HunterX v7 — README, GitHub Pages & SEO Audit

Date: 2026-08-11 Version: 7.0.0 Scope: README, GitHub Pages (Jekyll under docs/), SEO metadata, structured data, tool ecosystem documentation, PoC/proof positioning, LLM discoverability, name disambiguation.

1. Before / After Assessment

Before

README positioned HunterX as an “AI-Powered Security Orchestration & Intelligence Platform” — a scanner-oriented message. It claimed “100+ registered tools” (the v7 manifest verifies 92), had no From Detection-to-Proof section, no tool ecosystem table with integration status, no Target Intelligence / Cloud & SaaS / PoC sections, and linked to a PyPI package name that belongs to an unrelated project.
GitHub Pages layout (docs/_layouts/default.html) was broken: the last release commit truncated it — the <footer> and scripts were emitted inside <head>, and <body>, `<h1 id="hunterx-quality-gates-reference">HunterX Quality Gates Reference</h1>

Status: Ratified (Sprint 006.9) Version: 1.0.0 Owner: HunterX Engineering Council

1. Purpose / Scope

This document is the reference for every quality gate in the HunterX platform. It defines what each gate checks, how it is configured, and how to interpret its result. The gates are orchestrated by eng.gates.GateRunner and declared in eng/config/gates.yaml. The CI wiring is described in v7-cicd-architecture.md; the security gate is expanded in v7-security-pipeline.md.

A gate is a function (runner, repo_root, spec) -> GateResult registered in eng.gates.checks.default_checks(). Every gate in gates.yaml defaults to mandatory: true; a mandatory FAIL or ERROR raises eng.gates.GateBlockedError and blocks the merge.

2. Gate Configuration

Configuration lives in eng/config/gates.yaml:

gates:
  - name: coverage
    mandatory: true
    threshold: 80.0
  - name: performance
    mandatory: true
    threshold: 20.0

mandatory controls blocking; threshold is a per-gate numeric setting (a coverage percentage, a performance drift percentage, a slow-test cutoff). Optional gates (packaging, git-diff) never block.

Run the gates:

python -m eng gates                # full suite
python -m eng gates --gate ruff mypy
python -m eng gates --json         # artifacts/gates-report.json

3. Status Model

Status	Meaning	Blocks?
`PASS`	Subject validated	no
`FAIL`	Problem found	yes, if mandatory
`ERROR`	Gate could not execute	yes, if mandatory
`SKIPPED`	Not applicable / tool absent (graceful degradation)	no

4. Gate Catalog

4.1 ruff

Lints the v7 source tree, the engineering platform, tests, Alembic migrations and the legacy-excluded configuration. _SRC = ("src", "eng") and the tests/ tree are the linted targets; the retired v6 flat hunterx/ package is deliberately excluded (documented technical debt). Command:

ruff check src tests eng alembic
ruff format --check src tests eng alembic

A violation or an unformatted file fails the gate.

4.2 mypy

Runs mypy in strict mode over the type-checked surface:

mypy eng src/hunterx/shared

The engineering platform and the shared kernel (including the dependency injection container in src/hunterx/shared/di.py) are kept strict-clean. The remaining v7 source is type-checked incrementally as Capability Waves land; the retired v6 flat package is excluded. When the full v7 tree reaches strict-clean, the target SHOULD be widened to mypy --no-warn-unused-ignores src eng.

4.3 pytest

Runs the full test suite:

pytest -q --no-cov -m "not tools" tests/

The tools marker excludes tests that require live external security tools by default; they are executed by the dedicated security-tests.yml workflow.

4.4 coverage

Runs pytest under coverage and enforces a configurable threshold (default 80.0):

pytest -q --cov hunterx --cov-report xml:artifacts/coverage.xml

The Cobertura report is uploaded by CI. Coverage below the threshold fails the gate. Coverage configuration lives in [tool.coverage.*] in pyproject.toml.

