08-abcd says questions in a repository abcd does not manage are not gated, but 17-guard checks abcd's questions against the field limits whether the repository is managed or not.

08-abcd says questions in a repository abcd does not manage are not gated, but 17-guard checks abcd's questions against the field limits whether the repository is managed or not.

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

• End A: .abcd/development/brief/04-surfaces/08-abcd.md:184 — "questions are not gated."
• End B: .abcd/development/brief/04-surfaces/17-guard.md:137 — "question.Default) wherever the hook runs, managed or not: the setup interview"

08-abcd says a repository abcd does not manage, or one without the local tier, has no badge and its questions are not gated. 17-guard says abcd's question is held to the field limits wherever the hook runs, managed or not, because the setup interview asks its questions before a repository is managed. Under 17-guard a limit finding refuses the question with the host's deny, so only the badge and mode part is skipped in such a repository.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 404.