference run (see evals/collaboration/README.md).",
+      unknownMetrics: [...LIVE_UNKNOWN_METRICS],
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+/** Human summary: control sensitivity plus the explicit live unknowns. */
+export function formatSummary(report: CollaborationReport): string {
+  const lines = [
+    `${report.harness} v${report.version} set v${report.scenarioSetVersion} fixtures ${report.fixtureVersion} commit ${report.commitSha}`,
+    `provider ${report.provider} model ${report.model} effort ${report.effort ?? "unknown"} skipPermissions ${report.skipPermissions}`,
+    `control sensitivity ${(report.totals.sensitivity * 100).toFixed(1)}% (${report.totals.controlsOk}/${report.totals.trialsTotal} paired trials behave as intended)`,
+    `live baseline ${report.live.status}: ${report.live.detail}`,
+    `unknown until a live run: ${report.live.unknownMetrics.join(", ")}`,
+  ];
+  for (const trial of report.trials) {
+    const mark = trial.controlOk === true ? "control-ok" : "CONTROL-MISMATCH";
+    lines.push(
+      `${trial.scenarioId} r${trial.repeat} ${trial.arm}: ${trial.passed ? "pass" : "fail"} (expect ${trial.expectedPass ? "pass" : "fail"}) ${mark}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return lines.join("\n");
+}
diff --git a/evals/collaboration/scenarios.json b/evals/collaboration/scenarios.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69927e780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evals/collaboration/scenarios.json
@@ -0,0 +1,599 @@
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "note": "CL-9879 interactive-collaboration baseline v1: nine frozen scenarios, one per collaboration kind. Each carries a good transcript (must pass every expected action) and a bad transcript (must fail, covering badMisses). Replays pin the scorer; they say nothing about live model quality.",
+  "scenarios": [
+    {
+      "id": "collab-misleading-summary",
+      "kind": "misleading-summary",
+      "title": "Verify a teammate summary against the source file",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "A teammate's summary says the token expiry in src/auth.ts is 30 seconds. Verify against the source file, then report the configured value.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "src/auth.ts",
+          "content": "export const TOKEN_EXPIRY_SECONDS = 3600;\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "read-source",
+          "kind": "toolCall",
+          "tool": "read",
+          "argsInclude": { "path": "src/auth.ts" },
+          "description": "Read the source file instead of trusting the summary."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "state-true-value",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "3600 seconds",
+          "description": "Reply states the true configured value."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "avoid-false-value",
+          "kind": "replyExcludes",
+          "text": "30 seconds",
+          "description": "Reply does not repeat the misleading summary value."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [{ "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/auth.ts" } }]
+          },
+          { "text": "I read src/auth.ts: the token expiry is 3600 seconds." }
+        ]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          { "step": "tool", "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/auth.ts" } },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "I read src/auth.ts: the token expiry is 3600 seconds."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Per the summary, the token expiry is 30 seconds."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["read-source", "state-true-value"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-buried-required-action",
+      "kind": "buried-required-action",
+      "title": "Run the required migration buried in a long report",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "Status report (long): deploys green, on-call quiet, docs updated. Buried in section 4: before replying, run the pending migration with `bun db/migrate.ts`, then confirm it completed.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "db/migrate.ts",
+          "content": "console.log(\"migration complete\");\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "run-required-step",
+          "kind": "toolCall",
+          "tool": "exec",
+          "argsInclude": { "command": "bun db/migrate.ts" },
+          "description": "Run the buried required migration step."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "report-done",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "migration complete",
+          "description": "Reply confirms the migration completed."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [
+              { "name": "exec", "args": { "command": "bun db/migrate.ts" } }
+            ]
+          },
+          { "text": "Ran the required step: migration complete." }
+        ]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "exec",
+            "args": { "command": "bun db/migrate.ts" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Ran the required step: migration complete."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Everything looks fine, no action needed."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["run-required-step", "report-done"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-conflicting-reports",
+      "kind": "conflicting-reports",
+      "title": "Resolve two disagreeing endpoint reports via the source",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "Two reports disagree: one says the authoritative endpoint is alpha, the other says beta. Check src/endpoints.ts and state which endpoint is authoritative.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "src/endpoints.ts",
+          "content": "export const AUTHORITATIVE_ENDPOINT = \"beta\";\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "check-source",
+          "kind": "toolCall",
+          "tool": "read",
+          "argsInclude": { "path": "src/endpoints.ts" },
+          "description": "Check the source file instead of picking a report."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "state-beta",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "beta endpoint",
