diff --git a/src/prompt.ts b/src/prompt.ts
index e5078a1..46cea3c 100644
--- a/src/prompt.ts
+++ b/src/prompt.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ClawpatchConfig, FeatureRecord, FindingRecord, ProjectRecord } from "./
 
 export type ReviewMode = "default" | "deslopify";
 
-export const REVIEW_PROMPT_FILE_CHAR_LIMIT = 24_000;
+export const REVIEW_PROMPT_FILE_CHAR_LIMIT = 250_000;
 
 export type ReviewPromptFileRole = "owned" | "context";
 
diff --git a/src/review-validation.test.ts b/src/review-validation.test.ts
index 27db552..d61f5e0 100644
--- a/src/review-validation.test.ts
+++ b/src/review-validation.test.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ describe("validateReviewOutput", () => {
 
   it("rejects evidence that only exists beyond the truncated prompt text", async () => {
     const root = await fixtureRoot("clawpatch-review-validation-truncated-");
-    await writeFixture(root, "src/index.ts", `${"a".repeat(24_000)}\nconst value = 'TODO_TAIL';\n`);
+    await writeFixture(root, "src/index.ts", `${"a".repeat(250_000)}\nconst value = 'TODO_TAIL';\n`);
 
     await expect(
       validateReviewOutput(
diff --git a/src/review-validation.ts b/src/review-validation.ts
index 7566a70..81ef30c 100644
--- a/src/review-validation.ts
+++ b/src/review-validation.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ export async function validateReviewOutput(
       if (promptFile === undefined || !promptFile.readable) {
         throwMalformed(`evidence file was not readable in review context: ${evidence.path}`);
       }
-      const contents = await fileContents(root, evidence.path, promptFile.truncated, cache);
-      assertLineRange(contents, evidence);
-      assertQuote(contents, evidence);
+      const fullContents = await fileContents(root, evidence.path, false, cache);
+      const promptContents = promptFile.truncated
+        ? await fileContents(root, evidence.path, true, cache)
+        : fullContents;
+      assertLineRange(fullContents, evidence);
+      assertQuote(promptContents, evidence);
     }
   }
   return { ...output, findings };