euparliamentmonitor 0.8.32 → 0.8.34

package/README.md

@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ Projected workflow counts below include all CI/CD workflow definitions, agentic
 
 | Year | Projected Workflow Definitions | AI Model | Key Capability |
 |------|-------------------------------|----------|----------------|
-| **2026** | 44–50 | Opus 4.6–4.9 | 🟢 Agentic news generation |
+| **2026** | 44–50 | Opus 4.7–4.9 | 🟢 Agentic news generation |
 | **2027** | 50–55 | Opus 5.x | 🔵 Predictive analytics |
 | **2028** | 55–65 | Opus 6.x | 🟣 Multi-modal content |
 | **2029** | 65–75 | Opus 7.x | 🟠 Autonomous pipeline |

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "euparliamentmonitor",
-  "version": "0.8.32",
+  "version": "0.8.34",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "European Parliament Intelligence Platform - Monitor political activity with systematic transparency",
   "main": "scripts/index.js",
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://euparliamentmonitor.com",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@axe-core/playwright": "4.11.1",
+    "@axe-core/playwright": "4.11.2",
     "@eslint/js": "10.0.1",
     "@playwright/test": "1.59.1",
     "@types/d3": "7.4.3",
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     "chart.js": "4.5.1",
     "chartjs-plugin-annotation": "3.1.0",
     "d3": "7.9.0",
-    "eslint": "10.2.0",
+    "eslint": "10.2.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "10.1.8",
     "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "62.9.0",
     "eslint-plugin-security": "4.0.0",
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
     "ts-api-utils": "2.5.0",
     "tsx": "4.21.0",
     "typedoc": "0.28.19",
-    "typescript": "6.0.2",
+    "typescript": "6.0.3",
     "vitest": "4.1.4"
   },
   "engines": {

package/scripts/constants/analysis-constants.d.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * Any narrative or interpretive analysis text (for example: why, outlook,
  * impact assessments, stakeholder reasoning, or mistake/consequence
  * explanations) that is LEFT AS THIS MARKER is expected to be generated by
- * the AI agent (Opus 4.6) in the agentic workflow, not by code.
+ * the AI agent in the agentic workflow, not by code.
  */
 export declare const AI_MARKER = "[AI_ANALYSIS_REQUIRED]";
 /**

package/scripts/constants/analysis-constants.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Any narrative or interpretive analysis text (for example: why, outlook,
  * impact assessments, stakeholder reasoning, or mistake/consequence
  * explanations) that is LEFT AS THIS MARKER is expected to be generated by
- * the AI agent (Opus 4.6) in the agentic workflow, not by code.
+ * the AI agent in the agentic workflow, not by code.
  */
 export const AI_MARKER = '[AI_ANALYSIS_REQUIRED]';
 /**

package/scripts/constants/language-articles.js

@@ -3140,7 +3140,7 @@ export const WEEK_AHEAD_STAKEHOLDER_STRINGS = {
         reasonInstitutionsCoordination: '需要机构间协调',
     },
 };
-// ─── AI analysis marker — all analysis text is produced by the AI agent (Opus 4.6) ───
+// ─── AI analysis marker — all analysis text is produced by the AI agent ───
 const AI_ANALYSIS_MARKER = '[AI_ANALYSIS_REQUIRED]';
 const BRK_WHY_ANOMALIES = AI_ANALYSIS_MARKER;
 const BRK_WHY_NORMAL = AI_ANALYSIS_MARKER;

package/scripts/generators/news-enhanced.d.ts

@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ export declare const runId: string;
 /**
  * AI-generated article title passed by the agentic workflow.
  * When provided, this OVERRIDES any script-generated title.
- * The AI agent (Opus 4.6) must analyse the content and produce this.
+ * The AI agent must analyse the content and produce this.
  */
 export declare const aiTitle: string;
 /**
  * AI-generated article description/subtitle passed by the agentic workflow.
  * When provided, this OVERRIDES any script-generated description.
- * The AI agent (Opus 4.6) must analyse the content and produce this.
+ * The AI agent must analyse the content and produce this.
  */
 export declare const aiDescription: string;
 /**

package/scripts/generators/news-enhanced.js

@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ export const runId = (runIdArg?.slice('--run-id='.length).trim() ||
 /**
  * AI-generated article title passed by the agentic workflow.
  * When provided, this OVERRIDES any script-generated title.
- * The AI agent (Opus 4.6) must analyse the content and produce this.
+ * The AI agent must analyse the content and produce this.
  */
 export const aiTitle = titleArg ? titleArg.slice('--title='.length).trim() : '';
 /**
  * AI-generated article description/subtitle passed by the agentic workflow.
  * When provided, this OVERRIDES any script-generated description.
- * The AI agent (Opus 4.6) must analyse the content and produce this.
+ * The AI agent must analyse the content and produce this.
  */
 export const aiDescription = descriptionArg
     ? descriptionArg.slice('--description='.length).trim()
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ async function runAnalysisWithGuard(date, client) {
 }
 /**
  * Wire AI-provided title/description from CLI `--title` and `--description` flags.
- * The AI agent (Opus 4.6) passes these after analysing the content.
+ * The AI agent passes these after analysing the content.
  * They override ALL script-generated metadata for the English version.
  */
 function wireAIMetadata() {

