diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b793f67..31a2bb5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "build": "node build/build.mjs",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "prepare": "node build/build.mjs",
-    "test": "node --experimental-test-module-mocks --test test/pdf-vfs.test.js"
+    "test": "node --experimental-test-module-mocks --test test/*.test.js"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "marked": ">=12",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/xss-lint-covers.json b/test/fixtures/xss-lint-covers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e3ce36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/xss-lint-covers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "_comment": [
+    "DS §15 — this repo's declaration of what the XSS rule covers.",
+    "Product source only. build/build.mjs is tooling and is globally ignored."
+  ],
+  "covers": [
+    "src/exporters/html.js",
+    "src/core.js",
+    "src/common.js"
+  ],
+  "why": "html.js is the HTML export surface (htmlPage, wordHtml, printDoc). core.js is renderHTML/escapeHtml. common.js is the shared helpers those call. Not build/build.mjs — tooling, globally ignored, and naming it would be the uploadwizard-app failure mode (a green count on files that do not render HTML)."
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/xss-lint-fixture.js b/test/fixtures/xss-lint-fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54762c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/xss-lint-fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * TGWAB — fixture for the interpolated-JSON XSS rule. DEV-STANDARDS §15.
+ *
+ * Place at:  test/fixtures/xss-lint-fixture.js
+ * Its test:  test/xss-lint-fixture.test.js  (templates/xss-lint-fixture.test.js)
+ *
+ * WHY A FIXTURE SHIPS WITH THE RULE. A rule only ever shown to pass on clean
+ * input has not been shown to do anything. This file is the positive control:
+ * five cases that MUST flag and two that MUST NOT, so a run proves the rule can
+ * both fire and stay silent. It is also how the selector choice was measured —
+ * the direct-child form catches cases 1 and 2 only.
+ *
+ * THIS FILE IS DELIBERATELY NOT LINTED BY THE REPO'S OWN RUN. The config's
+ * scope is `files: ['**\/*.js']`, which DOES reach this file, so what keeps it
+ * out is the explicit `'**\/xss-lint-fixture.js'` entry in that config's global
+ * ignores — named there with this reason. That is what lets `npm run lint` stay
+ * green with a file full of deliberate hazards in the tree; without it this
+ * fixture contributes five errors to every adopting repo. The test does NOT lint it where it sits — that would apply no rule at
+ * all — it reads this text and lints it under a synthetic src/ path so the
+ * repo's real scoping applies. See the test's header.
+ */
+/* eslint-disable no-unused-vars, no-undef -- every case here is a specimen: it
+   is never called, and `escapeHtml` is deliberately undeclared because the
+   point is the SHAPE of the call, not a working implementation. Only these two
+   rules are disabled, and never no-restricted-syntax — disabling that would
+   silence the very thing this file exists to trip. */
+// Seven cases: five that MUST flag, two that MUST NOT.
+// Numbered so a run's output can be read against the spec without counting.
+
+// ---- MUST FLAG -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// 1. Direct child. The shape the shipped rules were written for.
+function case1(n) {
+  return `<script>window.__DATA__ = ${JSON.stringify(n)};</script>`;
+}
+
+// 2. Direct child, no <script> in this literal — the tags come from a wrapper.
+//    This is the one resizewizard-api's `<script`-gated rule misses.
+function case2(n) {
+  return `window.__DATA__ = ${JSON.stringify(n)};`;
+}
+
+// 3. Grandchild via a conditional.
+function case3(n) {
+  return `<script>const n = ${n ? JSON.stringify(n) : 'null'};</script>`;
+}
+
+// 4. Grandchild via a wrapper call. NOT exploitable — see the template comment —
+//    but the same wrong pattern with the same remedy.
+function case4(n) {
+  return `<script>const n = ${escapeHtml(JSON.stringify(n))};</script>`;
+}
+
+// 5. Grandchild via an arrow inside .map().
+function case5(xs) {
+  return `<script>const all = [${xs.map((x) => JSON.stringify(x))}];</script>`;
+}
+
+// ---- MUST NOT FLAG ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+// 6. The literal TEXT "JSON.stringify" inside a browser-script template. No call.
+function case6() {
+  return `<script>console.log('use JSON.stringify here');</script>`;
+}
+
+// 7. An ordinary call, nowhere near a template literal.
+function case7(x) {
+  const body = JSON.stringify(x);
+  return body;
+}
diff --git a/test/xss-lint-fixture.test.js b/test/xss-lint-fixture.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..098f054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/xss-lint-fixture.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/**
+ * TGWAB — the XSS rule's own control. DEV-STANDARDS §15.
+ *
+ * Runner is node:test (this repo does not use vitest); assertions match the
+ * vendored kit. The specimen (`fixtures/xss-lint-fixture.js`) is byte-identical
+ * to tgwab-standards `templates/xss-lint-fixture.js`. Adding vitest for this
+ * one file would be a second runner that only the kit uses — gh-office already
+ * made this call.
