From deebb11c0893e23093a5f57e576f6bd7f9643284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "melodic-standards-sync[bot]"
 <300666570+melodic-standards-sync[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 04:27:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: sync standards components
 (1077456c7d084e3e3a9470a5dcf7d5c5eaa28269)

---
 .claude/rules/pr-body-contract.md | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.claude/rules/pr-body-contract.md b/.claude/rules/pr-body-contract.md
index 2fede66..1fb7884 100644
--- a/.claude/rules/pr-body-contract.md
+++ b/.claude/rules/pr-body-contract.md
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 The `pr-contract` step inside `ci-status` fails a pull request only on a
 non-Conventional-Commits title or a `do-not-merge` label. The body contract is
 advisory, reported by comment and the `needs-issue-linkage` label, but
-expected: open with `Closes #<issue>` (or `Fixes`/`Resolves`) or
-`No related issue: <reason>`, then fill `## Summary`, `## Fix`,
-`## Verification`, and `## Related`. Draft from the repo's PR template (else
-the `melodic-software/.github` default); canonical record:
+expected: open with `Closes #<issue>` (or `Fixes`/`Resolves`), a
+`Refs: #<issue>` line to link without closing (never "does not close", which
+still closes), or `No related issue: <reason>`, then fill `## Summary`,
+`## Fix`, `## Verification`, and `## Related`. Draft from the repo's PR
+template (else the `melodic-software/.github` default); canonical record:
 `components/pr-convention-policy/policy.json` in `melodic-software/standards`.