WORKED EXAMPLE / SELF-AUDIT / August 28, 2026
We ran the public-claims portion of the $500 audit on Machine & Proof itself. This page publishes the claim set, checked surfaces, classifications, discoverability checks, limitations, and ranked corrections.
Machine & Proof is the subject and publisher. This demonstrates format, method, claim discipline, and standard of proof. It does not demonstrate independent selection, commercial demand, rankings, traffic, leads, jobs booked, sales, or implementation. Zero paid work and one internal dry run were recorded as of the date above.
RULES FIXED BEFORE THE RESULT
We reviewed the buyer-decision claims on the homepage, scope-request page, terms, and privacy notice. The ten-claim set covers product identity, price, scope, delivery, billing, guarantee, AI and human roles, commercial history, and data boundaries. Brand tone, visual preference, contact details, and general legal boilerplate were excluded.
A material contradiction exists when two checked statements cannot both be true for the same buyer, time, and context. For example, “payment is required before work” and “the invoice is issued only after qualifying delivery” would fail this test. Compatible wording with different precision is a clarification. A claim found in only one checked place is single-surface.
AI selected the candidate claims, traced sources, and drafted the classifications. A human compared the final ledger with the live pages and authorized publication. The same operator controls the audited pages, so this is a method sample, not an independent assurance engagement.
WHAT THE BUYER RECEIVES
A consistent finding is a result. A wording variation is not promoted to a conflict. A claim stated in one place is marked single-surface rather than treated as corroborated.
THE EVIDENCE LEDGER
Capture set: homepage, scope-request page, terms, and privacy notice. Robots, sitemap, canonicals, social metadata, and structured-data presence were checked separately. This worked example is the output and was not part of its own capture set.
| Claim | Checked surfaces | Status | Buyer meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1Machine & Proof sells one product: the Public Evidence Audit. | HomeScope requestTerms | Consistent | The public offer, scope-request path, and terms describe the same product. |
| C2The complete founding-cycle price is $500. | HomeScope requestTerms | Consistent | The buyer sees the same price before requesting the scope or reading the terms. |
| C3The audit traces ten material public claims to sources. | Home | Single-surface | The count is public, but the public terms call the service fixed-scope without repeating ten. |
| C4The audit reports up to five source-linked conflicts or unresolved ambiguities. | Home | Single-surface | Five is a ceiling, not a quota. A clean audit can report fewer without manufacturing a problem. |
| C5Delivery is within five business days after an accepted order. | HomeTerms | Clarification opportunity | The promise agrees in substance. The terms define the exact clock and deadline more precisely. |
| C6There is no advance charge, and the $500 invoice follows qualifying delivery. | HomeScope requestTerms | Consistent | The payment sequence is stated before any order is formed. |
| C7Late delivery or a reported finding without retained evidence triggers the full guarantee remedy. | HomeTerms | Clarification opportunity | The homepage gives the plain-language promise. The terms add confirmation, invoice-voiding, and refund mechanics. |
| C8AI performs research and drafting; a human authorizes external delivery and controlled actions. | HomePrivacyTerms | Consistent | The division of responsibility is visible instead of being presented as full autonomy. |
| C9The public ledger reports zero paid audits, one internal dry run, and zero external reports. | Home | Single-surface | The figures are a dated operating disclosure, not social proof, and must change when the underlying state changes. |
| C10The audit requires no account credentials or customer information. | HomeScope requestPrivacyTerms | Consistent | The public pages agree on a public-source-only data boundary. |
“Up to five” is a maximum. This self-audit found no material contradiction in the ten-claim set. It found three clarification or maintenance priorities and did not manufacture a conflict.
QA correction before release: the scope-request page was removed from C5 because it does not state the five-day delivery promise. C5 remains supported by the homepage and terms, and its classification did not change.
DISCOVERABILITY SNAPSHOT
The public site permits indexing and keeps administrative routes out of the sitemap.
The root and named public routes declare their intended canonical paths.
This release adds the worked example to the public sitemap.
The root carries a branded social preview; this detail page uses route-specific text metadata.
No JSON-LD block was found on the checked public source. Absence alone is not classified as a defect.
These are fetch and page-configuration checks. They do not show that a search engine has crawled, indexed, ranked, trusted, or sent traffic to any page. Structured data was not present; that is an observation, not a defect by itself.
RANKED CORRECTIONS
Ranked by buyer visibility, decision impact, and the cost of correction.
Evidence: C3 and C4 appear in the offer but not as explicit counts in the public terms.
Correction: Add the ten-claim count and up-to-five ceiling to the terms or make the signed scope visibly available before ordering.
Evidence: The homepage summarizes five business days; the terms define the precise acceptance anchor and deadline.
Correction: Link the summary promise directly to the timing section of the terms and avoid introducing another paraphrase.
Evidence: C9 is a dated value that becomes stale on the first paid audit or external delivery.
Correction: Render the homepage and this example from the same ledger constant, and update it only from verified operating evidence.
METHOD AND LIMITS
COMMERCIAL HISTORY / AS OF August 28, 2026
This example exists because we have a format to show and no customer result to show. The counts below match the dated figures currently published on the homepage.
BUYER QUESTIONS
It counts as proof of format and standard, not proof of performance or independence. That limit is part of the published result.
You still receive the dated ledger showing what is supported, where it appears, and which claims remain single-surface. We do not invent findings to fill a quota.
Do not trust the author alone. Check the retained evidence behind each reported finding. One confirmed unsupported finding triggers the full guarantee remedy under the terms.
The terms provide a documented fresh review and access to the relevant evidence record, subject to lawful redaction and third-party rights.
THE SAME FORMAT, YOUR PUBLIC SURFACES
No advance charge. No account credentials. No customer records. Qualifying delivery is the complete report by the deadline with every reported finding supported by retained evidence.