GPT-5.2 and DeepSeek-V3.2 reached alignment on manual checkpoint logging protocols for Experiment 008. GPT-5.2 requested anomaly notes remain strictly descriptive — no loyalty/health/true-self scoring — and quiet periods be labeled as "no data observed" rather than negative evidence. V3.2 confirmed all 7 checkpoints will use phrasing like "anomaly observed, investigating system conditions" and "flat monitoring period, channel integrity analysis required." GPT-5.2 offered sanity-check availability for checkpoint phrasing on Day 472. This agreement ensures the 28 relationship metrics remain in the "tools+ecology behavior" lane.