diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 69807366..974055dc 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
               services.hyperhive.deploy.matrix.ctlPackage =
                 lib.mkDefault
                   self.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.swarm-matrix-ctl;
+              services.hyperhive.deploy.review-classifier.package =
+                lib.mkDefault
+                  self.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.swarm-review-classifier;
               services.hyperhive.deploy.authelia.bridgePackage =
                 lib.mkDefault
                   self.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.swarm-authelia-bridge;
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/default.nix b/nix/host-modules/default.nix
index 2a6b737f..4960a1e7 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/default.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     ./glue-nats-bao-identity.nix
     ./glue-nats-oidc-client.nix
     ./glue-queue-agent-credential.nix
+    ./glue-review-classifier-oidc-client.nix
     ./glue-secret-publisher-bao-identity.nix
     ./glue-swarm-bao-otel-oidc-client.nix
     ./glue-swarm-otel-oidc-client.nix
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
     ./swarm-bao-service.nix
     ./swarm-bao.nix
     ./swarm-ci-runner.nix
+    ./swarm-review-classifier.nix
     ./swarm-secret-publisher.nix
     ./swarm-nats-service.nix
     ./swarm-nats.nix
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix b/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
index 1ae2abbc..5fec12f1 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
@@ -642,6 +642,23 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    review-classifier.enable = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      example = true;
+      description = ''
+        Run the review classifier in a `swarm-review-classifier` container on
+        this host. It answers the swarm UI's review try-outs with `claude` on
+        the Anthropic API key the operator writes to the secret store at
+        `secret/swarm/services/review-classifier/anthropic-api-key`, field
+        `api_key`.
+
+        Not derived from
+        {option}`services.hyperhive.deploy.allSwarmServices`: every run spends
+        money on that key, so running one is a decision of its own.
+      '';
+    };
+
     hive-controller.enable = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.bool;
       default = false;
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/glue-bao-tls.nix b/nix/host-modules/glue-bao-tls.nix
index 3c912967..abc827d2 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/glue-bao-tls.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/glue-bao-tls.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ in
       forwarderOidcClientKeyFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/forwarder-oidc-key.pem";
       ciRunnerClientCertFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/ci-runner.pem";
       ciRunnerClientKeyFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/ci-runner-key.pem";
+      reviewClassifierClientCertFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/review-classifier.pem";
+      reviewClassifierClientKeyFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/review-classifier-key.pem";
       forgePublisherClientCertFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/forge-publisher.pem";
       forgePublisherClientKeyFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/forge-publisher-key.pem";
       servicesIssuerClientCertFile = lib.mkDefault "${pkiDir}/services-issuer.pem";
@@ -268,6 +270,13 @@ in
         [ -s ${pkiDir}/ci-runner.pem ] || ${signLeaf} ${pkiDir} ci-runner \
           ${lib.escapeShellArg deployCfg.bao.ciRunnerCommonName} "" clientAuth
 
+        # The review classifier's, which reads its API key and queue client
+        # secret. Minted here for the matrix-ctl leaf's reason: the classifier
+        # is a swarm service, so on a classifier host without the store this is
+        # the file an operator copies.
+        [ -s ${pkiDir}/review-classifier.pem ] || ${signLeaf} ${pkiDir} review-classifier \
+          ${lib.escapeShellArg deployCfg.bao.reviewClassifierCommonName} "" clientAuth
+
         # The forge's token publisher. Minted here for the matrix-ctl leaf's
         # reason: the forge is a swarm singleton, so on a forge host without the
         # store this is the file an operator copies.
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/glue-review-classifier-oidc-client.nix b/nix/host-modules/glue-review-classifier-oidc-client.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..537b736c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/host-modules/glue-review-classifier-oidc-client.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Glue: register the review classifier as an OIDC client wherever authelia
+# runs.
+#
+# ONE PAIRING PER FILE — swarm-review-classifier ← authelia, and nothing else.
+# Deleting this leaves a classifier whose token requests authelia answers with
+# a 401, and no minted secret for swarm-secret-publish to put in the store.
