/* humanstxt.org */

/* TEAM */
Creator: Michael Barbine
Contact: Michael [at] Barbineworldwide.com
Twitter: @BigNerdLoLz
GitHub: github.com/mbarbine
From: United States

/* SITE */
Name: PlatPhorm News
URL: https://platphormnews.com
Description: Public DMZ root, source-attributed news reader, trusted-domain directory, and machine-readable discovery source for the PlatPhorm News network.
Last updated: 2026-06-03
Standards: HTML5, CSS3, RSS, Atom, Sitemap XML, JSON-LD, OpenAPI 3.1, MCP JSON-RPC, LLMS, Web Manifest
Language: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi
Doctype: HTML5

/* THANKS */
Attributed source API: https://github.com/HackerNews/API
SvelteKit: https://kit.svelte.dev
Vercel: https://vercel.com
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com
Vitest: https://vitest.dev

/* TECHNOLOGY */
Framework: SvelteKit 2 / Svelte 5
Runtime: Node.js 22.x
Hosting: Vercel (Serverless)
CSS: Tailwind CSS 4
Language: TypeScript 5
Testing: Vitest 4
Build: Vite 6
Package Manager: pnpm
Database: DynamoDB
Protocol: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Auth: PLATPHORM_API_KEY for protected actions only

/* NETWORK */
Network Size: see https://platphormnews.com/api/network/graph
Parent Domains: platphormnews.com, ph3ar.com
Manifest: https://platphormnews.com/network.manifest
Sitemap: https://platphormnews.com/sitemap.xml
Full Sitemap: https://platphormnews.com/sitemap-full.xml
API Docs: https://platphormnews.com/api/docs
MCP Discovery: https://platphormnews.com/.well-known/mcp.json
LLMS Index: https://platphormnews.com/llms-index.json
Public Contract: https://platphormnews.com/api/v1/public-contract