GRILL's asking rules say options widen and never recommend, but itd-97's escalation contract hands the product thinker a proposal with a recommendation.

GRILL's asking rules say options widen and never recommend, but itd-97's escalation contract hands the product thinker a proposal with a recommendation.

A premise contradiction (severity minor) found by the cross-document consistency pass.

• End A: .abcd/development/brief/02-constraints/04-naming.md:221 — "options that widen and never recommend, deferral recorded as an answer"
• End B: .abcd/development/intents/drafts/itd-97-the-facilitator-is-a-mode-not-a-person.md:67 — "point with a proposal (options, recommendation, price), exactly where duo"

04-naming records GRILL as the asking rules every abcd interview follows, including 'options that widen and never recommend'. itd-97's escalation contract has solo mode stop at every product-thinker decision point with a proposal carrying options, a recommendation and a price. A decision put to the person cannot both carry a recommendation and follow a rule that never recommends.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 179.