+#
+# ⚠️ Gated on authelia being HERE, and NOT on this host running the
+# classifier, for ./glue-controller-oidc-client.nix's reason: a client is a row
+# in THIS host's provider config. Registered whether or not any host enables
+# the classifier: nothing in `swarm.*` records that, so a swarm without one
+# carries one unused client and one unused minted secret.
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  hyperhiveCfg = config.services.hyperhive;
+  deployCfg = hyperhiveCfg.deploy;
+  clientId = hyperhiveCfg.swarm.review-classifier.clientId;
+in
+{
+  config = lib.mkIf deployCfg.authelia.enable {
+    services.hyperhive.swarm.authelia.oidc.clients = [
+      {
+        id = clientId;
+        description = "HyperHive review classifier";
+        # `client_credentials`: a daemon authenticating as itself.
+        kind = "machine";
+        audience = [ clientId ];
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao.nix
index 15c9e394..d6e27ec1 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao.nix
@@ -932,6 +932,19 @@ let
     }
   ];
 
+  # The review classifier: the API key the operator writes, read once per run,
+  # and its own queue client secret, read at start. Both by the daemon inside
+  # its container.
+  reviewClassifierReaders = [
+    {
+      name = "swarm-review-classifier";
+      cn = baoDeploy.reviewClassifierCommonName;
+      policyText =
+        readStanza "${credentialMountPath}/data/swarm/services/review-classifier/anthropic-api-key"
+        + readStanza "${credentialMountPath}/data/swarm/services/${hyperhiveCfg.swarm.review-classifier.clientId}/oidc/client";
+    }
+  ];
+
   # The forge host's one store identity. `swarm-bao-forge-publisher` writes
   # the controller's forge token under it, the one writer of that path and
   # write-only: it copies a file in and never reads one back.
@@ -1754,6 +1767,20 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    reviewClassifierCommonName = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "swarm-review-classifier";
+      description = ''
+        Subject the store's `swarm-review-classifier` cert-auth role accepts:
+        the identity the review classifier presents from inside its
+        container. Its grant is two paths, read only:
+        `swarm/services/review-classifier/anthropic-api-key` and its own
+        queue client secret.
+
+        ⚠️ Reserved as a hive name by ./swarm.nix, like its siblings.
+      '';
+    };
+
     forgePublisherCommonName = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
       default = "swarm-forge-publisher";
@@ -2003,6 +2030,32 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    reviewClassifierClientCertFile = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+      default = null;
+      example = "/var/lib/swarm-bao-pki/review-classifier.pem";
+      description = ''
+        Certificate the review classifier presents to the store. Its subject
+        must be
+        {option}`services.hyperhive.deploy.bao.reviewClassifierCommonName`.
+
+        ./glue-bao-tls.nix points it at the leaf it mints on the store's host.
+        On a classifier host without the store, it is a file the operator
+        copies from the store's host. A path, never a value.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    reviewClassifierClientKeyFile = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+      default = null;
+      example = "/var/lib/swarm-bao-pki/review-classifier-key.pem";
+      description = ''
+        Private key for
+        {option}`services.hyperhive.deploy.bao.reviewClassifierClientCertFile`.
+        A path, never a value.
+      '';
+    };
+
     forgePublisherClientCertFile = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
       default = null;
@@ -3074,6 +3127,8 @@ in
 
       systemd.services.swarm-bao-ci-runner-policy = readerPolicyUnit "write the CI runner's registration-token-reader bao policy and cert-auth role" ciRunnerReaders;
 
+      systemd.services.swarm-bao-review-classifier-policy = readerPolicyUnit "write the review classifier's API-key-reader bao policy and cert-auth role" reviewClassifierReaders;
+
       systemd.services.swarm-bao-forge-publisher-policy = readerPolicyUnit "write the forge's controller-token-publisher bao policy and cert-auth role" forgePublisherWriters;
 
       # A FOURTH sibling, same shape and same reasons as the two above. This
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-nats.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-nats.nix
index 9a0ff768..fc384ae7 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-nats.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-nats.nix
@@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ in
                 "--hive-client-prefix ${lib.escapeShellArg autheliaCfg.hiveClientPrefix}"
                 "--agent-client-suffix ${lib.escapeShellArg autheliaCfg.agentClientSuffix}"
                 "--reader-client ${lib.escapeShellArg controllerCfg.queueClientId}"
+                # Hears try-outs and answers each by reply, and nothing else.
