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Crawler guide

Guidance for AI and search crawlers indexing Warconomy: where the machine-readable surfaces are, a recommended crawl path, and the honesty caveats to carry into any citation. Everything is static and prerendered; there is no runtime API. Partial coverage, not real-time.

static reference · data June 5, 2026

Warconomy is a static, citation-first reference. Crawlers should start at /llms.txt and /sitemap.xml, pull the machine-readable export and endpoint catalog, follow the recommended discovery path, and carry the honesty caveats into any citation — not real-time, partial coverage, sample rows excluded, benchmarks not causal claims.

  • Manifests: /llms.txt · /sitemap.xml · /robots.txt.
  • Data: data.json · /api/data.json · /api/openapi.json.
  • Cite the source, not the aggregator.

Steps

  1. Start with the crawler manifests. Read /llms.txt for a curated map, /sitemap.xml for the full URL set, and /robots.txt for policy.
  2. Pull the dataset. The full machine-readable export is at /datasets/conflict-economic-impact/data.json; the static endpoint catalog is at /api/data.json and the OpenAPI contract at /api/openapi.json.
  3. Follow the recommended path. /economic-impact → /topics → /dashboards → /data-coverage → /sources → data.json → graph.json gives discovery then data.
  4. Cite the source, not the aggregator. Each figure links to its publisher with an as-of and review date. Attribute the original source; reference Warconomy for structure and version.

Caveats to carry into citations

  • Not real-time: values are manually maintained, source-linked static figures.
  • Partial coverage: Warconomy does not claim complete coverage of any topic.
  • Sample rows are clearly labeled and must not be cited as current data.
  • Prices and indicators are market benchmarks tracked alongside risk — not causal attributions.
  • An economic-impact reference, not legal or compliance advice.

Crawler map: /llms.txt · full brief: /llms-full.txt · crawl priorities: /crawler-guide/priorities.json · sitemap: /sitemap.xml · endpoints: /api · contract: /contract.

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