E2
402/403 Licensing Response Standard
Turn an AI edge denial into a machine-readable licensing route with publisher manifest, procurement, RSL/OLP and next-action metadata.
/.well-known/contentdividend-access-response.json
Build against the independent publisher discovery and licensing layer.
ContentDividend exposes public endpoints for discovering Marketplace publishers, searching registered content metadata, browsing categories, inspecting publisher inventories, reading live Network totals, and starting structured licensing inquiries.
Model Context Protocol
Connect an AI agent directly to ContentDividend discovery tools.
ContentDividend now exposes a stateless, read-only MCP endpoint using protocol version 2026-07-28. The first MCP release intentionally exposes discovery tools only: agents can search and inspect publisher metadata, but cannot autonomously submit a licensing request or send a private message.
Remote MCP endpoint
https://app.contentdividend.com/mcp
Transport: stateless HTTP POST · Protocol: 2026-07-28 · Capability: tools · Write actions: disabled
D13
Agent Licensing Manifest
Follow one machine-readable map from publisher discovery and licensing inquiry through RSL/OLP verification and exact-resource enforcement.
/.well-known/contentdividend-agent-licensing.json
TOOL
search_content_catalog
Search registered Marketplace content metadata by topic.
TOOL
list_marketplace_categories
List current content categories represented by Marketplace publishers.
TOOL
get_marketplace_category
Inspect one category and the publishers participating in it.
TOOL
list_marketplace_publishers
List publishers that voluntarily accept licensing inquiries.
TOOL
get_publisher
Retrieve one publisher's public licensing and discovery record.
TOOL
get_publisher_inventory
Inspect public registered-page metadata for one Marketplace publisher.
TOOL
get_network_stats
Read current aggregate ContentDividend Network totals.
Read-only by design: The MCP server does not expose a tool that submits
licensing requests, sends messages, changes publisher data, registers pages, or creates deals.
An AI agent can identify a relevant licensing pathway, but a human remains responsible for
initiating the actual licensing request.
E9 · Licensed MCP / Agent Gateway
Search and read across a buyer's active ContentDividend rights through one MCP connection.
The public MCP endpoint remains discovery-oriented. E9 adds a separate authenticated buyer gateway for content already licensed through direct publisher deals or E8 enterprise single-pipe licenses.
Authenticated MCP gateway
https://app.contentdividend.com/mcp/gatewayProtocol: 2026-07-28 · Stateless HTTP JSON-RPC · Buyer Bearer credential required for rights-bearing methods.
TOOL
rights_overview
Summarizes active direct grants, enterprise licenses, participating publishers and deliverable items.
TOOL
list_licensed_sources
Lists currently active direct and enterprise rights sources.
TOOL
search_licensed_content
Searches only items currently inside active publisher-authorized scopes.
TOOL
read_licensed_content
Reads an exact licensed resource URI after another live rights check.
Authentication is not permission: the gateway key only identifies the buyer. Content availability is recomputed from current direct-license and enterprise publisher-grant state on every operation. ContentDividend does not yet claim full MCP OAuth 2.1 conformance for this gateway.
Public discovery APIs
Start with metadata. Narrow to the publisher. Then ask for rights.
These public discovery endpoints do not require a publisher dashboard login. They expose public Marketplace and registry metadata—not private account information or stored raw publisher content.
GET
AI Discovery Manifest
One machine-readable map of ContentDividend's current public discovery surfaces and live Network totals.
/v1/public/ai-discovery
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/ai-discovery"
GET
Content Catalog Search
Search registered public-page metadata from publishers that have voluntarily joined the Marketplace.
/v1/public/content-catalog/search?q=TOPIC&limit=20
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/content-catalog/search?q=lighting&limit=20"
GET
Marketplace Categories
Retrieve categories currently represented by active public Marketplace publishers.
/v1/public/content-catalog/categories
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/content-catalog/categories"
GET
Category Record
Retrieve publishers and registered-page totals for one live Marketplace category.
/v1/public/content-catalog/category/{category_slug}
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/content-catalog/category/education"
GET
Publisher Directory
Retrieve public Marketplace publisher records for publishers open to receiving licensing inquiries.
/v1/licensing-marketplace/publishers
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/licensing-marketplace/publishers"
GET
Publisher Record
Retrieve public licensing-discovery metadata for one Marketplace publisher.