+                "--review-classifier-client ${lib.escapeShellArg config.services.hyperhive.swarm.review-classifier.clientId}"
                 # What an agent may publish to, keyed on its own name: its
                 # terminal rows and its turn-state header
                 # (`hive-agent::swarm_agent_state`), two subject families so a
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-review-classifier.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-review-classifier.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf067ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-review-classifier.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+# The review classifier, in a `swarm-review-classifier` container on the host
+# that sets `deploy.review-classifier.enable`. It answers the swarm UI's review
+# try-outs: swarm-controller sends a PR and the operator's classifications over
+# the queue, and the daemon runs `claude` once per classification and replies.
+# docs/swarm/review-classifier.md has the design.
+#
+# ⚠️ Its own network namespace on the bridge, as ./swarm-ci-runner.nix has: a
+# PR's diff and commit messages are model input, so the container reaches the
+# swarm services by name and nothing on the host's loopback.
+#
+# The container holds one credential, its own store leaf, which the host unit
+# below copies in. The daemon reads everything else from the store with it:
+# its queue client secret at start and the API key on every run.
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  hyperhiveCfg = config.services.hyperhive;
+  cfg = hyperhiveCfg.deploy.review-classifier;
+  baoCfg = hyperhiveCfg.swarm.bao;
+  baoDeploy = hyperhiveCfg.deploy.bao;
+  natsCfg = hyperhiveCfg.swarm.nats;
+  autheliaCfg = hyperhiveCfg.swarm.authelia;
+  gatewayCfg = hyperhiveCfg.gateway;
+  networkCfg = hyperhiveCfg.network;
+  otelCfg = hyperhiveCfg.otel;
+  tlsCfg = hyperhiveCfg.deploy.hive-controller.tls;
+
+  machine = "swarm-review-classifier";
+  unit = "swarm-review-classifier";
+  clientId = hyperhiveCfg.swarm.review-classifier.clientId;
+
+  # The daemon reaches authelia, the store and the queue by name over TLS, and
+  # in self-signed mode their leaves chain to the hive CA.
+  caTrust = import ./lib/hive-ca-trust.nix { inherit lib tlsCfg gatewayCfg; };
+  caBundleModule = caTrust.trustBundle {
+    inherit pkgs;
+    name = machine;
+    consumers = [ unit ];
+  };
+
+  haveClientIdentity =
+    baoDeploy.reviewClassifierClientCertFile != null && baoDeploy.reviewClassifierClientKeyFile != null;
+
+  # Credential id → host source, copied into the container and loaded by the
+  # daemon's unit alone.
+  storeFiles = {
+    "bao-client.pem" = baoDeploy.reviewClassifierClientCertFile;
+    "bao-client-key.pem" = baoDeploy.reviewClassifierClientKeyFile;
+  }
+  // lib.optionalAttrs (baoDeploy.serverCaFile != null) {
+    "bao-ca.pem" = baoDeploy.serverCaFile;
+  };
+  secretDirInContainer = "/var/lib/swarm-review-classifier";
+  inContainer = id: "${secretDirInContainer}/${id}";
+  secretDir = "/var/lib/nixos-containers/${machine}${secretDirInContainer}";
+  credential = id: "/run/credentials/${unit}.service/${id}";
+
+  # What `claude` exports its metrics with, where this host runs a hive-tier
+  # collector on the bridge. The daemon adds the repo and the PR to the
+  # resource attributes for each run.