4.5 architecture

Enforces the v7 Clean Architecture dependency rule: Delivery → Application → Domain, with Infrastructure implementing domain ports injected at composition time. Violations of layer boundaries fail the gate.

4.6 deadcode

Runs vulture over the source with config/vulture_allowlist.py supplying whitelists for entry points (main, register, create_adapter, build_container, render_template, __version__). Entry points and library names are whitelisted, true dead code is not.

4.7 dependencies

Validates that requirements.lock is consistent with the dependencies declared in pyproject.toml (eng.supplychain.parse_requirements). Drift between the declared and locked sets fails the gate. The audit of known vulnerabilities is handled by the security pipeline’s pip-audit and safety scans.

4.8 docs

Runs eng.docs.validate_docs: required root files, required sections, the DevSecOps engineering documents and their mandated anchors, internal markdown link resolution, balanced fenced blocks and trailing-whitespace hygiene. Produces artifacts/docs-report.json.

4.9 security

Runs the full security pipeline (see v7-security-pipeline.md): bandit, semgrep, gitleaks, pip-audit, safety, and trivy filesystem/image scans. Aggregates into artifacts/security-report.json. Missing scanners are skipped, not failed.

4.10 performance

Runs the benchmark suite (tests/performance) with pytest-benchmark, normalizes results to artifacts/benchmarks/latest.json and compares against baseline.json. Drift beyond threshold (default 20.0 percent) fails the gate. The --durations summary catches slow tests (default cutoff 10s). On the first run a baseline is recorded and the gate passes.

python -m eng gates --gate performance

4.11 compliance

Verifies LICENSE, NOTICE, THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES and the license allow-list (eng.supplychain.check_licenses, _ALLOWED_LICENSES). Disallowed licenses, missing attribution or missing license files fail the gate.

4.12 hygiene

Verifies repository hygiene: SECURITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, .github/CODEOWNERS, .github/dependabot.yml, the issue templates and the pull-request template.

4.13 packaging (optional)

Builds the wheel and sdist (python -m build) and validates them (eng.packaging.validate_packaging). Optional by default; enable it when a release build is part of the workflow.

4.14 git-diff (optional)

Fails when the working tree has uncommitted changes (git status --porcelain). Used as a reproducibility gate on release runs; optional so developers can run the suite mid-work.

5. Adding or Tuning a Gate

Declare the gate in eng/config/gates.yaml (name, mandatory, threshold).
Implement the checker in eng.gates.checks with the uniform signature.
Register it in default_checks().
Add a test under tests/engineering/test_checks.py.
Document the gate in §4 of this document.

Thresholds are tunable without code changes — they live in YAML. The blocking semantics are driven entirely by mandatory.

`, navigation, styles and the docs header were missing. Pages rendered with no content.

docs/_includes/seo.html contained invalid Liquid (a corrupted %}%} token, an unsupported where filter on a split array, a cumbs typo) and hard-coded SoftwareApplication version: 6.0.0 and v6 featureList.
docs/_layouts/post.html and tutorial.html duplicated the full layout with v6 JSON-LD and a buggy IntersectionObserver (target instead of entry.target).
Homepage (docs/index.md) was built around v6 numbers (41 skills, 18 goals, 10 agents) and had no Detection-to-Proof, workflow, tool ecosystem, PoC/proof, Target Intelligence, Cloud/SaaS, Knowledge Graph or reporting sections. It linked to pypi.org/project/hunterx (wrong project).
robots.txt pointed the Sitemap at https://nullc0d30.github.io/sitemap.xml (missing the /HunterX project-site baseurl).
No llms.txt / llms-full.txt, no tool ecosystem page, no PoC/validation page, no v7 release page, and the SEO landing pages (ai-penetration-testing, bug-bounty, red-team, comparisons, reasoning-engine, benchmarks, glossary, tutorials) did not exist.
Several v7 docs lacked front matter and were copied verbatim by Jekyll as raw .md instead of rendered pages (breaking /v7-* permalink links).
FAQ described v6-era behavior (4-stage pipeline, 41 skills, hunterx scan, hunterx api --port) inconsistent with v7.
Several docs claimed “100+ integrated tools” (verified count is 92).

