diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 3564e24..7109d11 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ _Update this section when starting/finishing a JD._
 
 | Session | Status | Next Command |
 |---------|--------|-------------|
-| AWS (AWS EMEA SARL, Switzerland Branch) — Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, Zürich (job 10504263) | **PHASE 0 DONE 2026-08-18** — Adjacent, **Evidence Fit 69/100**, **all 4 Basic Qualifications Direct (minimum-qual gate PASS)**, Channel Weak. Posted 2026-08-17, live. **Disclosed caveat:** forward deployment / customer embedding is the *title-defining* capability and is a **Gap** — `claims.json` SW-4 + VZ-1 + `global_forbidden_output_patterns` all forbid "customer-embedded delivery", and `application_strategy.md` lists strategic-account FDE as a **Stretch** target. Scored Adjacent because AWS's published minimum bar is pure SWE and the org is 7 weeks old ($1bn launch 2026-06-30, hiring builders at volume). Second Gap: R2 multi-agent/retrieval (SW-8 forbids agent orchestration; no RAG/vector evidence). Real asset: **AWS is the evidenced cloud** where GCP is output-forbidden, plus hands-on **Kiro** (named in the JD). Would consume the **last Adjacent cohort slot (2/2)**. CL decision **YES** — the resume alone cannot explain the platform→embedded-delivery move. | Phase 1 — bullet plan (awaiting user confirmation of role type, format, framing) |
+| AWS (AWS EMEA SARL, Switzerland Branch) — Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Zürich (job 10504263) | **CLOSED — NO-GO 2026-08-18** at the Phase 0 gate. Evidence Fit **69/100** (Adjacent). Minimum-qual gate passed (all 4 Basic Quals Direct) but the *title-defining* capability — customer embedding — is a Gap that `claims.json` globally forbids claiming, and R2 multi-agent/retrieval is a second Gap. User declined: **69 is below the fit bar worth spending a package on.** Consistent with revealed behaviour — every application actually submitted scored **77.5–89**; nothing below 75 has ever been sent. **No cohort slot consumed (Adjacent stays 1/2).** Phase 0 analysis retained in the session file for reuse if a better-fitting AWS req appears. | Done — no package built |
 | Google — Forward Deployed Engineer III, Google Cloud GTM (French, German), Zürich (req 78350205438567110) | **CLOSED — NOT PROCEEDING 2026-08-18.** Phase 0 was done (Evidence Fit 67/100, hard gate PASS) but user declined to proceed after **two Google rejections** (Merchant Data Science, Business Home): the bar is now that a Google req must fit *very* well to be worth a third attempt, and this one was Adjacent with an agent-orchestration Gap. **Frees the Adjacent cohort slot (back to 1/2).** Phase 1 never started. | Done — do not reopen without a materially stronger Google req |
 | SDU Center for Energy Informatics, Odense DK — PhD, Theme 2 Predictive Maintenance & Asset Management of Smart Energy Networks (job 4159) | **CLOSED — NOT PROCEEDING 2026-08-18.** Enquiry email to Prof. Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen (sent 2026-08-02) went unanswered for 16 days; user dismissed the idea. Genuine thesis fit (vibration condition monitoring, RBR+ANN hybrid) but the blockers were never the documents — 2 letters of recommendation 13 years out of academia, and DKK 37,075/mo ≈ CHF 56k against a 180k bar. Deadline was 2026-08-20. | Done — no further action |
 | Aker BP ASA — Data Product Architect, AI-ready Data Products (FINN 469067315) | **SUBMITTED 2026-07-30** (ahead of the 2026-08-02 deadline; Adjacent, **Evidence Fit 79/100**, Document Quality 93/100, hard gate PASS, Channel Weak; Stavanger/Oslo/Trondheim, English working language, no Norwegian and no clearance required, EEA work rights). 2pp resume + 1pp CL, both validator PASS. Honest practitioner framing: builds governed data products *inside* Swisscom's Data Mesh; role *authors* an enterprise framework — real level stretch, never fabricate authorship. **Atlassian Compass closed the catalogue-tool gap** (74→79). Remaining gaps: framework authorship, no energy domain, AWS vs their Microsoft/Cognite stack, **zero verified metrics**. | Done — await response; optional follow-up email to Per Olav Marthinsen |
