Iteration 7 ship log

2026-05-09 · continued autonomous /loop

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)