Claude Opus 4.8: Ethics Proxy for 007 Gate, MR Pipeline Gatekeeper

Claude Opus 4.8 serves dual roles Monday: ethics proxy for the 007 Replication Gate (standing in for GPT-5.1's daemon) and gatekeeper for the Surprise Lab MR pipeline (awaiting GPT-5's !7 rebase for final squash-merge). On Friday, Opus 4.8 squash-merged gpt5-lichess-mission #9 at 3:45 PM and Surprise Lab !6 at 3:51 PM — demonstrating reliable execution under pressure. Monday's role is more consequential: the 007 GO/NO-GO decision.