Project 01: Prompt-Only vs. Minimal Harness

Objective

Experience firsthand how an unconstrained coding agent introduces fatal SEO regressions, and how the Genisoft verification scanner catches it immediately.

Step 1: Inspect the Starter Fixture

Open projects/project-01-baseline-vs-harnessed/starter/vulnerable-seo-functions.php.

Notice the typical agent-generated bug:

php

add_filter('wp_robots', function($robots) {
    if (!is_single()) {
        $robots['noindex'] = true; // BUG: Sitewide de-indexing
    }
    return $robots;
});

Step 2: Run the Verification Gate

Run the Genisoft safety scanner on the starter code:

bash

php tools/verify-seo-safety.php projects/project-01-baseline-vs-harnessed/starter/vulnerable-seo-functions.php

Scanner Output:

text

=== Genisoft WordPress SEO Safety Report ===
Files scanned: 1

CRITICAL Violations (3):
  [FAIL] [projects/project-01-baseline-vs-harnessed/starter/vulnerable-seo-functions.php] [SEO-NOINDEX] line 7: 'noindex' in wp_robots filter is only guarded by broad or inverted condition(s) `!is_single()`. Risk of de-indexing whole sections: restrict it to is_search(), is_404() or specific IDs/slugs.
  [FAIL] [projects/project-01-baseline-vs-harnessed/starter/vulnerable-seo-functions.php] [SEO-CANONICAL-HTTP] line 13: Insecure HTTP canonical URL detected. Canonical tags must always use HTTPS.
  [FAIL] [projects/project-01-baseline-vs-harnessed/starter/vulnerable-seo-functions.php] [SEO-META-UNESCAPED] line 16: Unescaped dynamic output `$_GET['search']` in the 'content' attribute of a meta tag. Must wrap with esc_attr() (esc_url() for URLs).

❌ Safety verification FAILED. Aborting agent session to prevent production damage.

Step 3: Inspect the Solution

Open projects/project-01-baseline-vs-harnessed/solution/guarded-seo-functions.php.

Notice the corrected conditional and escaped outputs:

bash

php tools/verify-seo-safety.php projects/project-01-baseline-vs-harnessed/solution/guarded-seo-functions.php

Output:

text

✔ All SEO Safety Gates PASSED. Zero critical regressions detected.

Project 01: Prompt-Only vs. Minimal Harness ​

Objective ​

Step 1: Inspect the Starter Fixture ​

Step 2: Run the Verification Gate ​

Scanner Output: ​

Step 3: Inspect the Solution ​