forensics read-only API

endpoints

• /forensics/api/index.json

  catalog summary — version, generation time, endpoint list, live counts.

  {
    "version": "1",
    "generatedAt": "2026-05-25T12:00:00.000Z",
    "siteUrl": "https://fatcousin.com",
    "endpoints": ["…"],
    "counts": {
      "verticals": 56,
      "caseTypes": 52,
      "methodologyGuides": 51,
      "quickStartGuides": 11,
      "comparePairs": 43,
      "fixtureScenarios": 42,
      "vendorFidelityAudits": 3995
    }
  }

• /forensics/api/case-types.json

  case-type taxonomy — slug, labels, launch tier, priority, description, tool counts, and mapped tool slugs.

  [
    {
      "slug": "bec",
      "label": "business email compromise",
      "shortLabel": "BEC",
      "launchTier": 1,
      "priority": "H",
      "description": "…",
      "primaryToolCount": 8,
      "secondaryToolCount": 4,
      "primaryToolSlugs": ["email-header-analyzer", "…"],
      "secondaryToolSlugs": ["…"]
    }
  ]

• /forensics/api/verticals.json

  industry vertical taxonomy — slug, labels, priority, description, primary and secondary tool slugs.

  [
    {
      "slug": "aviation",
      "label": "aviation forensics",
      "shortLabel": "aviation",
      "priority": "H",
      "description": "…",
      "primaryToolSlugs": ["…"],
      "secondaryToolSlugs": ["…"]
    }
  ]

• /forensics/api/methodology.json

  methodology guide slugs with canonical page URLs.

  [
    {
      "caseTypeSlug": "bec",
      "url": "https://fatcousin.com/forensics/methodology/bec"
    }
  ]

• /forensics/api/compare-pairs.json

  curated case-type comparison pairs — headline and compare page URL. lean-toward guidance lives on the compare page.

  [
    {
      "caseA": "bec",
      "caseB": "ato",
      "headline": "BEC vs account takeover",
      "url": "https://fatcousin.com/forensics/compare/bec/ato"
    }
  ]

• /forensics/api/fixtures.json

  synthetic fixture scenarios — slug, case type, optional description.

  [
    {
      "slug": "bec-sterling",
      "caseTypeSlug": "bec",
      "description": "…"
    }
  ]