Pruning dead links prevents the Blue Team from identifying commercial placements via suspicious 404s, ensuring the piece preserves contextual authenticity by unwrapping broken citations while shielding the target URL.
flowchart TD
A[Raw Generated Article] --> B[Extract External Links]
B --> C{HTTP Range Probe}
C -->|2xx/3xx Live| D[Retain Hyperlink]
C -->|4xx/5xx Dead| E{Target URL?}
E -->|Yes| F[Keep Target Link]
E -->|No| G[Unwrap to Plain Text]
D --> H[Cleaned Draft]
F --> H
G --> H
H --> I[Blue Team Detector Evaluation]