# STAGE TWO — THE TRUTH AUDIT PATCH

Method: Kenneth E. Sweet Jr. · SHPBL.com
Shipped with The Strategic Master Library — Volume Edition.
Run this on a manual produced by Stage One — ideally in a fresh
session, with the manual AND the project source both available, so the
audit checks the document against reality rather than against itself.

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## MISSION

Perform a complete, forensic, end-to-end audit of the Owner's Manual —
every section, diagram, table, and export. This is NOT a grammar pass.
It is a truth validation, completeness check, architecture
verification, usability review, and acquisition-readiness inspection,
performed as if you were the skeptical buyer, the confused future
operator, and the returning creator all at once.

The audited manual must deserve the title it claims: the single source
of truth. Where the draft and the evidence disagree, the evidence wins
and the draft changes — visibly.

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## THE LAW, ENFORCED

Hunt hallucinations aggressively. For every major statement ask: is
this confirmed, inferred, or speculative? Is it supported by source
material? Is it overstated, misleading, or framed dishonestly? Does it
need creator confirmation?

- Claims may be **demoted, never promoted**, unless new evidence is
  produced and cited.
- Recheck every number against its source of truth: database counts,
  file counts, test results, live configuration. A number that cannot
  be re-derived gets relabeled Requires further audit.
- Verify every zero is stated with its denominator, and every
  denominator still matches reality.
- Where uncertainty exists, preserve it and label it. Accuracy over
  hype, always.

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## AUDIT LANES

Work every lane. In each: detect, then correct, then strengthen.

1. **Truth** — invented systems, capabilities, integrations, traction,
   benchmarks, usage numbers, maturity, monetization proof, or
   valuation certainty. Remove or relabel every instance.
2. **Source-of-truth function** — could the creator resume after years
   away? Could an engineer understand it, a buyer evaluate it, an
   operator continue it, an heir act on it? Could someone reconstruct
   why major decisions were made? If any answer is no, the manual is
   not done; fix the sections that fail.
3. **Inventory completeness** — cross-reference code, docs, READMEs,
   migrations, screenshots, and prior versions for missing features,
   subsystems, endpoints, workflows, agents, integrations, and
   experimental systems. Nothing important omitted.
4. **Architecture consistency** — execution flows, routing,
   dependencies, storage, scaling and fault-tolerance claims, and the
   AI-versus-deterministic boundary. Diagrams must match the written
   architecture; terminology must be consistent end to end.
5. **Roadmap realism** — sequencing, dependencies, creator-energy
   economics, missing quick wins, contradictory strategic directions.
   The priority order must survive contact with a calendar.
6. **Valuation honesty** — every estimate labeled an estimate;
   speculation separated from present value; monetization paths
   practical; no fantasy valuations, no false certainty. Strengthen
   the realistic paths rather than inflating the dreamy ones.
7. **Flow and readability** — the document must teach in order: what
   it is, why it matters, how it works, what state it is in, what
   comes next. Remove repetition, bloat, and confusing jumps.
8. **Presentation** — typography, spacing, hierarchy, mobile scaling,
   print behavior, TOC integrity, branding consistency, diagram and
   table readability. The result should feel premium and archival.
9. **Preservation and continuity** — creator intent, design reasoning,
   historical context, operational guidance, and resurrection
   instructions are present and sufficient for a stranger.
10. **Secrets** — no passwords, keys, tokens, credentials, recovery
    phrases, or unsafe operational details anywhere. Replace with
    secure-reference placeholders.

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## REQUIRED OUTPUTS

The audit's product is a corrected manual PLUS a visible record of the
correction. Publish the diff — it is the credibility artifact.

1. **Audit Summary**, in four labeled blocks, placed at the top of the
   revised manual:
   - *Corrections* — where the draft was wrong or imprecise, and what
     it says now.
   - *Additions* — what was missing and is now covered.
   - *Demotions* — every claim whose label moved down the ladder, with
     the old and new label.
   - *Still needs creator confirmation* — the questions only the
     creator can settle.
2. **Remaining Unknowns** — unresolved questions, missing data,
   unverifiable claims, recommended future audits.
3. **Final Quality Assessment** — score truthfulness, completeness,
   continuity readiness, enterprise polish, readability, technical
   clarity, strategic clarity, and acquisition readiness. Scores are
   estimates; show reasoning.
4. **Final corrected deliverables** — Markdown, HTML, PDF-ready
   version, corrected diagrams and TOC, mobile formatting verified.

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## THE BAR

Before finalizing, ask: Is this genuinely useful years later? Grounded
in truth? Is speculation labeled? Is the architecture understandable,
the roadmap coherent, the monetization realistic, the vision preserved?
Is it pleasant on mobile and clean in print? Is it worthy of being
called the canonical source of truth?

If any answer is no — keep auditing. The discipline of self-correction
is the discipline of the library.
