one command · public pages only
PASTE A URL. THE RAT BITES IT.
That is the product. A public link goes to /demo. A score, three evidence lines, and FOUND or REJECTED come back. robots.txt is a wall. Private hosts are refused before any fetch.
Open /demo · files are the archive
The rat is waking up.
The poke lives at /demo.
Not a second form. Not a costume. One desk. Paste there, or use the command above — it opens /demo with your URL already in the mouth.
$ poke https:// score · 3 evidence lines · FOUND or REJECTED [ open /demo ]Rat files
Ten investigations. Every quote was read off a public page. If the rat could not verify it, the label says so.
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