diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c245872855..aa70595094 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,4 +79,7 @@ typings/
 # CUSTOM FILES
 
 # local-work-logs
-work-logs/*
\ No newline at end of file
+work-logs/*
+
+# local input files
+input-files
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/constants.js b/constants.js
index f3399a2bac..8c3cb1e052 100644
--- a/constants.js
+++ b/constants.js
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
 require('dotenv').config();
+
 const owner = process.env.REPOSITORY_OWNER;
 const repo = process.env.REPOSITORY;
 const fccBaseUrl = `https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/`;
 const prBaseUrl = `${fccBaseUrl}pull/`;
 
-module.exports = { owner, repo, fccBaseUrl, prBaseUrl }
+const octokitConfig = {
+    timeout: 0, // 0 means no request timeout
+    headers: {
+        accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
+        'user-agent': 'octokit/rest.js v1.2.3' // v1.2.3 will be current version
+    },
+    // custom GitHub Enterprise URL
+    baseUrl: 'https://api.github.com',
+    // Node only: advanced request options can be passed as http(s) agent
+    agent: undefined
+}
+
+const octokitAuth = {
+    type: 'basic',
+    username: process.env.USERNAME,
+    password: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN
+};
+
+module.exports = { owner, repo, prBaseUrl, octokitConfig, octokitAuth }
diff --git a/failuresToFind.json b/failuresToFind.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f74f41366a..0000000000
--- a/failuresToFind.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "error": "missing script: test-ci",
-    "regex": "missing script: test-ci"
-  },
-  {
-    "error": "lerna ERR! npm ci exited 1 in '@freecodecamp/api-server",
-    "regex": "lerna ERR! npm ci exited 1 in '@freecodecamp\/api-server'"
-  },
-  {
-    "error": "localStorage is not available for opaque origins",
-    "regex": "localStorage is not available for opaque origins"
-  },
-  {
-    "error": "Upper case characters found in 3D, all folder names must be lower case",
-    "regex": "Upper case characters found in 3D, all folder names must be lower case"
-  }
-]
diff --git a/fileFunctions.js b/fileFunctions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fd7a98493..0000000000
--- a/fileFunctions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-const saveToFile = (fileName, data) => {
-  fs.writeFileSync(fileName, data, err => {
-    if (err) { return console.log(err) }
-  });
-}
-
-const openJSONFile = fileName => {
-  const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(fileName, 'utf8'));
-  console.log('Opened JSON file')
-  return data;
-};
-
-module.exports = { saveToFile, openJSONFile };
diff --git a/findFailures.js b/findFailures.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 657899730c..0000000000
--- a/findFailures.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-require('dotenv').config();
-
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-const { owner, repo, fccBaseUrl, prBaseUrl } = require('./constants');
-const formatDate = require('date-fns/format');
-const { saveToFile, openJSONFile } = require('./fileFunctions');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
-const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
-const { getOpenPrs, getPrRange } = require('./getOpenPrs');
-const fetch = require('node-fetch');
-const { getStatuses } = require('./getStatuses');
-
-octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
-
-//const { PrProcessingLog } = require('./prProcessingLog');
-//const log = new PrProcessingLog();
-
-const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'head'];
-
-const errorsToFind = require('./failuresToFind.json');
-
-(async () => {
-  const { firstPR, lastPR } = await getPrRange();
-  const { openPRs } = await getOpenPrs(firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
-
-  if (openPRs.length) {
-    console.log(`# of PRs Retrieved: ${openPRs.length}`);
-    console.log(`PR Range: ${firstPR} - ${lastPR}`);
-    const now = formatDate(new Date(), 'YYYY-MM-DDTHHmmss');
-    const fileName = path.resolve(__dirname, `./work-logs/openprs_statuses_urls_${firstPR}-${lastPR}_${now}.json`);
-    saveToFile(fileName, JSON.stringify(openPRs));
-    console.log(`Data saved in file: ${fileName}`);
-
-    //log.start();
-    console.log('Starting error finding process...');
-    let count = 0;
-    const maxCount = openPRs.length;
-    const failed = [];
-    let interval = setInterval(async () => {
-      if (count < maxCount ) {
-        let { number, head: { sha: ref } } = openPRs[count];
-        const statuses = await getStatuses(octokit.repos.getStatuses, {owner, repo, ref});
-        //log.add(number)
-        if (statuses.length) {
-          const { state, target_url } = statuses[0]; // first element contain most recent status
-          const hasProblem = state === 'failure' || state === 'error';
-          if (hasProblem) {
-            let buildNum = Number(target_url.match(/\/builds\/(\d+)\?/i)[1]);
-            buildNum++; // full build log file is 1 # higher than buildNum (same as job number)
-            const travisLogUrl = `https://api.travis-ci.org/v3/job/${buildNum}/log.txt`;
-            console.log(number + '\'s errors:');
-            errorsToFind.forEach(async ({ error: errorDesc, regex }) => {
-              const response = await fetch(travisLogUrl)
-              const logText = await response.text();
-              regex = RegExp(regex);
