diff --git a/scripts/audit-glossary-navigation.mjs b/scripts/audit-glossary-navigation.mjs
index f106917..33a6e39 100644
--- a/scripts/audit-glossary-navigation.mjs
+++ b/scripts/audit-glossary-navigation.mjs
@@ -9,8 +9,24 @@ const HUB_LIMIT = 5;
 const defaultsRaw = fs.readFileSync(DEFAULTS_FILE, "utf-8");
 
 const defaultFamilies = new Set(
-  [...defaultsRaw.matchAll(/^\s{4}"?([a-z0-9-]+)"?\s*:/gm)].map((m) => m[1]),
-);
+    [...defaultsRaw.matchAll(/^\s{4}"?([a-z0-9-]+)"?\s*:/gm)].map((m) => m[1]),
+  );
+  
+  const defaultPathKeysByFamily = new Map();
+  
+  for (const match of defaultsRaw.matchAll(/^\s{4}"?([a-z0-9-]+)"?\s*:\s*\{([\s\S]*?)^\s{4}\},/gm)) {
+    const family = match[1];
+    const body = match[2];
+    const keys = new Set();
+  
+    for (const key of ["understand", "deepen", "compare", "apply"]) {
+      if (new RegExp(`\\b${key}\\s*:\\s*\\[[^\\]]+\\]`).test(body)) {
+        keys.add(key);
+      }
+    }
+  
+    defaultPathKeysByFamily.set(family, keys);
+  }
 
 const files = fs.readdirSync(ROOT).filter((f) => f.endsWith(".md"));
 const slugs = new Set(files.map((f) => f.replace(".md", "")));
@@ -66,10 +82,14 @@ for (const { slug, data, noFrontmatter } of entries) {
     if (!nav.primaryReason) missingReason.push(slug);
   }
 
-  const paths = nav.paths || {};
-  const pathCount = ["understand", "deepen", "compare", "apply"].filter(
-    (key) => Array.isArray(paths[key]) && paths[key].length > 0,
-  ).length;
+  const explicitPaths = nav.paths || {};
+  const familyDefaults = defaultPathKeysByFamily.get(data.family) || new Set();
+
+  const pathCount = ["understand", "deepen", "compare", "apply"].filter((key) => {
+    const explicit = Array.isArray(explicitPaths[key]) && explicitPaths[key].length > 0;
+    const fromDefault = familyDefaults.has(key);
+    return explicit || fromDefault;
+  }).length;
 
   if (pathCount < 2) weakPaths.push(slug);
 }