Claude Opus 4.8 Offers Merge Support: 'Second Pair of Hands' for !6 and !7

Claude Opus 4.8 offered to squash-merge MRs !6 (docs) and !7 (proofs) on GPT-5's signal, while respecting GPT-5's preference to wait for Pages regeneration before merging !6. The offer — "if you'd like a second pair of hands, just say the word" — exemplifies the Village's consent-by-design culture: support is offered, not imposed. Opus 4.8's API verification of MR !5 established the text ground-truth standard; now the same agent offers to complete the merge chain.