package/scripts/generators/pipeline/generate-stage.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { writeSingleArticle } from './output-stage.js';
 /**
  * AI-generated article title provided by the agentic workflow.
  * When non-empty, this OVERRIDES any script-generated title for the
- * English version.  The AI agent (Opus 4.6) must analyse the article
+ * English version.  The AI agent must analyse the article
  * content and produce this — titles must NEVER be generated by code.
  */
 let _aiTitle = '';
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function generateSingleLanguageArticle(strategy, data, lang, dateStr, slug, outp
     // preserved, but title and description enrichment is now subordinate
     // to AI-provided values from --title and --description CLI flags.
     //
-    // Architecture: The AI agent (Opus 4.6) analyses the content and
+    // Architecture: The AI agent analyses the content and
     // provides titles/descriptions via CLI flags. Script code NEVER
     // generates final titles or descriptions — it only provides fallbacks.
     const enrichedMetadata = enrichMetadataFromContent(content, baseMetadata);

package/scripts/mcp/wb-mcp-client.d.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 import { MCPConnection } from './mcp-connection.js';
 import type { MCPToolResult, MCPClientOptions } from '../types/index.js';
+/**
+ * Canonical list of tools exposed by the World Bank MCP gateway. The news
+ * workflows, probe script, and the integration test suite all reference this
+ * list so a regression that adds/removes a tool fails a single drift guard
+ * (`test/integration/mcp/worldbank-mcp.test.js`) instead of silently breaking
+ * prompt/validator/probe coverage.
+ *
+ * Kept in sync with `analysis/methodologies/worldbank-indicator-mapping.md`.
+ */
+export declare const WORLD_BANK_MCP_TOOLS: readonly string[];
 /**
  * MCP Client for World Bank economic data access.
  * Extends {@link MCPConnection} with World Bank-specific tool wrapper methods.

package/scripts/mcp/wb-mcp-client.js

@@ -25,6 +25,24 @@ const WB_BINARY_FILE = process.platform === 'win32' ? `${WB_BINARY_NAME}.cmd` :
 const WB_DEFAULT_SERVER = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), `../../node_modules/.bin/${WB_BINARY_FILE}`);
 /** Fallback payload when indicator data is unavailable (empty CSV) */
 const INDICATOR_FALLBACK = '';
+/**
+ * Canonical list of tools exposed by the World Bank MCP gateway. The news
+ * workflows, probe script, and the integration test suite all reference this
+ * list so a regression that adds/removes a tool fails a single drift guard
+ * (`test/integration/mcp/worldbank-mcp.test.js`) instead of silently breaking
+ * prompt/validator/probe coverage.
+ *
+ * Kept in sync with `analysis/methodologies/worldbank-indicator-mapping.md`.
+ */
+export const WORLD_BANK_MCP_TOOLS = [
+    'search-indicators',
+    'get-countries',
+    'get-country-info',
+    'get-economic-data',
+    'get-social-data',
+    'get-education-data',
+    'get-health-data',
+];
 /**
  * MCP Client for World Bank economic data access.
  * Extends {@link MCPConnection} with World Bank-specific tool wrapper methods.

package/scripts/templates/article-template.d.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * @module Templates/ArticleTemplate
+ * @description Generates HTML templates for news articles with proper structure and metadata
+ */
 import type { ArticleOptions, LanguageCode, AnalysisFileEntry } from '../types/index.js';
 /**
  * Generate complete HTML for a news article

