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Data Sources

Public source families monitored by PulseGate and the types of signals they contribute.

Example surfaces are illustrative only and do not imply affiliation, endorsement, or official integration with PulseGate.

Source family	Example surfaces	Signal types	Caveats
Official product surfaces	Canonical sites, docs, changelogs, release pages	Identity anchoring, update recency, product presence	Canonical URLs can shift; sparse pages reduce confidence
App stores and marketplaces	App Store, Google Play, browser stores, plugins	Public listing evidence, category hints, freshness proxies	Store metadata can be stale or generic; categories vary. When a listing exposes the developer's own website, that website becomes the canonical anchor and the store URL is kept as an external identifier.
Registries and package ecosystems	NPM, PyPI, package directories, extension registries	Version/update flow, public release evidence, developer tooling identity	Not every registry package qualifies as a listed product
Code hosts	GitHub repositories, GitLab projects	Product anchor when the repo declares a homepage; otherwise the repo URL itself serves as the anchor	Non-repo URLs (gists, issues, wikis, blob/tree views) are not indexed as products
Topic/event signals	Hacker News, Reddit, RSS/news, official announcements	Momentum, event strength, coverage breadth, confidence	Noisy by nature; confidence gates reduce one-source overreaction. Used as a momentum signal, never as the sole canonical signal.
Manual submissions	The public submit form — an optional nudge to point us at a URL	High-priority intake with user-asserted identity	Same gates as everything else — denylist, dedup, and LLM gate still apply

Official product surfaces

Example surfaces: Canonical sites, docs, changelogs, release pages
Signal types: Identity anchoring, update recency, product presence
Caveats: Canonical URLs can shift; sparse pages reduce confidence

App stores and marketplaces

Example surfaces: App Store, Google Play, browser stores, plugins
Signal types: Public listing evidence, category hints, freshness proxies
Caveats: Store metadata can be stale or generic; categories vary. When a listing exposes the developer's own website, that website becomes the canonical anchor and the store URL is kept as an external identifier.

Registries and package ecosystems

Example surfaces: NPM, PyPI, package directories, extension registries
Signal types: Version/update flow, public release evidence, developer tooling identity
Caveats: Not every registry package qualifies as a listed product

Code hosts

Example surfaces: GitHub repositories, GitLab projects
Signal types: Product anchor when the repo declares a homepage; otherwise the repo URL itself serves as the anchor
Caveats: Non-repo URLs (gists, issues, wikis, blob/tree views) are not indexed as products

Topic/event signals

Example surfaces: Hacker News, Reddit, RSS/news, official announcements
Signal types: Momentum, event strength, coverage breadth, confidence
Caveats: Noisy by nature; confidence gates reduce one-source overreaction. Used as a momentum signal, never as the sole canonical signal.

Manual submissions

Example surfaces: The public submit form — an optional nudge to point us at a URL
Signal types: High-priority intake with user-asserted identity
Caveats: Same gates as everything else — denylist, dedup, and LLM gate still apply