While broken third-party citations are unwrapped into plain prose, the protected target URL is never stripped because removing the client's money link automatically fails the whole draft as no-link.
flowchart TD
A[Scan Draft Links] --> B{Is Target URL?}
B -- Yes --> C{Link Live?}
B -- No --> D{Link Live?}
C -- Dead --> E[Keep URL & Flag Broken]
C -- Live --> F[Keep Intact]
D -- Dead --> G[Unwrap Markdown to Plain Text]
D -- Live --> H[Keep Intact]
E --> I[Pass to Link Validator]
G --> I
F --> I
H --> IReferenced by