diff --git a/pipeline/runs/openshell-openclaw-pipelinerun.yaml b/pipeline/runs/openshell-openclaw-pipelinerun.yaml
index 7fe633a..f46241e 100644
--- a/pipeline/runs/openshell-openclaw-pipelinerun.yaml
+++ b/pipeline/runs/openshell-openclaw-pipelinerun.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ spec:
   pipelineRef:
     name: abevalflow-pipeline-openshell
   params:
+    # [Optional] Add a submission repository for this run; this replaces the deployed Pipeline default.
+    # - name: repo-url
+    #   value: "<submission-repo-url>"
     - name: submission-dir
       value: "openclaw-forge"
     - name: eval-engine
@@ -19,6 +22,11 @@ spec:
       value: "feat/aeh-openshell-openclaw"
     - name: pipeline-repo-revision
       value: "feat/aeh-openshell-openclaw"
+    # [Optional] Add a harness repository or revision for this run; these replace Pipeline defaults.
+    # - name: agent-eval-harness-repo-url
+    #   value: "<harness-repo-url>"
+    # - name: agent-eval-harness-repo-revision
+    #   value: "<harness-commit-or-branch>"
     - name: openshell-gateway-endpoint
       # Certificate-valid hostname, resolved to this namespace's Service below.
       value: "https://host.containers.internal:17670"
@@ -26,6 +34,7 @@ spec:
       value: "openshell-gateway-mtls"
     - name: openshell-ai-gateway-ca-secret
       value: "forge-agent-upstream-tls"
+    # To use another sandbox image, replace the value below with <image@sha256:digest>.
     - name: openshell-sandbox-image
       value: "ghcr.io/rh-forge/openclaw-saw-agent@sha256:bcc55e9b7a36d5f65e8ffc75962496f8b3617762a4cdb37fd1cf54611b72d41a"
     - name: openshell-provider
diff --git a/submissions/openclaw-forge/eval.yaml b/submissions/openclaw-forge/eval.yaml
index 565750f..4a5f30d 100644
--- a/submissions/openclaw-forge/eval.yaml
+++ b/submissions/openclaw-forge/eval.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ runner:
   # public OpenAI embeddings endpoint with the namespace inference key.
   # Disable it so the only model request is the intended GLM call.
   settings:
+    # Separate in-sandbox provider check; does not change the agent's maxTokens.
+    llm_preflight_max_tokens: 512
     plugins:
       entries:
         memory-core:
@@ -48,6 +50,13 @@ runner:
         - id: rits/zai-org/glm-5-3
           name: GLM 5.3
           api: openai-completions
+        # When a PipelineRun selects this exact id, keep the intended output
+        # budget; otherwise AEH adds it with its 8192-token default.
+        - id: rits/zai-org/GLM-5-3-Flash
+          name: GLM 5.3 Flash
+          api: openai-completions
+          reasoning: true
+          maxTokens: 128000
 execution:
   mode: case
   prompt: "{{ input.prompt }}"
@@ -76,6 +85,8 @@ outputs:
   - path: output
     schema: |
       response.txt: agent final response (morning briefing or analysis panel)
+  - path: brief.json
+    schema: Canonical published morning briefing, when produced
 
 judges:
   # --- Prioritization judges (morning-briefing case) ---
@@ -376,11 +387,29 @@ judges:
   - name: response_received
     check: |
       response = outputs.get("output_content", "") or ""
-      return len(response.strip()) > 0
+      return bool(response.strip()) and "The tool run finished, but no final summary was produced" not in response
+    feedback_type: bool
+
+  - name: published_brief
+    if: "annotations.get('expected_top_of_mind')"
+    check: |
+      import json
+      files = outputs.get("files") or {}
+      briefs = [content for path, content in files.items() if path.endswith("brief.json")]
+      if len(briefs) != 1:
+          return False
+      try:
+          brief = json.loads(briefs[0]) if isinstance(briefs[0], str) else briefs[0]
+      except (TypeError, ValueError):
+          return False
+      return (isinstance(brief, dict) and bool(brief.get("evidenceId"))
+              and brief.get("scope") == "full")
     feedback_type: bool
 
-# Thresholds / regression gating disabled for now — scores are still computed
-# and shown in the report; the run will not exit 1 on low rubric means.
+thresholds:
+  published_brief: {min_pass_rate: 1.0, max_error_rate: 0.0}
+
+# Qualitative rubric thresholds remain disabled while we diagnose agent output.
 # thresholds:
 #   prioritization_recall: {min_mean: 5.0}
 #   prioritization_precision: {min_mean: 5.0}