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Questions about the Tonvin Collection, answered from its own pages. Each sentence below links to the page that states it, and under it are the words on that page that back it. Reviewed by hand on 2026-10-27.
What is the Tonvin Collection?
The Tonvin Collection lists websites that the people behind it build and run.
The Tonvin Collection lists websites that the people behind it build and run./how-sites-are-listed
The sites are built with AI, and the search judgement guiding them comes from the operator.
The sites are built with AI; the search judgement guiding them comes from the operator/about
Who runs the Tonvin Collection?
How many websites are in the collection?
The About page gives the current count of sites built and run, read from the database or the maintained site list rather than typed into the page.
Sites Built & Run/about
Each of these figures is read from the database or the maintained site list, not typed into the page./about
The count is split into the sites listed in the directory, the sites hosted at the edge on Cloudflare Workers and Pages, and the private and client sites that are not listed.
are edge-hosted on Cloudflare Workers and Pages (named on their own page, not in the directory or search)/about
are private and client sites that are not listed/about
What topics does the collection cover?
The collection covers martial arts, knowledge and travel, legal and civic reference, technology and AI, business and trade, health and wellness, language and education, lifestyle, and entertainment.
The collection covers martial arts, knowledge and travel, legal and civic reference, technology and AI, business and trade, health and wellness, language and education, lifestyle, and entertainment./about
Each directory site is filed under one of the specialist categories.
Each directory site is filed under one of the specialist categories./how-sites-are-listed
Can I submit my site to the collection?
No: the collection is not a submissions directory, and there is no form or process for proposing a site.
It is not a submissions directory: there is no form or process for proposing a site./how-sites-are-listed
A site appears in the directory only when the operator puts it there.
so a site appears in the directory only when the operator puts it there/how-sites-are-listed
Its tagline and description are drafted from what the live site says about itself, and the draft is checked before it goes live.
The tagline and description are drafted from what the live site says about itself/how-sites-are-listed
The draft is checked before it goes live./how-sites-are-listed
When is a site left out of the directory?
A site is not added to the directory while it is down or returning errors, or while it carries a takedown notice.
A site is not added to the directory while it is down or returning errors, or while it carries a takedown notice./how-sites-are-listed
Sites with adult content are not added to the directory.
Sites with adult content are not added to the directory./how-sites-are-listed
A site that is still closed to search engines ahead of launch can be listed, marked as pre-launch until it opens.
A site that is still closed to search engines ahead of launch can be listed, marked as pre-launch until it opens./how-sites-are-listed
Are there sites in the collection that are not listed?
Yes: private and client sites are counted in the totals the collection reports, but they are not named or linked on its pages.
Private and client sites are counted in the totals the collection reports./how-sites-are-listed
On the public pages we do not name or link private and client sites./about
Sites that run entirely at the edge, as Cloudflare Workers or Cloudflare Pages, are listed on the Edge sites page and not in the directory.
Sites that run entirely at the edge, as Cloudflare Workers or Cloudflare Pages, are listed on the Edge sites page and nowhere else: not in the directory/how-sites-are-listed
The Client portal is a sign-in area for the people the collection works with, and access is by invitation.
The client portal is a sign-in area for the people we work with./client-portal
Access is by invitation./client-portal
How are page counts measured?
Once a week each site’s page count is re-measured from the site’s own sitemap and kept as a history.
Once a week each site’s page count is re-measured from the site’s own sitemap and kept as a history./how-sites-are-listed
A reading far outside a site’s previous count is recorded but not adopted until it is checked.
A reading far outside a site’s previous count is recorded but not adopted until it is checked/measured
A very large site is not re-walked and keeps the last full count it was given.
A very large site is not re-walked and keeps the last full count it was given./how-sites-are-listed
A sitemap that cannot be read is not recorded as zero.
A sitemap that cannot be read is not recorded as zero./how-sites-are-listed
What does it mean when a figure is called measured?
A measured figure is counted off the machines or by the collection’s own scheduled measurements, and it is stamped with the date it was counted.
the numbers are counted off the machines and stamped with the date they were counted/stack
The figures come from the collection’s own scheduled measurements and its reviewed records/measured
The few figures that cannot be counted are typed in, and the page says so and dates each one.
The few that cannot be counted are typed, and the page says so and dates each one./stack
On the About page, the few fleet figures counted by hand are marked as reviewed by hand.
the few counted by hand are marked as reviewed by hand/about
Why is a figure sometimes blank instead of zero?
A blank cell on the Measured page means nothing is recorded for that site, which is not the same as zero.
A blank cell means nothing is recorded for that site, which is not the same as zero./measured
A figure that has not been measured is left out rather than shown as zero.
A figure that has not been measured is left out rather than shown as zero./how-sites-are-listed
Where there is no data, the Operations page says so.