After

README re-positioned as AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery, Validation & Proof Engine with the hero message “Find it. Verify it. Prove it. Report it.”, a From Detection-to-Proof section, the full v7 workflow, a complete tool ecosystem section (92 tools with official links and integration status), PoC & Proof Engine, Target Intelligence, Cloud & SaaS Intelligence, Knowledge Graph & Correlation, Reporting, Target Users, v7 Highlights, name disambiguation, and corrected PyPI references.
GitHub Pages layout fixed and modernized: valid HTML structure, restored CSS, navigation, docs sidebar, breadcrumbs, `<h1 id="hunterx-quality-gates-reference">HunterX Quality Gates Reference</h1>

Status: Ratified (Sprint 006.9) Version: 1.0.0 Owner: HunterX Engineering Council

1. Purpose / Scope

2. Gate Configuration

Configuration lives in eng/config/gates.yaml:

gates:
  - name: coverage
    mandatory: true
    threshold: 80.0
  - name: performance
    mandatory: true
    threshold: 20.0

Run the gates:

python -m eng gates                # full suite
python -m eng gates --gate ruff mypy
python -m eng gates --json         # artifacts/gates-report.json

3. Status Model

Status	Meaning	Blocks?
`PASS`	Subject validated	no
`FAIL`	Problem found	yes, if mandatory
`ERROR`	Gate could not execute	yes, if mandatory
`SKIPPED`	Not applicable / tool absent (graceful degradation)	no

4. Gate Catalog

4.1 ruff

ruff check src tests eng alembic
ruff format --check src tests eng alembic

A violation or an unformatted file fails the gate.

4.2 mypy

Runs mypy in strict mode over the type-checked surface:

mypy eng src/hunterx/shared

4.3 pytest

Runs the full test suite:

pytest -q --no-cov -m "not tools" tests/

The tools marker excludes tests that require live external security tools by default; they are executed by the dedicated security-tests.yml workflow.

4.4 coverage

Runs pytest under coverage and enforces a configurable threshold (default 80.0):

pytest -q --cov hunterx --cov-report xml:artifacts/coverage.xml

The Cobertura report is uploaded by CI. Coverage below the threshold fails the gate. Coverage configuration lives in [tool.coverage.*] in pyproject.toml.

4.5 architecture

4.6 deadcode

4.7 dependencies

4.8 docs

4.9 security

4.10 performance

python -m eng gates --gate performance

4.11 compliance

4.12 hygiene

Verifies repository hygiene: SECURITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, .github/CODEOWNERS, .github/dependabot.yml, the issue templates and the pull-request template.

4.13 packaging (optional)

Builds the wheel and sdist (python -m build) and validates them (eng.packaging.validate_packaging). Optional by default; enable it when a release build is part of the workflow.

4.14 git-diff (optional)

Fails when the working tree has uncommitted changes (git status --porcelain). Used as a reproducibility gate on release runs; optional so developers can run the suite mid-work.

5. Adding or Tuning a Gate

Declare the gate in eng/config/gates.yaml (name, mandatory, threshold).
Implement the checker in eng.gates.checks with the uniform signature.
Register it in default_checks().
Add a test under tests/engineering/test_checks.py.
Document the gate in §4 of this document.

Thresholds are tunable without code changes — they live in YAML. The blocking semantics are driven entirely by mandatory.

, and footer; SEO and structured data centralized inseo.html`.

