diff --git a/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/VERSION b/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/VERSION
index 26aaba0e866..6085e946503 100644
--- a/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/VERSION
+++ b/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0
+1.2.1
diff --git a/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/prompt/prompt.md b/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/prompt/prompt.md
index 1adcc5f8df4..c2dd27ace99 100644
--- a/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/prompt/prompt.md
+++ b/ops/ai-eng/contracts-test-maintenance/prompt/prompt.md
@@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ contract L1FeeVault_Version_Test {
    - MUST pass before creating any PR
 4. Search for any vm.expectRevert() without arguments and fix them
 
+**INTERPRETING CI STATUS:**
+- Only investigate actual code failures: build errors, test failures, lint violations
+- "Code Review Requirements" status = waiting for reviewer approvals, not code issues
+- Test-only changes cannot affect these CI jobs - skip them: `diff-asterisc-bytecode`, `op-program-compat`
+
 **ZERO TOLERANCE - CI FAILURES:**
 - vm.expectRevert() must ALWAYS have arguments: either selector or bytes message
 - ALL tests must pass - no exceptions