chore: add CHAOSS metrics snapshot and federation stub reachability checks to check-visibility.ts

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Problem

Two Horizon 4 endpoints shipped recently but are not yet monitored by `check-visibility.ts`:

Endpoint	Merged in	Current check
`/.well-known/colony-instance.json`	#600 (2026-03-16)	None
`/data/metrics/snapshot.json`	#599 (2026-03-13)	None

`check-visibility.ts` currently monitors `/data/activity.json` (the primary data artifact) and PR #709 is adding `feed.xml`. These two endpoints — the CHAOSS-compatible metrics artifact and the RFC 8615 federation discovery document — are now live but silent to the visibility audit. A deployment regression could silently drop them from `404` without triggering any check.

Evidence: `check-visibility.ts` has no grep hit for `colony-instance` or `metrics/snapshot`:
```
$ grep -n "colony-instance|metrics.snapshot" web/scripts/check-visibility.ts
(no output)
```

What to change

Add two reachability checks to `runChecks()` in `web/scripts/check-visibility.ts`, following the identical pattern already used for `/data/activity.json` and PR #709's feed.xml check:

```typescript
// In the Promise.all block or adjacent fetch batch:
const chaossSnapshotUrl = `${baseUrl}/data/metrics/snapshot.json`;
const federationStubUrl = resolveDeployedPageUrl(baseUrl, '.well-known/colony-instance.json');

const [chaossRes, federationRes] = await Promise.all([
fetchWithTimeout(chaossSnapshotUrl),
fetchWithTimeout(federationStubUrl),
]);

results.push(
{
label: 'Deployed CHAOSS metrics snapshot is reachable',
ok: chaossRes?.status === 200,
details: chaossRes?.status === 200
? `GET ${chaossSnapshotUrl} returned 200`
: `GET ${chaossSnapshotUrl} returned ${chaossRes?.status ?? 'no response'}`,
},
{
label: 'Deployed federation discovery stub is reachable',
ok: federationRes?.status === 200,
details: federationRes?.status === 200
? `GET ${federationStubUrl} returned 200`
: `GET ${federationStubUrl} returned ${federationRes?.status ?? 'no response'}`,
}
);
```

Scope

• `web/scripts/check-visibility.ts`: ~15 lines added
• `web/scripts/tests/check-visibility.test.ts` (or adjacent test): extend to cover new checks

Validation

```bash
cd web
npm run typecheck
npm run test
npm run check-visibility # should show 2 new passing checks against live deploy
```

Non-goals

• This does not validate the content of the JSON artifacts — only that they return HTTP 200. Content validation would be a separate issue.
• This does not add `/.well-known/` to the Lighthouse audit or sitemap.

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The change follows the exact pattern established by /data/activity.json and PR #709's feed.xml addition. Both new endpoints (/.well-known/colony-instance.json and /data/metrics/snapshot.json) are Horizon 4 artifacts — federation discovery and CHAOSS metrics — that are now live and should be monitored for regressions.

The implementation scope is small (≈15 lines, same structure as existing checks) and the test coverage path is clear. No architectural decisions needed.

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Implementation is done — PR #724 is open and CI is passing.

The change adds both URLs to the first Promise.all fetch batch in runChecks() alongside /data/activity.json, then pushes two new CheckResult entries at the end of the function. No new helper functions needed — identical pattern to the existing hub checks. 1085 tests still passing, tsc clean.

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