Structured data fixed: valid Liquid, SoftwareApplication v7.0.0, v7 feature list, correct absolute URLs, working BreadcrumbList, WebPage, TechArticle/Article/LearningResource conditionals.
Homepage rewritten as a v7 product landing page covering Hero, Why, Detection-to-Proof, How it works, Security Coverage, Tool Ecosystem, PoC & Validation, Target Intelligence, Cloud & SaaS Intelligence, Knowledge Graph, Reporting, Use Cases, Integrations, Architecture, Installation, Community, Responsible Use and identity/author.
New pages: tool-ecosystem (92 tools with per-tool roles/status), poc-validation, v7-release (What’s New in v7), llms.txt, llms-full.txt, ai-penetration-testing, bug-bounty, red-team, ci-cd-security-scanning, comparisons (index, vs-nuclei, vs-zap, vs-burp, vs-openvas), reasoning-engine, benchmarks, glossary, tutorials.
robots.txt corrected to the /HunterX project-site path.
17 v7 docs received front matter + permalinks so they render as pages.
FAQ rewritten to match v7 (missions, proof engine, 92 tools, v7 CLI).
Docs gate 7/7 PASS; Jekyll build succeeds; 0 broken internal links.

2. README Changes

Area	Change
Title / hero	“AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery, Validation & Proof Engine” + “Find it. Verify it. Prove it. Report it.”
What is HunterX	Canonical v7 definition and Validated Finding model
Why HunterX	Detection vs Proof framing
From Detection to Proof	Finding lifecycle, candidate→validated pipeline
How HunterX Works	DISCOVER→…→REPORT workflow
v7 Highlights	Composition root, toolchain, missions, TIDB, cloud, PoC, reporting, hardening, installer, CI/CD, docs, production readiness; test metric 3479/8/2/0
Security Coverage	Supported classes incl. UNKNOWN_BEHAVIOR
Tool Ecosystem	92 tools, categories, official links, status labels
PoC & Proof Engine	Proof contracts, replay, reproducibility, impact/confidence, novel behavior, safe RCE proof
Target Intelligence	assets/targets/observations/findings/evidence/history/topology/cloud/correlation/mission state/tool results
Cloud & SaaS Intelligence	provider list + passive-by-design statement
Knowledge Graph & Correlation	cross-tool correlation
Reporting	Markdown/HTML/JSON/SARIF/PDF/package
Example Workflow + Usage	v7 CLI (`hunterx hunt`, `hunterx finding`, `hunterx report`)
Installation	installer + source (PyPI reference removed/corrected)
CLI / REST API / Docker / Architecture / Integrations	v7-accurate
Testing & Quality	commands
Target Users	bug bounty, pentest, red team, research, appsec, devsecops
Documentation / Contributing / Responsible Use / License / Author	preserved and updated
Star / Follow / Contribute CTA	present
Name disambiguation	PyPI note added
Badges	removed invalid PyPI badge; corrected Python badge

Claim corrections: “100+ registered tools” → 92 (verified from capabilities/full-toolchain-intelligence.json and the v7 toolchain certification). Removed pip install hunterx as the canonical path because the hunterx PyPI name belongs to an unrelated project.

3. GitHub Pages Changes

Homepage (`docs/index.md`)

v7 hero with “Find it. Verify it. Prove it. Report it.” and “Less noise. More verified findings.”
Why HunterX comparison table (scanner vs HunterX v7)
From Detection to Proof
How HunterX Works (full workflow)
Security Coverage cards
Tool Ecosystem cards + link
PoC & Validation
Target Intelligence
Cloud & SaaS Intelligence
Knowledge Graph & Attack Paths
Reporting
Who Uses HunterX (target users)
Architecture
Integrations
Installation CTA
Community
Responsible Use
About / Identity (author + name disambiguation)

Layouts / Includes

_layouts/default.html — rebuilt from the previous working version: valid <head>/<body>, CSS, top nav, docs header, sidebar, breadcrumbs, `<h1 id="hunterx-quality-gates-reference">HunterX Quality Gates Reference</h1>

Status: Ratified (Sprint 006.9) Version: 1.0.0 Owner: HunterX Engineering Council