/v1/licensing-marketplace/publishers/{site_id}
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/licensing-marketplace/publishers/SITE_ID"
GET
Publisher Content Inventory
Inspect registered public-page titles, URLs, content terms, coverage and public licensing metadata for one Marketplace publisher.
/v1/licensing-marketplace/publishers/{site_id}/content-inventory?q=TOPIC&limit=100&offset=0
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/licensing-marketplace/publishers/SITE_ID/content-inventory?q=history&limit=100"
GET
Licensing Metadata Feed
Paginate through registered-page metadata across Marketplace publishers. Designed for discovery pipelines without exposing stored raw publisher content.
/v1/public/licensing-feed?q=TOPIC&limit=100&offset=0
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/licensing-feed?q=education&limit=100&offset=0"
GET
NDJSON Licensing Feed
Stream-friendly newline-delimited JSON for systems that prefer one discovery record per line.
/v1/public/licensing-feed.ndjson?q=TOPIC&limit=100&offset=0
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/licensing-feed.ndjson?q=education&limit=100&offset=0"
GET
Public Buyer Demand Feed
Retrieve buyer-opted-in content acquisition needs without exposing buyer email, private notes, saved searches or internal pipeline data.
/v1/public/buyer-demand?q=TOPIC
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/buyer-demand?q=education"
GET
Live Network Statistics
Retrieve current ContentDividend publisher, website, registered-page, licensing and category totals.
/v1/public/network-stats
curl
curl "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/network-stats"
Licensing request API
Discovery can lead directly to a structured licensing inquiry.
After identifying a relevant publisher, a requester can use the public licensing-request flow. Submitting a request creates an inquiry; it does not itself grant any content rights.
POST
Submit Licensing Request
Start a structured licensing inquiry tied to a Marketplace publisher. Required fields and anti-spam validation are enforced by the application.
/v1/public/licensing-request
curl · JSON example
curl -X POST "https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/licensing-request" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"site_id": "SITE_ID",
"requester_name": "Jane Buyer",
"requester_email": "jane@example.ai",
"company": "Example AI",
"intended_use": "RAG / grounding",
"requested_scope": "Selected registered pages",
"budget_range": "Contact us",
"requested_timeline": "30-60 days",
"message": "We would like to discuss licensing selected publisher content."
}'
Recommended integration sequence
Use ContentDividend as a discovery funnel, not a content-extraction shortcut.
Manifest
Read AI/developer discovery metadata.
Search
Search the Content Catalog by topic.
Filter
Use live categories and publisher metadata.
Inspect
Review the relevant publisher inventory.
Request
Submit a structured licensing inquiry.
License
Agree appropriate terms with the rights holder.
Integration boundaries
What public API access means—and what it does not mean.
Public discovery metadata
Public endpoints are designed to expose Marketplace, registry, category, inventory and licensing-discovery metadata. They are not intended to expose private publisher account information.
No automatic content license
API access, search results, public URLs, Marketplace listings and inventories do not grant rights to copy, scrape, train on, reproduce, summarize, distribute or commercially exploit publisher content.
No raw content dump
The public discovery APIs return metadata and public URLs. They do not provide a bulk endpoint for downloading stored raw publisher content.
Availability may evolve
Public discovery endpoints currently support the workflows documented here. ContentDividend may add authentication, quotas, commercial API plans or additional developer controls as the network grows.
Rights boundary: Discovery is permission to evaluate and ask. Appropriate authorization or licensing terms must come from the applicable rights holder before protected publisher content is used.
Machine-readable Developer Manifest
The Developer Manifest lists current public endpoints, methods, parameters and intended uses in JSON.
https://app.contentdividend.com/v1/public/developer-manifest
E6
Unified Dataset Catalog
Explore aggregated collections of approved Marketplace publisher metadata through one catalog. E6 is discovery-only: no pooled license and no article body text is exposed.
D14
Phase D Final Audit
Review the frozen RSL/OLP interoperability baseline, known limitations, rights boundaries and machine-readable audit manifest.
Open Phase D Audit →Phase E edge deployment
Easy Cloudflare Install
Install the ContentDividend authorization Worker in Observe Only using a narrowly scoped Cloudflare API token that ContentDividend does not store. Existing routes are never overwritten automatically.
Open E3 deployment guide →E7 Collective Licensing Pools
Machine-readable publisher opt-in pools expose aggregated supply preferences without granting content rights.