Where there is no data it says so/operations
How does the collection know when a site was last updated?
Every night the feeds that the sites publish are read, and each site’s sitemap is looked at to find when it last changed.
Every night the feeds that the sites publish are read, and each site’s sitemap is looked at to find when it last changed./how-sites-are-listed
A sitemap date is trusted only when it looks like real per-page editing, and a bulk build stamp applied to every page is discarded.
A sitemap date is trusted only when it looks like real per-page editing./how-sites-are-listed
A bulk build stamp applied to every page is discarded./how-sites-are-listed
The Recently Updated page tracks each site’s own content date, not when its build was last regenerated.
This tracks each site's own content date — not when its build was last regenerated./recent
How do I know the sites are being kept running?
The Operations page is generated from a signed report that the collection’s monitoring panel pushes once a day.
This page is generated from a signed report that our monitoring panel pushes once a day./operations
Every figure on it carries the window it covers and what it is a share of.
Every figure carries the window it covers and what it is a share of./operations
It reports uptime, whether each of the servers we run directly completed its nightly backup, and the date and result of the last restore test.
The Operations page reports uptime over 30 days, whether each of the servers we run directly completed its nightly backup, and the date and result of the last restore test./about
What is the AI SEO system?
It is a loop rather than a checklist: it reads how every site performs in search and in AI answers, flags what is broken, fixes it in code, then measures whether the fix did anything.
The collection runs a loop rather than a checklist: read how every site performs in search and in AI answers, flag what is broken, fix it in code, then measure whether the fix did anything/ai-seo-system
For each tracked question it asks AI answer engines and records whether the answer cites one of the collection’s sites.
Answer-engine optimisation is checked, not assumed./ai-seo-system
records whether the answer cites one of our sites./ai-seo-system
A person approves each change before it is made in the site’s code.
A person approves, and the change is made in the site’s code./ai-seo-system
After a waiting period each fix is graded as worked, no measurable change, or regressed.
After a waiting period the same data is read again and each fix is graded: worked, no measurable change, or regressed./ai-seo-system
What are the AI-SEO grades on the listings?
Many listings carry an AI-SEO grade from A to F, worked out from a score between zero and one hundred.
Many listings carry an AI-SEO grade from A to F, worked out from a score between zero and one hundred./how-sites-are-listed
The grade comes from CiteFiles, a scanner that is itself one of the collection’s sites, so the rating is not an independent third party’s.
The grade comes from CiteFiles, a scanner in this collection./how-sites-are-listed
CiteFiles is itself one of the collection’s sites, so the rating is not an independent third party’s/how-sites-are-listed
Each grade carries the date it was scanned and the version of the scanner that produced it.
Each grade carries the date it was scanned and the version of the scanner that produced it./how-sites-are-listed
A site that has not been scanned shows no grade.
A site that has not been scanned shows no grade./how-sites-are-listed
How is the collection built?
The build work is done with AI models.
The build work is done with AI models/about
The working rule is to plan on the strongest model, do the execution on lighter ones, and have a separate verification pass try to refute the result before a batch of changes is called done.
The working rule is to plan on the strongest model, do the execution on lighter ones, and have a separate verification pass try to refute the result before a batch of changes is called done./about
Most of the sites are written in Next.js, a few in Astro and the rest in other stacks.
Next.js for most of them, Astro for a few, and other stacks for the rest./about
Do automated jobs rewrite the content?
No: nightly jobs measure, record and check, but they do not rewrite copy on their own.
Nightly jobs measure, record and check, but they do not rewrite copy on their own./about
A change to published copy is proposed, approved by a person and then verified.
A change to published copy is proposed, approved by a person and then verified./about
A site’s tagline and description change only when a person reviews them.
The nightly jobs do not rewrite a site’s tagline or description. Those change only when a person reviews them./how-sites-are-listed
Does the collection run its own AI models?
Yes: several of the sites use open-weights language models that the collection runs itself, on rented servers and on its own workstations.
Several of the sites in this collection use open-weights language models that we run ourselves, on rented servers and on our own workstations./lab/model-board
Language-model work in the sites’ own pipelines goes first to a free inference tier and falls back to self-hosted models.
Language-model work in the sites’ own pipelines goes first to a free Hetzner inference tier and falls back to self-hosted models./about
A small program called the router sits in front of the models, and the Model fleet board shows the counts it keeps about itself.
a small program sits in front of them: the router/lab/model-board
The numbers below are counts the router keeps about itself./lab/model-board
What is the Lab?
The Lab is where the collection’s AI features are shown working in the open, each on its own page.
The Lab is where the AI features are shown working in the open, each on its own page/lab
Every figure there is dated, and nothing is claimed that the page cannot show.
with every figure dated and nothing claimed that the page cannot show/lab
One of them, the semantic map, places every listed site on one map by what it is about, so sites on similar subjects sit close together.
