diff --git a/.github/workflows/ai-maintenance-manual.yml b/.github/workflows/ai-maintenance-manual.yml
index 00f4d9b..775bbf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ai-maintenance-manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ai-maintenance-manual.yml
@@ -2,104 +2,8 @@
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
 jobs:
-  audit_and_fix:
+  ping:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "20"
-
-      - name: Install audit tools
-        run: |
-          npm i -g linkinator@6 htmlhint@1 markdownlint-cli@0.41 lighthouse@12
-
-      - name: Link check (live site)
-        run: |
-          linkinator --recurse --timeout 10000 https://www.oradigit.com \
-            --format JSON > link-report.json || true
-
-      - name: HTML lint
-        run: |
-          htmlhint "**/*.html" --format json > htmlhint-report.json || true
-
-      - name: Markdown lint
-        run: |
-          markdownlint "**/*.md" -j > md-report.json || true
-
-      - name: Lighthouse (homepage)
-        run: |
-          npx lighthouse https://www.oradigit.com --quiet \
-            --output=json --output-path=./lighthouse-home.json \
-            --only-categories=performance,accessibility,seo || true
-
-      - name: Summarize audit
-        run: |
-          node - <<'NODE'
-          const fs = require('fs');
-          function load(p){ try { return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p,'utf8')) } catch { return null } }
-          const summary = {
-            when: new Date().toISOString(),
-            linkReport: load('link-report.json'),
-            htmlhint: load('htmlhint-report.json'),
-            mdlint: load('md-report.json'),
-            lighthouse: load('lighthouse-home.json')
-          };
-          fs.writeFileSync('audit-summary.json', JSON.stringify(summary, null, 2));
-          console.log('Wrote audit-summary.json');
-          NODE
-
-      - name: Ask Firebase Function for patch
-        env:
-          FB_FUNCTION_URL: ${{ vars.FB_FUNCTION_URL }}
-          FB_AUTHTOKEN: ${{ secrets.FIREBASE_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          node - <<'NODE'
-          const fs = require('fs');
-          const url = process.env.FB_FUNCTION_URL;
-          const token = process.env.FB_AUTHTOKEN;
-          const audit = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('audit-summary.json','utf8'));
-          (async () => {
-            const r = await fetch(url, {
-              method: 'POST',
-              headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-              body: JSON.stringify({ audit })
-            });
-            const data = await r.json().catch(() => ({}));
-            fs.writeFileSync('fb-response.json', JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
-            if (data.ok && data.patch && data.patch.includes('--- ') && data.patch.includes('+++ ')) {
-              fs.writeFileSync('ai.patch', data.patch);
-              console.log('Got patch from Firebase function.');
-            } else {
-              console.log('No valid diff from Firebase function; exiting gracefully.');
-              process.exit(0);
-            }
-          })();
-          NODE
-
-      - name: Apply patch and commit
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          BR=ai/maint-${GITHUB_RUN_ID}
-          git checkout -b "$BR"
-          git apply --whitespace=fix ai.patch || { echo "Patch failed"; exit 0; }
-          git add -A
-          git commit -m "AI maintenance: automated fixes" || { echo "Nothing to commit"; exit 0; }
-          echo "PR_BRANCH=$BR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        if: env.PR_BRANCH != ''
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
-        with:
-          branch: ${{ env.PR_BRANCH }}
-          title: AI maintenance: automated fixes
-          body: Automated PR with small, safe improvements based on audits.
-          commit-message: AI maintenance: automated fixes
-          base: main
+      - run: echo "Manual workflow is wired correctly."