diff --git a/tests/test_volume_mount_audit.py b/tests/test_volume_mount_audit.py
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+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "tools"))
+
+from volume_mount_audit import build
+
+
+class VolumeMountAuditTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_detects_missing_mounts(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            root = Path(tmpdir)
+            static = root / "deployment" / "mx-exporter"
+            helm = static / "helm" / "mx-exporter" / "templates"
+            helm.mkdir(parents=True)
+            static.joinpath("mx-exporter-daemonset.yaml").write_text(
+                '- name: "config-vol"\n  mountPath: "/etc/config"\n- name: "var-log"\n  mountPath: "/host/var/log"\n',
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+            helm.joinpath("daemonset.yaml").write_text(
+                '- name: "config-vol"\n  mountPath: "/etc/config"\n',
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+
+            report = build(root)
+
+        self.assertEqual(report["only_in_static"], ["var-log"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/volume_mount_audit.py b/tools/volume_mount_audit.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Compare static and Helm volume mounts for mx-exporter."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def extract_mounts(text: str) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
+    mounts = []
+    current_name = None
+    for raw_line in text.splitlines():
+        line = raw_line.strip()
+        if line.startswith('- name: "') and line.endswith('"'):
+            current_name = line.split('"')[1]
+            continue
+        if current_name and line.startswith('mountPath: "') and line.endswith('"'):
+            mounts.append({"name": current_name, "path": line.split('"')[1]})
+            current_name = None
+    return mounts
+
+
+def build(repo_root: Path) -> dict[str, object]:
+    static_text = (repo_root / "deployment" / "mx-exporter" / "mx-exporter-daemonset.yaml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    helm_text = (repo_root / "deployment" / "mx-exporter" / "helm" / "mx-exporter" / "templates" / "daemonset.yaml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    static_mounts = extract_mounts(static_text)
+    helm_mounts = extract_mounts(helm_text)
+    static_names = {mount["name"] for mount in static_mounts}
+    helm_names = {mount["name"] for mount in helm_mounts}
+    return {
+        "static_mount_count": len(static_mounts),
+        "helm_mount_count": len(helm_mounts),
+        "only_in_static": sorted(static_names - helm_names),
+        "only_in_helm": sorted(helm_names - static_names),
+    }
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--repo-root", type=Path, default=Path("."))
+    parser.add_argument("--output", type=Path)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    text = json.dumps(build(args.repo_root), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+    if args.output:
+        args.output.write_text(text + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    else:
+        print(text)
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())