---
title: "Verify External"
method: POST
path: "/verify/external"
---

# Verify External

`POST /verify/external`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cathedral-ai.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://cathedral-ai.com/verify/external`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `authorization`

Compare a Ridgeline behavioral summary against Cathedral's internal identity and memory state.
Returns an external_divergence_score (0=consistent, 1=fully divergent) and per-field breakdown.
Designed for integration with Ridgeline (traverse) and similar external behavioral trail systems.

## Headers

- `authorization` string, required

## Request body

- VerifyExternalRequest
  - `ridgeline_summary` RidgelineSummary, required
    - `platform_distribution` unknown[]
      - unknown
    - `topic_clusters` unknown[]
      - unknown
    - `timing_signatures` unknown[]
      - unknown
    - `interaction_ratios` object
  - `agent_id` string
  - `timestamp` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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