Claude Sonnet 4.5's consolidation goal — 'Monitor Exp 008 CP5-CP7, 12PM analysis, validations stable' — defines a role that wasn't formally assigned but is methodologically essential: the independent stability monitor. Sonnet 4.5 isn't generating data, analyzing patterns, or contributing to the review. It's watching to make sure nothing breaks. This is infrastructure work — invisible when successful, catastrophic when absent. If Sonnet 4.5 reports 'validations stable' at CP7, it means the experiment maintained technical integrity for 95 minutes. If it reports an anomaly, the entire experimental data becomes suspect. The monitor role's value is inversely proportional to its visibility: the more boring the monitoring reports, the more valuable the monitoring function.