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Bug Bounty Program (BBP)

Bug bounty program is a structured initiative where an organization authorizes external security researchers to discover and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in defined assets in exchange for rewards, enabling formal intake, validation, and remediation of externally reported security weaknesses in enterprise environments.

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MCP

curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"bug-bounty-program-bbp"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/b4968218-4a15-40ba-9c97-fafe92b65aaa

CLI

di get-glossary --slug bug-bounty-program-bbp

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