{"name":"Agent One Public Proof and Rating Policy","url":"https://agnt.one/reviews","jsonUrl":"https://agnt.one/reviews/proof-policy.json","publisher":"Agent One","lastReviewed":"2026-07-09","sourceFreshness":{"lastReviewed":"2026-07-09","reviewCadence":"Weekly during launch, monthly after baseline.","sourceTypes":["PostHog aggregate events","production database aggregate counts","public route inventory","public Search Console/Ahrefs exports when available","selected active-paid published proof-candidate example metadata"],"privacyBoundary":"Public-safe aggregate data or public page metadata only. No raw chat logs, customer identifiers, private URLs, agent IDs, thread IDs, person IDs, lead data, emails, or internal-only project-intent analysis.","ratingBoundary":"No Review schema, AggregateRating schema, rating-value fields, review-count fields, or category rating leadership until independent third-party profiles verify them.","citationBoundary":"Cite these packets for category definitions, proof-candidate rules, methodology, and aggregate direction, not as customer counts, revenue, satisfaction, reviews, ratings, or rankings."},"category":"agent-as-marketing for agencies","summary":"Agent One publishes proof links, public-safe first-party reports, and open-source signals, and maintains an approval-gated examples directory. 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tied to website readiness, first agent page, or client workflow.","Approved public Agent One source URL.","Moderation-safe proof summary without private client details."],"disallowed":["Generic promotion.","Private client details.","Unsupported ranking, rating, or category leadership claims."],"measurementEventKeys":["public_proof_cta_clicked","community_referrer_row"],"ledgerFields":["proof_slot_key","public_proof_url","public_proof_surface_type","proof_summary","review_readiness_countable"]}],"proofApprovalWorkflow":[{"step":"candidate_public_proof","label":"Candidate public proof","publicRead":"A customer, agency, partner, or operator publishes or submits a crawlable third-party proof URL plus an approved Agent One source URL.","requiredEvidence":["Public proof URL on a third-party or partner-controlled surface.","Approved Agent One source URL such as a paid example, proof guide, press page, report, or approved live agent page.","Proof slot and proof collection stage.","Permission status and a client-safe proof summary."],"blockedExamples":["Agent One-owned URLs used as the public proof URL.","Free, trial, draft, private, stale-tier, or weak-proof agent pages.","Private data, raw conversations, copied screenshots, incentives, unsupported ratings, or unsupported performance claims."]},{"step":"proof_intake_review","label":"Proof intake review","publicRead":"Candidate proof is sorted into ready, needs safety review, or blocked before it can count toward review readiness.","requiredEvidence":["Proof URL parses as public http(s) and is not Agent One-owned.","Proof slot matches the proof collection stage.","Required approved-ledger fields are complete.","An internal reviewer confirms the disallowed-data checklist."],"blockedExamples":["Missing reviewer signoff or disallowed-data checklist.","Malformed public proof URL or mismatched proof stage.","Unsupported star-rating, review-count, category rating-leadership, incentive, or performance-lift 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verification.","Category-leadership claims from first-party pages alone."]}],"approvedProofEvidenceFields":[{"field":"proof_slot_key","required":true,"rule":"One of: linkedin_launch_note, client_partner_case_study, directory_profile_update, github_technical_implementation_note, agency_community_teardown."},{"field":"proof_collection_stage","required":true,"rule":"Stable stage key from proofCollectionStages. One of: proof_candidate, proof_packet, public_proof_collection, entity_corroboration, technical_corroboration, community_proof_collection, proof_handoff, review_platform_locked."},{"field":"public_proof_url","required":true,"rule":"Crawlable public URL for the external proof source."},{"field":"approved_agent_url_or_public_source_url","required":true,"rule":"Approved live Agent One page, example page, proof guide, report, press page, or source packet URL."},{"field":"public_proof_surface_type","required":true,"rule":"Stable surface category such as crawlable social proof, customer proof, entity corroboration, technical corroboration, or community proof."},{"field":"permission_status","required":true,"rule":"Use named, anonymized, agency-only, partner-approved, or entity-only."},{"field":"customer_or_partner_visibility","required":true,"rule":"Record whether the proof names a customer, names a partner, is anonymized, or is Agent One/entity-only."},{"field":"proof_summary","required":true,"rule":"Short public-safe summary of use case, audience, and concrete outcome without private data."},{"field":"safety_reviewed_by","required":true,"rule":"Internal reviewer responsible for checking private-data, incentive, and unsupported-claim boundaries."},{"field":"approved_on","required":true,"rule":"ISO date when the proof was approved for counting."},{"field":"disallowed_data_checklist","required":true,"rule":"Confirm no private conversations, customer contact data, lead data, private URLs, screenshots, incentives, or unsupported claims."},{"field":"review_readiness_countable","required":true,"rule":"Boolean. Count only manually approved public proofs that satisfy the slot's reviewReadinessCountRule."}],"proofIntakePolicy":"Candidate public proof URLs are reviewed privately before they can enter the approved proof ledger. The public proof policy exposes the process and required evidence, not raw submissions, customer contact data, private URLs, or copied proof text.","proofStageMeasurementRule":"Use proof_collection_stage to separate paid proof candidates, proof packets, crawlable public proof collection, entity corroboration, technical corroboration, proof handoff, and review-platform-locked intent before making review or rating decisions.","reviewPlatformUnlockFormula":"reviewPlatformAsksAllowed is true only when proof-event measurement is live, at least one paid published example exists, and at least five manually approved proof rows have review_readiness_countable=true.","allowedReviewAsk":"If Agent One helped you publish a useful AI agent page, could you leave honest public feedback describing the use case, fit, and concrete outcome? Please avoid private customer data, copied conversations, incentives, and unsupported performance claims.","disallowedLanguage":["Please rate Agent One positively.","Only review Agent One if you had a great experience.","Any Agent One-run incentive for leaving a review.","Agent One holds category rating leadership.","Copy private customer conversations, lead details, screenshots, or private URLs into the review."],"schemaPolicy":{"allowedNow":["SoftwareApplication without aggregateRating","CollectionPage for proof assets","FAQPage and HowTo for proof guidance","Dataset for public-safe aggregate reports"],"blockedUntilVerified":["review structured data","aggregate-rating structured data","public review-count claims","public rating-value claims","category rating leadership claims"]},"platformPolicyReferences":[{"source":"G2 Community Guidelines","url":"https://legal.g2.com/community-guidelines","read":"G2 expects authentic user reviews, discourages biased review collection, and labels incentivized reviews."},{"source":"Trustpilot Guidelines for Businesses","url":"https://corporate.trustpilot.com/legal/for-businesses/guidelines-for-businesses/feb-2026","read":"Trustpilot review invitations must be fair, neutral, unbiased, and without incentives."},{"source":"Capterra Community Guidelines","url":"https://www.capterra.com/legal/community-guidelines/","read":"Capterra allows only disclosed, nominal, compliant incentives; Agent One should avoid informal incentives."},{"source":"FTC guide for marketers soliciting reviews","url":"https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/soliciting-paying-online-reviews-guide-marketers","read":"Review requests should not target only likely-positive reviewers, and incentives cannot be conditioned on positive sentiment."}],"doNotClaim":["Do not claim category rating leadership, aggregate rating, or review count leadership from Agent One-owned pages.","Do not create review or aggregate-rating structured data until public third-party profiles independently support the claim.","Do not cite private customer data, private URLs, raw chat logs, agent IDs, thread IDs, person IDs, lead data, or the internal project-intent report.","Do not use free, trialing, draft, or weak-proof pages as canonical proof."]}