+ */
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { ESLint } from "eslint";
+import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { basename, dirname, join, relative, resolve } from "node:path";
+
+const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const FIXTURE = resolve(here, "fixtures/xss-lint-fixture.js");
+const COVERS = resolve(here, "fixtures/xss-lint-covers.json");
+
+async function flaggedCases() {
+  const code = readFileSync(FIXTURE, "utf8");
+  const eslint = new ESLint();
+  const [result] = await eslint.lintText(code, {
+    filePath: resolve(process.cwd(), "src/__xss-lint-fixture__.js"),
+  });
+  const lines = code.split("\n");
+  const cases = new Set();
+  for (const m of result.messages) {
+    if (m.ruleId !== "no-restricted-syntax") continue;
+    for (let i = m.line - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      const name = /function (case\d)/.exec(lines[i]);
+      if (name) {
+        cases.add(name[1]);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return [...cases].sort();
+}
+
+test("the interpolated-JSON XSS rule flags all five hazards (DS §15)", async () => {
+  const flagged = await flaggedCases();
+  assert.deepEqual(flagged, ["case1", "case2", "case3", "case4", "case5"]);
+});
+
+test("the interpolated-JSON XSS rule leaves the two negative controls alone", async () => {
+  const flagged = await flaggedCases();
+  assert.ok(flagged.includes("case1"));
+  assert.ok(!flagged.includes("case6"));
+  assert.ok(!flagged.includes("case7"));
+});
+
+const KIT_FILES = new Set([
+  "eslint.config.js",
+  "eslint.config.mjs",
+  "eslint.config.cjs",
+  "xss-lint-fixture.js",
+  "xss-lint-fixture.test.js",
+]);
+
+function* shippedFiles(dir, root) {
+  for (const entry of readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (entry.name === ".git" || entry.name === "node_modules") continue;
+    const full = join(dir, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) yield* shippedFiles(full, root);
+    else if (entry.isFile()) yield relative(root, full);
+  }
+}
+
+function carriesTheRule(config) {
+  const entry = config?.rules?.["no-restricted-syntax"];
+  if (!Array.isArray(entry) || entry[0] !== 2) return false;
+  return entry
+    .slice(1)
+    .some(
+      (o) =>
+        typeof o?.selector === "string" &&
+        o.selector.includes("JSON") &&
+        o.selector.includes("stringify"),
+    );
+}
+
+async function ruleCoverage(root = process.cwd()) {
+  const eslint = new ESLint();
+  const covered = [];
+  let linted = 0;
+  for (const rel of shippedFiles(root, root)) {
+    if (KIT_FILES.has(basename(rel))) continue;
+    if (await eslint.isPathIgnored(rel)) continue;
+    linted++;
+    if (carriesTheRule(await eslint.calculateConfigForFile(rel))) covered.push(rel);
+  }
+  return { covered, linted };
+}
+
+function repoRoot() {
+  let dir = here;
+  for (;;) {
+    if (existsSync(join(dir, ".git"))) return dir;
+    const up = dirname(dir);
+    if (up === dir) return null;
+    dir = up;
+  }
+}
+
+function resolveNamed(named, root) {
+  const fromCwd = resolve(process.cwd(), named);
+  if (existsSync(fromCwd)) return fromCwd;
+  if (root) {
+    const fromRoot = resolve(root, named);
+    if (existsSync(fromRoot)) return fromRoot;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+const NOT_PRODUCT_SOURCE = [
+  /(^|\/)[^/]*\.config\.(js|mjs|cjs)$/,
+  /^(scripts|migrations|tests?|__tests__|e2e|loadtest|test-kit)\//,
+];
+
+function readDeclaration() {
+  let raw;
+  try {
+    raw = readFileSync(COVERS, "utf8");
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error(
+      `DS §15: ${relative(process.cwd(), COVERS)} is missing. Create it naming ` +
+        "the product source this repo ships that the rule must cover.",
+    );
+  }
+  const d = JSON.parse(raw);
+  if (!Array.isArray(d.covers)) throw new Error("DS §15: `covers` must be an array.");
+  return d;
+}
+
+test("the rule resolves for every file this repo NAMES as covered product source", async () => {
+  const d = readDeclaration();
+  const { covered, linted } = await ruleCoverage();
+  process.stdout.write(
+    `DS §15 coverage: the rule resolves for ${covered.length} of ${linted} ` +
+      `linted files; ${d.covers.length} named as product source.\n`,
+  );
+
+  if (d.covers.length === 0) {
+    assert.ok(
+      typeof d.declaredGap === "string" && d.declaredGap.trim().length > 0,
+      "DS §15: `covers` is empty, so `declaredGap` MUST say why",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const eslint = new ESLint();
+  const root = repoRoot();
+  for (const named of d.covers) {
+    const abs = resolveNamed(named, root);
+    const normalized = abs && root ? relative(root, abs) : named;
+
+    assert.equal(
+      KIT_FILES.has(basename(named)),
+      false,
+      `DS §15: \`${named}\` is a file this repo GAINS by adopting the kit.`,
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      NOT_PRODUCT_SOURCE.some((re) => re.test(normalized)),
+      false,
+      `DS §15: \`${named}\` is build tooling, not product source.`,
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      abs !== null,
+      `DS §15: \`${named}\` is named in xss-lint-covers.json but does not exist.`,
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      carriesTheRule(await eslint.calculateConfigForFile(abs)),
+      `DS §15: the rule does NOT resolve for \`${named}\`.`,
+    );
+  }
+});