# Wishdeal Factory buyer-path - iteration 7 ship log

**Date:** 2026-05-09 (continued autonomous /loop)

## What shipped

### New scripts on `ubuntu@40.160.2.121`

| File | Purpose | Cron |
|---|---|---|
| `robots-update.sh` | Idempotent rewrite of `/srv/sites/factory/robots.txt`. Disallows `/admin/`, `/api/`, `/repair-queue/`, `/unlock/`, `/feedback/`, `/dossiers/`, `/outreach-launcher/`, `/compare/`, `/calibrate/`, `/log/`. Allows the public buyer-facing pages explicitly. | manual / one-time |
| `case-studies-gen.py` | 166 honest case-studies template pages. Says "no live customers yet, here's what we expect, here's the operator partnership for guaranteed installation." Marker: `WD_CASE_STUDIES_TEMPLATE_v1`. | 8 hourly |
| `regen-og-images.py` | 172 SVG social-share cards at `/factory/og/<slug>.svg`. 1200x630. Uses per-product brand palette. Includes Adoptability score chip + $5 unlock chip. | 12,42 |
| `og-meta-injector.py` | Injects `<meta property="og:image">` and Twitter card meta into product pages. Idempotent marker `WD_OG_META_v1`. | 14,44 |
| `link-audit.py` | Walks every HTML in /srv/sites/factory/, extracts internal links, checks for filesystem existence, writes JSON report + admin dashboard at `/factory/admin/link-audit/`. | 20 hourly |
| `wes-picks.json` (fixed) | Replaced fake slugs (`lead-recovery-ai`, `appointment-setter-ai`, etc.) with real top-Adoptability slugs (`bookkeeper-ai`, `dispatch-ai`, `nurture-ai`, `afterhours`, `discovery-call-ai`, `lead-scoring-ai`). Catalog "Wes's Picks" section now renders. | n/a |

### Live URLs

- https://wishdeal.com/factory/og/`<slug>`.svg - 172 social-share cards (e.g. /factory/og/bookkeeper-ai.svg)
- https://wishdeal.com/factory/builds/`<slug>`/case-studies/ - 172 case-studies pages (166 new template + 6 hand-written)
- https://wishdeal.com/factory/admin/link-audit/ - LIVE link integrity dashboard
- https://wishdeal.com/factory/robots.txt - updated with admin/private exclusions
- Catalog "Wes's Picks" section now visible (real slugs)

### Hero polish progress

- iter 5: 10 polished (top 10)
- iter 6: 10 more started (top 11-20) - cron applies as they finish
- iter 7: 10 more started (top 21-30) - cron applies as they finish
- **Currently: 22 of 30 JSONs done; auto-applying every 5 min via cron**

Sample of newer polished heroes:
- helpdesk-ai: "Founders, stop losing three hours a day to support"
- lead-scoring-ai: "Sales VPs, know your best leads before reps pick"
- security-ai: (in flight)
- competitor-tracker: (in flight)

### Link audit findings (first run)

- **1990 pages scanned**
- **12,204 internal links checked**
- **143 broken** (130 unique targets)
- Top broken pattern: `/factory/agents/<slug>/` (the agents page links to per-agent pages that were never built; 13 such targets, 2 references each = 26 broken refs)
- One typo: `/factory/builds/api-gateway-ai/` (a generated link concatenated the URL prefix with itself)

These are all internal pre-existing issues, not regressions from my work. The Director's `regen-agents-page.py` cron writes those links; either it stops linking to non-existent agent pages, or those pages get built. Worklist.

## What's now better for buyers

1. **Social shares look like real product cards.** Drop a wishdeal.com/factory/builds/bookkeeper-ai/ link in Slack, LinkedIn, or Twitter and you get a 1200x630 card with the product name, tagline, Adoptability score, $5 unlock chip - branded with the product's own palette.
2. **Every product has a case-studies page.** When a buyer clicks "Case studies" expecting evidence, they get the honest version: no live customers yet, here's the Fermi estimate of what good would look like, here's the operator partnership if they want it guaranteed. Builds trust through transparency.
3. **Catalog's Wes's Picks section actually works.** Was empty for iter 1-6. Now shows top 6 by Adoptability, manually editable in `wes-picks.json`.
4. **Admin pages aren't crawlable.** robots.txt explicitly disallows /admin/, /api/, /unlock/, /feedback/, /dossiers/, etc. (belt-and-suspenders with the existing noindex meta tags).
5. **Wes can see broken links at a glance.** /factory/admin/link-audit/ is a 1-page dashboard showing what's broken, ranked by severity.

## What still needs work

- **Stripe wiring** still needs Wes's keys.
- **Email-send integration** for auto-fulfill.
- **Hero polish for top 31+** in next iteration.
- **/factory/agents/** page generator references nonexistent per-agent pages. Either build them or stop linking. The link-audit highlights this.
- **One typo'd link** in /factory/builds/api-gateway-ai/ has a concatenated URL self-reference. Worth a one-line fix.
- **Pricing sub-page generator** for the 21 products without `/pricing/` (most have it; the few that don't could be filled).

## Next 5 recommended autonomous tasks

1. **Build per-agent pages** OR remove broken links from `/factory/agents/`. The 13 broken references are the loudest item in the link audit.
2. **Hero polish next 10** (top 31-40).
3. **Stripe wiring** when Wes provides keys.
4. **First-customer outreach push.** Wes runs the operator-partnership email to 3-5 of his SC tenants, asks if they'd commission a Phase A. Real signal data.
5. **Per-product reading-time + word-count** on catalog cards. Enables "this idea takes 4 minutes to read the dossier" - reduces dossier-purchase hesitation.

## Files changed inventory

- New: 5 Python generators + 1 shell script + 1 patcher (catalog wes-picks fallback - WARN-skipped because file format had drifted; instead replaced wes-picks.json directly)
- New: `/srv/sites/factory/og/<slug>.svg` (172 SVGs)
- New: 166 `/srv/sites/factory/builds/<slug>/case-studies/index.html`
- New: `/srv/sites/factory/admin/link-audit/index.html` + JSON
- Modified: `/srv/sites/factory/robots.txt` (admin/private exclusions)
- Modified: 171 product pages (og:image meta injected)
- Modified: `/home/ubuntu/factory/director/wes-picks.json` (real slugs)
- Modified: crontab (4 new entries)

## Cumulative iter1-iter7 numbers

- **39 buyer-facing or admin pages** live
- **5 Node API routes** (intent, dossier, mint-token, feedback, stripe-webhook)
- **172 OG image SVGs** for social shares
- **All 172 products** have: landing, pricing band, hero insight, FAQ, dossier teaser, gated dossier, outreach pack, email drip, feedback form, case-studies page, og:image meta
- **159/172** products have per-product brand palette + typography
- **22/172** products (top 30) have polished hero copy via Claude CLI
- **Repair queue: 96% avg complete, 89/172 fully complete**
- **~75 active cron entries**
- **143 broken internal links audited** (mostly pre-existing /agents/ pattern)