Every listed site placed on one map by what it is about, so sites on similar subjects sit close together./lab
Sites whose descriptions mean similar things sit close together; sites with little in common sit apart./lab/semantic-map
What is the build log?
The build log is the change history of the Tonvin Collection website itself, one line per change, newest first.
This is the change history of the Tonvin Collection website itself, one line per change, newest first./build-log
It is read from the site’s own git history, so it shows what was changed and when, in the words written at the time.
It is read from the site's own git history, so it shows what was changed and when, in the words written at the time./build-log
An AI model makes each change, and a second AI model, the verifier, is asked to find what is wrong with it before it reaches the main branch.
An AI model makes the change on a branch and writes the commit./build-log
A second AI model, the verifier, is then asked to find what is wrong with it before it reaches the main branch./build-log
Entries that name private sites or infrastructure, or give technical detail, are withheld: their date, kind and file count are kept, but the wording is not.
entries withheld because they name private sites or infrastructure, or give technical detail. Their date, kind and file count are kept; the wording is not./build-log
What is Needs Work?
Needs Work is a morning triage desk that is still being finished.
The morning triage desk: once it is running/lab
a daily triage that ranks the sites by which most needs its owner is being finished/about
Once it is running, it will rank the whole portfolio each day by which site most needs its owner, explain why, and hand over a job.
once it is running, it will rank the whole portfolio each day by which site most needs its owner, explain why, and hand over a job./lab
It recommends, and the owner decides.
It recommends; the owner decides./lab
What does this website collect about me?
You can read the pages without an account and without giving anything.
You can read the public pages without an account and without giving us anything./privacy
Beyond the ordinary handling of a request, information is collected only in a few situations, such as when you send the contact form or when Google Analytics counts a visit.
Beyond that ordinary handling, we collect information in these situations only/privacy
when you send a message through the contact form/privacy
when Google Analytics counts a visit to a public page/privacy
Google Analytics does not load with the page; it loads after your first click, key press, scroll or touch, or after a short wait if you do nothing.
It does not load with the page./privacy
It loads after your first click, key press, scroll or touch, or after six seconds if you do nothing, whichever comes first./privacy
The site’s own code sets no advertising or analytics cookie.
Our own code sets no advertising or analytics cookie./privacy
Do the games save anything about me?
The DERELICT game and the Measured quiz save your progress and settings in your own browser, in local storage on your device.
The DERELICT game saves your progress and settings in your own browser, in local storage on your device./privacy
The Measured quiz saves in the same way./privacy
The games do not send those entries to the collection.
The games do not send them to us./privacy
Clearing this site’s data in your browser removes them.
Clearing this site’s data in your browser removes them./privacy
If your browser blocks storage, a game still runs and tells you that progress will not be saved.
If your browser blocks storage, a game still runs and tells you that progress will not be saved./privacy
How do I ask for a correction or for a site to be removed?
Anyone may ask for a correction to a listing, or for a site to be removed from the collection.
Anyone may ask for a correction to a listing, or for a site to be removed from the collection./how-sites-are-listed
Use the contact page and say which site or page you mean and what is wrong.
Use the contact page and say which site or page you mean and what is wrong./how-sites-are-listed
The directory pages, search, the sitemap, the feeds and the machine-readable files are all built from the same listing, so a correction or a removal is made once, in the listing.
The directory pages, search, the sitemap, the feeds and the machine-readable files are all built from the same listing, so a correction or a removal is made once, in the listing./how-sites-are-listed
How do I report a security problem?
Email the security address given on the Security page, and do not use the contact form for security reports.
Send an email to [email protected]./security
Please do not use the public contact form for security reports./security
The policy covers this website and the data endpoints it serves, and the other sites in the collection are outside it.
This policy covers this website and the public data endpoints it serves./security
The other sites in the collection are separate deployments outside this policy/security
There is no bounty programme, and reports are not paid for.
We do not run a bounty programme and we do not pay for reports./security
The How we test page describes the method the collection uses to check its own security, and it does not publish results.
This page describes our method. It does not publish results./security/how-we-test
Does the collection publish anything besides websites?
The Music page publishes AI-generated music: an AI music model produced the audio, and the team directed the lyrics, the styles and the personas.
Every track on this page is AI-generated: an AI music model produced the audio, and our team directed the lyrics, the styles and the personas./music
The Videos page shows AI-made videos and says how each was made.
the Videos page, which says how each AI-made video was made/about
An AI video model generated the footage from written shot lists and AI-generated still frames/videos
Figures shown in the films are the collection’s own measured numbers, dated on screen.
Figures shown in the films are the collection's own measured numbers, dated on screen./videos