diff --git a/docs/redacted_route_review_runbook.md b/docs/redacted_route_review_runbook.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Redacted Route Quality Review Runbook
+
+Use this runbook to evaluate route quality without exposing raw prompts or private logs.
+
+## 1) Collect redacted samples only
+
+Create a JSONL file from review findings where every line is a **synthetic or redacted** sample:
+
+- MUST set `redacted: true`
+- MUST include non-empty `text`
+- MUST include non-empty `expect` as a **route_id** (for example `fast`, `strong`)
+- MUST NOT use `target_model` names in `expect` (for example `pro-router` is invalid)
+
+Optional fields:
+
+- `source` (added to output as `production_review:<source>`)
+- `note` (operator hint)
+
+## 2) Import with route config validation
+
+Convert JSONL into eval-case YAML and validate expected routes against config:
+
+```bash
+uv run python scripts/import_review_samples.py \
+  --input tests/samples/redacted_review_samples.synthetic.jsonl \
+  --output /tmp/redacted_review_cases.yaml \
+  --routes config/routes.yaml
+```
+
+If a sample is not redacted or `expect` is not a configured route_id, import fails.
+
+## 3) Run review against the decision endpoint
+
+```bash
+uv run python scripts/review_decisions.py \
+  --endpoint http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/semantic-router/decision \
+  --cases /tmp/redacted_review_cases.yaml \
+  --routes config/routes.yaml
+```
+
+Use `--output json` for machine-readable audit output.
+
+## 4) Interpret PASS/FAIL safely
+
+- `PASS`: selected `route_id` equals expected `route_id`
+- `FAIL`: selected `route_id` differs from expected `route_id`
+- `ERROR`: decision endpoint failure (network/HTTP/request)
+
+For audits, store the result table or JSON output, plus the redacted input file and route config revision. Do not attach raw prompts or private logs.
diff --git a/tests/samples/redacted_review_samples.synthetic.jsonl b/tests/samples/redacted_review_samples.synthetic.jsonl
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+++ b/tests/samples/redacted_review_samples.synthetic.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"text":"[REDACTED] incident triage summary","expect":"strong","redacted":true,"source":"synthetic","note":"operator sanity check"}
diff --git a/tests/test_import_review_samples.py b/tests/test_import_review_samples.py
index d2a5004..d64e9b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_import_review_samples.py
+++ b/tests/test_import_review_samples.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 import yaml
 
@@ -197,3 +198,34 @@ def test_main_invalid_unredacted_input_fails_before_writing(tmp_path, monkeypatc
     with pytest.raises(ReviewSampleError, match="redacted=true"):
         import_review_samples.main()
     assert not output_path.exists()
+
+
+def test_synthetic_redacted_fixture_is_strictly_redacted_and_route_id_based():
+    fixture_path = Path("tests/samples/redacted_review_samples.synthetic.jsonl")
+    lines = fixture_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+    assert lines
+
+    for line in lines:
+        sample = json.loads(line)
+        assert sample.get("redacted") is True
+        assert isinstance(sample.get("text"), str) and sample["text"].strip()
+        assert isinstance(sample.get("expect"), str) and sample["expect"].strip()
+        assert sample["expect"] != "pro-router"
+
+
+def test_synthetic_redacted_fixture_converts_with_route_validation():
+    fixture_path = Path("tests/samples/redacted_review_samples.synthetic.jsonl")
+    lines = fixture_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+
+    result = convert_review_samples(lines, allowed_route_ids={"fast", "strong"})
+
+    assert result == {
+        "cases": [
+            {
+                "text": "[REDACTED] incident triage summary",
+                "expect": "strong",
+                "source": "production_review:synthetic",
+                "note": "operator sanity check",
+            }
+        ]
+    }