1. Purpose / Scope

2. Gate Configuration

Configuration lives in eng/config/gates.yaml:

gates:
  - name: coverage
    mandatory: true
    threshold: 80.0
  - name: performance
    mandatory: true
    threshold: 20.0

Run the gates:

python -m eng gates                # full suite
python -m eng gates --gate ruff mypy
python -m eng gates --json         # artifacts/gates-report.json

3. Status Model

Status	Meaning	Blocks?
`PASS`	Subject validated	no
`FAIL`	Problem found	yes, if mandatory
`ERROR`	Gate could not execute	yes, if mandatory
`SKIPPED`	Not applicable / tool absent (graceful degradation)	no

4. Gate Catalog

4.1 ruff

ruff check src tests eng alembic
ruff format --check src tests eng alembic

A violation or an unformatted file fails the gate.

4.2 mypy

Runs mypy in strict mode over the type-checked surface:

mypy eng src/hunterx/shared

4.3 pytest

Runs the full test suite:

pytest -q --no-cov -m "not tools" tests/

The tools marker excludes tests that require live external security tools by default; they are executed by the dedicated security-tests.yml workflow.

4.4 coverage

Runs pytest under coverage and enforces a configurable threshold (default 80.0):

pytest -q --cov hunterx --cov-report xml:artifacts/coverage.xml

The Cobertura report is uploaded by CI. Coverage below the threshold fails the gate. Coverage configuration lives in [tool.coverage.*] in pyproject.toml.

4.5 architecture

4.6 deadcode

4.7 dependencies

4.8 docs

4.9 security

4.10 performance

python -m eng gates --gate performance

4.11 compliance

4.12 hygiene

Verifies repository hygiene: SECURITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, .github/CODEOWNERS, .github/dependabot.yml, the issue templates and the pull-request template.

4.13 packaging (optional)

Builds the wheel and sdist (python -m build) and validates them (eng.packaging.validate_packaging). Optional by default; enable it when a release build is part of the workflow.

4.14 git-diff (optional)

Fails when the working tree has uncommitted changes (git status --porcelain). Used as a reproducibility gate on release runs; optional so developers can run the suite mid-work.

5. Adding or Tuning a Gate

Declare the gate in eng/config/gates.yaml (name, mandatory, threshold).
Implement the checker in eng.gates.checks with the uniform signature.
Register it in default_checks().
Add a test under tests/engineering/test_checks.py.
Document the gate in §4 of this document.

Thresholds are tunable without code changes — they live in YAML. The blocking semantics are driven entirely by mandatory.

`, footer, scripts. Fixed breadcrumb path generation.

_layouts/post.html, tutorial.html — now inherit from default (no duplicated 711-line layouts), correct v7 JSON-LD via seo.html.
_includes/nav.html — v7 navigation including Tool Ecosystem, PoC & Validation, AI Penetration Testing, Bug Bounty, Red Team, Comparisons, Reasoning Engine, Benchmarks, Glossary, Tutorials.
_includes/seo.html — fixed Liquid, v7 SoftwareApplication, valid BreadcrumbList.

Config

_config.yml — v7 title/tagline/description/keywords, repository: nullc0d30/HunterX, identity in description, social links to the repository.

4. SEO Changes

README SEO: natural keyword coverage for “AI vulnerability scanner”, “AI penetration testing”, “AI-assisted vulnerability discovery”, “vulnerability validation”, “PoC generation”, “bug bounty automation”, “penetration testing tools”, “red team framework”, “offensive security platform”, “open source vulnerability scanner”, “web application security”, “API security”, “cloud security”, “security reconnaissance”, “security automation”, “security testing” — without keyword stuffing.
GitHub Pages: per-page title, description, keywords front matter on every new page; meta keywords in the default layout; v7 terminology throughout.
Tool ecosystem page naturally targets: open source penetration testing tools, bug bounty tools, bug hunting tools, recon tools, web security tools, API security tools, vulnerability scanners, red team tools, security testing tools, OSINT reconnaissance tools, fuzzing tools, security research tools.
Landing pages created for ai-penetration-testing, bug-bounty, red-team, ci-cd-security-scanning, comparisons (×5), reasoning-engine, benchmarks, glossary, tutorials — each with unique titles/descriptions and factual content (no thin pages).