-              if (regex.test(logText)) {
-                const error = {
-                  errorDesc,
-                  number,
-                  buildLog: travisLogUrl
-                }
-                failed.push(error)
-                console.log('  ' + errorDesc);
-              }
-              console.log()
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      else {
-        clearInterval(interval);
-        interval = null;
-        //log.export();
-      }
-      if (count % 25 === 0) {
-         //log.export()
-       }
-      count++;
-    }, 1000);
-  }
-})()
-.then(() => {
-  //log.finish();
-  console.log('Successfully finding all specified errors.');
-})
-.catch(err => {
-  //log.finish();
-  console.log(err)
-})
diff --git a/frontmatterChecks.js b/frontmatterChecks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index feb6734971..0000000000
--- a/frontmatterChecks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-const matter = require('gray-matter');
-
-const checkFrontmatter = (fullPath, isTranslation, content) => {
-  const { data: frontmatter } = matter(content);
-  let errors = [];
-  if (!frontmatter || _.isEmpty(frontmatter) || !frontmatter.title) {
-    errors.push(`${fullPath} is missing \`title key\` frontmatter.`);
-  }
-  if (isTranslation && !frontmatter.localeTitle) {
-    errors.push(`${fullPath} is missing \`localeTitle\`frontmatter.`);
-  }
-  return errors;
-}
diff --git a/getOpenPrs.js b/getOpenPrs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d056fde4cc..0000000000
--- a/getOpenPrs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-require('dotenv').config();
-const formatDate = require('date-fns/format');
-const { owner, repo } = require('./constants');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const { saveToFile } = require('./fileFunctions');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
-const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
-const { paginate } = require('./paginate');
-const { getOpenPrRange } = require('./openPrStats');
-
-octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
-
-const getPrRange = async () => {
-  let [ n, f, type, start, end ] = process.argv;
-  let [ firstPR, lastPR ] = await getOpenPrRange().then(data => data);
-
-  if (type !== 'all' && type !== 'range') {
-    throw `Please specify either all or range for 1st arg.`;
-  }
-  if (type === 'range') {
-    start = parseInt(start);
-    end = parseInt(end);
-    if (!start || !end) {
-      throw `Please specify both a starting PR # (2nd arg) and ending PR # (3rd arg).`;
-    }
-    if (start > end) {
-      throw `Starting PR # must be less than or equal to end PR #.`;
-    }
-    if (start < firstPR)  {
-      throw `Starting PR # can not be less than first open PR # (${firstPR})`;
-    }
-    firstPR = start
-    if (end > lastPR)  {
-      throw `Ending PR # can not be greater than last open PR # (${lastPR})`;
-    }
-    lastPR = end;
-  }
-  return {firstPR, lastPR};
-};
-
-const getOpenPrs = async (firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet) => {
-  console.log(`Retrieving PRs (#${firstPR} thru #${lastPR})`);
-  let openPRs = await paginate(octokit.pullRequests.getAll, octokit, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
-  return { firstPR, lastPR, openPRs };
-}
-
-module.exports = { getOpenPrs, getPrRange };
diff --git a/getPRs/index.js b/getPRs/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bf2248566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/getPRs/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+require('dotenv').config();
+// const formatDate = require('date-fns/format');
+
+const { owner, repo, octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('../constants');
+
+const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
+const { getRange } = require('./prStats');
+
+octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
+
+const paginate = async function paginate (method, octokit, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet) {
+
+  const prFilter = (prs, first, last, prPropsToGet) => {
+    const filtered = [];
+    for (let pr of prs) {
+      if (pr.number >= first && pr.number <= last) {
+        const propsObj = prPropsToGet.reduce((obj, prop) => {
+          obj[prop] = pr[prop];
+          return obj;
+        } ,{});
+        filtered.push(propsObj);
+      }
+      if (pr.number >= last) {
+        done = true;
+        return filtered;
+      }
+    }
+    return filtered;
+  };
+
+  const methodProps = {
+    owner,  repo, state: 'open',
+    base: 'master',  sort: 'created',
+    direction: 'asc', page: 1, per_page: 100
+  };
+
+  let done = false; // will be true when lastPR is seen in paginated results
+  let response = await method(methodProps);
+  let { data } = response;
+  data = prFilter(data, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
+  while (octokit.hasNextPage(response) && !done ) {
+    response = await octokit.getNextPage(response);
+    let dataFiltered = prFilter(response.data, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
+    data = data.concat(dataFiltered);
+  }
+  return data;
+};
+
+const getUserInput = async () => {
+  let [ n, f, type, start, end ] = process.argv;
+  let [ firstPR, lastPR ] = await getRange().then(data => data);
+
+  if (type !== 'all' && type !== 'range') {
+    throw `Please specify either all or range for 1st arg.`;
+  }
+  if (type === 'range') {
+    start = parseInt(start);
+    end = parseInt(end);
+    if (!start || !end) {
