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    make test
    ```
 
-> Before opening a PR, run `make verify` (fmt-check + clippy + test + build) -- this is the same gate CI enforces, and failing checks can block PR approval. See the CI & Contributing section below, especially the [Failing CI Response Guide](docs/failing-ci-guide.md), if anything fails.
+> Before opening a PR, run `make verify` (fmt-check + clippy + test + build) -- this is the same gate CI enforces, and failing checks can block PR approval. See the CI & Contributing section below, especially the [Failing CI Response Guide](docs/failing-ci-guide.md) and the [Low-Effort PR Examples](docs/low-effort-pr-examples.md), if anything fails.
 
 ### SDK integration fixtures
 Deterministic example outputs for downstream SDK, dashboard, and indexer
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+# Low-Effort PR Examples & Quality Expectations
+
+This document outlines common examples of "low-effort" pull requests in the aegis-contracts repository. PRs exhibiting these anti-patterns will typically fail maintainer evaluation and be closed. 
+
+To ensure your contributions are valuable, thoroughly reviewed, and merged, study the contrast between unacceptable submissions and their expected alternatives.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Superficial or Cosmetic Changes
+
+**The Anti-Pattern:** Submitting a PR that solely fixes a minor typo in a comment, reorders imports without a structural reason, or tweaks markdown formatting, while claiming a feature or substantial bounty.
+
+**Unacceptable Example:**
+```rust
+// Changes:
+// - // Check if the admin exists
+// + // Checks if the admin exists
+```
+
+**Expected Alternative:** 
+If you notice typos, batch them together across the entire codebase or include them as a secondary commit in a PR that delivers meaningful, tested logic changes.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Under-Tested Logic (Missing Coverage)
+
+**The Anti-Pattern:** Adding or modifying core compliance logic, role checks, or state transitions in Soroban without providing corresponding unit tests that prove the logic works (and fails) as expected.
+
+**Unacceptable Example:**
+```rust
+// Adding a new transfer restriction without testing it
+pub fn transfer_with_lock(env: Env, from: Address, to: Address, amount: i128) {
+    from.require_auth();
+    // Implementation added...
+    // But no test file updated!
+}
+```
+
+**Expected Alternative:**
+Every new public contract invocation must include robust tests.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Unsafe or Unidiomatic Rust (Panics)
+
+
+**Unacceptable Example:**
+```rust
+let admin = env.storage().instance().get(&DataKey::Admin).unwrap();
+```
+
+**Expected Alternative:**
+```rust
+let admin: Address = env.storage().instance().get(&DataKey::Admin)
+    .ok_or(Error::NotAuthorized)?;
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Failing CI / Ignored Checks
+
+**The Anti-Pattern:** Opening a PR, noticing the GitHub Actions CI pipeline fails, and requesting a maintainer review anyway.
+
+**Expected Alternative:**
+Before requesting review, run `make verify` locally. If CI fails after pushing, inspect the logs, fix the formatting, linter warnings, or broken tests, and push the corrections.
+
+---
+
+## Summary of a "High-Effort" PR
+
+1. **Meaningful:** Solves a documented issue.
+2. **Tested:** Includes robust positive and negative tests.
+3. **Safe:** Uses idiomatic Rust error handling.
+4. **Green CI:** Passes all local and remote checks.
+5. **Descriptive:** Explains what changed and why.