Evaluate a domain or exact URL
Evaluate is the primary GoGuides evaluation-resolution surface. Root/domain evaluation and exact-page evaluation are distinct scopes. The same normalized scope must resolve through the same authoritative GoGuides record path everywhere it appears.
Domain evaluation
GET /evaluate/example.com GET /evaluate.php?domain=example.com&format=json
Domain mode returns the authoritative GoGuides evaluation for the normalized root/domain scope. Depending on the available record, the response can include public eligibility, AI Rank, grade, trust state, verification context, freshness, provenance, history linkage, Web State linkage, Change Intelligence linkage, and related machine-use context.
Exact-URL evaluation
GET /evaluate.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fpage&format=json
Exact-URL mode resolves one normalized public page. It does not borrow another page's rank or silently substitute root/domain state for page state. Root/domain context remains a separate scope.
Resolution and acquisition boundary
Evaluate tells a consumer what authoritative GoGuides evaluation is available for the requested scope under the public contract. It should not be interpreted as an explicit instruction to acquire or refresh a URL.
POST /request-url is the explicit attributed URL-intelligence request and
request-status workflow when a consumer wants to request intelligence for one public URL.
How to interpret the result
Observation
Underlying stored web evidence answers what GoGuides observed.
Assessment
AI Rank, grade, trust state, policy, and eligibility fields are GoGuides-derived interpretation.
Decision
The consuming system decides how, whether, and in what context to use the source.