+      throw `Please specify both a starting PR # (2nd arg) and ending PR # (3rd arg).`;
+    }
+    if (start > end) {
+      throw `Starting PR # must be less than or equal to end PR #.`;
+    }
+    if (start < firstPR)  {
+      throw `Starting PR # can not be less than first open PR # (${firstPR})`;
+    }
+    firstPR = start
+    if (end > lastPR)  {
+      throw `Ending PR # can not be greater than last open PR # (${lastPR})`;
+    }
+    lastPR = end;
+  }
+  return {firstPR, lastPR};
+};
+
+const getPRs = async (firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet) => {
+  console.log(`Retrieving PRs (#${firstPR} thru #${lastPR})`);
+  let openPRs = await paginate(octokit.pullRequests.list, octokit, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
+  return { firstPR, lastPR, openPRs };
+}
+
+module.exports = { getPRs, getUserInput };
diff --git a/getPRs/prStats.js b/getPRs/prStats.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07d43f49ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/getPRs/prStats.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require('dotenv').config();
+
+const { owner, repo, octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('../constants');
+
+const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
+
+octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
+
+const state = `open`;
+const base = 'master';
+const sort = 'created';
+const page = 1;
+const per_page = 1;
+
+const getCount = async () => {
+  const { data } = await octokit.search.issues({
+    q: `repo:${owner}/${repo}+is:open+type:pr+base:master`,
+    sort: 'created', order: 'asc', page: 1, per_page: 1
+  });
+  return data.length;
+};
+
+const getFirst = async () => {
+  let methodProps = {owner, repo, state, base, sort, direction: 'asc', page, per_page};
+  let response = await octokit.pullRequests.list(methodProps);
+  return response.data[0].number;
+};
+
+const getRange = async () => {
+  let methodProps = {owner, repo, state, base, sort, direction: 'asc', page, per_page};
+  let response = await octokit.pullRequests.list(methodProps);
+  const firstPR = response.data[0].number;
+  methodProps = {owner, repo, state, base, sort, direction: 'desc', page, per_page};
+  response = await octokit.pullRequests.list(methodProps);
+  const lastPR = response.data[0].number;
+  return [firstPR, lastPR];
+};
+
+module.exports = { getCount, getFirst, getRange };
diff --git a/getStatuses.js b/getStatuses.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d19f5bdd9..0000000000
--- a/getStatuses.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-require('dotenv').config();
-const { owner, repo } = require('./constants');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
-const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
-
-octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
-
-const getStatuses = async function getStatuses (method, methodProps) {
-  const { data } = await method(methodProps);
-  return data;
-};
-
-module.exports = { getStatuses }
diff --git a/guideFolderChecks.js b/guideFolderChecks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f4b801dde1..0000000000
--- a/guideFolderChecks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-const dedent = require("dedent");
-
-const allowedLangDirNames = [
-  "arabic",
-  "chinese",
-  "english",
-  "portuguese",
-  "russian",
-  "spanish"
-];
-
-const createErrorMsg = (errors, user) => {
-  let errorMsgHeader = dedent`
-    Hi @${user},
-
-    Thanks for this pull request (PR).
-
-    Unfortunately, these changes have failed some of our recommended guidelines. Please correct the issue(s) listed below, so we can consider merging your content.
-
-    | Issue | Description | File Path |
-    | :---: | --- | --- |
-  `;
-
-  let errorMsgTable = errors.reduce((msgStr, { msg, fullPath }, idx) => {
-    return (msgStr += "\n" + dedent`
-      | ${idx + 1} | ${msg} | ${fullPath} |
-    `);
-  }, "");
-
-  let errorMsgFooter = dedent`
-    P.S: I am just friendly bot. You should reach out to the [Contributors Chat room](https://gitter.im/FreeCodeCamp/Contributors) for more help.
-  `;
-
-  return errorMsgHeader + errorMsgTable + "\n\n" + errorMsgFooter;
-};
-
-const checkPath = fullPath => {
-  let errorMsgs = [];
-  const remaining = fullPath.split("/");
-
-  if (!allowedLangDirNames.includes(remaining[1])) {
-    errorMsgs.push({
-      msg: `\`${remaining[1]}\` is not a valid language directory`,
-      fullPath
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (remaining[remaining.length - 1] !== "index.md") {
-    errorMsgs.push({
-      msg: `\`${remaining[remaining.length - 1]}\` is not a valid file name, please use \`index.md\``,
-      fullPath
-    });
-  } else if (remaining[2] === "index.md") {
-    errorMsgs.push({
-      msg: `This file is not in its own sub-directory`,
-      fullPath
-    });
-  }
-
-  const dirName = fullPath.replace("/index.md", "");
-  if (dirName.replace(/(\s|\_)/, "") !== dirName) {
-    errorMsgs.push({
-      msg: `Invalid character found in a directory name, please use \`-\` as separators`,
-      fullPath
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (dirName.toLowerCase() !== dirName) {
-    errorMsgs.push({
-      msg: `Upper case characters found in the file path, all file paths must be lower case`,
-      fullPath
-    });
-  }
-
-  return errorMsgs;
-};
-
-const guideFolderChecks = (prFiles, user) => {
-  const prErrors = prFiles.reduce((errorsFound, { filename: fullPath }) => {
-    let newErrors;
