We audited the same codebase twice. The score went down. The audit got better. Here is why.

Score Down, Audit Better On 12 April I ran an Intent Audit on envelope-zero/backend. The score came back at 79 with three Critical findings. No authentication at the API layer. No encryption for financial data. An unprotected Delete Everything endpoint. On 25 April I re-audited the same codebase with a corrected product description. The score dropped to 71.5. The three Critical findings became two High findings. The confirmation rate went from 57% to 67%. The Technical Readiness Score went from