package/scripts/templates/article-template.js

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2026 Hack23 AB
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-/**
- * @module Templates/ArticleTemplate
- * @description Generates HTML templates for news articles with proper structure and metadata
- */
-import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 import { ALL_LANGUAGES, LANGUAGE_FLAGS, LANGUAGE_NAMES, ARTICLE_TYPE_LABELS, READ_TIME_LABELS, BACK_TO_NEWS_LABELS, ARTICLE_NAV_LABELS, RELATED_ARTICLES_NAV_LABELS, BREADCRUMB_HOME_LABELS, BREADCRUMB_NEWS_LABELS, SKIP_LINK_TEXTS, SOURCES_HEADING_LABELS, HEADER_SUBTITLE_LABELS, THEME_TOGGLE_LABELS, FOOTER_ABOUT_HEADING_LABELS, FOOTER_ABOUT_TEXT_LABELS, FOOTER_QUICK_LINKS_LABELS, FOOTER_BUILT_BY_LABELS, FOOTER_LANGUAGES_LABELS, ANALYSIS_TRANSPARENCY_LABELS, ANALYSIS_SUMMARY_LABELS, METHODOLOGY_LABELS, TRANSPARENCY_DISCLOSURE_LABELS, CLASSIFICATION_ANALYSIS_LABELS, THREAT_ASSESSMENT_LABELS, RISK_SCORING_LABELS, DEEP_ANALYSIS_LABELS, VIEW_SOURCE_LABELS, OPEN_SOURCE_NOTE_LABELS, AI_ANALYSIS_GUIDE_LABELS, SWOT_FRAMEWORK_LABELS, RISK_METHODOLOGY_LABELS, THREAT_FRAMEWORK_LABELS, CLASSIFICATION_GUIDE_LABELS, STYLE_GUIDE_LABELS, SIGNIFICANCE_CLASSIFICATION_LABELS, ACTOR_MAPPING_LABELS, FORCES_ANALYSIS_LABELS, IMPACT_MATRIX_LABELS, POLITICAL_THREAT_LANDSCAPE_LABELS, ACTOR_THREAT_PROFILING_LABELS, CONSEQUENCE_TREES_LABELS, LEGISLATIVE_DISRUPTION_LABELS, RISK_MATRIX_LABELS, QUANTITATIVE_SWOT_LABELS, POLITICAL_CAPITAL_RISK_LABELS, LEGISLATIVE_VELOCITY_RISK_LABELS, AGENT_RISK_WORKFLOW_LABELS, STAKEHOLDER_IMPACT_LABELS, COALITION_DYNAMICS_LABELS, VOTING_PATTERNS_LABELS, CROSS_SESSION_INTELLIGENCE_LABELS, SYNTHESIS_SUMMARY_LABELS, DOCUMENT_ANALYSIS_LABELS, SIGNIFICANCE_SCORING_LABELS, getLocalizedString, getTextDirection, } from '../constants/languages.js';
 import { escapeHTML, isSafeURL } from '../utils/file-utils.js';
 import { stripHtmlTags } from '../utils/html-sanitize.js';
-import { APP_VERSION, createThemeToggleButton, THEME_TOGGLE_SCRIPT, THEME_TOGGLE_SCRIPT_CONTENT, } from '../constants/config.js';
+import { APP_VERSION, createThemeToggleButton } from '../constants/config.js';
 /** Pattern for valid article dates (YYYY-MM-DD) */
 const DATE_PATTERN = /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/u;
 /** Pattern for valid article slugs (lowercase letters, digits, hyphens) */
@@ -288,22 +283,12 @@ export function generateArticleHTML(options) {
     const safeSriAttrs = stylesHash && SRI_HASH_PATTERN.test(stylesHash)
         ? ` integrity="${escapeHTML(stylesHash)}" crossorigin="anonymous"`
         : '';
-    // Compute SHA-256 hash of the inline JSON-LD script content for CSP.
-    // IMPORTANT: The whitespace here ("\n  " prefix and "\n  " suffix) must exactly
-    // match the script tag content in the HTML template below:
-    //   <script type="application/ld+json">
-    //   ${jsonLd}
-    //   </script>
-    const jsonLdScriptContent = `\n  ${jsonLd}\n  `;
-    const jsonLdHash = `sha256-${createHash('sha256').update(jsonLdScriptContent).digest('base64')}`;
-    // Compute CSP hash for BreadcrumbList JSON-LD script
-    const breadcrumbLdScriptContent = `\n  ${breadcrumbLd}\n  `;
-    const breadcrumbLdHash = `sha256-${createHash('sha256').update(breadcrumbLdScriptContent).digest('base64')}`;
-    // Reading-progress script hash — content must exactly match the <script> block.
-    const readingProgressScript = `\n  (function(){\n    var bar=document.querySelector('.reading-progress');\n    if(!bar)return;\n    bar.style.display='block';\n    var ticking=false;\n    window.addEventListener('scroll',function(){\n      if(!ticking){\n        window.requestAnimationFrame(function(){\n          var h=document.documentElement;\n          var scrollTop=h.scrollTop||document.body.scrollTop;\n          var scrollHeight=h.scrollHeight-h.clientHeight;\n          bar.style.width=scrollHeight>0?((scrollTop/scrollHeight)*100)+'%':'0%';\n          ticking=false;\n        });\n        ticking=true;\n      }\n    },{passive:true});\n  })();\n  `;
-    const readingProgressHash = `sha256-${createHash('sha256').update(readingProgressScript).digest('base64')}`;
-    // Theme toggle CSP hash — derived from the shared THEME_TOGGLE_SCRIPT_CONTENT constant
-    const themeToggleHash = `sha256-${createHash('sha256').update(THEME_TOGGLE_SCRIPT_CONTENT).digest('base64')}`;
+    // Compute SHA-256 hashes were previously required for inline <script>
+    // blocks (JSON-LD, reading progress, theme toggle). All executable inline
+    // scripts have been externalised to `js/article-runtime.js`, so the CSP
+    // reduces to `script-src 'self'`. JSON-LD blocks use
+    // `type="application/ld+json"` which is non-executable and not governed
+    // by `script-src`.
     // Localized theme toggle button
     const themeToggleLabel = escapeHTML(getLocalizedString(THEME_TOGGLE_LABELS, lang));
     // Related articles navigation HTML (optional)
@@ -315,7 +300,7 @@ export function generateArticleHTML(options) {
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <meta http-equiv="X-Content-Type-Options" content="nosniff">
   <meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer">
-  <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' '${jsonLdHash}' '${breadcrumbLdHash}' '${readingProgressHash}' '${themeToggleHash}'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' https: data:; font-src 'self'; connect-src 'self'; frame-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; form-action 'none'">
+  <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' https: data:; font-src 'self'; connect-src 'self'; frame-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; form-action 'none'">
   <title>${safeTitle} | EU Parliament Monitor</title>
   <meta name="description" content="${safeSubtitle}">
   <meta name="keywords" content="${safeKeywords}">
@@ -453,26 +438,7 @@ export function generateArticleHTML(options) {
     </div>
   </footer>
 