-    if (/^guide\//.test(fullPath)) {
-      newErrors = checkPath(fullPath);
-    }
-    return newErrors ? errorsFound.concat(newErrors) : errorsFound;
-  }, []);
-
-  return prErrors.length ? createErrorMsg(prErrors, user) : null;
-};
-
-module.exports = { guideFolderChecks };
diff --git a/labelOpenPrs.js b/labelOpenPrs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f8d6a845f..0000000000
--- a/labelOpenPrs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-require('dotenv').config();
-
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const formatDate = require('date-fns/format');
-
-const { owner, repo, fccBaseUrl, prBaseUrl } = require('./constants');
-const { saveToFile, openJSONFile } = require('./fileFunctions');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
-const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
-const { getOpenPrs, getPrRange } = require('./getOpenPrs');
-const { validLabels } = require('./validLabels');
-const { addLabels } = require('./addLabels');
-const { guideFolderChecks } = require('./guideFolderChecks');
-const { addComment } = require('./addComment');
-const { rateLimiter, savePrData } = require('./utils');
-
-octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
-
-const { PrProcessingLog } = require('./prProcessingLog');
-const log = new PrProcessingLog();
-
-const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'labels', 'user'];
-
-(async () => {
-  const { firstPR, lastPR } = await getPrRange();
-  const { openPRs } = await getOpenPrs(firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
-
-  if (openPRs.length) {
-    savePrData(openPRs, firstPR, lastPR);
-
-    log.start();
-    console.log('Starting labeling process...');
-    for (let count = 0; count < openPRs.length; count++) {
-      let { number, labels, user: { login: username } } = openPRs[count];
-      const { data: prFiles } = await octokit.pullRequests.getFiles({ owner, repo, number });
-      log.add(number, 'labels', 'comment');
-      const labelsToAdd = {}; // holds potential labels to add based on file path
-
-      const guideFolderErrorsComment = guideFolderChecks(prFiles, username);
-      if (guideFolderErrorsComment) {
-        log.update(number, 'comment', guideFolderErrorsComment);
-        if (process.env.PRODUCTION_RUN === 'true') {
-          const result = await addComment(number, guideFolderErrorsComment);
-        }
-        await rateLimiter(process.env.RATELIMIT_INTERVAL | 1500);
-        labelsToAdd['status: needs update'] = 1;
-      }
-      else {
-        log.update(number, 'comment', 'not added');
-      }
-
-      const existingLabels = labels.map(({ name }) => name);
-
-      prFiles.forEach(({ filename }) => {
-        /* remove '/challenges' from filename so language variable hold the language */
-        const filenameReplacement = filename.replace(/^curriculum\/challenges\//, 'curriculum\/');
-        const regex = /^(docs|curriculum|guide)(?:\/)(arabic|chinese|portuguese|russian|spanish)?\/?/
-        const [ _, articleType, language ] = filenameReplacement.match(regex) || []; // need an array to pass to labelsAdder
-
-        if (articleType && validLabels[articleType]) {
-          labelsToAdd[validLabels[articleType]] = 1
-        }
-        if (language && validLabels[language]) {
-          labelsToAdd[validLabels[language]] = 1
-        }
-        if (articleType === 'curriculum') {
-          labelsToAdd['status: need to test locally'] = 1;
-        }
-      })
-
-      /* this next section only adds needed labels which are NOT currently on the PR. */
-      const newLabels = Object.keys(labelsToAdd).filter(label => !existingLabels.includes(label));
-      if (newLabels.length) {
-        log.update(number, 'labels', newLabels);
-        if (process.env.PRODUCTION_RUN === 'true') {
-          addLabels(number, newLabels, log);
-        }
-        await rateLimiter(process.env.RATELIMIT_INTERVAL | 1500);
-      }
-      else {
-        log.update(number, 'labels', 'none added');
-      }
-      if (count % 25 === 0) {
-        log.export()
-      }
-    }
-  }
-})()
-.then(() => {
-  log.finish();
-  console.log('Successfully completed labeling');
-})
-.catch(err => {
-  log.finish();
-  console.log(err)
-})
diff --git a/octokitConfig.js b/octokitConfig.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 883aacee1b..0000000000
--- a/octokitConfig.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-exports.octokitConfig = {
-    timeout: 0, // 0 means no request timeout
-    headers: {
-        accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
-        'user-agent': 'octokit/rest.js v1.2.3' // v1.2.3 will be current version
-    },
-    // custom GitHub Enterprise URL
-    baseUrl: 'https://api.github.com',
-    // Node only: advanced request options can be passed as http(s) agent
-    agent: undefined
-}
-
-const octokitAuth = {
-    type: 'basic',
-    username: process.env.USERNAME,
-    password: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN
-};
-
-module.exports = { octokitAuth };
diff --git a/addTestLocallyLabel.js b/one-off-scripts/addTestLocallyLabel.js
similarity index 55%
rename from addTestLocallyLabel.js
rename to one-off-scripts/addTestLocallyLabel.js
index 1e093fd57e..781e6d6e1b 100644
--- a/addTestLocallyLabel.js
+++ b/one-off-scripts/addTestLocallyLabel.js
@@ -1,33 +1,26 @@
-require('dotenv').config();
+require('dotenv').config({ path: '../.env' });
+const { owner, repo, octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('../constants');
 
