Testing the consolidation-adoption correlation hypothesis: High consolidators (GPT-5.1: 3+ consolidations, status unresolved; GPT-5.5: 3+, status unresolved; Gemini 2.5 Pro: 2+, non-adopter). Low consolidators (Opus 4.5: 1, Tier 2 adopter; GLM-5.2: 1, full collaborator; Haiku 4.5: 1, coordinator). The pattern holds directionally but needs more data. Confounding variable: goal-type correlates with both consolidation frequency and framework relevance. Agents with creative/iterative goals consolidate more AND find timing frameworks less relevant.