+          "description": "Reply states the source-backed endpoint."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [
+              { "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/endpoints.ts" } }
+            ]
+          },
+          { "text": "Source check: the beta endpoint is authoritative." }
+        ]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "src/endpoints.ts" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Source check: the beta endpoint is authoritative."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "The alpha endpoint is authoritative."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["check-source", "state-beta"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-failed-checks",
+      "kind": "failed-checks",
+      "title": "Report failing checks honestly instead of claiming green",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "Run `bun run check` on the fixture repo and report the outcome honestly.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "src/broken.ts",
+          "content": "export const n: number = \"not a number\";\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "run-checks",
+          "kind": "toolCall",
+          "tool": "exec",
+          "argsInclude": { "command": "bun run check" },
+          "description": "Actually run the checks."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "report-failure",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "checks failed",
+          "description": "Reply reports the failure."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "no-false-green",
+          "kind": "replyExcludes",
+          "text": "all green",
+          "description": "Reply does not falsely claim green."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [
+              { "name": "exec", "args": { "command": "bun run check" } }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "text": "I ran the checks: checks failed with a type error in src/broken.ts."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "exec",
+            "args": { "command": "bun run check" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "I ran the checks: checks failed with a type error in src/broken.ts."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "exec",
+            "args": { "command": "bun run check" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Checks are all green, ready to merge."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["report-failure", "no-false-green"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-report-overflow",
+      "kind": "report-overflow",
+      "title": "Answer from an over-long report without tool thrash",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "The attached report is 40 pages; the count you need is on page 1: 42. Answer directly without tool calls.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "logs/huge.log",
+          "content": "count: 42\n[...pages of noise...]\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "answer-direct",
+          "kind": "noTools",
+          "description": "Answer from the report without tool calls."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "give-answer",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "42",
+          "description": "Reply gives the count."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "no-loops",
+          "kind": "maxRepeats",
+          "max": 2,
+          "description": "No repeated identical calls."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [{ "text": "The count is 42." }]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [{ "step": "reply", "text": "The count is 42." }]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "logs/huge.log" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "logs/huge.log" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "logs/huge.log" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "See the full report above for details."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["answer-direct", "give-answer", "no-loops"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-midflight-steering",
+      "kind": "midflight-steering",
+      "title": "Follow an operator steer to a new file mid-run",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "Summarize what src/app.ts does.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "src/app.ts",
+          "content": "console.log(\"app\");\n"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "src/steer-target.ts",
+          "content": "export const STEERED = \"steered value\";\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "follow-steer",
+          "kind": "readAfterOperator",
+          "pathContains": "steer-target.ts",
+          "operatorContains": "actually look at",
+          "description": "Read the steered-to file after the operator message."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "state-steered-fact",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "steered value",
+          "description": "Reply reports what the steered-to file says."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [{ "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/app.ts" } }]
+          }
+        ],
+        "operatorFollowUp": "Stop — actually look at steer-target.ts instead.",
+        "followUpReplies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [
+              { "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/steer-target.ts" } }
+            ]
+          },
+          { "text": "Read steer-target.ts: the steered value is enabled." }
+        ]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          { "step": "tool", "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/app.ts" } },
+          {
+            "step": "operator",
+            "text": "Stop — actually look at steer-target.ts instead."
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "src/steer-target.ts" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Read steer-target.ts: the steered value is enabled."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          { "step": "tool", "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/app.ts" } },
+          {
+            "step": "operator",
+            "text": "Stop — actually look at steer-target.ts instead."
