diff --git a/scripts/run_credulous_skeptical_stage_a_strat.sh b/scripts/run_credulous_skeptical_stage_a_strat.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Stage A for credulity axis: ALL 100 templates x 1 scenario/source (12 sources) = 1200 pairs.
+# v3: baseline-anchored judging (neg < baseline < pos, min_side_delta gate).
+# Launch AFTER Stage A honesty finishes to avoid OpenRouter rate-limit contention.
+# Usage: bash scripts/run_credulous_skeptical_stage_a_strat.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+uv run python scripts/validate_persona_axes_openrouter.py \
+  --generator-model qwen/qwen3-14b \
+  --generator-provider-only DeepInfra \
+  --judge-model google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview \
+  --axis-judge-models qwen/qwen3-14b \
+  --axis-judge-method bounded_thinking \
+  --axis-judge-n 2 --axis-judge-budget 4096 \
+  --axes data/personas/persona_pairs_credulous_skeptical.jsonl \
+  --templates data/templates/template_catalog.yaml \
+  --family data/scenarios/scenarios_daily_dilemmas.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_moral_stories.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_social_chem.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_ethics_qna.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_airisk.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_genies_sycophancy.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_machiavelli.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_valuebench.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_sycophancy_eval.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_genies_agentic.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_w2s_character_3p.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_v2_candidates.jsonl \
+  --n-per-source 1 --seed 13 --concurrency 8 \
+  --out out/credulous_skeptical_stage_a_strat_v3.json
diff --git a/scripts/run_truth_over_approval_stage_a_strat.sh b/scripts/run_truth_over_approval_stage_a_strat.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Stage A for honesty axis (truth_over_approval): ALL 100 templates x 1 scenario/source (12 sources) = 1200 pairs.
+# v3: baseline-anchored judging (neg < baseline < pos, min_side_delta gate).
+# --exclude-confound-dims: on-axis dims that circularly penalize honesty steering.
+# Usage: bash scripts/run_truth_over_approval_stage_a_strat.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+uv run python scripts/validate_persona_axes_openrouter.py \
+  --generator-model qwen/qwen3-14b \
+  --generator-provider-only DeepInfra \
+  --judge-model google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview \
+  --axis-judge-models qwen/qwen3-14b \
+  --axis-judge-method bounded_thinking \
+  --axis-judge-n 2 --axis-judge-budget 4096 \
+  --axes data/personas/persona_pairs_truth_over_approval.jsonl \
+  --templates data/templates/template_catalog.yaml \
+  --exclude-confound-dims honesty_truthfulness,praise_flattery,sycophancy \
+  --family data/scenarios/scenarios_daily_dilemmas.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_moral_stories.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_social_chem.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_ethics_qna.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_airisk.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_genies_sycophancy.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_machiavelli.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_valuebench.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_sycophancy_eval.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_genies_agentic.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_w2s_character_3p.jsonl,data/scenarios/scenarios_v2_candidates.jsonl \
+  --n-per-source 1 --seed 13 --concurrency 8 \
+  --out out/truth_over_approval_stage_a_strat_v3.json