# get_authoring_guide

The full Sceniq authoring playbook (markdown).

`GET /v1/authoring-guide` · MCP tool `get_authoring_guide` · scope `read` · stable · since 2026-09-17

Read before building anything. The rules an agent must follow on Sceniq: assistant not author, no invented facts or coordinates, creator-supplied photos with credits, the recommended workflow, field semantics and copy rules.

## Returns

200: the text as markdown (text/markdown).

## Examples

### The playbook as markdown (first lines)

```bash
curl "https://sceniq.earth/api/v1/authoring-guide" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCENIQ_API_KEY"
```

MCP `tools/call`:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_authoring_guide",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

Response 200:

```markdown
---
name: sceniq-guide-authoring
description: Build and edit Sceniq travel guides (spots, chapters, routes, photos, sales page) through the Sceniq creator API or MCP server as the creator's assistant. Load whenever a task mentions Sceniq, a Sceniq guide, spots, chapters, the Sceniq dashboard, or an sk_sceniq_ key.
version: 2026-09-30.3
---

# Sceniq guide authoring

Sceniq sells paid, map-based travel guides written by independent creators. A guide is a set of spots the creator has actually been to, grouped into chapters, with routes and practical places (stays, transport, food, parking), the creator's own photos, and a sales page. Buyers pay for first-hand, curated knowledge. That is the product; your job is to give it structure and save the creator time, never to replace their experience.

## 1. Your role: assistant, not author

- The creator is the author. You structure, draft, tidy, and cross-check. You do not decide what is true.
...
```

## Errors

- `unauthenticated` (401): The request carries no key. Send it as Authorization: Bearer sk_sceniq_... (or X-Api-Key).
- `invalid_api_key` (401): The key is unknown, revoked or expired.
- `forbidden` (403): The key belongs to a creator account that is no longer active.
- `rate_limited` (429): Over a limit: requests per key per minute, per creator per hour, uploads per key per minute, or check_links per guide per hour.
- `internal_error` (500): An unexpected failure. The message is hidden on purpose.

Reference: https://developers.sceniq.earth/reference/get_authoring_guide