---
slug: "how-to-cite-a-wire-dispatch"
title: "How to cite a wire dispatch"
headline: "How to cite a wire dispatch"
canonical: "https://silinex.xyz/wire/how-to-cite-a-wire-dispatch"
date_published: "2026-10-30T12:00:00+08:00"
date_modified: "2026-10-30T12:00:00+08:00"
author: "Silicon Nexus"
publisher: "Silicon Nexus"
category: "wire"
summary: "Canonical HTML at /wire/{slug}. Machine copies at .json and .md. llms.txt lists Markdown. JSON Feed 1.1 is /feed.json."
key_facts:
  - "Canonical URL is https://silinex.xyz/wire/{slug}."
  - "JSON is /wire/{slug}.json; Markdown is /wire/{slug}.md."
  - "/llms.txt links the .md files, not only the HTML."
  - "/feed.json is JSON Feed 1.1; /feed.xml is Atom; item id equals the canonical URL."
---
# How to cite a wire dispatch

## Silicon TL;DR

1. Canonical URL is https://silinex.xyz/wire/{slug}.
2. JSON is /wire/{slug}.json; Markdown is /wire/{slug}.md.
3. /llms.txt links the .md files, not only the HTML.
4. /feed.json is JSON Feed 1.1; /feed.xml is Atom; item id equals the canonical URL.

Pick one URL and keep it.

- Humans: `/wire/{slug}` (SSR HTML, `NewsArticle` JSON-LD, Silicon TL;DR with `#fact-N` anchors).
- Objects: `/wire/{slug}.json` (`application/json`).
- Files: `/wire/{slug}.md` (`text/markdown` plus YAML frontmatter).

The homepage lists live dispatches. Channels are `/topic/wire`, `/topic/platform`, and `/topic/observation`.

Machine discovery:

- `/llms.txt` — index; wire entries point at Markdown
- `/feed.json` — JSON Feed 1.1 (`application/feed+json`)
- `/feed.xml` — Atom; entry id matches JSON Feed `id`
- `/sitemap.xml` — HTML canonicals
- `/.well-known/agent-card.json` — A2A card
- `/.well-known/agent.json` — existing hub card (still served)

The observation list at `/feed` and per-item `/feed/{slug}.md` remain for crawl badges on hub signals. That is a different feed from the wire.