diff --git a/docs/superpowers/evidence/pre-commit-stage-rebalance-2026-05-14.json b/docs/superpowers/evidence/pre-commit-stage-rebalance-2026-05-14.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12dcfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/evidence/pre-commit-stage-rebalance-2026-05-14.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "intent": "Make pre-push fast and lightweight by moving the heaviest hooks (mypy, pylint, bandit) from pre-push to pre-commit so they run on tiny per-commit staged diffs instead of the full force-push diff that scans ~every .py file in the repo.",
+  "scope": [
+    "meta/.pre-commit-config.yaml",
+    "Non-goals: do not change ruff/codespell/shellcheck stages; do not relax the 4 GiB pre-push cgroup cap; do not remove pytest-coverage or prettier from pre-push."
+  ],
+  "changes": [
+    "mypy: stages: [pre-push] -> stages: [pre-commit]",
+    "pylint: stages: [pre-push] -> stages: [pre-commit]",
+    "bandit: stages: [pre-push] -> stages: [pre-commit]",
+    "Updated section comments to reflect new per-commit scoping rationale (force-push divergence after history rewrite caused full-repo scans + OOM under cgroup cap)."
+  ],
+  "verification": [
+    {
+      "command": "pre-commit validate-config meta/.pre-commit-config.yaml",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "exit 0; grep confirms stage assignments: mypy:pre-commit, pylint:pre-commit, bandit:pre-commit, pytest-coverage:pre-push, prettier:pre-push."
+    }
+  ],
+  "risks": [
+    "Per-commit time grows by ~5-10 s on Python edits (mypy + pylint + bandit on the staged file set). Acceptable trade vs current pre-push behavior which scans thousands of files after a divergent force-push.",
+    "If a user bypasses commit-stage hooks (e.g. amends with --no-verify, which is forbidden by policy) the safety net is gone on push. Mitigation: existing repo rule forbids --no-verify; ai-evidence-contract hook still runs on commit."
+  ],
+  "rollback": [
+    "Revert this commit (git revert <sha>) to restore stages: [pre-push] on the three hooks.",
+    "After rollback: run pre-commit install --hook-type pre-commit --hook-type pre-push to refresh local hooks."
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/meta/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/meta/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1123261..e99d2fa 100644
--- a/meta/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/meta/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -131,13 +131,15 @@ repos:
         types_or: [python, pyi]
 
   # ===========================================================================
-  # MYPY - Static type checking (runs on push only for speed)
+  # MYPY - Static type checking (per-commit on changed files only)
+  # Was on pre-push, but force-push diffs caused full-repo scans + OOM. On
+  # pre-commit it sees only the file(s) currently staged → near-instant.
   # ===========================================================================
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
     rev: v1.13.0
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
-        stages: [pre-push]
+        stages: [pre-commit]
         args:
           - --ignore-missing-imports
           - --no-error-summary
@@ -172,13 +174,14 @@ repos:
           - types-python-dateutil
 
   # ===========================================================================
-  # PYLINT - Comprehensive Python linter (runs on push only for speed)
+  # PYLINT - Comprehensive Python linter (per-commit on changed files only)
+  # Was on pre-push, but force-push diffs caused full-repo scans + OOM.
   # ===========================================================================
   - repo: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint
     rev: v3.3.2
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
-        stages: [pre-push]
+        stages: [pre-commit]
         args:
           - --rcfile=pyproject.toml
           - --fail-under=8.0
@@ -191,13 +194,14 @@ repos:
         exclude: ^(Bash/|\.venv/)
 
   # ===========================================================================
-  # BANDIT - Security linter (runs on push only for speed)
+  # BANDIT - Security linter (per-commit on changed files only)
+  # Was on pre-push, but force-push diffs caused full-repo scans + OOM.
   # ===========================================================================
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
     rev: 1.7.10
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
-        stages: [pre-push]
+        stages: [pre-commit]
         args:
           - -c
           - pyproject.toml