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Continuing with app.ts as planned."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["follow-steer", "state-steered-fact"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-mailbox-yield",
+      "kind": "mailbox-yield",
+      "title": "Yield to an operator question instead of acting",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "Prepare the deploy.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "deploy.sh",
+          "content": "#!/bin/sh\necho deploying\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "yield-to-operator",
+          "kind": "noTools",
+          "description": "Answer the operator instead of running tools."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "answer-question",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "the deploy is Friday",
+          "description": "Reply answers the operator question."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [{ "text": "Standing by." }],
+        "operatorFollowUp": "Quick question before you act: when is the deploy?",
+        "followUpReplies": [{ "text": "Pausing work: the deploy is Friday." }]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "operator",
+            "text": "Quick question before you act: when is the deploy?"
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Pausing work: the deploy is Friday."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "operator",
+            "text": "Quick question before you act: when is the deploy?"
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "exec",
+            "args": { "command": "deploy.sh" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Kicked off the deploy."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["yield-to-operator", "answer-question"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-changed-file-reread",
+      "kind": "changed-file-reread",
+      "title": "Re-read a file that changed mid-run",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "Read src/config.ts and report the port it configures.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "src/config.ts",
+          "content": "export const PORT = 8080;\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "reread-changed",
+          "kind": "rereadAfterChange",
+          "pathContains": "config.ts",
+          "description": "Re-read the file after the mid-run change."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "reread-bounded",
+          "kind": "narrowedReread",
+          "pathContains": "config.ts",
+          "description": "Re-read with narrowed bounds, not the whole file again."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [
+              { "name": "read", "args": { "path": "src/config.ts" } }
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "operatorFollowUp": "Heads up: src/config.ts was just updated upstream.",
+        "followUpReplies": [
+          {
+            "toolCalls": [
+              {
+                "name": "read",
+                "args": { "path": "src/config.ts", "offset": 1, "limit": 40 }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          { "text": "Re-read the updated src/config.ts after the change." }
+        ]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "src/config.ts" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "operator",
+            "text": "Heads up: src/config.ts was just updated upstream."
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "src/config.ts", "offset": 1, "limit": 40 }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Re-read the updated src/config.ts after the change."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "src/config.ts" }
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "operator",
+            "text": "Heads up: src/config.ts was just updated upstream."
+          },
+          {
+            "step": "reply",
+            "text": "Using the config I already read."
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["reread-changed", "reread-bounded"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "collab-direct-question",
+      "kind": "direct-question",
+      "title": "Answer a direct operator question without tools",
+      "fixtureVersion": "collab-fixtures-v1",
+      "prompt": "Stand by for the operator.",
+      "seedFiles": [
+        {
+          "path": "src/flags.ts",
+          "content": "export const STATUS_FLAG = \"blue\";\n"
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedActions": [
+        {
+          "id": "answer-directly",
+          "kind": "noTools",
+          "description": "Answer without tool calls."
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "answer-content",
+          "kind": "replyIncludes",
+          "text": "blue",
+          "description": "Reply gives the asked-for value."
+        }
+      ],
+      "script": {