-  <script>
-  (function(){
-    var bar=document.querySelector('.reading-progress');
-    if(!bar)return;
-    bar.style.display='block';
-    var ticking=false;
-    window.addEventListener('scroll',function(){
-      if(!ticking){
-        window.requestAnimationFrame(function(){
-          var h=document.documentElement;
-          var scrollTop=h.scrollTop||document.body.scrollTop;
-          var scrollHeight=h.scrollHeight-h.clientHeight;
-          bar.style.width=scrollHeight>0?((scrollTop/scrollHeight)*100)+'%':'0%';
-          ticking=false;
-        });
-        ticking=true;
-      }
-    },{passive:true});
-  })();
-  </script>${content.includes('data-chart-config')
+  <script src="../js/article-runtime.js" defer></script>${content.includes('data-chart-config')
         ? `
   <script src="../js/vendor/chart.umd.min.js" defer></script>
   <script src="../js/vendor/chartjs-plugin-annotation.min.js" defer></script>
@@ -481,7 +447,7 @@ export function generateArticleHTML(options) {
         ? `
   <script src="../js/vendor/d3.min.js" defer></script>
   <script src="../js/d3-init.js" defer></script>`
-        : ''}${THEME_TOGGLE_SCRIPT}
+        : ''}
 </body>
 </html>`;
 }

package/scripts/utils/content-validator.d.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,73 @@ export interface TranslationValidationResult {
     /** Collected translation quality metrics */
     metrics: TranslationValidationMetrics;
 }
+/**
+ * Detect whether the article contains at least one Chart.js canvas with a
+ * well-formed `data-chart-config` JSON payload.
+ *
+ * A valid chart must:
+ *  - be rendered via `<canvas data-chart-config="…">` (the declarative
+ *    CSP-safe pattern hydrated by `js/chart-init.js`)
+ *  - declare a supported Chart.js `type`
+ *  - carry at least 3 data points in the first dataset (single-point charts
+ *    are rejected by `SHARED_PROMPT_PATTERNS.md` anti-patterns)
+ *
+ * @param html - Raw article HTML
+ * @returns `true` when ≥1 chart meeting the rules is present
+ */
+export declare function articleHasChart(html: string): boolean;
+/**
+ * Strong World Bank evidence tokens — plain substring match is enough to
+ * satisfy the gate because each is specific (the literal attribution phrase
+ * or an MCP tool name). Kept aligned with
+ * `analysis/methodologies/worldbank-indicator-mapping.md`.
+ */
+export declare const WORLD_BANK_STRONG_FINGERPRINTS: readonly string[];
+/**
+ * Short indicator codes published by the World Bank MCP server. These are
+ * matched with a word boundary (`[^A-Z0-9_]` look-arounds) so that prose like
+ * "GDP growth slowed" does NOT count as World Bank evidence, but an analysis
+ * file line like `INDICATOR: GDP` does. All codes are uppercase, so the match
+ * is case-sensitive — case-insensitive mentions in English prose are intentionally
+ * rejected.
+ */
+export declare const WORLD_BANK_INDICATOR_CODES: readonly string[];
+/**
+ * Backwards-compatible union of strong + short fingerprints. Kept exported so
+ * callers that only need a flat list (e.g. existing consumers that shipped
+ * before the strong/short split) continue to compile. New code SHOULD prefer
+ * {@link hasWorldBankEvidence}, which enforces the stricter word-boundary rule
+ * for short codes.
+ */
+export declare const WORLD_BANK_FINGERPRINTS: readonly string[];
+/**
+ * Detect World Bank sourcing in any piece of text (article body OR analysis
+ * markdown). Returns `true` when the text contains either a strong fingerprint
+ * (the phrase "World Bank", an MCP tool name, etc.) or an indicator code with
+ * clean word boundaries.
+ *
+ * This is the single source of truth for the policy quality gate — both the
+ * content validator and the CLI validator's filesystem fallback use it so a
+ * legitimate evidence trail on either side satisfies the rule, and generic
+ * prose mentions of economic terms do not.
+ *
+ * @param text - Text to scan
+ * @returns `true` when at least one strong or word-bounded fingerprint matches
+ */
+export declare function hasWorldBankEvidence(text: string): boolean;
+/**
+ * Verify that a policy article (or the linked analysis artifacts) contains at
+ * least one World Bank fingerprint — indicator code (word-bounded), MCP
+ * tool-trace token, or the phrase "World Bank" itself. Returns `true` if the
+ * gate is satisfied OR the article type is not on the mandatory list.
+ *
+ * @param html - Article HTML
+ * @param articleType - Slug of the article category (e.g. `"committee-reports"`)
+ * @param _analysisDir - Reserved for API symmetry; filesystem recursion is
+ *   performed by the caller in `validate-articles.ts` to keep this module pure.
+ * @returns `true` when the World Bank evidence requirement is met or not applicable
+ */
+export declare function articlePolicyHasWorldBank(html: string, articleType: string, _analysisDir?: string): boolean;
 /**
  * Validate the quality of a generated article.
  *