+  otelEnv = lib.optionalAttrs otelCfg.enable {
+    CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY = "1";
+    OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER = "otlp";
+    OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT = "http://${networkCfg.bridgeIp}:${toString otelCfg.collector.port}";
+    OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL = "http/protobuf";
+    # Claude Code defaults to delta, which the metrics store drops.
+    OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCE = "cumulative";
+    OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES = "service.name=hyperhive-review-classifier,swarm=${
+      if hyperhiveCfg.swarm.name == null then "unknown" else hyperhiveCfg.swarm.name
+    }";
+  };
+
+  privateNetwork = true;
+in
+{
+  options.services.hyperhive.swarm.review-classifier.clientId = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.str;
+    readOnly = true;
+    default = "swarm-review-classifier";
+    description = ''
+      The OAuth2 client id the review classifier presents to the swarm queue.
+      Read-only: the host running authelia registers it, the queue's
+      auth-callout responder grants it the try-out subject, and the secret
+      publisher carries its secret to the store, all from this one value.
+    '';
+  };
+
+  options.services.hyperhive.deploy.review-classifier.package = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.package;
+    defaultText = lib.literalExpression "hyperhive.packages.\${system}.swarm-review-classifier";
+    description = "The review classifier daemon package.";
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion = haveClientIdentity;
+        message = ''
+          services.hyperhive.deploy.review-classifier.enable requires the
+          classifier's swarm-secret-store client identity: set both
+
+            services.hyperhive.deploy.bao.reviewClassifierClientCertFile
+            services.hyperhive.deploy.bao.reviewClassifierClientKeyFile
+
+          The classifier reads its queue client secret and the API key with it.
+
+          Both default to the pair glue-bao-tls.nix mints when
+          services.hyperhive.deploy.bao.enable is true (the host that runs the
+          store). Otherwise copy review-classifier.pem and
+          review-classifier-key.pem from the store host's /var/lib/swarm-bao-pki/
+          and name them in those two options.
+        '';
+      }
+    ];
+
+    # The container hangs off the bridge, takes its address from the gateway's
+    # DHCP and resolves through its dnsmasq.
+    services.hyperhive.network.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    services.hyperhive.gateway.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    services.hyperhive.gateway.dns.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+    # A copy rather than a bind mount: nixos-container refuses to start on a
+    # missing bind source, and the leaf may not be minted yet.
+    systemd.services.swarm-review-classifier-identity = {
+      description = "deliver the review classifier's store identity into its container";
+      before = [ "container@${machine}.service" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "container@${machine}.service" ];
+      # Ordering only: where the store's PKI is minted on this host, the leaf
+      # is one of its files.
+      after = [ "swarm-bao-pki.service" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+        SyslogIdentifier = "swarm-review-classifier-identity";
+      };
+      path = [ pkgs.coreutils ];
+      script = ''
+        set -euo pipefail
+        install -d -m 0700 ${lib.escapeShellArg secretDir}
+      ''
+      + lib.concatStrings (
+        lib.mapAttrsToList (id: source: ''
+          install -m 0400 ${lib.escapeShellArg source} ${lib.escapeShellArg "${secretDir}/${id}"}
+        '') storeFiles
+      );
+    };
+
+    systemd.services."container@${machine}" = caTrust.containerOrdering;
+
+    containers.${machine} = {
+      autoStart = true;
+      # Not ephemeral: an ephemeral root lives under /run, where the identity
+      # copy above does not write. The daemon itself keeps no state.
+      ephemeral = false;
+      # Journal files on the host, not inside the container: nixpkgs hardcodes
+      # --link-journal=try-guest, and EXTRA_NSPAWN_FLAGS expands after it.
