docs: add anti-slop evidence bar to contribution guidelines

Add a strict "evidence bar" section to CONTRIBUTING.md and a PR template
that force every contribution to prove a human exercised the change:
a human-written why, a live before/after evidence block, DCO sign-off,
and a scope statement. Enumerate auto-closed categories (ETHOS edits,
voice/YC cleanup, generated-file-only diffs, blind-AI-sweep PRs). CI
enforcement (changeset-required, DCO check, generated-file guard) is
documented as the next step tied to the Changesets migration rather than
built speculatively.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+gstack is AI-coded and proud of it. The bar is EVIDENCE OF REAL USE, not lines
+of code. A PR with no proof behind it gets closed, no matter how clean it looks.
+Fill every section below. See CONTRIBUTING.md → "The evidence bar".
+-->
+
+## Why (in your own words)
+
+<!-- One paragraph: what breaks for a user today, and what this change does about
+it. Not a restatement of the diff. -->
+
+## Live evidence
+
+<!-- REQUIRED. Paste the command(s) you ran and their real output — before and
+after. For a bug: the reproduction, failing then fixed. For a skill change: the
+actual transcript / `claude -p` output. For anything visual: before/after
+screenshots. "bun test passes" alone is not enough — show the behavior you
+changed. -->
+
+```
+# what you ran + what it produced
+```
+
+## Scope
+
+- **Changed:**
+- **Verified live by:**
+- **Did NOT test:**
+
+## Checklist
+
+- [ ] Commits are signed off (`git commit -s`) — DCO
+- [ ] This is not a generated-file-only diff (I edited the source/template and regenerated)
+- [ ] No ETHOS.md edits, and no changes to voice / founder perspective / YC references
+- [ ] New public command / external service / host adapter has an accepted issue linked (or N/A)
+- [ ] Linked issue or reproduction: #

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -73,6 +73,68 @@ Host-specific generation and dev symlinking are not the canonical GStack 2
 installation path. On this branch, `./setup` installs only the optional managed
 runtime; it no longer places host skills or accepts legacy setup flags.
 
+## The evidence bar: prove a human ran this
+
+gstack is AI-coded and proud of it. That is exactly why the bar for a
+contribution is **evidence of real use**, not lines of code. We close
+plausible-looking changes that have no proof behind them, no matter how clean
+they read. "I think this improves X" is not evidence. "Here is the command I
+ran and the output before and after" is.
+
+**Every PR must show a human exercised the change.** Attach one of:
+
+- the reproduction for the bug you fixed (the failing state, then the fixed
+  state);
+- the failing test you made pass;
+- the actual session transcript or `claude -p` output showing the new skill
+  behavior; or
+- for anything visual, before/after screenshots.
+
+A PR we cannot trace to a real reproduction, a real failing test, or a real
+workflow you personally hit gets closed. This is the same standard CLAUDE.md
+holds us to internally: **prove it or don't say it.** "Pre-existing failure,"
+"this obviously helps," and "should work" are not evidence.
+
+### Required on every PR
+
+1. **A human-written "why."** One paragraph in your own words: what breaks for
+   a user today, and what your change does about it. Generated boilerplate that
+   restates the diff is not a why.
+2. **A live-evidence block.** The command(s) you ran and their real output — the
+   before, the after. Not `bun test` alone; the actual behavior you changed.
+3. **`Signed-off-by` (DCO).** Commit with `git commit -s`. This is you
+   personally attesting you wrote or reviewed the change and have the right to
+   submit it. Unsigned commits do not merge.
+4. **A scope statement.** Three lines: what changed, how you verified it *live*,
+   what you did not test.
+
+### Auto-closed, no discussion
+
+- **No ETHOS.md edits.** Ever. It is Garry's builder philosophy, not up for
+  contribution.
+- **No "cleanup" of voice, founder perspective, or YC references.** These are
+  intentional. PRs framing them as "unprofessional," "too promotional," or
+  "unnecessary" are closed on sight.
+- **No generated-file-only diffs.** If your PR only touches a generated file
+  (`*/SKILL.md`, `skills/*/references/legacy/`, `compat/`, `evals/parity/`),
+  you edited the output, not the source. Edit the template/input and regenerate.
+- **No blind-AI-sweep PRs.** We are AI-coded, but a broad "I asked an AI to
+  improve the repo" change with no human-verified reproduction is slop. Show the
+  reproduction or it is closed.
+- **New public command / external service / first-party host adapter without an
+  accepted issue linked first.**
+
+### What gets fast-tracked
+
+A linked issue you are fixing, a failing test you make pass, a live transcript
+showing the improvement, a tight scope statement, and a signed commit. That PR
+gets reviewed the same day.
+
+> **Coming with the Changesets migration:** the four requirements above will be
+> enforced in CI — a required changeset (carrying the human "why"), a DCO check,
+> and a generated-file-only-diff guard. Until then they are reviewer-enforced,
+> and reviewers will hold the line.
+
 ## Quick start
 
 For GStack 2 source work: