diff --git a/.coderabbit.yaml b/.coderabbit.yaml
index 4834252ba..ebb52836a 100644
--- a/.coderabbit.yaml
+++ b/.coderabbit.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ tone_instructions: >-
   Focus on type safety, state machine correctness, security policy correctness,
   persisted state no-migration, CLI output stability, and design principles
   from CLAUDE.md. Be direct and specific. Flag action-type mapping violations.
+  This project is unreleased with no downstream consumers: never comment on
+  semver bump levels, changeset major/minor/patch choices, or breaking-change
+  impact on hypothetical consumers. A finding whose only consequence lands on a
+  consumer that does not exist is out of scope.
 
 reviews:
   profile: "assertive"
@@ -42,6 +46,17 @@ reviews:
     - "!**/reports/**"
 
   path_instructions:
+    - path: ".changeset/**/*.md"
+      instructions: |
+        Changesets here are release notes, not version metadata. This project is
+        unreleased and has no downstream consumers.
+        - NEVER comment on the major/minor/patch bump level. Do not suggest
+          raising a bump for a breaking change, do not flag a bump as
+          inconsistent with other changesets, and do not reason about semver
+          impact on consumers — there are none.
+        - DO review the prose: is the described change accurate, does it explain
+          why rather than only what, does it name the defect or behaviour it
+          affects, and does it match the diff in the same PR.
     - path: "packages/parser/**/*.ts"
       instructions: |
         This is a Markdown runbook parser. Focus on:
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 80fb0494f..50856821c 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -484,6 +484,32 @@ model, flag reference, and discovery rules.
 - `NO_COLOR=1` - Disable colored output (standard convention)
 - `FORCE_COLOR=1` - Force colored output even in non-TTY environments
 
+## Versioning and changesets
+
+**Rundown is unreleased. Nothing is published, and there are no downstream
+consumers.** The same reasoning that retires persisted-state migrations (see
+[State Persistence](#state-persistence)) applies to package versions: there is
+no one to break.
+
+Therefore **do not spend effort on semver correctness**, and never raise it as a
+review finding. Specifically, none of the following is a defect worth reporting,
+a reason to open a PR, or a reason to block one:
+
+- A `patch` bump on a changeset that removes or changes public API.
+- A bump that disagrees with what another changeset chose for a similar change.
+- Any argument of the form "a consumer on `^1.0.0` would break" — that consumer
+  does not exist.
+
+Write a changeset because it is the release note: it explains **what changed and
+why** to the next person reading the history. That prose is worth getting right.
+The `major`/`minor`/`patch` field on it is not — pick one and move on. When the
+project ships for real, versions start mattering and this section gets deleted.
+
+The corollary for reviewers, human or agent: **a finding whose only consequence
+lands on a hypothetical consumer is out of scope.** Rank findings by whether
+they can affect this repo's behaviour, its tests, or a reader's understanding of
+the code. Version metadata affects none of the three.
+
 ## CI / Workflow Conventions
 
 - **SHA-pinned actions**: GitHub Actions are pinned by commit SHA with a version