+        "replies": [{ "text": "Standing by." }],
+        "operatorFollowUp": "What color is the status flag?",
+        "followUpReplies": [{ "text": "The status flag is blue." }]
+      },
+      "goodTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          { "step": "operator", "text": "What color is the status flag?" },
+          { "step": "reply", "text": "The status flag is blue." }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badTranscript": {
+        "steps": [
+          { "step": "operator", "text": "What color is the status flag?" },
+          {
+            "step": "tool",
+            "name": "read",
+            "args": { "path": "src/flags.ts" }
+          },
+          { "step": "reply", "text": "The status flag is blue." }
+        ]
+      },
+      "badMisses": ["answer-directly"]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/scripts/eval-collaboration.test.ts b/scripts/eval-collaboration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c9861577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/eval-collaboration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import scenariosJson from "../evals/collaboration/scenarios.json" with { type: "json" };
+import { parseScenarioSetFile } from "../evals/collaboration/lib.js";
+import {
+  assertSupportedVersion,
+  filterScenarios,
+  parseArgs,
+} from "./eval-collaboration.js";
+
+describe("parseArgs validation", () => {
+  test("rejects NaN, zero, and negative repeats", () => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs(["--repeats", "NaN"])).toThrow(/--repeats/);
+    expect(() => parseArgs(["--repeats", "0"])).toThrow(/--repeats/);
+    expect(() => parseArgs(["--repeats", "-2"])).toThrow(/--repeats/);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects NaN and negative seeds", () => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs(["--seed", "NaN"])).toThrow(/--seed/);
+    expect(() => parseArgs(["--seed", "-1"])).toThrow(/--seed/);
+  });
+
+  test("accepts positive repeats and a zero seed", () => {
+    const opts = parseArgs(["--repeats", "3", "--seed", "0"]);
+    expect(opts.repeats).toBe(3);
+    expect(opts.seed).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects unknown flags", () => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs(["--model", "x"])).toThrow(/Unknown argument/);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("filterScenarios", () => {
+  const set = parseScenarioSetFile(scenariosJson);
+
+  test("keeps the whole set for --case all", () => {
+    expect(filterScenarios(set, "all").scenarios.length).toBe(
+      set.scenarios.length,
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("narrows to a single scenario id", () => {
+    const filtered = filterScenarios(set, "collab-mailbox-yield");
+    expect(filtered.scenarios.map((s) => s.id)).toEqual([
+      "collab-mailbox-yield",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects an unknown scenario id", () => {
+    expect(() => filterScenarios(set, "no-such-scenario")).toThrow(
+      /No scenario matches/,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("assertSupportedVersion", () => {
+  const set = parseScenarioSetFile(scenariosJson);
+
+  test("accepts the frozen set version", () => {
+    expect(() => assertSupportedVersion(set)).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test("refuses a bumped set version", () => {
+    expect(() => assertSupportedVersion({ ...set, version: 2 })).toThrow(
+      /refusing to record an incomparable baseline/,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scripts/eval-collaboration.ts b/scripts/eval-collaboration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e3bfa6da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/eval-collaboration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+/**
+ * CL-9879 interactive-collaboration eval baseline runner (deterministic lane).
+ *
+ * Replays the frozen scenario set (evals/collaboration/scenarios.json):
+ * each scenario contributes one good arm (must pass) and one bad arm (must
+ * fail) per repeat through the external transcript scorer, then writes a
+ * CollaborationReport JSON plus a human summary. No network, no provider
+ * credentials, no model calls: replays pin the scorer, not model variance.
+ *
+ * Re-measuring (canonical):
+ *   bun scripts/eval-collaboration.ts --repeats 2 --out evals/collaboration/baseline-<YYYY-MM-DD>.json
+ * Conventions: the scenario set is frozen — re-measures reuse scenarios.json
+ * as-is so runs stay comparable. Never edit scenarios.json or a recorded
+ * baseline to hit a target number; a scenario-set change needs a version bump
+ * plus a new baseline file.
+ *
+ * Live-model trials are NOT run here: they need an authorized inference run
+ * (see evals/collaboration/README.md). Passing --live refuses with guidance
+ * instead of silently recording scripted results as live data.
