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Project Structure Auditor

Type: L3 Worker

L3 Worker that audits whether physical project structure reflects the intended architecture.

Purpose & Scope

• Audit modules, domains, layer layout, framework placement, and junk drawer directories
• Detect structure drift that makes the architecture hard to navigate or enforce
• Complement code-level boundary checks with physical structure evidence
• Emit MOVE_MODULE, SPLIT_JUNK_DRAWER, or ALIGN_DOMAIN_STRUCTURE
• Calculate compliance score (X/10)

Out of Scope:

• .gitignore, .dockerignore, temp files, build artifacts, platform remnants, and large binaries
• Import-level layer violations
• Package security, env-file hygiene, or runtime lifecycle checks
• Moving/deleting files

Inputs

MANDATORY READ: Load references/audit_worker_core_contract.md. Tool policy: follow host AGENTS.md MCP preferences; load references/mcp_tool_preferences.md and references/mcp_integration_patterns.md only when host policy is absent or MCP behavior is unclear.

Receives contextStore with: tech_stack, architecture, codebase_root, output_dir, domain_mode, scan_path.

Use hex-graph first when architecture summaries materially improve structure findings. Use hex-line first for local code, config, and manifest reads when available. If MCP is unavailable, unsupported, or not indexed, continue with built-in Read/Grep/Glob/Bash and state the fallback in the report.

Workflow

Detection policy: use two-layer detection (candidate scan, then context verification); load references/two_layer_detection.md only when the verification method is ambiguous.

1) Parse context -- determine scan_root from domain-aware scope or codebase root 2) Detect tech stack and intended structure

• MANDATORY READ: Load references/stack_detection.md
• Prefer explicit architecture docs/config when present; otherwise infer from source layout

3) Run structure checks (Layer 1)

• Framework expected source locations
• Domain/module grouping
• Layer directory layout
• Junk drawer directories
• Naming and placement consistency

4) Verify context (Layer 2)

• Small projects may not need full domain/layer decomposition
• Framework conventions apply only to detected frameworks
• Mixed layouts are acceptable when split by app/package/test type and documented

5) Collect findings with severity, location, action, effort, and recommendation 6) Calculate score using references/audit_scoring.md 7) Write report to {output_dir}/ln-646--{identifier}.md 8) Return summary per references/audit_summary_contract.md

Audit Rules

1. Framework Placement

What: Source files are placed outside framework or stack conventions

Detection: Load references/structure_rules.md and apply only rules for the detected stack.

Severity: HIGH when placement breaks tooling/routing, MEDIUM for maintainability drift

Action: MOVE_MODULE

2. Domain and Layer Layout

What: Domain or layer directories do not reflect the intended architecture

Detection:

• Compare documented or inferred domains/layers with physical directories
• Find domains missing expected substructure
• Find source files in root or generic folders when the project has a clear modular layout

Severity: MEDIUM by default, HIGH when structure hides critical ownership

Action: ALIGN_DOMAIN_STRUCTURE

3. Junk Drawers

What: Generic directories accumulate unrelated modules

Detection: Check directories such as utils, helpers, common, shared, services, and lib for mixed unrelated responsibilities above project thresholds.

Severity: MEDIUM for broad mixed responsibilities, LOW for small localized drift

Action: SPLIT_JUNK_DRAWER

Scoring Algorithm

MANDATORY READ: Load references/audit_scoring.md.

Output Format

MANDATORY READ: Load references/templates/audit_worker_report_template.md.

Write JSON summary per references/audit_summary_contract.md. In managed mode the caller passes both runId and summaryArtifactPath; in standalone mode the worker generates its own run-scoped artifact path per shared contract.

Write report to {output_dir}/ln-646--{identifier}.md with category: "Project Structure" and checks: framework_placement, domain_layer_layout, junk_drawers.

When summaryArtifactPath is absent, write the standalone runtime summary under .hex-skills/runtime-artifacts/runs/{run_id}/evaluation-worker/{worker}--{identifier}.json and optionally echo the same summary in structured output.

Critical Rules

Apply the already-loaded references/audit_worker_core_contract.md.

• Do not auto-fix: Report only, never move or delete files
• Unique angle: Audit physical architecture structure only. Do not audit file hygiene, ignore files, package health, env hygiene, import-level boundaries, or runtime lifecycle.
• Auto-detect, never assume: Apply framework rules only for detected stack
• Evidence always: Include file paths for every finding
• Action required: Every finding uses MOVE_MODULE, SPLIT_JUNK_DRAWER, or ALIGN_DOMAIN_STRUCTURE.

Definition of Done

Apply the already-loaded references/audit_worker_core_contract.md.

• [ ] contextStore parsed successfully
• [ ] scan_root determined
• [ ] Tech stack and intended structure detected
• [ ] Framework placement checked
• [ ] Domain/layer layout checked
• [ ] Junk drawer directories checked
• [ ] Layer 2 context verification applied
• [ ] Findings collected with severity, location, action, effort, recommendation
• [ ] Score calculated per references/audit_scoring.md
• [ ] Report written to {output_dir}/ln-646--{identifier}.md (atomic single Write call)
• [ ] Summary written per contract

Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: 2026-03-15