# chp-server

> Your node in CHP — a network of governed capabilities. Serve capabilities over HTTP where every
> call is admission-gated and recorded as signed, replayable evidence; one dependency (chp-core).
> This file is the AI-agent reading guide (the llms.txt convention). Its sibling — /capabilities.txt —
> declares what a running node can *do*.

## Start here
- [README](README.md): what chp-server is, the 60-second quickstart, the "join the network" ladder, endpoints.
- [Set up with an AI agent](llms-install.md): agent-oriented, in-order install steps — stand up a node and prove a governed invocation from only that file.

## Serve & compose
- [Serving your own capabilities](docs/serving-capabilities.md): the embed and distribute paths, evidence, policy, auth, deadlines.
- [For LLMs & agents](docs/agent-integration.md): CHP-enable a codebase — wrap existing functions as governed capabilities.
- [Expose it safely](docs/public-exposure.md): ingress auth/mTLS, the governed ingress route, egress governance.

## Why a network
- [The network](docs/the-network.md): the two axes (ambition × federation), what governed federation unlocks, and the honest limits.

## Governed setup (for CHP operators)
- [agent/](agent/install-chp-server.md): an Agentkit skill + profile that provisions a node *through* a CHP host, so the install itself is evidenced.

## Discovery siblings
- /capabilities.txt: what a running node can *do* — the action layer. See the file at [capabilities.txt](capabilities.txt).
- [capabilities.txt convention](https://capabilitiestxt.org): the layers agents read — robots.txt (may access) · sitemap.xml (exists) · llms.txt (worth reading) · capabilities.txt (what a host can do). Authoritative capability truth is the authenticated live-discovery surface (GET /host); /capabilities.txt is a public, non-authoritative hint.

## Protocol
- [chp-core](https://github.com/capabilityhostprotocol/chp-core): identity, evidence, signing, the 12-gate invocation pipeline.
- [Capability Host Protocol](https://capabilityhostprotocol.com): the invocation, governance, and evidence beneath the network.