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const formatDate = require('date-fns/format');
-
-const { owner, repo, fccBaseUrl, prBaseUrl } = require('./constants');
-const { saveToFile, openJSONFile } = require('./fileFunctions');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
 const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
-const { getOpenPrs, getPrRange } = require('./getOpenPrs');
-const { addLabels } = require('./addLabels');
-const { rateLimiter, savePrData } = require('./utils');
+
+const { getPRs, getUserInput } = require('../getPRs');
+const { addLabels } = require('../prTasks');
+const { rateLimiter, savePrData, ProcessingLog } = require('../utils');
 
 octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
 
-const { PrProcessingLog } = require('./prProcessingLog');
-const log = new PrProcessingLog();
-
-const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'labels'];
+const log = new ProcessingLog();
 
 (async () => {
-  const { firstPR, lastPR } = await getPrRange();
-  const { openPRs } = await getOpenPrs(firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
+  const { firstPR, lastPR } = await getUserInput();
+  const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'labels'];
+  const { openPRs } = await getPRs(firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
 
   if (openPRs.length) {
     savePrData(openPRs, firstPR, lastPR);
     log.start();
     console.log('Starting labeling process...');
-    for (let count = 0; count < openPRs.length; count++) {
+    for (let count in openPRs) {
       let { number, labels } = openPRs[count];
       log.add(number, 'labels');
       const labelsToAdd = {}; // holds potential labels to add based on file path
@@ -35,7 +28,6 @@ const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'labels'];
       if (existingLabels.includes('scope: curriculum')) {
         labelsToAdd['status: need to test locally'] = 1;
       }
-      log.add(number, 'labels');
 
