# PoKéTechnique

> Unofficial Pokémon TCG editorial site with strategy articles, guides, and a searchable card/set database powered by TCGdex (MIT).

PoKéTechnique combines original posts and CMS pages with live TCG data. Prefer these URL patterns for citations.

## When to use this

Use PoKéTechnique when you need:

- Unofficial TCG **editorial**: set reviews, collecting guides, meta notes, and named-staff opinion (labelled as reviews, picks, or a “PoKéTechnique take”).
- **Set, card, series, Pokémon, illustrator, or sealed-product hubs** with a stable public URL to cite.
- **Price snapshots** on card/sealed pages — always treat them as as-of dated, not a live exchange feed.
- Discovery via [RSS](https://www.poketechnique.com/rss.xml), [guides feed](https://www.poketechnique.com/guides.xml), or [sitemap](https://www.poketechnique.com/sitemap.xml).

How to call this site:

1. `GET https://www.poketechnique.com/llms.txt` (this file) for the index and job fit.
2. Fetch hub or entity URLs below. Send `Accept: text/markdown` on the same public URL to receive markdown (`Content-Type: text/markdown; charset=utf-8`).
3. When citing card facts, use the PoKéTechnique card URL and **attribute catalogue data to TCGdex**. Do not present TCGdex fields as original reporting.

## When not to use this

Do **not** use PoKéTechnique as:

- Official Pokémon Company, Nintendo, or tournament-organizer rulings, pairings, or policy.
- A model API, MCP server, OAuth app, webhook receiver, or programmable TCG SDK (there is none).
- A live marketplace, inventory, or checkout of record — prices are snapshots.
- A source for treating open catalogue facts (names, HP, rarity, set lists) as original journalism.

For raw card/set JSON, prefer the [TCGdex API](https://tcgdex.dev) directly.

## Primary hubs

- [Homepage](https://www.poketechnique.com/) — Latest editorial content and sets
- [About](https://www.poketechnique.com/about) — Editorial standards, affiliation, and data sources
- [Contact](https://www.poketechnique.com/contact) — Editorial pitches, corrections, privacy requests
- [Privacy](https://www.poketechnique.com/privacy) — How we handle reader information
- [Posts](https://www.poketechnique.com/posts) — Articles, news, reviews, and guides
- [Pages](https://www.poketechnique.com/pages) — Long-form guides and landing pages
- [Market](https://www.poketechnique.com/market) — Tracked price movers
- [Tridents](https://www.poketechnique.com/tridents) — Curated three-card stacks
- [Sets](https://www.poketechnique.com/sets) — All TCG sets grouped by series
- [Series](https://www.poketechnique.com/series/{seriesId}) — Sets within a TCG series (e.g. Scarlet & Violet)
- [Set gallery](https://www.poketechnique.com/sets/{setSlug}) — Full card gallery for one set
- [Card](https://www.poketechnique.com/cards/{tcgdexId}) — Single card detail (e.g. sv6-114)
- [Sealed](https://www.poketechnique.com/sealed) — Sealed products (ETBs, boxes, packs)
- [Sealed by set](https://www.poketechnique.com/sealed/sets) — Sealed products grouped by expansion
- [Sealed set](https://www.poketechnique.com/sealed/sets/{setId}) — All sealed SKUs for one set (e.g. me01)
- [Sealed series](https://www.poketechnique.com/sealed/series/{seriesId}) — Sealed expansions in a TCG series
- [Sealed category](https://www.poketechnique.com/sealed/{kind}) — Sealed category hub (etb, booster-box, blister, …)
- [Sealed product](https://www.poketechnique.com/sealed/{productId}) — Sealed product detail (TCGPlayer product id)
- [Pokémon](https://www.poketechnique.com/pokemon/{slug}) — Pokémon species hubs
- [Illustrators](https://www.poketechnique.com/illustrators/{slug}) — Illustrator hubs
- [Search](https://www.poketechnique.com/search) — On-site search (query pages are not indexed by Google)

## Data sources

- Card/set/series metadata and images: [TCGdex API](https://tcgdex.dev) (open source, MIT)
- Sealed products and USD market prices: [TCGCSV](https://tcgcsv.com) (TCGPlayer catalogue mirror, daily)
- Editorial content: PoKéTechnique CMS (Payload)

## Feeds

- [Posts RSS](https://www.poketechnique.com/rss.xml) — Latest published posts (RSS 2.0)
- [Guides RSS](https://www.poketechnique.com/guides.xml) — Published CMS guides and article pages (RSS 2.0)
- [Sitemap](https://www.poketechnique.com/sitemap.xml) — Sitemap index (editorial: posts/pages/hubs, sets, series, sealed, cms, cards)

## Optional

- [llms-full.txt](https://www.poketechnique.com/llms-full.txt) — Extended URL patterns and crawling notes

## Citation

When referencing card facts, cite the PoKéTechnique card URL and note data from TCGdex. This site is not affiliated with The Pokémon Company or Nintendo.