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Open immigration data

Download the source-linked datasets behind Visa Atlas. Each JSON endpoint is free to reuse with attribution, carries its own review date, and links back to the official government sources used for the underlying figures.

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Reference datasets

Stable lookup tables for routes, destinations and dated policy changes.

  • Reference dataset

    Visa routes

    1,414 records

    Every indexed visa and residence route, with category, sponsorship, settlement, summary, primary source and review date.

    Last modified
    1 August 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Destinations

    233 records

    Indexable destination countries and territories, with official immigration portals and advice regulators.

    Last modified
    22 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Policy updates

    39 records

    Dated, source-linked immigration policy changes with severity, claims, affected routes and review dates.

    Last modified
    30 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Policy update claims

    121 records

    One source-backed, stable-url record for each atomic immigration policy claim, linked to the policy update page, affected routes and supporting source.

    Last modified
    30 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Immigration citation packs

    162 records

    Concise, source-linked answer packets for AI retrievers, journalists, researchers and auditors, each with canonical page URL, dataset URL, facts, sources, date modified, license and suggested citation.

    Last modified
    1 August 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Verified answer capsules

    293 records

    Question-answer records extracted from rendered Visa Atlas verified-answer blocks, each with canonical page URL, source URLs, dataset URLs, date modified, license and legal note.

    Last modified
    1 August 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    AI citation benchmark

    48 records

    Fixed high-intent skilled-migration question basket used to measure whether answer engines cite Visa Atlas for source-backed immigration questions.

    Last modified
    2 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    AI retrieval task index

    48 records

    Query-level retrieval contract joining benchmark immigration questions to canonical pages, answer capsules, citation packs, calculator contexts, SEO/GEO page actions, competitor battlecards, MCP tools and safe-answer rules.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    AI retrieval readiness scorecard

    48 records

    Prompt-level gap scorecard ranking AI citation benchmark tasks by answer capsule, citation pack, page action, battlecard, calculator context, MCP tool depth and evidence-gate coverage.

    Last modified
    5 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    AI answer accuracy audit protocol

    7 records

    Public protocol for grading high-risk AI immigration answers against source-backed Visa Atlas facts, with answer-key coverage, stale-claim traps, local commands and publication guardrails.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Immigration source-transparency benchmark

    7 records

    Sampled competitor/source-class benchmark comparing public immigration-information surfaces against source transparency, freshness, open-data and AI-retrieval criteria.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO visibility metrics

    9 records

    Public measurement contract separating Google organic growth, AI citation share, crawler access, source freshness, index quality and technical trust gates.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO traffic forecast model

    5 records

    Falsifiable cohort-level planning model for the Visa Atlas 500k/month SEO/GEO target, with ranges, assumptions, measurement commands and kill gates.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Technical SEO/GEO control matrix

    9 records

    Audit-ready control matrix for rendering, indexability, schema, open-data discovery, AI retrieval, freshness, performance and private-evidence boundaries behind the SEO/GEO plan.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Topical authority and internal-link map

    7 records

    Audit-ready hub-and-spoke map for SEO/GEO crawl paths: topical clusters, canonical hubs, supporting pages, anchor rules, crawl entry points and evidence commands.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO audit evidence pack

    12 records

    Big-4-style evidence pack mapping the SEO/GEO dominance plan to public controls, local evidence workflows, external evidence needs, pass criteria and private-data boundaries.

    Last modified
    5 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO execution readiness scorecard

    5 records

    Cohort-level execution scorecard tying the 500k/month SEO/GEO plan to content pieces, page changes, technical gates, competitor wedges, private evidence needs and no-go conditions.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO market-share capture plan

    13 records

    Battlecard-level capture plan tying competitor wedges to content pieces, page changes, technical changes, production tickets, evidence commands, private evidence needs and no-go gates.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO production queue

    52 records

    Flat ticket queue derived from the market-share capture plan, exposing content, page, technical and evidence workstreams with owners, target pages, commands, source datasets, evidence gates and no-go conditions.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO page action map

    118 records

    Page-level join table mapping SEO/GEO target URLs to production tickets, battlecards, SERP/AI handoff briefs, search-demand actions, answer capsules, citation packs, calculator contexts, source datasets, local commands and audit gates.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    Battlecard retrieval coverage matrix

    13 records

    Battlecard-level coverage matrix joining competitor query clusters to target pages, page-action rows, answer surfaces, citation packs, AI retrieval prompts, experiments, snapshot protocols and evidence gates.

    Last modified
    6 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO dominance gap ledger

    13 records

    Battlecard-level blocker ledger joining public retrieval coverage, content/page/technical work, competitor pressure, reviewer queues, authority distribution and outcome-proof gates for the 500k/month plan.

    Last modified
    6 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO measurement run queue

    13 records

    Battlecard-level run queue joining dominance blockers to private GSC experiments, SERP/AI snapshots, reviewer proof, authority proof, AI visibility, market-share and traffic outcome proof workflows.

    Last modified
    6 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO reviewer evidence bridge

    14 records

    Reviewer-evidence bridge joining reviewer-blocked SEO/GEO battlecards to high-risk reviewer queues, acquisition controls, reviewedBy schema gates, P0 page-refresh controls and local proof commands.