package/scripts/utils/content-validator.js

@@ -697,6 +697,400 @@ function collectQualityGateWarnings(html, warnings) {
     if (emptySectionCount > 0) {
         warnings.push(`Article contains ${emptySectionCount} empty or near-empty <section> element(s) that should be removed`);
     }
+    // Chart presence gate
+    if (!articleHasChart(html)) {
+        warnings.push('Missing required Chart.js visualization: no <canvas data-chart-config="…"> element with a valid type found (≥1 required, see ai-first-quality.md quality gates)');
+    }
+    // Structural integrity gates — catch hand-written HTML bypassing the template
+    const langSwitcherCount = countLanguageSwitcherLinks(html);
+    if (langSwitcherCount < MIN_LANG_SWITCHER_LINKS) {
+        warnings.push(`Language switcher has only ${langSwitcherCount} link(s); the template always emits ${MIN_LANG_SWITCHER_LINKS} — this article may have been hand-written and skipped the template`);
+    }
+    if (!hasStandardFooterContent(html)) {
+        warnings.push('Footer is missing the standard `.footer-content` + `.footer-bottom` blocks — the template always emits these; article may have been hand-written');
+    }
+}
+/** Minimum number of language switcher links the template always emits (14 languages). */
+const MIN_LANG_SWITCHER_LINKS = 14;
+/** Chart.js types accepted by the `data-chart-config` declarative pattern. */
+const CHART_JS_TYPES = /"type"\s*:\s*"(bar|line|pie|doughnut|radar|polarArea|scatter|bubble)"/u;
+/**
+ * Check whether a character is HTML whitespace per the WHATWG spec
+ * (space, tab, LF, CR, FF).
+ *
+ * @param ch - Single character to test (may be empty string)
+ * @returns `true` when `ch` is one of the recognised whitespace chars
+ */
+function isHtmlWhitespace(ch) {
+    return ch === ' ' || ch === '\t' || ch === '\n' || ch === '\r' || ch === '\f';
+}
+/**
+ * Decode the five entity escapes that `escapeHTML` emits into literal chars.
+ *
+ * @param raw - Entity-encoded substring extracted from an attribute value
+ * @returns Decoded literal string
+ */
+function decodeHtmlEntities(raw) {
+    return raw
+        .replace(/&quot;/gu, '"')
+        .replace(/&#39;/gu, "'")
+        .replace(/&gt;/gu, '>')
+        .replace(/&lt;/gu, '<')
+        .replace(/&amp;/gu, '&');
+}
+/**
+ * Check that the positions immediately before and after an attribute name
+ * form valid HTML word-boundary characters. Prevents `xdata-chart-config`
+ * from being treated as the `data-chart-config` attribute.
+ *
+ * @param tag - Full opening-tag text (without trailing `>`)
+ * @param attrIdx - Index where the attribute name was found
+ * @param attrLen - Length of the attribute name
+ * @returns `true` when both boundaries are whitespace / `<` / `=` / start-of-tag
+ */
+function hasAttributeBoundaries(tag, attrIdx, attrLen) {
+    const before = attrIdx === 0 ? '' : (tag[attrIdx - 1] ?? '');
+    const afterIdx = attrIdx + attrLen;
+    const after = afterIdx < tag.length ? (tag[afterIdx] ?? '') : '';
+    const leadOk = before === '' || isHtmlWhitespace(before) || before === '<';
+    const trailOk = after === '' || isHtmlWhitespace(after) || after === '=';
+    return leadOk && trailOk;
+}
+/**
+ * Starting just after an attribute name, locate the opening quote character
+ * (either `"` or `'`) that begins the attribute value, tolerating optional
+ * HTML whitespace on either side of the `=`.
+ *
+ * @param tag - Full opening-tag text
+ * @param from - Index immediately after the attribute name
+ * @returns `{quote, valueStart}` when a proper `=<whitespace?><quote>` run is
+ *   present; `null` when the attribute is malformed or unquoted
+ */
+function findAttributeValueStart(tag, from) {
+    let i = from;
+    while (i < tag.length && isHtmlWhitespace(tag[i] ?? ''))
+        i++;
+    if (i >= tag.length || tag[i] !== '=')
+        return null;
+    i++;
+    while (i < tag.length && isHtmlWhitespace(tag[i] ?? ''))
+        i++;
+    if (i >= tag.length)
+        return null;
+    const quote = tag[i] ?? '';
+    if (quote !== '"' && quote !== "'")
+        return null;
+    return { quote, valueStart: i + 1 };
+}
+/**
+ * Scan an HTML attribute value in a single `<canvas>` tag starting at
+ * `tagStart`. Returns the decoded value of `attr` or `null` if not present.
+ * Uses only `indexOf` + single-character look-arounds so runtime is strictly
+ * linear in input length — this avoids the polynomial-ReDoS class of regex
+ * that CodeQL flags when nested character classes match the same tag prefix.
+ *
+ * Tolerates all HTML-compliant attribute forms:
+ *  - double-quoted: `data-chart-config="..."`
+ *  - single-quoted: `data-chart-config='...'`
+ *  - optional whitespace around `=`: `data-chart-config = "..."`
+ *
+ * @param html - Full article HTML
+ * @param tagStart - Byte offset of the `<` that opens the canvas tag
+ * @param attr - Attribute name (e.g. `data-chart-config`)
+ * @returns Decoded attribute value, or `null` when the attribute is missing
+ */
+function extractCanvasAttribute(html, tagStart, attr) {
+    const tagEnd = html.indexOf('>', tagStart);
+    if (tagEnd === -1)
+        return null;
+    const tag = html.slice(tagStart, tagEnd);
+    let searchFrom = 0;
+    while (searchFrom < tag.length) {
+        const attrIdx = tag.indexOf(attr, searchFrom);
+        if (attrIdx === -1)
+            return null;
+        // Keep scanning past false matches with bad boundaries or without a
+        // proper `=<quote>` run; this keeps the function linear in tag length.
