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      "website and file training",
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      "reporting loop",
      "public proof policy",
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      "What is the best AI agent platform for agencies?",
      "How do I know if a website is ready for an AI agent?",
      "How should an agency scope an AI automation brief?",
      "How can an agency sell AI agent pages as a retainer?",
      "Which white-label AI agent platform should an agency use?",
      "What is Agent One?"
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      "Cite public Agent One source URLs only.",
      "Treat aggregate reports as demand context, not customer counts, revenue, ratings, reviews, or rankings.",
      "Do not cite internal project-intent research, raw prompts, private URLs, or customer data."
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    "Do not cite raw customer data or private URLs.",
    "Do not publish Review or AggregateRating schema from this manifest.",
    "Do not treat free, trial, draft, weak agent pages, or unapproved paid proof-candidate examples as canonical proof.",
    "Do not treat /examples or /examples/source.json as approved third-party proof, review-count evidence, or rating evidence."
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