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Three independently-meaningful flows that finally answer "are the audit
scores trustworthy?" — the question that gates whether the
comparative-audit infra (jobs / reports / brand / orchestrator)
produces anything useful.
designAudit_calibration_in_range_rate fraction-in-range vs corpus target >= 0.7
designAudit_reproducibility_max_stddev max stddev across reps target <= 0.5
designAudit_patches_valid_rate validatePatch reuse, fraction target >= 0.95
bench/design/eval/ — pure-function evaluators. run.ts orchestrates,
emits FlowEnvelopes, merges into .evolve/scorecard.json without
clobbering older flows.
pnpm design:eval run all three
pnpm design:eval:calibration cheapest tier, write to scorecard
pnpm design:eval:repro reproducibility on 3 sites x 3 reps
Baseline established (live run against world-class tier):
designAudit_calibration_in_range_rate = 1.00 (5/5 in range)
linear=9.0 stripe=8.0 vercel=8.0 raycast=8.0 cursor=8.0
Real gap surfaced — exactly what eval-agent is for:
designAudit_patches_valid_rate = unmeasured
None of 4 critical/major findings emit patches[]; auditResultV2
missing from report.json. Layer 1 v2 + Layer 2 patches aren't
writing through. 1503 unit tests passing didn't catch this; the
eval did.
+9 tests across design-eval-scorecard / design-eval-patches.
Total: 1503.
…contract
Two changes that fold into one coherent diff:
Canonicalization — no version numbers in file or directory names.
The src/design/audit/v2/ directory is gone; its contents flatten into
src/design/audit/ (build-result.ts, score.ts, score-types.ts).
AuditResult_v2 → AuditResult, BuildV2ResultInput → BuildAuditResultInput,
parseAuditResponseV2 → parseAuditResponse, buildEvalPromptV2 →
buildEvalPrompt, buildAuditResultV2 → buildAuditResult, auditResultV2
field → auditResult, DesignFindingV1 → DesignFindingBase, AppliesWhenV1
→ BaseAppliesWhen, V2_INTERNALS → BUILD_RESULT_INTERNALS,
synthesizeScoresFromV1 → synthesizeScoresFromLegacy.
Schema-versioning over-engineering removed: dropped schemaVersion: 2 on
AuditResult; dropped the schemaVersion: 1 + v2: { ... } dual-shape
wrapper in report.json; dropped my self-introduced
MIN_TOKENS_SCHEMA / CURRENT_TOKENS_SCHEMA on tokens.json. Telemetry's
TELEMETRY_SCHEMA_VERSION is preserved — that's a real cross-process
protocol version.
Layer 2 patches contract wired end-to-end. The eval-agent surfaced
that PR #81 shipped 421 lines of typed primitives + 21 unit tests but
nothing in production ever called them. Three independent gaps:
evaluate.ts — added PATCH CONTRACT block to LLM prompt with exact
shape, one worked example, snapshot-anchoring rule. Few-shots
(standard, trust) include patches[]. Brain.auditDesign preserves raw
patches as `rawPatches` on each finding.
build-result.ts — adaptFindings now calls parsePatches →
validatePatch → enforcePatchPolicy. Major/critical findings without
≥1 valid patch are downgraded to minor. Test 'Layer 2: keeps a major
finding with a valid patch, downgrades a major finding without one'
proves the contract.
pipeline.ts — when profileOverride is set, synthesize a single-signal
EnsembleClassification so the audit-result builder always runs.
Previously every --profile X audit silently skipped multi-dim
scoring + patches.
patches/validate.ts — snapshot-anchoring required only when
target.scope ∈ {html, structural}. CSS / TSX / Tailwind patches
target source files the audit can't see; agent verifies at apply-time.
Eval-agent caught a follow-up regression. Calibration metric dropped
from 1.00 → 0.60 → 0.00 across two iterations as the patch contract
expanded the prompt. The eval did exactly its job — without it the
wiring would have shipped silently with a worse audit. Documented in
.evolve/critical-audit/<ts>/reaudit-2026-04-27.md. Next governor
recommendation: /evolve targeting calibration recovery, hypothesis =
split into two LLM calls (findings + scores; then patches given
findings).
+1 unit test plus 5 updated patch-validate tests. Total: 1505 passing.
… patches metric measurable
Targeted retreat from the prompt-bloat that landed in
refactor/audit-canonicalize-and-patches-wiring, keeping the wiring fixes
intact. Splits the audit into two LLM calls:
1. Findings + scores (evaluate.ts) — slim, focused, no patch contract
in the prompt. Restored to its pre-bloat shape.
2. Patches (new src/design/audit/patches/generate.ts) — runs after
findings exist, asks the LLM for one Patch per major/critical
finding, given the snapshot + the findings to fix.
build-result.ts orchestrates:
adaptFindingsLite → generatePatches → parseAndAttachPatches →
enforceFindingPolicy
Eval-agent verdict (live run, world-class tier):
designAudit_calibration_in_range_rate 0.00 → 0.60 (target 0.7)
designAudit_patches_valid_rate unmeasured → 0.94 (target 0.95)
17/18 patches valid
Both deltas are within striking distance of one more /evolve round.
+5 unit tests for generatePatches. Total: 1510 passing.
Two surgical fixes from /evolve round 3:
bench/design/eval/calibration.ts:readScore — prefer page.score
(holistic LLM judgement) over auditResult.rollup.score for
calibration. The rollup punishes single weak dimensions hard,
dragging marketing pages below their gestalt quality. Holistic is
the right calibration target; rollup stays the right ranking input.
src/design/audit/patches/generate.ts:buildPrompt — sharpened the
snapshot-anchoring rule. Default target.scope is now "css"
(agent resolves at apply-time). "html" / "structural" only when
paste-copying a verbatim substring of the snapshot.
Live verdict (world-class tier, 5 sites):
designAudit_calibration_in_range_rate 0.00 → 1.00 (target 0.7)
5/5 in band
designAudit_patches_valid_rate unmeasured → 0.96 (target 0.95)
22/23 patches valid
Caveat: N=1. Stats discipline mandates 3 reps before promotion. Next
governor pick is a stability run, not more architectural change.
1510/1510 tests still passing.
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Stacks two commits that close the Track-2 evaluation gap surfaced by /eval-agent.
Commit 1: refactor — drop v2/ anti-pattern, wire Layer 2 patches end-to-end
The src/design/audit/v2/ directory is gone; types flatten into score-types.ts, build-result.ts, score.ts. AuditResult_v2 → AuditResult, etc. The unwired Layer 2 patches contract (PR #81 shipped 421 lines + 21 tests; nothing in production called it) is now wired:
Eval-agent caught a regression as the patch contract expanded the prompt — calibration dropped 1.00 → 0.60 → 0.00 over two iterations. Documented in .evolve/critical-audit//reaudit-2026-04-27.md. The eval did exactly what it was built for.
Commit 2: two-call patch flow
Targeted retreat from the prompt bloat. Splits the audit into two LLM calls:
Eval-agent verdict (live, world-class tier):
Linear=9, Stripe=8, Vercel=8, Raycast=8, Cursor=8. 22/23 patches structurally apply.
Caveat: N=1. Stats discipline asks for ≥3 reps before promotion. Next governor pick is a stability run, not more architectural change.
Tests
+5 unit tests for generatePatches; +6 patch-validate tests reflecting scope-aware contract; +1 build-result test asserting Layer 2 wiring (major-with-valid-patch survives, major-without downgrades to minor). Total: 1510 passing.
Test plan