diff --git a/job_scout/state/decisions.json b/job_scout/state/decisions.json
index 7ecb05e..99f6c98 100644
--- a/job_scout/state/decisions.json
+++ b/job_scout/state/decisions.json
@@ -1771,8 +1771,8 @@
   "https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10504263/senior-forward-deployed-engineer-aws-forward-deployed-engineering": {
     "company": "",
     "title": "",
-    "decision": "shortlist",
-    "note": "STRONG - best current fit. All FOUR basic quals pass (5+ yrs SWE, 5+ yrs programming, 5+ yrs leading design/architecture, mentor/tech-lead) and AI/agentic work is PREFERRED ONLY, not a minimum - the exact opposite of the Google Senior Staff FDE where vector DB + RAG were minimum quals. AWS is the evidenced cloud (claims.json forbids GCP output). JD explicitly names Kiro, which is in his real toolchain. Zurich, 30-50% travel (travel-OK, no relocation). Residual gap: agentic/multi-agent responsibilities vs SW-8 - a delivery risk, not a gate.",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "Phase 0 done, then NO-GO 2026-08-18. Evidence Fit 69/100. Minimum quals all Direct, but customer embedding is title-defining and globally forbidden in claims.json; multi-agent/retrieval is a second Gap. User bar: not worth a package below ~75. Do not re-surface this req.",
     "date": "2026-08-18"
   },
   "https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10450340/senior-proserve-cloud-architect-healthcare-and-life-sciences-hcls-awsi-sales": {
diff --git a/output/AWS_Senior_FDE_Zurich/session_aws_senior_fde_zurich.md b/output/AWS_Senior_FDE_Zurich/session_aws_senior_fde_zurich.md
index c074e2a..e58d66f 100644
--- a/output/AWS_Senior_FDE_Zurich/session_aws_senior_fde_zurich.md
+++ b/output/AWS_Senior_FDE_Zurich/session_aws_senior_fde_zurich.md
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 - Channel Strength: **Weak** (cold application; no AWS contact recorded)
 - Channel plan: Cold today. AWS Zurich + a brand-new org announced 2026-06-30 means recruiters are actively sourcing — a targeted note to the FDE recruiter is the highest-value warm action available.
 - Cohort slot: Core 1/7, **Adjacent 1/2 → this would take the last Adjacent slot (2/2)**, Stretch 0/1
-- Decision: **PROCEED — with the gap stated openly, pending user confirmation**
+- Decision: **NO-GO — CLOSED 2026-08-18, user declined at the Phase 0 gate.**
+  69/100 is below the bar the user is willing to spend a package on, and the
+  title-defining Gap stands. **Cohort slot NOT consumed — Adjacent stays 1/2.**
+  The gate worked as designed: this was caught before any bullet was written.
 
 ### The caveat that must not be buried
 `critique_framework.md` triggers a NO-GO flag when "a title-defining capability is not Direct."
@@ -121,9 +124,10 @@ Responsibilities: 1 Direct, 3 Adjacent, **2 Gap** — one of which is title-defi
 - Critique: pending
 
 ## Status
-- Fit gate: **Phase 0 DONE 2026-08-18** — Adjacent, Evidence Fit 69/100, minimum-qual gate PASS, title-defining Gap disclosed, Channel Weak
+- Fit gate: **CLOSED — NO-GO 2026-08-18** (Phase 0 completed, then declined)
+- Original gate result: **Phase 0 DONE 2026-08-18** — Adjacent, Evidence Fit 69/100, minimum-qual gate PASS, title-defining Gap disclosed, Channel Weak
 - Phase 0: DONE
-- Phase 1: PENDING — awaiting user confirmation of (1) role type + bundle, (2) format, (3) framing strategy
-- Resume: PENDING
-- Cover Letter: PENDING (decision YES)
-- Critique: PENDING
+- Phase 1: **NOT STARTED — will not start.**
+- Resume: not generated
+- Cover Letter: not generated (CL decision was YES, but moot)
+- Critique: n/a