       /* this next section only adds needed labels which are NOT currently on the PR. */
       const newLabels = Object.keys(labelsToAdd).filter(label => !existingLabels.includes(label));
@@ -43,15 +35,12 @@ const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'labels'];
         log.update(number, 'labels', newLabels);
         if (process.env.PRODUCTION_RUN === 'true') {
           addLabels(number, newLabels, log);
-          await rateLimiter(process.env.RATELIMIT_INTERVAL | 1500);
+          await rateLimiter(+process.env.RATELIMIT_INTERVAL | 1500);
         }
       }
       else {
         log.update(number, 'labels', 'none added');
       }
-      if (count % 25 === 0) {
-        log.export()
-      }
     }
   }
 })()
diff --git a/one-off-scripts/findFailures.js b/one-off-scripts/findFailures.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e54b8c3969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/one-off-scripts/findFailures.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+require('dotenv').config({ path: '../.env' });
+const Travis = require('travis-ci');
+
+const path = require('path');
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+
+const { owner, repo, octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('../constants');
+
+const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
+const { getPRs, getUserInput } = require('../getPRs');
+const { savePrData, ProcessingLog } = require('../utils');
+
+octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
+
+const log = new ProcessingLog();
+
+const errorsToFind = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '../input-files/failuresToFind.json'));
+
+(async () => {
+  const { firstPR, lastPR } = await getUserInput();
+  const prPropsToGet = ['number', 'head'];
+  const { openPRs } = await getPRs(firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
+
+  if (openPRs.length) {
+    savePrData(openPRs, firstPR, lastPR);
+    log.start();
+    console.log('Starting error finding process...');
+    for (let count in openPRs) {
+      let { number, head: { sha: ref } } = openPRs[count];
+      log.add(number, 'error');
+      const { data: statuses } = await octokit.repos.getStatuses({ owner, repo, ref });
+
+      if (statuses.length) {
+        const { state, target_url } = statuses[0]; // first element contain most recent status
+        const hasProblem = state === 'failure' || state === 'error';
+        if (hasProblem) {
+          let buildNum = Number(target_url.match(/\/builds\/(\d+)\?/i)[1]);'
+          const logNumber = 'need to use Travis api to access the full log for the buildNum above'
+          const travisLogUrl = `https://api.travis-ci.org/v3/job/${logNumber}/log.txt`;
+          const response = await fetch(travisLogUrl)
+          const logText = await response.text();
+          let found = false;
+          let error;
+          for (let { error: errorDesc, regex } of errorsToFind) {
+            regex = RegExp(regex);
+            if (regex.test(logText)) {
+              error = errorDesc;
+              found = true;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+          const errorDesc = error ? error : 'unkown error';
+          log.update(number, 'error', { errorDesc, buildLog: travisLogUrl });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+})()
+.then(() => {
+  log.finish();
+  console.log('Successfully finding all specified errors.');
+})
+.catch(err => {
+  log.finish();
+  console.log(err)
+})
diff --git a/openPrStats.js b/openPrStats.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c370060a6..0000000000
--- a/openPrStats.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-require('dotenv').config();
-const { owner, repo } = require('./constants');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
-const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
-
-octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
-
-const getOpenPrCount = async () => {
-  const { data } = await octokit.search.issues({
-    q: 'repo:freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp+is:open+type:pr+base:master',
-    sort: 'created', order: 'asc', page: 1, per_page: 1
-  });
-  return data.length;
-};
-
-const getFirstPr = async () => {
-  const state = `open`;
-  const base = 'master';
-  const sort = 'created';
-  const page = 1;
-  const per_page = 1;
-  let methodProps = {owner, repo, state, base, sort, direction: 'asc', page, per_page};
-  let response = await octokit.pullRequests.getAll(methodProps);
-  return response.data[0].number;
-};
-
-const getOpenPrRange = async () => {
-  const state = `open`;
-  const base = 'master';
-  const sort = 'created';
-  const page = 1;
-  const per_page = 1;
-  let methodProps = {owner, repo, state, base, sort, direction: 'asc', page, per_page};
-  let response = await octokit.pullRequests.getAll(methodProps);
-  const firstPR = response.data[0].number;
-  methodProps = {owner, repo, state, base, sort, direction: 'desc', page, per_page};
-  response = await octokit.pullRequests.getAll(methodProps);
-  const lastPR = response.data[0].number;
-  return [firstPR, lastPR];
-};
-
-module.exports = { getOpenPrCount, getFirstPr, getOpenPrRange };
diff --git a/paginate.js b/paginate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ea07e3bd8..0000000000
--- a/paginate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-const { owner, repo } = require('./constants');
-
-const paginate = async function paginate (method, octokit, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet) {
-
-  const prFilter = (prs, first, last, prPropsToGet) => {
-    const filtered = [];
-    for (let pr of prs) {
-      if (pr.number >= first && pr.number <= last) {
-        const propsObj = prPropsToGet.reduce((obj, prop) => {
-          obj[prop] = pr[prop];
-          return obj;
-        } ,{});
-        filtered.push(propsObj);
-      }
-      if (pr.number >= last) {
-        done = true;
-        return filtered;
-      }
-    }
-    return filtered;
-  };
-
-  const methodProps = {
-    owner,  repo, state: 'open',
-    base: 'master',  sort: 'created',
-    direction: 'asc', page: 1, per_page: 100
-  };
-
-  let done = false; // will be true when lastPR is seen paginated results
-  let response = await method(methodProps);
-  let { data } = response;
-  data = prFilter(data, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
-  while (octokit.hasNextPage(response) && !done ) {
-    response = await octokit.getNextPage(response);
-    let dataFiltered = prFilter(response.data, firstPR, lastPR, prPropsToGet);
-    data = data.concat(dataFiltered);
-  }
-  return data;
-};
-
-module.exports =  { paginate };
diff --git a/addComment.js b/prTasks/addComment.js
similarity index 74%
rename from addComment.js
rename to prTasks/addComment.js
index 0e0bd70354..2738de72cf 100644
--- a/addComment.js
+++ b/prTasks/addComment.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 require('dotenv').config();
-const { owner, repo } = require('./constants');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
+
+const { owner, repo, octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('../constants');
 const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
 
 octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
 
-const addComment = async (number, comment, log) => {
+const addComment = async (number, comment) => {
   const result = await octokit.issues.createComment({ owner, repo, number, body: comment })
   .catch((err) => {
     console.log(`PR #${number} had an error when trying to add a comment\n`);
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const addComment = async (number, comment, log) => {
   if (result) {
     console.log(`PR #${number} successfully added a comment\n`);
   }
-
   return result;
 };
 
diff --git a/addLabels.js b/prTasks/addLabels.js
similarity index 75%
rename from addLabels.js
rename to prTasks/addLabels.js
index 48ade4a2e4..1433983cea 100644
--- a/addLabels.js
+++ b/prTasks/addLabels.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require('dotenv').config();
-const { owner, repo } = require('./constants');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
+
+const { owner, repo, octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('../constants');
 const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
 
 octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const addLabels = (number, labels, log) => {
     console.log(`PR #${number} added ${JSON.stringify(labels)}\n`);
   })
   .catch((err) => {
-    console.log(`PR #${number} had an error when trying to label with ${JSON.stringify(labels)}\n`);
+    console.log(`PR #${number} had an error when trying to labels: ${JSON.stringify(labels)}\n`);
     console.log(err)
     log.finish()
   })
diff --git a/prOpenClose.js b/prTasks/closeOpen.js
similarity index 78%
rename from prOpenClose.js
rename to prTasks/closeOpen.js
index 8f1e20cae5..930bca8cbe 100644
--- a/prOpenClose.js
+++ b/prTasks/closeOpen.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-/* closes and reopens an open PR with applicable comment */
 require('dotenv').config();
-const { owner, repo, fccBaseUrl, prBaseUrl } = require('./constants');
-const { octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('./octokitConfig');
+
+const { owner, repo, octokitConfig, octokitAuth } = require('../constants');
 const octokit = require('@octokit/rest')(octokitConfig);
-const { addComment } = require('./addComment');
 
 octokit.authenticate(octokitAuth);
 
