Stage 8 — Candidate Surfacing: Selection for Human-Facing Exposure (v0.7)

Comprehensive technical documentation of Stage 8 of the 11-Stage AI Visibility Lifecycle. Covers how AI systems select trusted digital entities as candidates for human-facing exposure. Details competitive readiness assessment, content selection mechanisms, ranking algorithms, and the surfacing conditions that determine which entities progress from internal trust to external visibility. Marks the transition from AI-internal evaluation to human-facing presentation. Part of the AI Visibility Architecture (AIVA) framework documentation.