+      extraFlags = [ "--link-journal=host" ];
+      inherit privateNetwork;
+      hostBridge = networkCfg.bridgeName;
+      bindMounts = caTrust.bindMount;
+
+      config =
+        { pkgs, lib, ... }:
+        {
+          imports = [
+            ../container-modules/swarm-container.nix
+            caBundleModule
+          ];
+
+          services.hyperhive.swarmContainer = {
+            inherit privateNetwork;
+            writesOwnResolvConf = false;
+          };
+          networking.nameservers = [ networkCfg.bridgeIp ];
+          networking.interfaces.eth0.useDHCP = true;
+
+          # `claude-code` is unfree, and this container evaluates its own
+          # nixpkgs, so the host's allowance does not reach here.
+          nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [ "claude-code" ];
+
+          systemd.services.${unit} = {
+            description = "answer the swarm UI's review try-outs";
+            wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+            wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+            after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+            environment = {
+              BAO_ADDR = "https://${baoCfg.domain}:${toString baoCfg.port}";
+              BAO_CLIENT_CERT = credential "bao-client.pem";
+              BAO_CLIENT_KEY = credential "bao-client-key.pem";
+              SWARM_REVIEW_CLASSIFIER_NATS_URL = "tls://${natsCfg.domain}:${toString natsCfg.port}";
+              SWARM_REVIEW_CLASSIFIER_OIDC_TOKEN_ENDPOINT = "${autheliaCfg.url}/api/oidc/token";
+              SWARM_REVIEW_CLASSIFIER_OIDC_CLIENT_ID = clientId;
+              SWARM_REVIEW_CLASSIFIER_CLAUDE = "${pkgs.claude-code}/bin/claude";
+            }
+            // lib.optionalAttrs (storeFiles ? "bao-ca.pem") {
+              BAO_CACERT = credential "bao-ca.pem";
+            }
+            // lib.optionalAttrs caTrust.useSelfSigned {
+              SWARM_REVIEW_CLASSIFIER_OIDC_CA_FILE = caTrust.bundlePathFor machine;
+            }
+            // otelEnv;
+            serviceConfig = {
+              ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/swarm-review-classifier";
+              DynamicUser = true;
+              # Each classification's scratch directory, gone with the unit.
+              PrivateTmp = true;
+              LoadCredential = lib.mapAttrsToList (id: _: "${id}:${inContainer id}") storeFiles;
+              Restart = "on-failure";
+              RestartSec = "10s";
+              SyslogIdentifier = unit;
+            };
+          };
+        };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-secret-publisher.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-secret-publisher.nix
index ad1582e3..cf03f2eb 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-secret-publisher.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-secret-publisher.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ let
     hyperhiveCfg.swarm.matrix.sso.clientId
     # The forge's login source, read by `swarm-bao-forge-oidc` on its host.
     hyperhiveCfg.swarm.forge.sso.clientId
+    # The review classifier, which reads it itself inside its container.
+    hyperhiveCfg.swarm.review-classifier.clientId
   ];
 
   # The swarm controller's OIDC client, which it reads back from the store
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix
index 5c8f1661..9fee29c1 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ let
     deployCfg.bao.granterCommonName
     deployCfg.bao.natsAuthCommonName
     deployCfg.bao.ciRunnerCommonName
+    deployCfg.bao.reviewClassifierCommonName
     deployCfg.bao.forgePublisherCommonName
   ]
   # The per-hive subjects, spelled out per hive rather than as the prefix.
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix b/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix
index ca945f11..ca166b00 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ let
     _: u: (u.environment.BAO_CLIENT_CERT or null) == granterCertFile
   ) baoGrantWithConsumers.systemd.services;
 
-  # The fifteen units that write a `swarm-*` grant, by name, for the discovery
+  # The sixteen units that write a `swarm-*` grant, by name, for the discovery
   # control below.
   grantingUnitNames = [
     "swarm-bao-controller-policy"
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ let
     "swarm-bao-hive-leaf-policy"
     "swarm-bao-ci-runner-policy"
     "swarm-bao-forge-publisher-policy"
+    "swarm-bao-review-classifier-policy"
   ];
 
   # Comment lines dropped first: both the HCL and the scripts explain
@@ -852,24 +853,24 @@ let
     }
     {
       # A store host without the granter's pair writes its grants some other
-      # way, so none of the fifteen units may exist. Without this arm
+      # way, so none of the sixteen units may exist. Without this arm
       # `lib.mkIf haveGranter` could be dropped from any of them and every other
       # case here would still pass.
-      name = "without the granter's pair none of the fifteen granting units render";
+      name = "without the granter's pair none of the sixteen granting units render";
       ok =
         let
           s = baoGranterOptOut.systemd.services;
         in
         lib.all (unit: !(s ? ${unit})) (grantingUnitNames ++ [ "swarm-bao-granter-role" ])
-        # The control: the same store with the pair renders all fifteen.
