diff --git a/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md b/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md
index 732613333..1b036c551 100644
--- a/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md
+++ b/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ Field-by-field reference: docs/ship-budget.md. Exit 0 continue or delegate, 3 st
 - Elsewhere: `--meter estimate` (printed `meter=estimate`), only when the owner accepts it.
 
 **Every boundary.** `gstack-ship-budget check --run <id> --step <done> --next <step> --reading <n>`.
-Before each dispatch batch, reserve the batch as one sum, then pass the printed id once:
+Before each dispatch batch, reserve the batch as one sum, then pass the printed id once
+(`READING` is the current counter reading; `RESERVATION_ID` is the id the check prints):
 
 ```bash
-~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-ship-budget check --run <id> --step 9 --next dispatch:specialist,red-team --reading <n>
-~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-review-log --start review --reservation <RESERVATION id>
+~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-ship-budget check --run <id> --step 9 --next dispatch:specialist,red-team --reading "$READING"
+~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-review-log --start review --reservation "$RESERVATION_ID"
 ```
 
 `--finish` settles it. A dispatch with no `review-log --start` settles with
diff --git a/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md.tmpl b/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md.tmpl
index 6c45aa361..fa41ceb04 100644
--- a/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md.tmpl
+++ b/ship/sections/budget-handoff.md.tmpl
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ Field-by-field reference: docs/ship-budget.md. Exit 0 continue or delegate, 3 st
 - Elsewhere: `--meter estimate` (printed `meter=estimate`), only when the owner accepts it.
 
 **Every boundary.** `gstack-ship-budget check --run <id> --step <done> --next <step> --reading <n>`.
-Before each dispatch batch, reserve the batch as one sum, then pass the printed id once:
+Before each dispatch batch, reserve the batch as one sum, then pass the printed id once
+(`READING` is the current counter reading; `RESERVATION_ID` is the id the check prints):
 
 ```bash
-~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-ship-budget check --run <id> --step 9 --next dispatch:specialist,red-team --reading <n>
-~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-review-log --start review --reservation <RESERVATION id>
+~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-ship-budget check --run <id> --step 9 --next dispatch:specialist,red-team --reading "$READING"
+~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-review-log --start review --reservation "$RESERVATION_ID"
 ```
 
 `--finish` settles it. A dispatch with no `review-log --start` settles with
diff --git a/test/helpers/free-fixtures-data.ts b/test/helpers/free-fixtures-data.ts
index 3b62728c3..2029f8668 100644
--- a/test/helpers/free-fixtures-data.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/free-fixtures-data.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export const FREE_FIXTURES: Readonly<Record<string, readonly string[]>> = {
   'test/fixtures/autoplan-with-result-au.json': ['test/autoplan-phase-observer.test.ts'],
   'test/fixtures/browse-judge/**': ['test/workflow-judge-cache.test.ts'],
   'test/fixtures/ceo-completion-handoff-m-call.json': ['test/plan-count-completion.test.ts'],
+  'test/fixtures/claude-usage-2.1.292.json': ['test/claude-usage.test.ts'],
   'test/fixtures/context-restore-transcript.jsonl': ['test/context-restore-transcripts.test.ts'],
   'test/fixtures/ceo-completion-handoff-o-call.json': ['test/plan-count-completion.test.ts'],
   'test/fixtures/ceo-completion-handoff-q-call.json': ['test/plan-count-completion.test.ts'],
diff --git a/test/size-ledger/ship/capy-token-cap-with-real.json b/test/size-ledger/ship/capy-token-cap-with-real.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ba857060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/size-ledger/ship/capy-token-cap-with-real.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "bytes": 96,
+  "why": "fence placeholders become shell variables (GSTA-152 PR A pregate fix)"
+}