Find AI Citation Gaps

Workflow contract for finding queries where AI cites other sources instead of your brand.

Overview

Workflow endpoints run their primitives in parallel and return each primitive's full output, labeled per source. Pricing is calculated from the primitives that ran successfully plus the selected model rates: failed or skipped steps are not charged.

Reference

POST/v1/workflows/ai-citation-gaps

$0.80 · flat per call

Parameters

`query`required	string	AI-search query to inspect for citation gaps.
`brand`required	string	Brand or domain that should earn citations.
`url`optional	string	Optional exact URL to check for citations.
`competitors`optional	string[]	Competitor brands/domains to compare against.
`models`optional	array of enum (chatgpt \| claude \| perplexity \| gemini \| google_ai_overview)	Optional model subset. Omit to query the default surfaces (chatgpt, perplexity, gemini). Pass ["perplexity"] or ["perplexity","claude"] when the user names specific surfaces or wants to reduce cost. The full set is chatgpt, claude, perplexity, gemini, google_ai_overview — to query all of them, set fullSweep instead of listing them.
`fullSweep`optional	boolean	Query all five AI surfaces instead of the three default ones, adding claude and google_ai_overview. Costs more per call. Use it when the user wants complete cross-model coverage, is comparing surfaces against each other, or asks specifically about Claude or Google AI Overviews. Ignored when models is given.

Request

curl https://www.cite42.dev/api/v1/workflows/ai-citation-gaps \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITE42_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"best tools for AI search visibility","brand":"Cite42","competitors":["Peec AI","Profound"]}'

Response

{
  "status": "workflow_result",
  "workflow": "find_ai_citation_gaps",
  "summary": "Find sources AI models cite instead of the selected brand.",
  "input": {
    "query": "best tools for AI search visibility",
    "brand": "Cite42",
    "competitors": [
      "Peec AI",
      "Profound"
    ]
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "endpoint": "/v1/citations",
      "tool": "cite42_citations",
      "why": "Identify the sources currently earning citations.",
      "data": {
        "query": "how to optimize for AI search",
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://example.com/ai-search-guide",
            "title": "AI search optimization guide",
            "citedBy": [
              "chatgpt",
              "perplexity"
            ],
            "count": 2
          }
        ],
        "lookup": {
          "url": "yourbrand.com/blog/aeo",
          "cited": true,
          "citedBy": [
            "chatgpt"
          ]
        }
      },
      "ok": true
    }
  ],
  "suggestedPrompt": "Explain the citation gaps and recommend content to close them."
}