=== Authority Beacon ===
Contributors: authorityengine
Tags: crawler, ai, analytics, monitoring
Requires at least: 6.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.1
License: GPLv2 or later

Securely reports recognized AI and search crawler requests to a connected AEO Authority Engine workspace.

== Description ==

Authority Beacon records only recognized crawler requests. It does not collect human visitor activity. Events are queued locally and sent in signed batches to the configured Authority Engine endpoint.

Tracked crawler families include OpenAI Search, ChatGPT retrieval, GPTBot, Claude search and retrieval, ClaudeBot, Perplexity, Googlebot, GoogleOther, and Bingbot.

A crawler request confirms discovery activity. It does not by itself prove indexing, an AI citation, or a customer impression.

== Installation ==

1. Upload and activate the Authority Beacon ZIP in WordPress.
2. In the Authority Engine, select the client and generate an Authority Beacon connection.
3. In WordPress, open Settings > Authority Beacon.
4. Paste the endpoint, workspace ID, and one-time connection secret.
5. Save and send the connection test.

== Privacy ==

Authority Beacon does not record recognized human visits. Crawler IP addresses are irreversibly hashed inside WordPress before delivery. Raw IP addresses are not sent to the Authority Engine.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.1 =
* Repacked with portable forward-slash archive paths for Linux hosting control panels.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial secure crawler event capture and delivery release.