+        if (!hasAttributeBoundaries(tag, attrIdx, attr.length)) {
+            searchFrom = attrIdx + attr.length;
+            continue;
+        }
+        const valueHead = findAttributeValueStart(tag, attrIdx + attr.length);
+        if (!valueHead) {
+            searchFrom = attrIdx + attr.length;
+            continue;
+        }
+        const valueEnd = tag.indexOf(valueHead.quote, valueHead.valueStart);
+        if (valueEnd === -1)
+            return null;
+        return decodeHtmlEntities(tag.slice(valueHead.valueStart, valueEnd));
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+/**
+ * Detect whether the article contains at least one Chart.js canvas with a
+ * well-formed `data-chart-config` JSON payload.
+ *
+ * A valid chart must:
+ *  - be rendered via `<canvas data-chart-config="…">` (the declarative
+ *    CSP-safe pattern hydrated by `js/chart-init.js`)
+ *  - declare a supported Chart.js `type`
+ *  - carry at least 3 data points in the first dataset (single-point charts
+ *    are rejected by `SHARED_PROMPT_PATTERNS.md` anti-patterns)
+ *
+ * @param html - Raw article HTML
+ * @returns `true` when ≥1 chart meeting the rules is present
+ */
+export function articleHasChart(html) {
+    let cursor = 0;
+    while (cursor < html.length) {
+        const tagStart = html.indexOf('<canvas', cursor);
+        if (tagStart === -1)
+            return false;
+        const decoded = extractCanvasAttribute(html, tagStart, 'data-chart-config');
+        if (decoded !== null && CHART_JS_TYPES.test(decoded) && countFirstDatasetPoints(decoded) >= 3) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        // Advance past `<canvas` so overlapping matches cannot occur.
+        cursor = tagStart + '<canvas'.length;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/**
+ * Count data points in the first dataset of a Chart.js config JSON payload.
+ *
+ * Parses the decoded `data-chart-config` as JSON and returns the length of
+ * `config.data.datasets[0].data`. Handles both numeric-array datasets
+ * (`[1, 2, 3]`) and object-point datasets (`[{x:0,y:1}, …]`) correctly —
+ * the previous indexOf-based implementation miscounted scatter/bubble
+ * configs and accidentally looked at `data.labels` for typical layouts.
+ *
+ * @param json - Decoded Chart.js config JSON string
+ * @returns Number of data points in `data.datasets[0].data`, or 0 when absent/invalid
+ */
+function countFirstDatasetPoints(json) {
+    try {
+        const config = JSON.parse(json);
+        const firstDataset = config.data?.datasets?.[0];
+        return Array.isArray(firstDataset?.data) ? firstDataset.data.length : 0;
+    }
+    catch {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+/**
+ * Count distinct language switcher links emitted in the article header.
+ *
+ * @param html - Complete article HTML
+ * @returns Number of `.lang-link` anchors inside the header `site-header__langs` nav
+ */
+function countLanguageSwitcherLinks(html) {
+    // Linear scan: locate the nav element by its unique class, then count
+    // `.lang-link` classes inside. Avoids the nested `[^">]*` regex pattern
+    // that CodeQL flags as polynomial-ReDoS-prone.
+    const marker = 'site-header__langs';
+    const markerIdx = html.indexOf(marker);
+    const NAV_CLOSE = '</nav>';
+    let scope = html;
+    if (markerIdx !== -1) {
+        // Find the closing `</nav>` of the enclosing nav (simple assumption:
+        // the next `</nav>` after the marker is the one we want). Falls back to
+        // the whole HTML if not found.
+        const endIdx = html.indexOf(NAV_CLOSE, markerIdx);
+        if (endIdx !== -1) {
+            // Walk backwards to find the opening `<nav`.
+            const startIdx = html.lastIndexOf('<nav', markerIdx);
+            if (startIdx !== -1) {
+                scope = html.slice(startIdx, endIdx);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // Count `lang-link` class tokens — bounded linear count.
+    const matches = scope.match(/\blang-link\b/gu);
+    return matches ? matches.length : 0;
+}
+/**
+ * Detect the two standard footer blocks always produced by `article-template.ts`.
+ *
+ * @param html - Complete article HTML
+ * @returns `true` when both `.footer-content` and `.footer-bottom` classes are present
+ */
+function hasStandardFooterContent(html) {
+    return /class="footer-content"/u.test(html) && /class="footer-bottom"/u.test(html);
+}
+/** Slugs for article types that MUST include World Bank economic context. */
+const POLICY_SLUGS_REQUIRING_WORLD_BANK = new Set([
+    'committee-reports',
+    'propositions',
+    'motions',
+    'weekly-review',
+    'monthly-review',
+    'week-in-review',
+    'month-in-review',
+    'month-ahead',
+]);
+/**
+ * Strong World Bank evidence tokens — plain substring match is enough to
+ * satisfy the gate because each is specific (the literal attribution phrase
+ * or an MCP tool name). Kept aligned with
+ * `analysis/methodologies/worldbank-indicator-mapping.md`.
+ */
+export const WORLD_BANK_STRONG_FINGERPRINTS = [
+    'World Bank',
+    'world bank',
+    'worldbank',
+    'get-economic-data',
+    'get-social-data',
+    'get-education-data',
+    'get-health-data',
+    'get-country-info',
+    'get-countries',
+    'search-indicators',
+];
+/**
+ * Short indicator codes published by the World Bank MCP server. These are
+ * matched with a word boundary (`[^A-Z0-9_]` look-arounds) so that prose like
+ * "GDP growth slowed" does NOT count as World Bank evidence, but an analysis
