diff --git a/SoC-2025-Microprojects.md b/SoC-2025-Microprojects.md
index 82d725166..67be0f91c 100644
--- a/SoC-2025-Microprojects.md
+++ b/SoC-2025-Microprojects.md
@@ -206,3 +206,8 @@ There should be only one kind of change per commit. For example if one
 of your commits indents test bodies with TABs, instead of spaces, then
 this should be the only kind of change in this commit.
 
+#### Notes
+- only work on t/t????-*.sh scripts.
+- pick just one script (so as to avoid exhausting the pool for other candidates).
+- only convert `test -[def]` instances which semantically are assertions
+  (i.e. used as part of a &&-chain).