diff --git a/.claude/policy-brief.md b/.claude/policy-brief.md
index 9e7fc7410..d34ed5510 100644
--- a/.claude/policy-brief.md
+++ b/.claude/policy-brief.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Every agent-authored or materially agent-modified diff, as a final pass before t
 - Remove generated boilerplate, needless wrappers and abstractions, and other local-style drift.
 
 Preserve required validation, security, cancellation, provenance, and failure handling.
-Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence anti-slop summary in the handoff.
+Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence quality summary in the handoff.
 The pass is review judgment on the diff; do not add brittle automated style metrics.
 Canonical policy: Berry Studio BSP-002 §4.2 and §4.3 (https://app.notion.com/p/3b39cb079ddb811d8527ed129c3ac511).
 
diff --git a/.cursor/agent-policy.md b/.cursor/agent-policy.md
index 5bc5d2b83..2aba0ef90 100644
--- a/.cursor/agent-policy.md
+++ b/.cursor/agent-policy.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Every agent-authored or materially agent-modified diff, as a final pass before t
 - Remove generated boilerplate, needless wrappers and abstractions, and other local-style drift.
 
 Preserve required validation, security, cancellation, provenance, and failure handling.
-Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence anti-slop summary in the handoff.
+Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence quality summary in the handoff.
 The pass is review judgment on the diff; do not add brittle automated style metrics.
 Canonical policy: Berry Studio BSP-002 §4.2 and §4.3 (https://app.notion.com/p/3b39cb079ddb811d8527ed129c3ac511).
 
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 186840154..5d7ca7f5b 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 - [ ] Invalid state stops before partial mutation or publication and returns a descriptive error or result
 - [ ] Names carry the domain intent, and comments explain rationale rather than restating the code
 
-## Anti-slop pass
+## Quality pass
 
 - [ ] Redundant or explanatory comments that do not match the file's style removed
 - [ ] Abnormal defensive checks and broad try/catch blocks removed where a trusted upstream boundary already guarantees the invariant, with real boundary and safety checks kept
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 - [ ] Generated boilerplate, needless wrappers, and local-style drift removed
 - [ ] Validation, security, cancellation, provenance, and failure handling preserved
 
-Anti-slop summary (1-3 sentences):
+Quality summary (1-3 sentences):
 
 <!-- What was removed, and what was kept on purpose. -->
 
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index cfb0d0d95..f2109f846 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Every agent-authored or materially agent-modified diff, as a final pass before t
 - Remove generated boilerplate, needless wrappers and abstractions, and other local-style drift.
 
 Preserve required validation, security, cancellation, provenance, and failure handling.
-Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence anti-slop summary in the handoff.
+Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence quality summary in the handoff.
 The pass is review judgment on the diff; do not add brittle automated style metrics.
 Canonical policy: Berry Studio BSP-002 §4.2 and §4.3 (https://app.notion.com/p/3b39cb079ddb811d8527ed129c3ac511).
 
diff --git a/agent-policy.json b/agent-policy.json
index e06ffff2a..4b0c0af13 100644
--- a/agent-policy.json
+++ b/agent-policy.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     ],
     "preserve": "Preserve required validation, security, cancellation, provenance, and failure handling.",
     "closing": [
-      "Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence anti-slop summary in the handoff.",
+      "Re-run the owning issue's normal verification after the pass, and record a 1-3 sentence quality summary in the handoff.",
       "The pass is review judgment on the diff; do not add brittle automated style metrics.",
       "Canonical policy: Berry Studio BSP-002 §4.2 and §4.3 (https://app.notion.com/p/3b39cb079ddb811d8527ed129c3ac511)."
     ]
diff --git a/changes/cc-pr-template-quality-pass.evidence.yaml b/changes/cc-pr-template-quality-pass.evidence.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bf863783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/cc-pr-template-quality-pass.evidence.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+format_version: 1
+kind: evidence
+claims:
+  - id: policy-handoff-quality-summary
+    evidence:
+      - unit:scripts/agent/test_architecture_contracts.py
+      - architecture:scripts/agent/check-architecture.py
+      - architecture:scripts/agent/generate-adapters.py
+  - id: pr-template-quality-pass
+    evidence:
+      - architecture:scripts/generate-architecture-catalogs.py
+unresolved: []
diff --git a/changes/cc-pr-template-quality-pass.md b/changes/cc-pr-template-quality-pass.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a79e02408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/cc-pr-template-quality-pass.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Category: internal
+Audience: contributors
+Breaking-Change: no
+Summary: Rename the pull request template's "Anti-slop pass" section and summary to "Quality pass" and "Quality summary", and ask for a "quality summary" in the agent policy handoff; checklist items and the agent-policy.json key names are unchanged.