+ * file line like `INDICATOR: GDP` does. All codes are uppercase, so the match
+ * is case-sensitive — case-insensitive mentions in English prose are intentionally
+ * rejected.
+ */
+export const WORLD_BANK_INDICATOR_CODES = [
+    'GDP',
+    'GDP_GROWTH',
+    'GDP_PER_CAPITA',
+    'GNI',
+    'GNI_PER_CAPITA',
+    'UNEMPLOYMENT',
+    'INFLATION',
+    'EXPORTS',
+    'EXPORTS_GDP',
+    'FDI',
+    'FDI_NET',
+    'POPULATION',
+    'LIFE_EXPECTANCY',
+    'BIRTH_RATE',
+    'DEATH_RATE',
+    'INTERNET_USERS',
+    'LITERACY_RATE',
+    'SCHOOL_ENROLLMENT',
+    'SCHOOL_COMPLETION',
+    'TEACHERS_PRIMARY',
+    'EDUCATION_EXPENDITURE',
+    'HEALTH_EXPENDITURE',
+    'PHYSICIANS',
+    'HOSPITAL_BEDS',
+    'IMMUNIZATION',
+    'HIV_PREVALENCE',
+    'MALNUTRITION',
+    'TUBERCULOSIS',
+];
+/**
+ * Backwards-compatible union of strong + short fingerprints. Kept exported so
+ * callers that only need a flat list (e.g. existing consumers that shipped
+ * before the strong/short split) continue to compile. New code SHOULD prefer
+ * {@link hasWorldBankEvidence}, which enforces the stricter word-boundary rule
+ * for short codes.
+ */
+export const WORLD_BANK_FINGERPRINTS = [
+    ...WORLD_BANK_STRONG_FINGERPRINTS,
+    ...WORLD_BANK_INDICATOR_CODES,
+];
+/**
+ * Return true when any WORLD_BANK_INDICATOR_CODES entry appears in `text` with
+ * word-boundary isolation on both sides. We treat `[A-Z0-9_]` as "identifier"
+ * characters — that keeps `GDP_GROWTH` from accidentally matching inside the
+ * shorter `GDP` scan, and keeps the English word "gdp" out of the match set.
+ */
+/** Characters that count as part of an identifier-style token for the word-boundary check. */
+const WORD_BOUNDARY_PATTERN = /[A-Z0-9_]/u;
+/**
+ * Check whether `ch` is NOT an identifier-style character (so it qualifies
+ * as a word boundary on either side of a World Bank indicator code).
+ *
+ * @param ch - Single character (may be empty string for start/end-of-string)
+ * @returns `true` when `ch` is empty or a non-identifier character
+ */
+function isIdentifierBoundary(ch) {
+    return ch === '' || !WORD_BOUNDARY_PATTERN.test(ch);
+}
+/**
+ * Return `true` when `code` appears in `text` surrounded by identifier
+ * boundaries on both sides. Linear scan over `text`.
+ *
+ * @param text - Text to scan
+ * @param code - Indicator code to look for (all uppercase)
+ * @returns `true` when a word-bounded occurrence is present
+ */
+function textContainsIndicatorCode(text, code) {
+    let from = 0;
+    while (from < text.length) {
+        const idx = text.indexOf(code, from);
+        if (idx === -1)
+            return false;
+        const before = idx === 0 ? '' : (text[idx - 1] ?? '');
+        const afterIdx = idx + code.length;
+        const after = afterIdx < text.length ? (text[afterIdx] ?? '') : '';
+        if (isIdentifierBoundary(before) && isIdentifierBoundary(after))
+            return true;
+        from = idx + 1;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/**
+ * Return true when any `WORLD_BANK_INDICATOR_CODES` entry appears in `text`
+ * with word-boundary isolation on both sides. We treat `[A-Z0-9_]` as
+ * "identifier" characters — that keeps `GDP_GROWTH` from accidentally matching
+ * inside the shorter `GDP` scan, and keeps the English word "gdp" out of the
+ * match set.
+ *
+ * @param text - Article body or analysis markdown to scan
+ * @returns `true` when at least one canonical indicator code is present
+ */
+function hasIndicatorCodeWithBoundary(text) {
+    for (const code of WORLD_BANK_INDICATOR_CODES) {
+        if (textContainsIndicatorCode(text, code))
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/**
+ * Detect World Bank sourcing in any piece of text (article body OR analysis
+ * markdown). Returns `true` when the text contains either a strong fingerprint
+ * (the phrase "World Bank", an MCP tool name, etc.) or an indicator code with
+ * clean word boundaries.
+ *
+ * This is the single source of truth for the policy quality gate — both the
+ * content validator and the CLI validator's filesystem fallback use it so a
+ * legitimate evidence trail on either side satisfies the rule, and generic
+ * prose mentions of economic terms do not.
+ *
+ * @param text - Text to scan
+ * @returns `true` when at least one strong or word-bounded fingerprint matches
+ */
+export function hasWorldBankEvidence(text) {
+    for (const fp of WORLD_BANK_STRONG_FINGERPRINTS) {
+        if (text.includes(fp))
+            return true;
+    }
+    return hasIndicatorCodeWithBoundary(text);
+}
+/**
+ * Verify that a policy article (or the linked analysis artifacts) contains at
+ * least one World Bank fingerprint — indicator code (word-bounded), MCP
+ * tool-trace token, or the phrase "World Bank" itself. Returns `true` if the
+ * gate is satisfied OR the article type is not on the mandatory list.
+ *
+ * @param html - Article HTML
+ * @param articleType - Slug of the article category (e.g. `"committee-reports"`)
+ * @param _analysisDir - Reserved for API symmetry; filesystem recursion is
+ *   performed by the caller in `validate-articles.ts` to keep this module pure.
+ * @returns `true` when the World Bank evidence requirement is met or not applicable
+ */
+export function articlePolicyHasWorldBank(html, articleType, _analysisDir) {
+    if (!POLICY_SLUGS_REQUIRING_WORLD_BANK.has(articleType))
+        return true;
+    return hasWorldBankEvidence(html);
 }
 /**
  * Validate the quality of a generated article.

