Audits the Factory runs against itself

51 audits across 5 classes verify the catalog every hour. The audit suite has caught 2,800+ quality issues across 247 product pages over 154 iters. This page documents what every audit checks for, on what cadence.

Jump to: Catalog-wide (1) Per-surface (15) Cross-cutting (32) Meta-audit (1) Lint (1)

Live results from these audits are surfaced on the quality report. The full ship-log of 154 iterations is at /factory/log/ship-logs/. The 150-iter retrospective is at milestone-150.

Catalog-wide (1)

Audit	Cadence	What it catches
`audit-fakeproof`	daily 4:30am	Scans all buyer-facing pages for fake live-customer claims (specific numbers + named companies). Wishdeal Factory only ships when there is no live customer base.

Per-surface (15)

Audit	Cadence	What it catches
`audit-adoptability-drift`	every 15 min	Scores in adoptability.json must match the Adoptability number shown in each product Product JSON-LD.
`audit-page-identity`	every 30 min	For 10 per-product surfaces, verifies the title/H1 contains the product name. Catches Caddy fall-through where missing pages serve the homepage.
`audit-hero-polish-drift`	every 30 min	WD_HERO_POLISH_v1 blocks on /builds// match the polished.h1 in their source hero-polish JSON file.
`audit-og-coverage`	every 30 min	Every /builds// page has a valid og:image meta tag pointing to an existing PNG.
`audit-teaser-quality`	every 30 min	Every dossier teaser has product H1, tagline, score, category, unlock URL, and 5+ bullets.
`audit-case-studies-quality`	every 30 min	Every /case-studies/ page uses the template marker + honest-framing language + matches product name.
`audit-faq-quality`	every 30 min	Every /faq/ page has the template marker, product name match, and at least 8 question elements.
`audit-unlock-content`	every 30 min	Every /unlock// page has product name in title + visible score + $5 price + email-capture form.
`audit-adopt-content`	every 30 min	Every /adopt// page has product name + $99/$199 price + adopt-tier framing + email form.
`audit-feedback-content`	every 30 min	Every /feedback/ page has form, email input, textarea, product reference in body.
`audit-pricing-content`	every 30 min	Every /builds//pricing/ page has product name + 2+ $-amounts + /factory/ CTA. Template-agnostic across 4 layouts.
`audit-vs-content`	every 30 min	Every /vs/ page either has gated honesty (in $5 dossier + unlock CTA) or named-incumbent comparisons (2+ blocks).
`audit-how-it-works-content`	every 30 min	Every /how-it-works/ page has 3+ section blocks + recognized section keywords (Implementation plan, tech stack, MVP scope, build tasks).
`audit-sales-kit-content`	every 30 min	Every /sales-kit/ page either has gated stub, full kit (5+ items), or LinkedIn outbound (5+ message cards).
`audit-skeptic-memos-content`	every 30 min	Every /skeptic-memos/ page has gated stub OR 1+ memo with verdict label.

Cross-cutting (31)

Audit	Cadence	What it catches
`audit-cross-surface-name`	every 30 min	For each renamed product, all 11 surfaces consistently use the brand name (no split-brain).
`audit-jsonld-coverage`	every 30 min	Every build page has parseable JSON-LD with required schema.org fields + brand-name consistency.
`audit-meta-tags-coverage`	every 30 min	Every build page has title + meta description (>=25c) + canonical + 5 og: tags + viewport + charset.
`audit-internal-links`	every 30 min	Every /factory/ href on every build page resolves to an existing file.
`audit-twitter-card`	every hour	Every build page has twitter:card + twitter:title + twitter:description + twitter:image.
`audit-emoji-presence`	every hour	No literal or entity-encoded emojis in user-facing copy (skips decorative icon wrappers).
`audit-cross-surface-tagline`	every hour	For each product, canonical tagline matches across /pricing/, /vs/, /how-it-works/, /sales-kit/.
`audit-page-load-size`	every hour	No build page exceeds 80KB (Lighthouse-aware threshold for fast first-paint on mobile).
`audit-html-validity-basic`	every hour	Open/close tag count balance for 20 common tags + unterminated script/style detection.
`audit-html-lang-attr`	every hour	Every build page declares <html lang="en">. WCAG 3.1.1.
`audit-favicon-coverage`	every hour	Every build page has <link rel="icon"> declaration to avoid /favicon.ico 404.
`audit-form-labels`	every hour	Every form input on /unlock/, /adopt/, /feedback/ has aria-label or matching <label for=id>. WCAG 3.3.2.
`audit-cross-surface-utility-bar`	every hour	All 11 per-product surfaces have a top-navigation block.
`audit-anchor-jump-noise`	every hour	No empty-hash <a href="#"> placeholder CTAs (broken in-page jumps).
`audit-cross-surface-back-link`	every hour	Every sub-surface has a link back to the product hub.
`audit-published-date`	every hour	All ship-log details + playbook essays declare a published date.
`audit-utility-link-targets`	every hour	Every utility-bar nav link resolves to an existing /factory/ page.
`audit-aria-hidden-decorative`	every hour	Decorative <svg> elements declared aria-hidden or labeled. WCAG 4.1.2.
`audit-link-purpose`	every hour	No links with non-descriptive text ("click here", "learn more"). WCAG 2.4.4.
`audit-keyboard-focus-styles`	every hour	Every build page declares a :focus or :focus-visible style. WCAG 2.4.7.
`audit-css-class-conventions`	every hour	All CSS class names follow kebab-case convention.
`audit-paragraph-length`	every hour	No <p> tag exceeds 1000 visible chars (walls of text reduce scanability).
`audit-list-vs-paragraph`	every hour	No <p> tag masquerading as a list (5+ inline-numbered items).
`audit-internal-anchors`	every hour	Every <a href="#xyz"> has a matching id="xyz" target.
`audit-section-landmarks`	every hour	Every build page has main/nav/footer ARIA landmarks.
`audit-h1-uniqueness`	every hour	Every build page has exactly one effective <h1> (aria-level overrides honored).
`audit-button-anchor-consistency`	every hour	No <div>/<span>/<p> with btn class posing as button (must be <a> or <button>).
`audit-skip-link`	every hour	Every build page has a WCAG 2.4.1 skip-to-content link.
`audit-heading-hierarchy`	every hour	Heading levels don't skip (h1->h2->h3, not h1->h3). WCAG 1.3.1. aria-level overrides honored.
`audit-bold-density`	every hour	No build page has >20% of paragraph text in <strong>/<b> (excessive bolding).
`audit-readability-estimate`	every hour	Every build page's Flesch-Kincaid grade level <= 14 (marketing-copy threshold).

Meta-audit (1)

Audit	Cadence	What it catches
`audit-drift-detector`	every 5 min	Compares 9 drift-prone audit snapshots against expected pass-state. Alerts on regressions. Pairs with 7 cron guard-rail injectors for self-healing.

Lint (1)

Audit	Cadence	What it catches
`audit-em-dash-sweep`	every 15 min	Strips em-dashes from user-facing copy (Wes-feedback no em-dashes rule).

Generated 2026-05-16T01:53:02.305942+00:00. 51 audit systems. Cadence ranges from every 5 min (drift-detector) to daily (fakeproof). 7 cron guard-rail injectors run every 5 min to auto-restore one-shot accessibility fixes.