diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-conventions.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-conventions.yaml
index 0a0d5eb54..93103e2e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-conventions.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-conventions.yaml
@@ -124,9 +124,18 @@ jobs:
             }
 
             // Assignee and reviewer need a human decision, so comment rather than block.
+            // A reviewer counts as named whether or not they have acted yet. GitHub drops a
+            // reviewer from requested_reviewers the moment they submit a review, so the
+            // submitted reviews are what remember an assignment that has already been acted
+            // on; without them this nags precisely the pull requests that got reviewed.
+            const { data: reviews } = await github.rest.pulls.listReviews({
+              owner, repo, pull_number: pr.number, per_page: 100,
+            });
+            const reviewedByOther = reviews.some(r => r.user && r.user.login !== pr.user.login);
+
             const missing = [];
             if (!pr.assignees.length) missing.push('an **assignee**');
-            if (!pr.requested_reviewers.length && !pr.requested_teams.length) {
+            if (!pr.requested_reviewers.length && !pr.requested_teams.length && !reviewedByOther) {
               missing.push('a **reviewer**');
             }
 
diff --git a/docs/development/contributors.md b/docs/development/contributors.md
index 64c19d06d..4cdb8d683 100644
--- a/docs/development/contributors.md
+++ b/docs/development/contributors.md
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ A short list of who to suggest as a reviewer or assignee, and the GitHub handle
 
 **This is a suggestion list, not a roster.** It names lead developers only — many more people contribute, and their absence here means nothing. It exists mainly so an AI agent has somewhere sensible to start; a human opening a pull request can simply pick from GitHub's own dropdown and does not need this file.
 
+**Focus names Areas, including the ones outside `src/`.** Focus values are the Area names from [`naming.md`](naming.md), so they cover repository maintenance as well as physics modules: `CI` is the workflows under `.github/`, and `Repo` is the cross-cutting plumbing — conventions, templates, the changelog, and the regression harness. Those rows exist so a tooling change has somewhere to go; without them a CI fix has no obvious reviewer and lands unassigned.
+
 **Focus is advisory, not ownership.** Nobody is obliged to review a change because they appear in a row, and nobody is barred from one because they do not. There is no `CODEOWNERS` file, so GitHub requests no reviewers automatically — choosing them is the author's job. When it is not obvious who should review, ask rather than guess, and open the pull request as a draft until it has a reviewer and an assignee.
 
 This file is not published to the documentation site; `docs/development/` sits outside the Documenter source tree.
 
 | Name | Handle | Focus |
 |---|---|---|
-| Nikolas Logan | `@logan-nc` | KineticForces, PerturbedEquilibrium, Equilibrium, ForceFreeStates |
-| Matthew Pharr | `@matt-pharr` | ForceFreeStates, InnerLayer |
+| Nikolas Logan | `@logan-nc` | KineticForces, PerturbedEquilibrium, Equilibrium, ForceFreeStates, CI, Repo |
+| Matthew Pharr | `@matt-pharr` | ForceFreeStates, InnerLayer, CI, Repo |
 | Jake Halpern | `@jhalpern30` | Vacuum, ForceFreeStates, Equilibrium |
 | Daniel Burgess | `@d-burg` | Tearing, ForceFreeStates |
 | Jaebeom Cho | `@JaeBeom1019` | Vacuum, Equilibrium, ForceFreeStates |