PlatPhorm Canonical Host Probe

A PlatPhorm Canonical Host Probe is a PlatPhorm News dictionary concept for keeping article listings attached to trustworthy source identities. It treats the preferred source host record as a structured article-listing or network-graph concern, and it checks whether a domain is reachable, trusted, and routable. In practice, it helps editors, services, and AI agents distinguish internal, partner, external, trusted, and pending sources for readers and agents.

“Use the PlatPhorm Canonical Host Probe when checking whether an article came from a trusted domain before promoting it into a public listing so the article listing, source metadata, and agent-facing context stay aligned.”