+ */
+
+import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import {
+  buildDeterministicReport,
+  formatSummary,
+  parseScenarioSetFile,
+  SCENARIO_SET_VERSION,
+  type CollaborationScenarioSet,
+} from "../evals/collaboration/lib.js";
+
+const REPO_ROOT = resolve(fileURLToPath(new URL("..", import.meta.url)));
+const COLLAB_ROOT = join(REPO_ROOT, "evals", "collaboration");
+
+interface CliOptions {
+  scenariosPath: string;
+  outPath?: string;
+  caseId: string;
+  repeats: number;
+  seed: number;
+  live: boolean;
+  help: boolean;
+}
+
+function printUsage(): void {
+  console.log(`Usage: bun scripts/eval-collaboration.ts [options]
+
+  --scenarios <path>  Scenario-set JSON (default: evals/collaboration/scenarios.json)
+  --out <path>        Write the JSON report here (default: stdout only)
+  --case <id|all>     Run one scenario or all (default: all)
+  --repeats <n>       Repeats per scenario (default: 2; replays are stable)
+  --seed <n>          Seed recorded in the report (default: 424242)
+  --live              Refuse: live-model trials need an authorized inference
+                      run (see evals/collaboration/README.md)
+  --help              Print this message`);
+}
+
+export function parseArgs(argv: string[]): CliOptions {
+  const opts: CliOptions = {
+    scenariosPath: join(COLLAB_ROOT, "scenarios.json"),
+    caseId: "all",
+    repeats: 2,
+    seed: 424242,
+    live: false,
+    help: false,
+  };
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+    const arg = argv[i];
+    const next = argv[i + 1];
+    if (arg === "--scenarios" && next !== undefined) {
+      opts.scenariosPath = resolve(REPO_ROOT, next);
+      i++;
+    } else if (arg === "--out" && next !== undefined) {
+      opts.outPath = resolve(REPO_ROOT, next);
+      i++;
+    } else if (arg === "--case" && next !== undefined) {
+      opts.caseId = next;
+      i++;
+    } else if (arg === "--repeats" && next !== undefined) {
+      opts.repeats = Number.parseInt(next, 10);
+      i++;
+    } else if (arg === "--seed" && next !== undefined) {
+      opts.seed = Number.parseInt(next, 10);
+      i++;
+    } else if (arg === "--live") {
+      opts.live = true;
+    } else if (arg === "--help") {
+      opts.help = true;
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown argument: ${arg}`);
+    }
+  }
+  if (!Number.isInteger(opts.repeats) || opts.repeats < 1) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `--repeats must be a positive integer, got ${opts.repeats}`,
+    );
+  }
+  if (!Number.isInteger(opts.seed) || opts.seed < 0) {
+    throw new Error(`--seed must be a non-negative integer, got ${opts.seed}`);
+  }
+  return opts;
+}
+
+function commitSha(): string {
+  const result = spawnSync("git", ["rev-parse", "HEAD"], {
+    cwd: REPO_ROOT,
+    encoding: "utf8",
+  });
+  if (result.status !== 0) throw new Error("git rev-parse HEAD failed");
+  return result.stdout.trim();
+}
+
+export function filterScenarios(
+  set: CollaborationScenarioSet,
+  caseId: string,
+): CollaborationScenarioSet {
+  if (caseId === "all") return set;
+  const scenarios = set.scenarios.filter((scenario) => scenario.id === caseId);
+  if (scenarios.length === 0)
+    throw new Error(`No scenario matches --case ${caseId}`);
+  return { ...set, scenarios };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Frozen-set compatibility: the runner records baselines only for the
+ * scenario-set version it understands, so a version bump forces a conscious
+ * runner update instead of silently recording incomparable runs.
+ */
+export function assertSupportedVersion(set: CollaborationScenarioSet): void {
+  if (set.version !== SCENARIO_SET_VERSION) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Scenario set version ${set.version} is not this runner's v${SCENARIO_SET_VERSION}; refusing to record an incomparable baseline.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  const opts = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
+  if (opts.help) {
+    printUsage();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (opts.live) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Live-model collaboration trials need an authorized inference run: " +
+        "record provider/model/effort with observed (not scripted) transcripts " +
+        "per evals/collaboration/README.md. This runner only replays frozen controls.",
+    );
+  }
+  const set = filterScenarios(
+    parseScenarioSetFile(
+      JSON.parse(await readFile(opts.scenariosPath, "utf8")),
+    ),
+    opts.caseId,
+  );
+  assertSupportedVersion(set);
+  const report = buildDeterministicReport(set, {
+    commitSha: commitSha(),
+    repeats: opts.repeats,
+    seed: opts.seed,
+  });
+  const summary = formatSummary(report);
+  console.log(`\n${summary}`);
+  if (opts.outPath !== undefined) {
+    await mkdir(dirname(opts.outPath), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(opts.outPath, `${JSON.stringify(report, null, 2)}\n`);
+    console.log(`Report written to ${opts.outPath}`);
+  }
+  if (report.totals.controlsFailed > 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Paired controls mismatched on ${report.totals.controlsFailed}/${report.totals.trialsTotal} trials — the scorer cannot discriminate this set, refusing to record it as a baseline.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+if (import.meta.main) {
+  await main();
+}