+        # The control: the same store with the pair renders all sixteen.
         && lib.all (unit: baoGrantHere.systemd.services ? ${unit}) grantingUnitNames;
     }
     {
-      # 🩸 What replaced the silent skip. With no bootstrap token the fifteen still
+      # 🩸 What replaced the silent skip. With no bootstrap token the sixteen still
       # render, and a refused granter fails them with the step that fixes it.
       # A store host that never named a token is told to name one, since the
       # unit that sets the granter up renders only where it has.
-      name = "a store host without a bootstrap token renders the fifteen, each failing loudly with the one-time step";
+      name = "a store host without a bootstrap token renders the sixteen, each failing loudly with the one-time step";
       ok =
         let
           s = baoGranterNoToken.systemd.services;
@@ -1372,6 +1373,34 @@ let
         in
         lib.hasInfix "/ci-runner.pem ]" s && lib.hasInfix "swarm-ci-runner \"\" clientAuth" s;
     }
+    {
+      # The classifier reads the key the operator writes and its own queue
+      # client secret, each read-only and spelled to the leaf: `services/*`
+      # would reach every swarm service's secret.
+      name = "the review classifier's grant is its API key and its queue client secret, and nothing else";
+      ok =
+        let
+          s = baoGrantHere.systemd.services.swarm-bao-review-classifier-policy.script;
+        in
+        lib.hasInfix "path \"secret/data/swarm/services/review-classifier/anthropic-api-key\" {\n  capabilities = [\"read\"]\n}" s
+        && lib.hasInfix "path \"secret/data/swarm/services/swarm-review-classifier/oidc/client\" {\n  capabilities = [\"read\"]\n}" s
+        && lib.length (lib.filter lib.isList (builtins.split "path \"" s)) == 2
+        && !(lib.hasInfix "secret/data/swarm/services/*" s)
+        && !(lib.hasInfix "secret/data/swarm/agents" s)
+        && !(lib.hasInfix "secret/data/swarm/hives" s)
+        && lib.hasInfix "auth/cert/certs/swarm-review-classifier" s
+        && lib.hasInfix "allowed_common_names=swarm-review-classifier" s
+        && lib.hasInfix "token_policies=swarm-review-classifier" s;
+    }
+    {
+      name = "the PKI unit signs the review classifier's leaf under its own subject";
+      ok =
+        let
+          s = baoGrantHere.systemd.services.swarm-bao-pki.script;
+        in
+        lib.hasInfix "/review-classifier.pem ]" s
+        && lib.hasInfix "swarm-review-classifier \"\" clientAuth" s;
+    }
     {
       # The forge's host is the one writer of the controller's forge token,
       # and reads the forge's own OIDC client secret under the same leaf.
@@ -1566,8 +1595,8 @@ let
     }
     {
       # What makes the case above mean something: discovery by the granter's
-      # certificate reaches all fifteen units, and each yields calls.
-      name = "the granter-policy check sees all fifteen granting units, and parses calls from each";
+      # certificate reaches all sixteen units, and each yields calls.
+      name = "the granter-policy check sees all sixteen granting units, and parses calls from each";
       ok =
         lib.sort lib.lessThan (lib.attrNames granterUnits) == lib.sort lib.lessThan grantingUnitNames
         && lib.all (u: baoCalls u.script != [ ]) (lib.attrValues granterUnits)
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix b/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix
index d50ab957..0fd10676 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ let
     deploy.ci-runner.enable = true;
   };
 
+  # On the store's host, which mints the classifier's store identity.