Phase E · Enterprise delivery
Enterprise RAG Feed + Dataset Delivery
Use one ContentDividend buyer gateway credential for protected REST, NDJSON, logical snapshots and snapshot-delta delivery across current direct and enterprise rights. Snapshot history does not preserve revoked content access; content-bearing downloads recheck rights every time.
Machine-readable delivery manifest · Buyer RAG Delivery
GET /v1/rag-delivery/items GET /v1/rag-delivery/feed.ndjson POST /v1/rag-delivery/snapshots GET /v1/rag-delivery/delta.ndjson
Phase E · Transparent economics
Network Economics & Publisher Revenue Allocation
Inspect the machine-readable E11 methodology for contracted publisher allocation, payout-transfer status, and observed licensed delivery attribution. Usage reporting does not retroactively change agreed or paid publisher economics.
Phase E · Frozen production baseline
Agentic Clearinghouse Final Audit
Review the complete E1–E12 capability map, frozen rights/economics boundaries, known limitations and machine-readable Phase E audit.
Phase F · Universal Trust Layer
Universal Rights Verification Protocol
Verify whether an authenticated buyer currently has an active exact-resource ContentDividend right for a requested use. The protocol reuses the frozen Phase D/E rights systems rather than creating a second source of truth.
Phase F · Portable Rights Proof
Signed Universal Rights Receipts
Issue short-lived Ed25519-signed receipts from URVP decisions, verify them offline, and separately recheck live rights status.
Phase F · Open Interoperability
Open URVP SDK + Reference Server
Download the open verification kit with Python/JavaScript clients, JSON Schemas, Ed25519 receipt verification helpers, and reference resource-server examples.
Phase F · Publisher Rights Identity
Publisher Rights Passport
Discover a publisher site's registry, licensing, RSL/OLP, URVP, access-control, pool and enterprise interfaces through one canonical machine-readable passport.
Phase F · Cross-Platform Interoperability
Unified Rights Adapter Layer
Translate explicit publisher choices into Rights Passport, RSL/OLP discovery, CoMP metadata, Content Signals, robots.txt, llms.txt, HTTP headers and WordPress integration outputs without creating a second rights system.
Phase F · Open Provenance
ContentDNA Provenance Specification
Open fingerprint/provenance schemas, portable canonical-text SHA-256, signed records, and verification helpers—without publishing proprietary matching intelligence.
Phase F · Provenance Resolution
Provenance Ledger + Citation Resolver
Search verified registry metadata or resolve a URL, SHA-256 fingerprint, or entry ID to its canonical publisher source and signed provenance.
Enterprise machine discovery
Enterprise Licensing Manifest
Open the machine-readable enterprise licensing surface used by ContentDividend's aggregated licensing and delivery infrastructure.
PHASE F · PUBLISHER DISTRIBUTION
One-Click Publisher Integration Hub
Install ContentDividend discovery and rights infrastructure through the fastest supported path for WordPress, Cloudflare, Webflow, Ghost, and generic/static sites.
PHASE F · PUBLIC RIGHTS INTELLIGENCE
AI Rights Map + Open Rights Intelligence
Query approved public publisher records, registered-content depth, rights-readiness signals, provenance and licensing discovery through a human-readable map, JSON API, CSV export and dedicated search-engine sitemap.
PHASE F · AGENTIC RIGHTS DISCOVERY
Universal Rights Resolver
Give an agent one stable endpoint to resolve a resource URL, domain, ContentDividend site ID, verified entry ID, or fingerprint into the public rights, provenance, verification, and licensing infrastructure associated with that publisher.
PHASE F · AGENTIC LICENSING
Licensing Intent + Negotiation Bridge
Prepare non-binding machine licensing intent, inspect publisher preference signals, submit through the existing licensing-request workflow, and continue the private negotiation without letting the agent grant rights.
Phase F · Frozen baseline
Universal Trust Layer Final Audit
Review the complete Phase F capability map, machine-readable authority boundaries and adoption surfaces for publishers, developers, agents and licensing buyers.
Phase G · Adoption
Start with the path that matches your role
The Adoption Command Center gives publishers, buyers, developers and AI agents a plain-English front door to ContentDividend's existing rights, provenance, verification and licensing infrastructure.
Open Adoption Command Center → · Machine Adoption Manifest →
Navigation & discovery
ContentDividend Platform Directory
Browse the human-readable map of publisher tools, buyer discovery, developer infrastructure, agent interfaces, integrations, public intelligence and trust/audit surfaces.