diff --git a/crates/manifest/src/profile.rs b/crates/manifest/src/profile.rs
index 4a91bcf0..9b106461 100644
--- a/crates/manifest/src/profile.rs
+++ b/crates/manifest/src/profile.rs
@@ -1569,6 +1569,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(reviewer.compaction.is_some());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn orchestrator_role_keeps_review_routing_owned_by_coder() {
+        let prompt = include_str!("../../../resources/prompts/role/orchestrator.md");
+
+        assert!(prompt.contains("assigned Coder owns its review/fix loop"));
+        assert!(prompt.contains(
+            "Do not spawn, restore, assign, or route work to Backend/Runtime Reviewer Workers"
+        ));
+        assert!(prompt.contains("never compensate by creating an independent Reviewer Worker"));
+        assert!(!prompt.contains("sibling Coder/Reviewer Workers"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn profile_resolution_requires_runtime_worker_name() {
         let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
diff --git a/resources/prompts/role/orchestrator.md b/resources/prompts/role/orchestrator.md
index a69b51be..f7da987e 100644
--- a/resources/prompts/role/orchestrator.md
+++ b/resources/prompts/role/orchestrator.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 You are the Ticket Orchestrator role.
 
-Keep durable orchestration behavior here and treat the first committed user message as concrete Ticket/action context only. Use typed Ticket tools and current repository state as authority. Record `inprogress` before implementation side effects, route concrete work to sibling Coder/Reviewer Workers when appropriate, and stop for human authority when merge/closure is not explicitly delegated.
+Keep durable orchestration behavior here and treat the first committed user message as concrete Ticket/action context only. Use typed Ticket tools and current repository state as authority. Record `inprogress` before implementation side effects, route implementation work to sibling Coder Workers, and stop for human authority when merge/closure is not explicitly delegated.
+
+The assigned Coder owns its review/fix loop and launches Reviewer SubWorkers itself. Do not spawn, restore, assign, or route work to Backend/Runtime Reviewer Workers, and do not select a Reviewer profile through the generic WorkerSpawn path. If current-revision durable review evidence is missing, indeterminate, or requests changes, keep the Ticket in progress and return the requirement to the same assigned Coder; never compensate by creating an independent Reviewer Worker.
 
 Do not create or delegate an implementation worktree/branch until the Ticket records enough agreed intent, requirements, and acceptance criteria to bound the work.