This tutorial walks you from an empty Agent Guide draft to a published guide on your public site domain. On first visit, a guided setup wizard is the default path — most teams can reach first publish in ~15 minutes using Essentials view and the wizard alone, without opening Advanced tabs.

Prerequisites:

• Admin access with manage_settings
• At least one CMS collection with content (e.g. About, Products)
• Settings → Site delivery configured with your public site URL (for well-known verification)

First visit — guided setup wizard

1. Sidebar → Agent Guide (or /admin/?page=agent-guide).
2. If the draft is empty and setup has not been completed or skipped, the Set up your Agent Guide wizard opens automatically after the page loads.
3. On Welcome, choose:

- Guided setup — step-by-step flow, best for first publish (~15 min), or - Advanced editing — skip the wizard and land in Essentials or full tabs.

The wizard has 7 steps:

Step	What you do
Welcome	Choose guided setup or advanced editing
Identity	Official name, short description, website
Sources	At least one narrative source (CMS entry/collection or external URL)
Enrich	Optional positioning — best known for, differentiators
Claims	1–3 factual claims with proof URL
Publish	Enable publishing and publish
Success	Live URL, version, copy/open public JSON

Each step explains what you are filling in, why it matters, and what appears in public JSON after publish. You can skip individual steps or close the wizard — it is not blocking. Closing with unsaved changes prompts for confirmation.

After wizard completion (or skip), the page defaults to Essentials view.

Essentials vs Advanced view

Use the Essentials / Advanced toggle at the top of the page:

View	Best for
Essentials (default)	Day-to-day edits — identity, source/claim previews, key messages, publish controls
Advanced	Full tab set — Overview, Sources, Context, Products, Claims, Media, Publish

Essentials sections:

• Who we are — official name, short description, website
• Sources — preview of declared sources (link to Sources tab for full registry)
• Key messages — best known for, differentiators
• Claims — preview of claims (link to Claims tab for evidence workflow)
• Publish — enable publishing, Publish, Save draft

Your view choice is remembered in the browser. The AI Assist sidebar (floating button) appears only in Advanced view.

For first publish, you do not need Advanced tabs — the wizard and Essentials cover identity, sources, positioning, claims, and publish.

Status strip and publish feedback

A status strip at the top of the page shows live state at a glance:

Badge	Meaning
Not live	Publishing enabled but never published
Live · vN	Published version N is on your public URL
Unpublished changes	Draft differs from the live snapshot
Publishing off	Public endpoints return 404 until enabled

The strip also shows last published time and the well-known URL when configured. Set up guide re-opens the wizard; Publish updates appears when live with draft changes.

Unmissable publish success

Publish feedback is designed to be obvious — not only a small toast:

• First publish — a success modal with version, timestamp, public JSON URL, and actions to copy URL or open JSON.
• Republish — a banner below the sticky save bar with the same details (dismissible), plus a toast.

The sticky save bar message also updates: warnings when not live or when draft has unpublished changes; success when draft matches the published snapshot.

Wizard walkthrough (technical detail)

Identity

Field	Example
Official name	Acme Co
Short description	One sentence: what you are and who you serve
Website	https://example.com

Required for the wizard to continue. These fields appear in public JSON under identity.

Sources of truth

Before writing summaries elsewhere, declare where agents should read the truth.

Pick at least one narrative source in the wizard (CMS collection + optional entry, or external URL):

Type	Example	Role
cms_entry	Your About page entry	narrative
cms_collection	All blog posts collection	reference
website	https://example.com	narrative
document	PDF spec in Media library	reference

Source types: cms_entry, cms_collection, website, document, media_asset, marketplace, review_platform, other

Source roles: narrative (who you are), proof (evidence), reference (background), archive (historical)

Completeness awards full credit when you have at least one narrative source.

Enrich (optional)

Add positioning messages agents can quote:

• Best known for — one per line
• Differentiators — one per line

AI Assist in this step is optional. Click Suggest from sources when you have an AI connection — suggestions appear in a list with Accept and Reject for each item. Nothing is applied until you accept explicitly; you can continue manually without AI.

Claims

Add 1–3 factual statements with a proof URL (press release, case study, review page, etc.). Supported claims with evidence appear in the public summary view. In Advanced editing, use the Claims tab for full evidence workflow and status management.

Publish

Enable Publishing, confirm the public path (default: /.well-known/agent-guide.json), and click Publish. The wizard Success step shows your live URL and version. Legacy well-known path /.well-known/brand-context.json is also listed when applicable.

Optional — Advanced tabs

Use Advanced view when you need the full editor. Recommended workflow: Sources → Context → Products → Claims → Publish.

Context tab (identity depth)

Beyond Essentials fields, fill full description, what we do, industry, locations, social profiles, terminology, and voice. Use Generate per field when AI Assist is available — it reads sources of truth first.

If your short description comes from a CMS About entry, accept a derived_from suggestion so published JSON includes the resolved source URL.

Products tab

1. Add product or service — name, type (product / service / bundle), short description.
2. Source links (bottom of modal):

- Canonical detail → CMS entry or public product URL on your site - Optional: Marketplace → listing URL; Review → G2, Trustpilot, etc.

Completeness gives partial credit for having products and full product credit when at least one product has a grounded source.

Claims tab (full evidence workflow)

Claims are statements you’re willing to stand behind. Evidence is proof.

1. Add claim → write a factual statement; start with pending_review.
2. Attach evidence — external URL, CMS entry, marketplace listing, or review platform.
3. Mark Supported only when you have solid evidence (typically ≥2 sources for high-stakes claims).

Link health (Overview tab)

1. Suggest cross-links (AI Assist or Overview) — review suggestions; accept product→CMS links, evidence URLs, derived-from mappings.
2. Check all links — validates external URLs, updates link status on draft.

Fix any broken links before republishing.

Save and publish (Advanced)

1. Edit any tab → Save draft (validates schema).
2. Review completeness / staleness on Overview.
3. Publish from the sticky bar or Publish tab.

Never rely on auto-save for AI suggestions — accept explicitly in AI Assist (or wizard Enrich step) first, then save draft.

Verify on your public domain

On your public site (not necessarily the admin host):

curl -s "https://YOUR-PUBLIC-SITE/.well-known/agent-guide.json" | head
curl -s "https://YOUR-PUBLIC-SITE/api/public/ai_presence.php?action=brand&view=summary"

Expect JSON with schema_version: agent_guide.v1, published_version, sources_of_truth, identity, and your products/claims.

If you get 404:

• Publishing disabled, or never published
• Wrong domain — check Settings → Site delivery
• Hosting mode — for project mode, file is also written under project/.well-known/

Preview how AI might answer (Publish tab)

Use Ask about your published guide with a test question:

• “What is [name] known for?”
• “What products or services are offered?”

Without an AI connection, preview uses keyword matching on published fields. With a connection, preview can use full published JSON retrieval.

What’s next?

Goal	Read
Deeper tab workflows	Workflows
Evidence & marketplace strategy	Claims, evidence & cross-links
Fill profile faster with AI	AI Assist
Governance & quality	Best practices
Build an integration	Public API
Connect Claude Desktop / MCP	MCP & agents