diff --git a/skill/scripts/build-phase.mjs b/skill/scripts/build-phase.mjs
index 11ea22394..bf55f5a1e 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/build-phase.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/build-phase.mjs
@@ -581,7 +581,13 @@ export function gateHero(state, { buildPath = HERO_REPRO, specPath = SPEC_PATH,
   if (otherContradicted.length > Math.max(1, Math.floor(report.regions.length / 3))) reasons.push(`${otherContradicted.length} of ${report.regions.length} regions contradicted: ${otherContradicted.map((r) => r.id).join(', ')}`);
   // A CSS-drawn organic contour sitting on a raster region's box is the plate
   // replaced by code, whatever the pixels score.
-  const artifactFile = artifact || state.artifact || null;
+  // A start with --direction records no artifact; the page is still there.
+  // Read index.html (or the one .html at the root) so the code scans run.
+  let artifactFile = artifact || state.artifact || null;
+  if (!artifactFile || !fs.existsSync(artifactFile)) {
+    if (fs.existsSync('index.html')) artifactFile = 'index.html';
+    else { try { const htmls = fs.readdirSync('.').filter((f) => /\.html?$/i.test(f)); if (htmls.length === 1) artifactFile = htmls[0]; } catch { /* leave */ } }
+  }
   if (artifactFile && fs.existsSync(artifactFile) && specForRefs) {
     const organic = organicClipRegions(artifactFile, specForRefs);
     for (const r of organic) reasons.push(`artifact draws an organic clip-path (${r.snippet}) inside raster region ${r.id}'s box; that region ships as its plate, never as a polygon`);
diff --git a/skill/scripts/comp-spec.mjs b/skill/scripts/comp-spec.mjs
index 516e37d6b..a2f822ead 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/comp-spec.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/comp-spec.mjs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function paletteOf(img) {
 }
 
 /** Words in a region note that name painted material rather than code-drawn UI. */
-export const PAINTED_NOTE = /\b(diagram|drawing|drawn|illustration|illustrations|illustrated|figure|schematic|exploded|photo|photos|photograph\w*|picture|painting|painted|render|rendered|rendering|artwork|engraving|etching|linework|line art|texture|textured|textures|grain|fabric|halftone|watercolou?r|sketch|sketched|blueprint|technical geometry|carburetor geometry|product shot|hero image|3d)\b/i;
+export const PAINTED_NOTE = /\b(diagram|drawing|drawn|illustration|illustrations|illustrated|figure|schematic|exploded|photo|photos|photograph\w*|picture|painting|painted|render|rendered|rendering|artwork|engraving|etching|linework|line art|texture|textured|textures|grain|fabric|halftone|watercolou?r|sketch|sketched|blueprint|geometry|leader lines?|callout lines?|thumbnail|silhouette|product shot|hero image|3d)\b/i;
 
 /** A text/control/chrome region larger than this fraction of the comp is a column, not an element. */
 export const MAX_CODE_REGION_AREA = 0.25;