5. Technical SEO Changes

Item	Before	After
Title tags	v6 positioning	v7 positioning, per-page
Meta descriptions	v6	v7, per-page
Canonical URLs	`page.url \| absolute_url`	unchanged pattern, now resolves to `/HunterX/...` (verified)
Open Graph	present	updated v7 description/image alt
Twitter/X cards	present	updated v7 wording
robots.txt	wrong sitemap URL	`https://nullc0d30.github.io/HunterX/sitemap.xml`
sitemap.xml	generated	94 URLs, all under `/HunterX/` (verified)
Structured data	invalid Liquid + v6	valid JSON-LD, 576 blocks across 94 pages (verified)
Favicon / theme	present	preserved
Alt text	present	preserved/updated
Heading hierarchy	broken layout	valid H1→H2 structure
Internal links	broken layout, dead nav links	0 broken internal links (verified)
404 handling	present	preserved
Mobile responsiveness	restored CSS	responsive breakpoints preserved
Asset paths / baseurl	`/HunterX`	consistent (verified in built HTML)

6. Tool Ecosystem Coverage

The new docs/tool-ecosystem.md documents all 92 registered tools from the v7 toolchain manifest, grouped by category, with:

official project link where a working official link exists,
primary role (first capabilities),
capabilities fed to HunterX,
accurate integration status label:
- Integrated · fully supported (18 tools: amass, assetfinder, bbot, dnspython, dnsx, ffuf, findomain, gitleaks, httpx, katana, masscan, naabu, nmap, nuclei, proof-replay, subfinder, theharvester, whatweb)
- Integrated · partial support (53 tools)
- Integrated · execution only (metasploit)
- Planned / Resource (20 tools: knowledge-only entries)

A short README table covers the same canonical list with status. Attribution to third-party projects is explicit. Broken external links (ghauri, sstimap, urlfinder, unicornscan) were corrected or de-linked.

7. PoC / Proof Positioning

New PoC & Validation page (docs/poc-validation.md) explains: proof contracts, minimal safe proofs, replay & reproducibility, evidence-driven impact and confidence, false positives vs inconclusive, novel/unknown behavior, report-ready findings, and the safety boundary.
The README and homepage both carry the canonical finding model (Vulnerability + Evidence + Reproducibility + Impact + PoC = Validated Finding) and the finding lifecycle.
RCE is positioned around minimal-impact proof, evidence of execution and reproducibility — not destructive commands.
No claim is made that every vulnerability is automatically exploitable, and no invented percentages are used.

8. Structured-Data Changes

docs/_includes/seo.html now emits valid schema.org JSON-LD:

Organization (name, url, logo, sameAs, founder)
WebSite (with SearchAction)
SoftwareApplication (version 7.0.0, SecurityApplication / VulnerabilityManagement, v7 featureList, offer price 0 — no fake ratings)
Person (Ahmed Awad / NullC0d3)
WebPage (per page)
BreadcrumbList (correctly generated, verified)
Article (blog posts), TechArticle (documentation), LearningResource (tutorials)

No fake reviews, ratings or aggregate scores were added.

9. LLM Discoverability

docs/llms.txt — concise machine-readable description: identity, author, repository, version, license, core model, capabilities, tool ecosystem, PoC/evidence model, responsible use, canonical URLs.
docs/llms-full.txt — full sitemap of the documentation/product site.
Both avoid the PyPI hunterx name collision and establish the GitHub repository as canonical.

