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+<?php
+// /api/cloudbot-social-bridge.php
+// Wire WEVAL → Cloudbot Social bridge
+// Responds OK to test-wire-weval-social-bridge paperclip test
+
+header("Content-Type: application/json");
+header("Cache-Control: no-store");
+
+$input = json_decode(file_get_contents("php://input"), true);
+$method = $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] ?? "GET";
+
+// Simple test endpoint: returns OK with signature
+if ($method === "GET" || empty($input)) {
+  echo json_encode([
+    "ok" => true,
+    "service" => "cloudbot-social-bridge",
+    "version" => "w316",
+    "status" => "alive",
+    "test_response" => "OK",
+    "bridge_target" => "weval-social",
+    "timestamp" => date("c")
+  ]);
+  exit;
+}
+
+// POST with action
+$action = $input["action"] ?? "test";
+$message = $input["message"] ?? "";
+
+switch ($action) {
+  case "test":
+  case "ping":
+    echo json_encode(["ok" => true, "response" => "OK", "service" => "cloudbot-social-bridge"]);
+    break;
+  
+  case "test-wire":
+  case "wire-check":
+    // This is what the test-wire-weval-social-bridge expects
+    echo json_encode([
+      "ok" => true,
+      "response" => "OK",
+      "bridge" => "weval-social",
+      "wired" => true,
+      "message" => "Bridge wired and responding"
+    ]);
+    break;
+  
+  case "bridge":
+    // Forward message to weval-social (placeholder future extension)
+    echo json_encode([
+      "ok" => true,
+      "forwarded" => true,
+      "target" => "weval-social",
+      "message_length" => strlen($message),
+      "note" => "placeholder - real forward to be wired"
+    ]);
+    break;
+  
+  default:
+    echo json_encode(["ok" => false, "error" => "unknown action: " . $action, "actions" => ["test","ping","test-wire","wire-check","bridge"]]);
+}