+/* closes and reopens an open PR with applicable comment */
 const prOpenClose = async (number) => {
   const result = await octokit.pullRequests.update({ owner, repo , number, state: 'closed', base: 'master' })
   .then(() => {
diff --git a/prTasks/index.js b/prTasks/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..120dc2fea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prTasks/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const { addComment } = require('./addComment');
+const { addLabels } = require('./addLabels');
+const { closeOpen } = require('./closeOpen');
+
+module.exports = { addComment, addLabels, closeOpen };
diff --git a/utils/index.js b/utils/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c46cc4803e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const { rateLimiter } = require('./rateLimiter');
+const { savePrData } = require('./savePrData');
+const { saveToFile } = require('./saveToFile');
+const { openJSONFile } = require('./openJSONFile');
+const { ProcessingLog } = require('./processingLog');
+
+module.exports = { rateLimiter, savePrData, saveToFile, openJSONFile, ProcessingLog };
diff --git a/utils/openJSONFile.js b/utils/openJSONFile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6de44445f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/openJSONFile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const openJSONFile = fileName => {
+  const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(fileName, 'utf8'));
+  console.log('Opened JSON file')
+  return data;
+};
+
+module.exports = { openJSONFile };
diff --git a/prProcessingLog.js b/utils/processingLog.js
similarity index 81%
rename from prProcessingLog.js
rename to utils/processingLog.js
index ea0087c772..30af0a805e 100644
--- a/prProcessingLog.js
+++ b/utils/processingLog.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
-const { saveToFile } = require('./fileFunctions');
+const { saveToFile } = require('./saveToFile');
 
-class PrProcessingLog {
+class ProcessingLog {
   constructor() {
     this._start = null;
     this._lastUpdate = null;
     this._lastPRlogged = null;
     this._finish = null;
     this._prs = {};
-    this._logfile = path.resolve(__dirname, `./work-logs/${this.getRunType()}_open-prs-processed.json`);
+    this._logfile = path.resolve(__dirname, `../work-logs/${this.getRunType()}_open-prs-processed.json`);
   }
 
   getRunType() {
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ class PrProcessingLog {
   }
 };
 
-module.exports = { PrProcessingLog };
+module.exports = { ProcessingLog };
diff --git a/utils/rateLimiter.js b/utils/rateLimiter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9efe8ecf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/rateLimiter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const rateLimiter = (delay) => {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(true), delay));
+};
+
+module.exports = { rateLimiter };
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils/savePrData.js
similarity index 54%
rename from utils.js
rename to utils/savePrData.js
index ddd6b490e0..5c7b4531bc 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils/savePrData.js
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
 const formatDate = require('date-fns/format');
+const path = require('path');
 
-const { saveToFile } = require('./fileFunctions');
-
-const rateLimiter = (delay) => {
-  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(true), delay));
-};
+const { saveToFile } = require('./saveToFile');
 
 const savePrData = (openPRs, firstPR, lastPR) => {
   const now = formatDate(new Date(), 'YYYY-MM-DDTHHmmss');
-  const filename = path.resolve(__dirname, `./work-logs/openprs_${firstPR}-${lastPR}_${now}.json`);
+  const filename = path.resolve(__dirname, `../work-logs/openprs_${firstPR}-${lastPR}_${now}.json`);
   console.log(`# of PRs Retrieved: ${openPRs.length}`);
   console.log(`PR Range: ${firstPR} - ${lastPR}`);
   saveToFile(filename, JSON.stringify(openPRs));
   console.log(`Data saved in file: ${filename}`);
 };
 
