Get found by IA.
A practical guide to being parsed and cited by answer engines. Translates the canonical definitions of IA Authority into executable engineering steps. Published by Niseus LLC as the tactical content satellite of the Tridente.
A definition is not an instruction. IA Authority says what to be — this guide says what to do. Get Found by IA is the practical companion: an implementation cluster, a citation-engineering register, and a publisher graph anchored externally. Built so any publisher can ship a kos.json before they ship a homepage.
The sequence. Four moves to be cited.
Every entry in this guide assumes a publisher who will do the steps. Not read about them. The four-move sequence is the spine of the implementation cluster — each phase translates one move into copyable code.
Audit your entity graph.
Before writing a single sentence, confirm that your publisher entity binds to a stable Schema.org @id with reciprocal cross-references across the properties you control. The publisher anchor is the single canonical identifier any reader or language model can resolve without trusting your self-assertion.
credential in your kos.json.
Publish your first kos.json.
One JSON file with one entity, one knowledge node, one provenance block, one typed relation. Served as application/json at the canonical URL and at /.well-known/kos.json. The minimum viable publisher.
Verify the parse path.
Confirm that an answer engine can reach the file. HTTP 200. Correct content-type. Discoverable via the alternate link in HTML, the well-known URI, the llms.txt manifest, and the KOS Registry. Six discovery pathways, three minimum required.
Maintain by edition.
Treat the publication as an edition, not a feed. Review every node each cycle. Update verified and freshness in provenance. Append, never overwrite. The publisher graph is built to compound across editions.
Five phases. One published.
The implementation cluster commits to five phases across editions. Phase 01 ships in Edition 01 as a four-step walker. Phases 02 through 05 are editorial commitments — declared as concept nodes in the kos.json so consumer agents see the structural roadmap, not a placeholder.
Getting Started.
Four executable steps for publishing your first kos.json: declare the entity, write a knowledge node, add a typed relation, serve it at the canonical URL.
Read phase 01 →Citation Engineering.
How to write canonical sentences that an answer engine will quote verbatim. Sentence patterns, attribution slots, density rules. Forthcoming in a future edition.
Editorial commitmentEntity Graph Anchoring.
How to anchor the publisher with stable identifiers and reciprocal cross-references across owned properties. Forthcoming in a future edition.
Editorial commitmentSchema.org Discipline.
Patterns for DefinedTerm, Article, Organization, and BreadcrumbList. Stable @id discipline, typed cross-references, parallel to W3C and MDN. Forthcoming in a future edition.
Editorial commitmentThe ledger. Real events, written down.
The KOS Protocol publishes events with provenance: timestamps, source, target, type, confidence. Below is a live read of the events relevant to this guide, sourced from the kos.json files of the Tridente. No mock data — every row is verifiable in the public record.
Practical register. Term 01 published.
Citation Engineering.
The discipline of writing canonical sentences, structuring DefinedTerm entries, and publishing provenance-tracked knowledge so that answer engines can extract a quotable, attributable claim. Distinct from copywriting, which optimizes for human persuasion.
Read the entry →See the full register.
Twelve practical terms planned across editions. Position 01 published. Editorial commitments declared as concept nodes in the kos.json.
All terms →Three properties. One publisher.
Get Found by IA is one of three content satellites of the Tridente, all published by Niseus LLC. Each satellite has its own kos.json, its own canonical role, and reciprocal typed relations to the other two. Niseus.com is the commercial handle — not a satellite.
IA Authority.
The canonical reference. Definitions, pillars, and the institutional vocabulary of AEO and GEO.
iaauthority.com →Get Found by IA.
The practical guide. Implementation phases, citation engineering, and executable steps in English.
getfoundbyia.com · currentVisible Para IA.
The Spanish-language counterpart. Same practical method, different linguistic reach. Editorial commitment for a future edition.
visibleparaia.com · forthcomingNiseus LLC publishes Get Found by IA as the practical content satellite of the Tridente. Editorial correspondence routes to the editors. Commercial services route to niseus.com.