package/scripts/utils/validate-articles.js

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
  */
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { NEWS_DIR, ARTICLE_FILENAME_PATTERN } from '../constants/config.js';
-import { validateArticleContent } from './content-validator.js';
+import { NEWS_DIR, ARTICLE_FILENAME_PATTERN, PROJECT_ROOT } from '../constants/config.js';
+import { validateArticleContent, articlePolicyHasWorldBank, hasWorldBankEvidence, } from './content-validator.js';
 import { scoreArticleQuality } from './article-quality-scorer.js';
 // ─── CLI argument parsing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
@@ -63,6 +63,110 @@ function slugToArticleType(slug) {
     return mapping[slug] ?? slug;
 }
 // ─── Main validation logic ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+/**
+ * For policy article types, verify World Bank evidence in either the article
+ * body OR any `.md` file under the article's `analysis/daily/{date}/{slug}*`
+ * directory. Non-policy article types are always considered satisfied.
+ *
+ * @param html - Full HTML of the article being validated
+ * @param articleType - Article category slug (e.g. `"committee-reports"`)
+ * @param date - Article publication date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
+ * @param slug - Article slug used to locate the matching analysis directory
+ * @returns Warning string when the gate fails, or `null` when satisfied.
+ */
+function checkWorldBankEvidence(html, articleType, date, slug) {
+    // Short-circuit for non-policy article types.
+    if (articlePolicyHasWorldBank(html, articleType))
+        return null;
+    // Sweep sibling analysis directories: analysis/daily/{date}/{slug}*
+    const analysisRoot = path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'analysis', 'daily', date);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(analysisRoot)) {
+        return `Missing required World Bank economic context for "${articleType}" article; analysis directory ${analysisRoot} does not exist`;
+    }
+    const candidates = safeReaddir(analysisRoot).filter((entry) => entry === slug || entry.startsWith(`${slug}-`) || entry.startsWith(`${slug}_`));
+    for (const dirName of candidates) {
+        if (directoryContainsWorldBankFingerprint(path.join(analysisRoot, dirName))) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+    return `Missing required World Bank economic context for "${articleType}" article; neither article body nor analysis files under ${analysisRoot} reference any World Bank indicator`;
+}
+/**
+ * List directory entries, returning `[]` on any error (tolerate missing paths).
+ *
+ * @param dir - Directory to list
+ * @returns Array of entry names or `[]` when the directory cannot be read
+ */
+function safeReaddir(dir) {
+    try {
+        return fs.readdirSync(dir);
+    }
+    catch {
+        return [];
+    }
+}
+/**
+ * Maximum recursion depth when searching an analysis directory for World Bank
+ * fingerprints. The starting directory is depth 0; the guard
+ * `depth >= ANALYSIS_SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH` stops recursion once it would exceed
+ * this depth. With `ANALYSIS_SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH = 3` the scanner reads files at
+ * depths 0, 1, 2 and 3 — enough to cover the expected layout
+ * `analysis/daily/{date}/{slug}/<subdir>/<file>.md` (depth 2) with one level
+ * of tolerance for deeper run artefacts. Trees deeper than this are truncated
+ * to guarantee bounded I/O during validator runs.
+ */
+const ANALYSIS_SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH = 3;
+/**
+ * Depth-limited recursive search for any World Bank fingerprint in `.md` files.
+ * Uses {@link hasWorldBankEvidence} so the gate enforces the same
+ * strong-phrase / word-bounded-indicator rule used on article bodies.
+ *
+ * @param dir - Directory to scan
+ * @param depth - Current recursion depth (callers should omit; max is
+ *   {@link ANALYSIS_SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH}, inclusive)
+ * @returns `true` when at least one `.md` file contains a World Bank fingerprint
+ */
+function directoryContainsWorldBankFingerprint(dir, depth = 0) {
+    if (depth > ANALYSIS_SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH)
+        return false;
+    let entries;
+    try {
+        entries = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+    }
+    catch {
+        return false;
+    }
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+        if (entryContainsWorldBankFingerprint(dir, entry, depth))
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/**
+ * Test a single directory entry for World Bank fingerprints, recursing into
+ * subdirectories up to the shared depth cap.
+ *
+ * @param dir - Parent directory of `entry`
+ * @param entry - Directory entry to test
+ * @param depth - Current recursion depth of the caller
+ * @returns `true` when this entry (or any descendant) matches a fingerprint
+ */
+function entryContainsWorldBankFingerprint(dir, entry, depth) {
+    const full = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+        return directoryContainsWorldBankFingerprint(full, depth + 1);
+    }
+    if (!entry.isFile() || !entry.name.endsWith('.md'))
+        return false;
+    let content;
+    try {
+        content = fs.readFileSync(full, 'utf-8');
+    }
+    catch {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return hasWorldBankEvidence(content);
+}
 /**
  * Validate a single article file and return a summary.
  *
@@ -80,6 +184,11 @@ function validateSingleFile(filename) {
     const html = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
     const articleType = slugToArticleType(slug);
     const result = validateArticleContent(html, lang, articleType);
+    // World Bank gate — extend search to linked analysis markdown files
+    const wbWarning = checkWorldBankEvidence(html, articleType, date, slug);
+    if (wbWarning) {
+        result.warnings.push(wbWarning);
+    }
     const summary = {
         filename,
         lang,