The process of extraction → design → application → audit → self-improvement, observed and codified
March 31 – April 2, 2026
Not a linear pipeline. A feedback loop where every phase produces artifacts that feed the next — and the last phase feeds back into the first.
Every build cycle must include its own audit cycle, and every audit cycle must produce scaffolding that makes the next build cycle better.
Every phase produced something visible. The real value was the invisible second-order effect.
Everything we did manually in chat now runs automatically in the factory.
| What we did in chat (manual) | What the factory now does (automated) |
|---|---|
| Read JSON outputs and counted empty fields | auto-audit.ts D1-D5 scorer runs post-execution |
| Checked for boilerplate and generic language | D2 specificity scanner detects generic phrases |
| Compared before/after scores in conversation | Audit badge in StepRow shows live scores |
| Wrote fix plans as chat messages | Fix suggestions generated from low D2 scores |
| Published scorecards as separate pages | Audit panel built into OutputsPanel |
| Manually traced upstream artifact wiring | Post-execution audit hook validates dependencies |
| Reflected on process at session end | Calibration warnings flag score inflation |
Quality feedback is now a first-class execution primitive, not a manual afterthought.
Jason's Off-Rails Playbook progression applied to the factory itself.