Reference publisher: Afore — luxury travel MCP + ARD catalog

[mikeslone]

Publisher

• Organization: Afore — A Travel House
• Domain: https://afo.re
• Catalog: https://afo.re/.well-known/ai-catalog.json
• Documentation: https://afo.re/about/for-ai
• Partners: https://afo.re/about/for-partners

Description

Afore is a luxury travel house publishing editorial (Le Journal), destination guides (The Library), and structured place data for Mediterranean Europe — Côte d'Azur, Provence, Italian Alps, and beyond.

Integration stack:

• MCP server (Streamable HTTP): https://afo.re/api/mcp — search, journal articles, library metadata, global places catalog, Cannes film locations dataset
• REST/OpenAPI 3.1: https://afo.re/openapi/afore-public-api.yaml
• Global places JSON: https://afo.re/api/public/v1/places — hotels, destinations, GPS across all content
• Le Journal RSS: https://afo.re/api/public/v1/journal/rss
• Dynamic ARD catalog with CMS-driven updatedAt, CORS, and <link rel="ai-catalog"> on all pages

Catalog entries (6)

URN	Type	Path
urn:ai:afo.re:server:travel-mcp	MCP	/.well-known/mcp.json
urn:ai:afo.re:api:public-rest	OpenAPI	/openapi/afore-public-api.yaml
urn:ai:afo.re:dataset:global-places	JSON	/api/public/v1/places
urn:ai:afo.re:feed:journal-rss	RSS	/api/public/v1/journal/rss
urn:ai:afo.re:sitemap:image-index	XML	/image-sitemap.xml
urn:ai:afo.re:dataset:cannes-film-locations	JSON	/api/public/v1/library/cannes-film-locations/places

Representative queries

• find boutique hotels on the French Riviera with Afore editorial reviews
• what does Afore recommend for slow travel in Provence
• GPS coordinates for film locations near Cannes
• hotels Afore has written about on the Côte d'Azur
• fetch Afore journal articles as JSON for a travel assistant

Discovery surfaces

• https://afo.re/llms.txt
• https://afo.re/llms-full.txt
• https://afo.re/.well-known/mcp.json
• https://afo.re/.well-known/security.txt
• https://afo.re/journal/afore-for-ai-assistants

Validation

• CI: npm run validate:ard-catalog (structural conformance against ai-catalog schema)
• Live catalog updatedAt: refreshed from CMS on each request (currently 6 entries)

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Request: please consider indexing Afore in ARD registry examples / publisher listings for the travel / editorial / destination intelligence vertical. Happy to serve as a reference implementation for luxury travel publishers adopting ARD.

[mikeslone]

Reference publisher PR opened: #15

Adds Afore as a conformance/examples publisher with live catalog at https://afo.re/.well-known/ai-catalog.json (8 entries, CMS-driven updatedAt + dynamic representativeQueries, host trustManifest, CI validation).

Happy to adjust format to match maintainer preferences.

[mikeslone]

Quick update on the Afore reference publisher listing:

Live catalog: https://afo.re/.well-known/ai-catalog.json
Reference PR: #15
Conformance: PASS via official conformance-test manifest in CI

8 catalog entries

• MCP server (/.well-known/mcp.json)
• OpenAPI 3.1 REST surface
• Global places JSON (/api/public/v1/places)
• Le Journal RSS
• Image sitemap
• llms.txt (policy + resource index)
• agents.json (companion discovery manifest)
• Cannes film locations structured dataset

Discovery signals

• Dynamic updatedAt from CMS
• CMS-driven representativeQueries (destinations, hotels, guide regions)
• Host trustManifest with did:web:afo.re
• <link rel="ai-catalog"> on all pages
• ETag / Last-Modified on catalog responses

Docs

• https://afo.re/about/for-ai
• https://afo.re/about/for-partners
• https://afo.re/agents.json

Happy to adjust URN naming, media types, or example format to match maintainer preferences. Vertical: luxury travel / editorial / destination intelligence.