# Current reading as Markdown with dates, original citations and creator attribution.

getPublicTopicMarkdown · GET /data/topics/{slug}.md

## Endpoint
`GET /data/topics/{slug}.md`

No account required. Reading dates mark analysis revisions, not policy effective dates. Preserve source URLs, coverage notes and the AI-assisted interpretation label. Citation additions/removals do not mean publications/retractions.

## Authentication
```json
[]
```
An empty security requirement means this operation does not declare authentication. Read operation notes for entitlement and protocol-method requirements.

## Parameters
| Name | In | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| slug | path | Yes |  |

## Responses and errors
| HTTP status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| 200 | Current reading as Markdown with dates, original citations and creator attribution. |
| 404 | No published topic or revision at this URL. |

## Response examples
No response example is supplied by OpenAPI for this operation. The complete response schemas are preserved below; use an actual response for observed values.

## Retry guidance
See [errors and retries](/docs/api/overview#errors-and-retries). Honor operation-specific response headers. A POST may create state; do not replay it automatically.

## Complete operation contract
The expanded contract below includes all parameter constraints, response headers, schemas and examples from OpenAPI.

```json
{
  "path": "/data/topics/{slug}.md",
  "method": "GET",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "slug",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$"
      }
    }
  ],
  "operationId": "getPublicTopicMarkdown",
  "summary": "Current reading as Markdown with dates, original citations and creator attribution.",
  "tags": [
    "data"
  ],
  "security": [],
  "description": "No account required. Reading dates mark analysis revisions, not policy effective dates. Preserve source URLs, coverage notes and the AI-assisted interpretation label. Citation additions/removals do not mean publications/retractions.",
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "Current reading as Markdown with dates, original citations and creator attribution.",
      "content": {
        "text/markdown": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "No published topic or revision at this URL."
    }
  }
}
```