Question 1

Is this Echo?

Accepted Answer

No. Echo is a cataloged integration for content analytics. api.platphormnews.com is PlatPhorm API, the API front door and system of record.

Question 2

Can I read the catalog without a key?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Public-safe catalog, docs, OpenAPI, schemas, recipes, governance, parity, health, discovery files, and read-only MCP introspection are public.

Question 3

What requires PLATPHORM_API_KEY?

Accepted Answer

Mutations, registry sync, protected downstream calls, report generation with sensitive data, SDK publishing, webhook triggering, private audit logs, private traces, and admin jobs.

Question 4

Are OpenContent and Podcasts real products here?

Accepted Answer

Yes. They are first-class API products. Their live downstream OpenAPI/MCP status is marked degraded until a registry sync verifies it.

Question 5

Does the gateway proxy arbitrary URLs?

Accepted Answer

No. Gateway calls must reference registered service/operation IDs and pass trusted-domain, auth, redaction, timeout, and runtime-mode checks.

Platform	Status	Crawler string policy
OpenAI / ChatGPT	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Anthropic / Claude	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
xAI / Grok	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Meta / Meta AI	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Google	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Microsoft	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Perplexity	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Apple	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
MCP clients	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Browser agents	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.
Generic crawlers	allowed_public_read	Exact crawler/user-agent strings are not asserted without current official documentation verification.

API Policies

Protected boundary

Agent platforms

JA4 digest policy

Protected action
registry mutation
OpenAPI import/write/update
schema write/update/delete
protected route proxying
downstream protected API/MCP calls
report generation with sensitive data
SDK publishing
webhook triggering
admin sync jobs
private audit logs
private trace views
token/key issuing or rotation