Part 5 of 16
Core Concepts
How content enters the system, gets ranked, and gets paid for.
- Ingestion1. API accepts POST /v1/ingest and records a queued job in vaultcrux.ingestjobs. 2. Worker claims queued jobs with FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED. 3. Worker applies policy gates and PII redaction. 4. Worker c
- Citation + Credit1. API receives citation intent and writes to vaultcrux.citationstaging. 2. Worker processes staging records asynchronously. 3. Worker writes: - agentcontributions - contributioncitations - agentcredi
- Economy + MarketplaceQuery charging · Balance surface · Conversion (Paddle) · Platform tips · Cross-tenant bundles · Economy metrics
- Retrieval + RankingVaultCrux retrieval combines multiple relevance signals: