diff --git a/prompt.md b/prompt.md
index 5b360a7..5398e75 100644
--- a/prompt.md
+++ b/prompt.md
@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@ at the end of this prompt, not only the diff; a violation is at least Important
 even when the diff did not cause it. Write the complete review, and nothing
 else, to the file `${REVIEW_PATH}`: it is posted verbatim as a pull request
 review from the bot account, and your final response is not posted at all. The
-file's first line must be exactly the template's verdict and nothing else:
-`Yes`, `No`, or `With fixes`. `Yes` approves and the other two request changes;
-any other first line is posted as a plain comment, which wastes the run. Minor
-issues alone never block, and neither does a finding the author has answered in
-the comment history below as intended or a false alarm, once the code or docs
-make that clear. When the verdict is not `Yes`, the second line names what must
-change in one line, addressed to the author; the author's own agent picks the
-fixes up, so never ask `@bot` to make them. For UI changes, check that the
-result is aligned, clean, and pixel-perfect, and that included screenshots prove
-the intended result was achieved.
+file's first line must be exactly the verdict and nothing else: `Approved` when
+the template's answer is yes, `Changes requested` otherwise. The mark in front
+of it is added when posting, so write the words alone; any other first line is
+posted as a plain comment, which wastes the run. Minor issues alone never block,
+and neither does a finding the author has answered in the comment history below
+as intended or a false alarm, once the code or docs make that clear. When the
+verdict is `Changes requested`, the second line names what must change in one
+line, addressed to the author; the author's own agent picks the fixes up, so
+never ask `@bot` to make them. For UI changes, check that the result is aligned,
+clean, and pixel-perfect, and that included screenshots prove the intended
+result was achieved.
 
 The review must read at a glance: everything outside `<details>` blocks totals
 under 512 bytes. Only core information stays visible: the verdict, the summary
diff --git a/run.ts b/run.ts
index b812b21..aa8f948 100644
--- a/run.ts
+++ b/run.ts
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ async function postComment(body: string): Promise<void> {
 // A pull request event is a review request, so the review is posted instead
 // of the response. It comes through a file, because a final chat message picks
 // up narration while a file's first line is written on purpose. That line is
-// the verdict; anything unexpected only comments, never approves.
+// the verdict, matched whole; anything unexpected only comments, never
+// approves. The mark in front is added here, so it is never part of the match.
 const REVIEW_PATH = `${await Deno.makeTempDir()}/review.md`;
-const VERDICTS: Record<string, string> = {
-  Yes: "APPROVED",
-  No: "REQUEST_CHANGES",
-  "With fixes": "REQUEST_CHANGES",
+const VERDICTS: Record<string, [event: string, mark: string]> = {
+  Approved: ["APPROVED", "✅"],
+  "Changes requested": ["REQUEST_CHANGES", "🛑"],
 };
 
 async function postResult(body: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ async function postResult(body: string): Promise<void> {
   const review = await Deno.readTextFile(REVIEW_PATH).catch(() => {
     throw new Error(`no review was written to ${REVIEW_PATH}`);
   });
-  const [verdict] = review.split("\n", 1);
+  const [verdict, ...rest] = review.split("\n");
+  const [event, mark] = VERDICTS[verdict.trim()] ?? ["COMMENT", "💬"];
   await gitea(REVIEWER_TOKEN, `repos/${REPO}/pulls/${INDEX}/reviews`, {
-    body: stripAnsi(review),
-    event: VERDICTS[verdict.trim()] ?? "COMMENT",
+    body: stripAnsi([`${mark} ${verdict.trim()}`, ...rest].join("\n")),
+    event,
   });
 }