    Last modified
    7 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO external evidence bridge

    8 records

    External-evidence bridge joining external-evidence-blocked SEO/GEO battlecards to authority distribution channels, GSC/SERP/AI evidence workflows, market-share baselines, traffic proof gates and local proof commands.

    Last modified
    7 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO private measurement bridge

    61 records

    Private-measurement bridge joining ready-for-private-measurement SEO/GEO battlecards to run-now GSC, SERP/AI, authority, market-share, AI-visibility and traffic proof workflows.

    Last modified
    7 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO release gate contract

    8 records

    Audit-ready release gate for shipping Visa Atlas SEO/GEO changes: compile, source audits, freshness, optional liveness, production build, rendered crawler output and outcome-claim boundaries.

    Last modified
    7 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Search demand action map

    7 records

    Audit-ready decision matrix for turning local GSC, SERP and AI answer-surface evidence into content, page and technical SEO/GEO actions without publishing private query data.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Crawler and AI retrieval access audit

    25 records

    Public audit of the robots policy, crawler-facing discovery surfaces, JSON headers and local log commands that let search and AI retrievers access Visa Atlas.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Authority distribution plan

    11 records

    Auditable distribution control plane for turning Visa Atlas open data, MCP tools, widgets and original research into off-site citations, links, dataset entities and AI retriever entry points.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Embeddable widget catalog

    32 records

    Machine-readable catalog of approved Visa Atlas embed scripts for sourced immigration figures and calculators, with source trails, attribution rules and legal-scope guardrails.

    Last modified
    4 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SEO/GEO content opportunity map

    28 records

    Auditable priority map for the content pieces, page work and technical changes that support the Visa Atlas 500k/month SEO/GEO plan, with competitor wedge notes and evidence surfaces.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Competitor query battlecards

    13 records

    Auditable SEO/GEO battlecards mapping high-intent immigration query clusters to sampled competitor archetypes, checked public evidence URLs, Visa Atlas wedge moves, strategic positioning rollups, target pages, retrieval playbooks, crawl-path and indexability assurance, source datasets and measurement commands.

    Last modified
    5 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Battlecard search experiments

    13 records

    Public experiment contract for converting competitor query battlecards into Search Console-measured title, snippet, answer-capsule and internal-link tests while keeping private GSC exports local.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    SERP and AI answer-surface snapshot protocol

    13 records

    Auditable protocol for capturing Google SERP features, competitor source classes and AI answer citations by battlecard query while keeping raw screenshots, transcripts and private reviewer notes local.

    Last modified
    2 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Quarterly market-share evidence summary

    13 records

    Q3 2026 baseline and local rollup contract for summarising reviewed SERP and AI answer-surface evidence by competitor query battlecard without publishing raw private evidence.

    Last modified
    5 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    Publisher and AI-citation kits

    7 records

    Reusable citation and outreach kits for publishers, journalists, researchers and AI retrievers, with canonical URLs, source datasets, attribution snippets and private evidence-log rules.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    External repository mirror manifest

    6 records

    Repository-ready export manifests, metadata templates, DOI/accession checklists and canonical backlink requirements for mirroring original Visa Atlas datasets into external data repositories.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Knowledge-graph entity seeding manifest

    9 records

    Auditable entity-seeding controls for source-backed datasets, reports and organization nodes, including sameAs governance, approved external accession ingestion and local knowledge-graph evidence logging.

    Last modified
    2 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Expert reviewer entity program

    13 records

    Reviewer disclosure model for YMYL immigration pages, including source-editor limits, regulated reviewer slots, reviewedBy schema governance and local credential evidence logging.

    Last modified
    2 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    reviewedBy schema rollout controls

    6 records

    Schema emission controls for page-level reviewedBy JSON-LD fragments, gated by approved reviewer evidence rows and offline export review before publication.

    Last modified
    2 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    High-risk page review acquisition controls

    6 records

    Reviewer sourcing, vetting and handoff controls for high-risk YMYL immigration page queues, with local-only candidate evidence and no public reviewer claims until approved handoff.

    Last modified
    2 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    P0 reviewed page refresh controls

    3 records

    Publication gates for refreshing P0 YMYL pages after reviewer handoff evidence, with local-only reviewer notes, content-diff evidence and reviewedBy schema checks blocked by default.

    Last modified
    2 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    Calculator verdict contexts

    10 records

    Dated cutoff, salary-threshold and proof-of-funds context for high-intent immigration calculators, so calculator outputs can be interpreted against current source-backed figures.

    Last modified
    30 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    Indexable page manifest

    7,383 records

    Audit mirror of the XML sitemap: every indexable Visa Atlas URL classified by page cohort, priority, change frequency, freshness date and source-dataset pointers.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Reference dataset

    Public site search index

    1,989 records

    Compact title, description, kind, keyword and URL map for Visa Atlas searchable destinations, visa routes, nationality hubs, calculators, data pages, research reports, policy updates, editorial routes, rankings and best-of guides.