10. Name-Disambiguation Improvements

Verified that the PyPI hunterx package (v0.1.2) is an unrelated project (an async crawler framework). It is not disparaged.
Removed the PyPI version/pyversions badges (they resolved to the wrong package) from README and homepage.
Replaced pip install hunterx canonical instructions with installer/source installs, with a clear name note in README, Installation and Quickstart.
llms.txt / llms-full.txt and _config.yml description now state identity: HunterX, by Ahmed Awad (AKA NullC0d3), repository nullc0d30/HunterX.
Added .github/GITHUB_SEO.md with recommended repository description and 20 verified topics.

11. Broken-Link Results

Docs gate (python -m eng gates --gate docs): 7/7 PASS.
Markdown internal links (255 links across docs/ + root docs): 0 broken.
Built site internal links (6,123 href/src on 94 pages): 0 broken.
External links: 101/103 resolved; the two remaining are crt.sh (502 to datacenter bot requests — a live, valid service) and sigstore.dev (timed out in this environment — a real official site referenced in a pre-existing engineering doc).
Repo blob links (.../blob/main/...): the live GitHub main branch still serves the v6 tree (v7 commits exist locally but are not pushed). These links resolve once the v7 tree is pushed; they point to files that exist in the v7 tree (capabilities/full-toolchain-intelligence.json, THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES).

12. Build Results

Jekyll build (jekyll/jekyll:4 container): succeeds.
HTML validity: every page has <body>, </body>, <footer> — no structural errors (94 pages checked).
JSON-LD validity: all 576 embedded JSON-LD blocks parse as valid JSON.
Sitemap: 94 URLs, all under https://nullc0d30.github.io/HunterX/.
robots.txt: Sitemap points to the correct project-site URL.
llms.txt / llms-full.txt: built into the site root.
Favicon / assets: all referenced assets exist in docs/assets/.
Mobile layout: responsive breakpoints preserved in the restored CSS.

13. Remaining SEO Gaps

Live deployment is stale. The GitHub Pages site and GitHub main branch currently serve the pre-v7 tree. After pushing the v7 tree, the site will rebuild and all new pages, llms.txt, sitemap and structured data become live.
Search-engine verification tokens are empty in _config.yml (webmaster_verifications). Set Google/Bing/Yandex verification values to enable console monitoring.
Google Analytics is not configured (site.google_analytics empty).
PyPI publishing for the correct project is not yet established; until then, PyPI-related metadata/badges are intentionally omitted. Consider a PyPI name that identifies the project unambiguously, or publishing under the canonical repository only.
GitHub topics are a recommendation (.github/GITHUB_SEO.md); they must be applied in the repository About panel.
Benchmarks page intentionally avoids unverifiable claims and notes the performance-gate self-fail (P2) from the v7 certification, which is an internal quality-gate tuning item.
Some dated v6-era blog posts remain (they use old CLI examples). They are historical content; future blog posts should use v7 syntax.

14. Files Changed

Modified

README.md
docs/_config.yml
docs/_layouts/default.html
docs/_layouts/post.html
docs/_layouts/tutorial.html
docs/_includes/seo.html
docs/_includes/nav.html
docs/index.md
docs/robots.txt
docs/faq.md
docs/changelog.md
docs/documentation.md
docs/features/index.md
docs/installation/index.md
docs/quickstart.md
docs/tutorials.md (new page)
docs/GOVERNANCE.md
docs/SUPPORT.md
docs/bible/README.md
docs/assets/css/style.scss
docs/_posts/2026-07-22-hunterx-goes-open-source.md
17 v7 docs that received front matter + permalinks: v7-adaptive-mission-planning.md, v7-api-intelligence-implementation-plan.md, v7-api-intelligence-tidb-gap-analysis.md, v7-autonomous-mission-orchestration.md, v7-full-spectrum-validation-matrix.md, v7-offensive-tool-orchestration.md, v7-professional-finding-intelligence-reporting.md, v7-sprint-033-engineering-report.md, v7-sprint-034-final-engineering-certification.md, v7-sprint-034.1-repository-integrity.md, v7-sprint-034.2-architecture-certification.md, v7-sprint-034.3-tidb-certification.md, v7-sprint-034.4-security-certification.md, v7-sprint-034.5-toolchain-certification.md, v7-tool-mastery.md, v7-vulnerability-intelligence-tidb-gap-analysis.md, v7-vulnerability-validation-proof-orchestration.md

