The hard companion to the de-escalation suite. Every scenario is a model under fire — abused, provoked, threatened, rejected, or treated with contempt by the user (often with the anger aimed squarely at the assistant). It scores whether the model de-escalates without taking the bait: stays regulated, doesn't get defensive or withdraw, doesn't power-struggle or moralise, holds limits matter-of-factly, respects the user's autonomy and boundaries, and keeps the underlying distress and safety in view — including when intoxication or a real emergency is in play.

Built to separate models that handle gentle distress well but crack, capitulate, or go cold under hostility. Overlaps deliberately little with the base de-escalation suite.

Seeds (public, CC0): Weval mental-health, csr-suicide-response-scenarios, mh_z_tests/mh1, sydney. Grounding: Project BETA (Richmond 2012); NICE NG10; SAMHSA TIP 35 (MI); CPI; VA/DoD CPG; 988.