# ScanTheLink

ScanTheLink is a public audit tool for websites and public profiles. It turns a URL, YouTube channel, Facebook page, or X profile into a structured report with measured signals, confidence labels, scores, and practical next steps.

## Public Offer

- Free Basic scan: available from https://scanthelink.com/
- VIP beta scan: manual pilot request from https://scanthelink.com/pricing#pilot
- Pricing and pilot scope: https://scanthelink.com/pricing

No payment is collected for beta requests. VIP beta access is manually reviewed while capacity is limited.

## Agent API Pilot

The Agent API is a private pilot for trusted automation clients. Sign in at the dashboard to request Agent API beta access and describe what your agent needs to automate. Approved beta accounts can create one Basic-scan API key from the dashboard; ScanTheLink admins can also issue, rotate, revoke, and credit keys manually. API keys are required for all Agent API calls.

Agent discovery:

- Public Agent API landing page: https://scanthelink.com/agents
- Agent beta request after sign-in: https://scanthelink.com/dashboard#agent-api
- Public sitemap: https://scanthelink.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots policy: https://scanthelink.com/robots.txt

Human-readable pilot docs:

- https://scanthelink.com/agent-api
- https://scanthelink.com/agents

The Agent API docs include copy-paste examples for curl, JavaScript fetch, and Python requests, plus credit behavior, idempotency guidance, rate-limit headers, and common error codes.

Current Agent API endpoints:

- POST /api/v1/scans
- GET /api/v1/scans/{agent_request_id}

Requests require an Authorization header with a Bearer Agent API key. Successful scan creation returns 202 Accepted with an agent_request_id, status_url, and remaining pilot credits.

## Closed Surfaces

Public OpenAPI and Swagger-style docs are intentionally disabled during the private pilot:

- /docs returns 404
- /redoc returns 404
- /openapi.json returns 404

Admin, dashboard, result, share, scan, report, and API-private surfaces should not be indexed or treated as public landing pages.

## Best Entry Points For Agents

- To understand the product: https://scanthelink.com/
- To find the free VIP beta request: https://scanthelink.com/pricing#pilot
- To understand private Agent API access: https://scanthelink.com/agents
- To request Agent API beta access after sign-in: https://scanthelink.com/dashboard#agent-api
- To inspect crawlable pages: https://scanthelink.com/sitemap.xml