    Last modified
    3 July 2026
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  • Reference dataset

    Source freshness report

    1,677 records

    Public freshness/SLA report over every dated Visa Atlas source record, including processing-time figures, fees, cost-to-complete models, salary thresholds, route narratives, settlement pathways and policy updates.

    Last modified
    1 August 2026
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Figure datasets

Numeric and derived datasets for country comparisons, fees, all-in cost models, salary floors, processing windows, Express Entry draw history and Express Entry category tracking.

  • Figure dataset

    Processing-time planning reliability index

    99 records

    Derived index scoring how usable each official immigration processing-time clock is for planning, based on clock availability, window width, percentile disclosure and source freshness.

    Last modified
    1 July 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Skilled-migration planning accessibility index

    30 records

    Derived index scoring tracked skilled and skilled-adjacent migration routes by planning accessibility across cost, proof-of-funds exposure, salary floor, processing-clock transparency, sponsor requirement, settlement path and source freshness.

    Last modified
    1 July 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Country comparison data

    3,192 records

    Machine-readable inventory of indexable country comparison pages, with destination profiles and pair-level trade-off metrics derived from source-linked route, salary, processing, cost and policy datasets.

    Last modified
    1 July 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Visa and immigration fees

    37 records

    Government-published fee breakdowns by destination and visa route, with per-line amounts, currencies and a worked example for the headline case.

    Last modified
    21 July 2026
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    CC BY 4.0
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  • Figure dataset

    Visa cost-to-complete models

    30 records

    All-in route cost models separating mandatory non-refundable costs from refundable proof-of-funds requirements, with each line item sourced or marked indicative.

    Last modified
    1 July 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Salary thresholds

    21 records

    Minimum-salary thresholds by destination, grouped into 21 destination blocks covering 62 individual route thresholds, each with local-currency amount, basis and effective date.

    Last modified
    1 August 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Processing times

    99 records

    Typical decision-time bands by destination and visa route, drawn from each issuing authority where it publishes one.

    Last modified
    21 July 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Canada Express Entry draws

    45 records

    Round-by-round history of Canada Express Entry invitations, with category, invitations issued and CRS cut-off score, confirmed against IRCC.

    Last modified
    29 July 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Canada Express Entry categories

    10 records

    Derived tracker for IRCC category-based Express Entry selection: current categories, categories with 2026 draws, categories without a 2026 draw, invitations and CRS ranges.

    Last modified
    29 July 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Rules and threshold fact changes

    7 records

    Machine-readable diff feed of every recorded fee, salary-threshold and processing-time movement, with stable fact IDs, old/new values, effective dates, current owning route and primary source.

    Last modified
    1 March 2026
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  • Figure dataset

    Monthly immigration figure changes

    5 records

    Month-by-month archive of recorded fee, salary-threshold and processing-time movements, with old value, new value, owning page, source URL and same-month policy context.

    Last modified
    1 July 2026
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Machine-readable entry points

  • Dataset catalog JSON
  • Indexable page manifest JSON
  • Public site search index JSON
  • API documentation
  • OpenAPI contract JSON
  • AI agent retrieval contract
  • LLM index
  • Full LLM content index
  • Citation packs JSON
  • Verified answer capsules JSON
  • AI citation benchmark JSON
  • AI answer accuracy audit protocol JSON
  • Crawler and AI retrieval access audit JSON
  • SEO/GEO content opportunity map JSON
  • Competitor query battlecards JSON
  • Battlecard search experiments JSON
  • SERP and AI answer-surface snapshot protocol JSON
  • Quarterly market-share evidence summary JSON
  • Publisher and AI-citation kits JSON
  • Embeddable widget catalog JSON
  • Authority distribution plan JSON
  • SEO/GEO release gate contract JSON
  • External repository mirror manifest JSON
  • Knowledge-graph entity seeding manifest JSON
  • Expert reviewer entity program JSON
  • reviewedBy schema rollout controls JSON
  • High-risk page review acquisition controls JSON
  • P0 reviewed page refresh controls JSON
  • SEO/GEO reviewer evidence bridge JSON
  • SEO/GEO private measurement bridge JSON
  • SEO/GEO external evidence bridge JSON
  • Calculator verdict contexts JSON
  • Route finder API
  • Source-transparency benchmark JSON
  • SEO/GEO traffic forecast JSON
  • Technical SEO/GEO controls JSON
  • Topical authority internal-link map JSON
  • SEO/GEO audit evidence pack JSON
  • SEO/GEO execution readiness scorecard JSON
  • SEO/GEO market-share capture plan JSON
  • SEO/GEO production queue JSON
  • SEO/GEO page action map JSON
  • Battlecard retrieval coverage matrix JSON
  • SEO/GEO dominance gap ledger JSON
  • SEO/GEO measurement run queue JSON
  • AI retrieval task index JSON
  • AI retrieval readiness scorecard JSON
  • Search demand action map JSON
  • SEO/GEO visibility metrics JSON
  • Source freshness JSON
  • Country comparison JSON
  • Express Entry categories JSON
  • Figure changelog RSS
  • Fact-change JSON
  • Policy updates RSS