+  withClassifier = hive {
+    deploy.bao.enable = true;
+    deploy.review-classifier.enable = true;
+  };
+
   # A priority collision is a property of the *option*, not
   # of the merged value's interior — nix throws the moment the value is
   # demanded at all, so `seq`-ing each `serviceConfig` value to WHNF is
@@ -296,6 +302,32 @@ let
       name = "the CI container's unit definitions merge without a priority collision";
       ok = forceCiServiceConfigs;
     }
+    {
+      # It spends money on an operator's key, so no host runs it by default.
+      name = "the review classifier's container exists only where its host enables it";
+      ok =
+        !(bare.containers ? swarm-review-classifier)
+        && !(centralToggleOff.containers ? swarm-review-classifier)
+        && withClassifier.containers ? swarm-review-classifier;
+    }
+    {
+      # The daemon holds its store leaf and nothing else from the host; the
+      # key is read per run and reaches only `claude`'s environment. Reading
+      # the claude path also evaluates the container's unfree allowance.
+      name = "the review classifier loads only its store leaf and carries no API key in its unit";
+      ok =
+        let
+          svc =
+            withClassifier.containers.swarm-review-classifier.config.systemd.services.swarm-review-classifier;
+          env = svc.environment;
+        in
+        lib.elem "bao-client.pem:/var/lib/swarm-review-classifier/bao-client.pem" svc.serviceConfig.LoadCredential
+        && env.BAO_CLIENT_CERT == "/run/credentials/swarm-review-classifier.service/bao-client.pem"
+        && env.SWARM_REVIEW_CLASSIFIER_OIDC_CLIENT_ID == "swarm-review-classifier"
+        && lib.hasSuffix "/bin/claude" env.SWARM_REVIEW_CLASSIFIER_CLAUDE
+        && !(env ? ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)
+        && withClassifier.systemd.services ? swarm-review-classifier-identity;
+    }
     {
       # The collector reaches these routes through the gateway now, so each
       # store needs an ingest location of its own. Without one the write rides
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/secret-publisher.nix b/nix/module-eval/secret-publisher.nix
index 78780429..b661cabd 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/secret-publisher.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/secret-publisher.nix
@@ -227,6 +227,22 @@ let
         secretPublisherHere.systemd.services.swarm-secret-publish.script
       );
     }
+    {
+      # The review classifier reads its queue client secret from the store
+      # inside its container; authelia registers it on every IdP host.
+      name = "the review classifier's client is registered as a machine, and the publisher carries its secret";
+      ok =
+        let
+          c = lib.findFirst (
+            c: c.id == "swarm-review-classifier"
+          ) null secretPublisherHere.services.hyperhive.swarm.authelia.oidc.clients;
+        in
+        c != null
+        && c.kind == "machine"
+        && lib.hasInfix "secret/swarm/services/swarm-review-classifier/oidc/client" (
+          secretPublisherHere.systemd.services.swarm-secret-publish.script
+        );
+    }
     {
       # The store's UI login: authelia registers the client with the callback
       # the store's `oidc` role allows, and the publisher carries its secret
diff --git a/nix/packages/default.nix b/nix/packages/default.nix
index 1ead5aa0..072e2055 100644
--- a/nix/packages/default.nix
+++ b/nix/packages/default.nix
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ in
   # which is the arrangement it exists to end.
   swarm-matrix-ctl = mkBinPackage "swarm-matrix-ctl" "hyperhive matrix container control binary";
 
+  # The review classifier's daemon. Out of `daemonBins` for the responder's
+  # reason: it runs inside its own container, not on the host.
+  swarm-review-classifier = mkBinPackage "swarm-review-classifier" "hyperhive review classifier try-out daemon";
+
   # The only process allowed to write swarm-authelia's users database —
   # same "runs *inside* a container, not on the host" placement as
   # `swarm-nats-auth` above (this one lives in `swarm-authelia`'s