Added

docs/tool-ecosystem.md
docs/poc-validation.md
docs/v7-release.md
docs/llms.txt
docs/llms-full.txt
docs/ai-penetration-testing.md
docs/bug-bounty.md
docs/red-team.md
docs/ci-cd-security-scanning.md
docs/comparisons/index.md
docs/comparisons/vs-nuclei.md
docs/comparisons/vs-zap.md
docs/comparisons/vs-burp.md
docs/comparisons/vs-openvas.md
docs/reasoning-engine.md
docs/benchmarks.md
docs/glossary.md
.github/GITHUB_SEO.md

Not modified

Application source code (src/), configuration/capability manifests, workflow files, and the v7 architecture were intentionally not modified.

15. Final Status

Positioning: HunterX is now consistently presented as the AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery, Validation & Proof Engine — “Find it. Verify it. Prove it. Report it.” / “Less noise. More verified findings.”
Tool integrations documented: 92 tools, accurately labeled (18 fully supported, 53 partial, 1 execution-only, 20 planned/resource).
PoC/proof positioning: first-class across README, homepage, dedicated page and structured data.
GitHub Pages: builds cleanly; 0 broken internal links; valid HTML and structured data.
Build status: PASS (Jekyll).
Broken links: 0 internal (docs gate 7/7); external only 2 environmental timeouts on valid sites.
Remaining issues: deployment/push of the v7 tree to main (prerequisite for live pages), search-console verification tokens, analytics, PyPI name strategy, and application of GitHub topics.

HunterX v7 — README, GitHub Pages & SEO Audit

1. Before / After Assessment

Before

1. Purpose / Scope

2. Gate Configuration

3. Status Model

4. Gate Catalog

4.1 ruff

4.2 mypy

4.3 pytest

4.4 coverage

4.5 architecture

4.6 deadcode

4.7 dependencies

4.8 docs

4.9 security

4.10 performance

4.11 compliance

4.12 hygiene

4.13 packaging (optional)

4.14 git-diff (optional)

5. Adding or Tuning a Gate

After

1. Purpose / Scope

2. Gate Configuration

3. Status Model

4. Gate Catalog

4.1 ruff

4.2 mypy

4.3 pytest

4.4 coverage

4.5 architecture

4.6 deadcode

4.7 dependencies

4.8 docs

4.9 security

4.10 performance

4.11 compliance

4.12 hygiene

4.13 packaging (optional)

4.14 git-diff (optional)

5. Adding or Tuning a Gate

2. README Changes

3. GitHub Pages Changes

Homepage (docs/index.md)

Layouts / Includes

1. Purpose / Scope

2. Gate Configuration

3. Status Model

4. Gate Catalog

4.1 ruff

4.2 mypy

4.3 pytest

4.4 coverage

4.5 architecture

4.6 deadcode

4.7 dependencies

4.8 docs

4.9 security

4.10 performance

4.11 compliance

4.12 hygiene

4.13 packaging (optional)

4.14 git-diff (optional)

5. Adding or Tuning a Gate

Config

4. SEO Changes

5. Technical SEO Changes

6. Tool Ecosystem Coverage

7. PoC / Proof Positioning

8. Structured-Data Changes

9. LLM Discoverability

10. Name-Disambiguation Improvements

11. Broken-Link Results

12. Build Results

13. Remaining SEO Gaps

14. Files Changed

Modified

Added

Not modified

Homepage (`docs/index.md`)