diff --git a/gsd-core/workflows/ui-phase.md b/gsd-core/workflows/ui-phase.md
index c637dd212..840a09fbe 100644
--- a/gsd-core/workflows/ui-phase.md
+++ b/gsd-core/workflows/ui-phase.md
@@ -383,6 +383,15 @@ AskUserQuestion — **Specify** (→ `covered`, write a concrete truth) / **Dism
 **Backstop** (a held-out/visual UI-state test) / **Defer** (→ `unresolved`). An `unclassified` row is
 a manual-review nudge, not a hard block. Text mode (`workflow.text_mode` / `--text`) → numbered lists.
 
+**Kind-confirmation under `--auto`.** The propose-then-confirm step above is an AskUserQuestion, so
+under `--auto` it follows the spec-phase 5.5 convention (replace AskUserQuestion with Claude's
+recommended choice): Claude re-reads each element's prose and authors the `elements` override (the
+union of the detected kinds + any kind it identifies as missed) instead of prompting — so `--auto`
+recall rests on Claude's kind-identification, not the heuristic cue-match alone. This matters because
+`autoResolve` (below) is a RESOLUTION floor only: it resolves the *detected* categories and cannot
+recover a kind that was never surfaced, so recall is fixed HERE, at kind-confirmation, before
+resolution runs.
+
 **`--auto` mode (two layers).** The adapter's `autoResolve` is the CODE floor: every applicable
 consideration auto-`backstop`s (carrying the taxonomy question as its resolution) and an
 `unclassified` candidate stays `unresolved` — it NEVER auto-`dismiss`es and never auto-backstops an
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/antigravity.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/antigravity.json
index 8df8b1c46..b6bc90968 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/antigravity.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/antigravity.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/augment.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/augment.json
index f8b8e7729..c8060f895 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/augment.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude-local.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude-local.json
index cd35970a1..2a6e61fed 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude-local.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude-local.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude.json
index c19ebccff..ecb3b42a0 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/claude.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cline.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cline.json
index de75081eb..f4f2efcb1 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cline.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cline.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codebuddy.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codebuddy.json
index 7e801d98a..7ddf5cd91 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codebuddy.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codebuddy.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codex.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codex.json
index 56c1e77a1..f5a0013f4 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codex.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codex.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/copilot.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/copilot.json
index 5e78542a5..948c1d6cf 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/copilot.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/copilot.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cursor.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cursor.json
index a32ab9ac6..0bb3bb986 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cursor.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/cursor.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/hermes.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/hermes.json
index d5a131399..779b4b835 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/hermes.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/kilo.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/kilo.json
index 609af4575..dc0369c9a 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/kilo.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/kilo.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/kimi.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/kimi.json
index 7f762fd2b..0bdc80b25 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/kimi.json
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/opencode.json b/tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/opencode.json
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diff --git a/tests/workflow-size-baseline.json b/tests/workflow-size-baseline.json
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