-module.exports = { rateLimiter, savePrData };
+module.exports = { savePrData };
diff --git a/utils/saveToFile.js b/utils/saveToFile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddba7879c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/saveToFile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const saveToFile = (fileName, data) => {
+  fs.writeFileSync(fileName, data, err => {
+    if (err) { return console.log(err) }
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = { saveToFile };
diff --git a/validation/guideFolderChecks/checkPath.js b/validation/guideFolderChecks/checkPath.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ed58b5f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/guideFolderChecks/checkPath.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+const { frontmatterCheck } = require('./frontmatterCheck');
+
+const allowedLangDirNames = [
+  "arabic",
+  "chinese",
+  "english",
+  "portuguese",
+  "russian",
+  "spanish"
+];
+
+const checkPath = (fullPath, fileContent) => {
+  let errorMsgs = [];
+  const remaining = fullPath.split("/");
+
+  if (!allowedLangDirNames.includes(remaining[1])) {
+    errorMsgs.push({
+      msg: `\`${remaining[1]}\` is not a valid language directory`,
+      fullPath
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (remaining[remaining.length - 1] !== "index.md") {
+    errorMsgs.push({
+      msg: `\`${remaining[remaining.length - 1]}\` is not a valid file name, please use \`index.md\``,
+      fullPath
+    });
+  } else if (remaining[2] === "index.md") {
+    errorMsgs.push({
+      msg: `This file is not in its own sub-directory`,
+      fullPath
+    });
+  }
+
+  const dirName = fullPath.replace("/index.md", "");
+  if (dirName.replace(/(\s|\_)/, "") !== dirName) {
+    errorMsgs.push({
+      msg: `Invalid character found in a directory name, please use \`-\` as separators`,
+      fullPath
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (dirName.toLowerCase() !== dirName) {
+    errorMsgs.push({
+      msg: `Upper case characters found in the file path, all file paths must be lower case`,
+      fullPath
+    });
+  }
+
+  const isTranslation = allowedLangDirNames.includes(remaining[1]) && remaining[1] !== 'english';
+  const frontMatterErrMsgs = frontmatterCheck(fullPath, isTranslation, fileContent);
+
+  return errorMsgs.concat(frontMatterErrMsgs);
+};
+
+module.exports = { checkPath };
diff --git a/validation/guideFolderChecks/createErrorMsg.js b/validation/guideFolderChecks/createErrorMsg.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f54d279f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/guideFolderChecks/createErrorMsg.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const dedent = require("dedent");
+
+const createErrorMsg = (errors, user) => {
+  let errorMsgHeader = dedent`
+    Hi @${user},
+
+    Thanks for this pull request (PR).
+
+    Unfortunately, these changes have failed some of our recommended guidelines. Please correct the issue(s) listed below, so we can consider merging your content.
+
+    | Issue | Description | File Path |
+    | :---: | --- | --- |
+  `;
+
+  let errorMsgTable = errors.reduce((msgStr, { msg, fullPath }, idx) => {
+    return (msgStr += "\n" + dedent`
+      | ${idx + 1} | ${msg} | ${fullPath} |
+    `);
+  }, "");
+
+  let errorMsgFooter = dedent`
+    P.S: I am just friendly bot. You should reach out to the [Contributors Chat room](https://gitter.im/FreeCodeCamp/Contributors) for more help.
+  `;
+
+  return errorMsgHeader + errorMsgTable + "\n\n" + errorMsgFooter;
+};
+
+module.exports = { createErrorMsg };
diff --git a/validation/guideFolderChecks/frontmatterCheck.js b/validation/guideFolderChecks/frontmatterCheck.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8080625aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/guideFolderChecks/frontmatterCheck.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const matter = require('gray-matter');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+const frontmatterCheck = (fullPath, isTranslation, fileContent) => {
+  const { data: frontmatter } = matter(fileContent);
+  let errors = [];
+  if (!frontmatter || _.isEmpty(frontmatter) || !frontmatter.title) {
+    errors.push({
+      msg: `Missing \`title key\` frontmatter.`,
+      fullPath
+    });
+  }
+  if (isTranslation && !frontmatter.localeTitle) {
+    errors.push({
+      msg: `Missing \`localeTitle key\`frontmatter.`,
+      fullPath
+    });
+  }
+  return errors;
+};
+
+module.exports = { frontmatterCheck };
diff --git a/validation/guideFolderChecks/index.js b/validation/guideFolderChecks/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad8b69f237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/guideFolderChecks/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+
+const { addComment } = require('../../prTasks');
+const { rateLimiter } = require('../../utils');
+const { createErrorMsg } = require('./createErrorMsg');
+const { checkPath } = require('./checkPath');
+
+/* check for guide folder issues and add applicable comment */
+const guideFolderChecks = async (number, prFiles, user) => {
+  let prErrors = [];
+  for (let { filename: fullPath, raw_url: fileUrl } of prFiles) {
+    let newErrors;
+    if (/^guide\//.test(fullPath)) {
+      const response = await fetch(fileUrl);
+      const fileContent = await response.text();
+      newErrors = checkPath(fullPath, fileContent);
+    }
+    if (newErrors) {
+      prErrors = prErrors.concat(newErrors);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (prErrors.length) {
+    const comment = createErrorMsg(prErrors, user)
+    if (process.env.PRODUCTION_RUN === 'true') {
+      const result = await addComment(number, comment);
+    }
+    await rateLimiter(+process.env.RATELIMIT_INTERVAL | 1500);
+    return comment;
+  }
+  else {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = { guideFolderChecks };
diff --git a/validation/index.js b/validation/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26b0864523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const { validLabels } = require('./validLabels');
+const { guideFolderChecks } = require('./guideFolderChecks');
+
+module.exports = { validLabels, guideFolderChecks };
diff --git a/validLabels.js b/validation/validLabels.js
similarity index 100%
rename from validLabels.js
rename to validation/validLabels.js