improve TESTS_ORACLE_PROMPT.md with semantic impact analysis

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Summary

Improve TESTS_ORACLE_PROMPT.md with:

• Semantic impact analysis — distinguish behavioral changes from inert additions (opt-in flags, docs, linter config)
• Conftest-specific guidance — check collection vs execution vs inert under default settings
• Verification checklist — 4 questions before recommending any test
• Pytest command requirement — always provide a copy-paste-ready pytest command
• Strict output structure — required sections (Analysis, Smoke Test Impact, Pytest Command), prohibited sections (no walkthrough, no file-by-file)

Motivation

The oracle was recommending smoke tests for opt-in features behind CLI flags that don't affect test behavior under default settings (e.g., --analyze-with-ai).

Test plan

• Documentation only — no code changes

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