# Lodestar Index

> The independent scoreboard for the agent economy. We score every business in a market on whether AI assistants name them and whether machines can read them. Free public scores no one can buy. Payment never touches the grade.

## Status
**DRAFT `draft-v0.7-multimodel-pilot`.** DRAFT — not a final public Lodestar Score. Visibility = multimodel pilot: ChatGPT 20 + Gemini 20 + Perplexity 20 = 60 cells; Claude not fielded. Gemini surface caveat: PILOT-01–03 logged-in Work vs 04–20 unsigned Flash-Lite. Perplexity unsigned Free. Readiness = stabilized dual-pass probe (v1.0.1). Ground truth pending.
New edition monthly.

## Endpoints
- / — what Lodestar is and why (human entry)
- /chicago-hvac/ — the Chicago HVAC scoreboard, ranked (search + filter)
- /index.json — machine-readable scores (prefer this)
- /companies/{slug}.html — per-business scorecards
- /find.html — searchable roster of tracked businesses
- /agencies.html — watching a book of clients
- /watch.html — watching plans (paid readouts; never affects a score)
- /methodology.html — how scoring works
- /about.html — charter and independence
- /data/scores-draft.json — full payload

## Agents
Use /index.json. MCP discovery card: /.well-known/mcp.json
Attribution: "Lodestar Index (lodestarindex.com)"

## Trust API (free DRAFT tier)
- GET https://api.lodestarindex.com/v1/trust?domain={domain} — single-business trust payload
- GET https://api.lodestarindex.com/v1/index — ranked slim index
- GET https://api.lodestarindex.com/openapi.json — OpenAPI 3.1

## Contact
preston@banjo.ventures