AI citation gaps MCP and REST API for source tracking.

Ask where your brand should be cited but is missing. Cite42 gives your AI the citations, rankings, search, and comparison checks to run.

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Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

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Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

You ask your AIWhy is our AI SEO guide not cited for "how to track ChatGPT visibility"?
MCP runs/v1/workflows/ai-citation-gaps
Runs the workflow’s live data sources.
Your AI saysAI answers cite broader SEO guides and competitor glossary pages. Your guide needs concrete examples, pricing context, and comparison language models can reuse...
WORKFLOW PROMPTS

Run the AI citation gaps workflow.

Your AI gets the workflow endpoint, source icons, and endpoint plan before it runs the endpoint calls.

  • AI citation gaps

    You ask your AIWhy is our AI SEO guide not cited for "how to track ChatGPT visibility"?
    MCP runs/v1/workflows/ai-citation-gaps
    • /v1/citations
    • /v1/rankings
    • /v1/search
    • /v1/compare
    Your AI saysCite42 returns a workflow plan for ai citation gaps. It lists the endpoints to run, why they matter, and what your AI should check next...

  • Which endpoints to run

    You ask your AIWhich Cite42 data should I check for ai citation gaps?
    MCP runs/v1/workflows/ai-citation-gaps
    • /v1/citations
    • /v1/rankings
    • /v1/search
    • /v1/compare
    Your AI saysStart with /v1/citations, /v1/rankings, /v1/search. The plan marks which sources are live, what each endpoint returns, and how to combine the evidence...
WHY THIS WORKFLOW

Find missing source mentions.

Use this workflow when AI answers cover your topic but cite competitors, publishers, or third-party pages instead of your own source.

  • Start with citation evidence.
  • Check rankings and competitor framing around the same prompt.
  • Prioritize pages that can win the source slot.
WHAT WE QUERY

Sources Cite42 checks.

Cite42 queries AI answers, search demand, and conversation signals, then returns normalized results your app or agent can use.

  • ChatGPT

    OpenAI · Search when needed

  • Claude

    Anthropic · Search when needed

  • Perplexity

    Perplexity Sonar · Web-grounded

  • Gemini

    Google · Google Search grounding

  • Google AI Overviews

    Google Search · Live SERP

  • Google data

    Google data

    Search demand signal

  • Reddit

    Conversation signal

  • YouTube

    Video demand signal

EXAMPLE USE CASES

Three ways to use this workflow.

A few practical ways teams use the AI citation gaps workflow.

  • Source gaps

    Find missing citations.

    See which prompts cite other domains while leaving your own page out, then prioritize the biggest gaps.
  • Updates

    Refresh pages for citations.

    Use the current cited sources to decide what your content needs to answer better or support with evidence.
  • AEO

    Prioritize AEO work.

    Focus on prompts where answer coverage exists, buyer intent is clear, and source ownership is still open.
DATA PLAN

What endpoints the workflow uses.

Each card shows the primitive API endpoint, source coverage, why the workflow uses it, and the data it returns.

APIPOST/v1/citations

AI citations

Finds which sources AI models cite and where your site is missing.

Data returned

Cited URLs, cited-by model list, citation counts, and source titles.

APIPOST/v1/rankings

AI rankings

Measures which brands appear in AI answers and where they rank.

Data returned

Mention rate, average position, per-model rankings, and answer snippets.

APIPOST/v1/search

AI search

Shows what AI models already say about the topic.

Data returned

Per-model answers, cited URLs, source titles, and latency.

APIPOST/v1/compare

AI compare

Compares one brand against competitors in AI answers.

Data returned

Brand-vs-competitor rankings, co-mentions, positions, and cited sources.

PRICING

Pay per call for this workflow.

Top up once ($25 minimum). Credits never expire, and this workflow only charges when it runs.

AI citation gaps
$0.04-$0.52
Workflow plan plus 4 live primitive calls.
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KEEP EXPLORING

All workflows

Same MCP server, same REST API, different research job.

QUESTIONS

Questions about AI citation gaps.

It is a prompt where AI answers the question but cites competitors, publishers, or third-party sources instead of your owned page.
/v1/citations is the primitive that collects cited URLs. This workflow combines citations with rankings, search, and compare checks to decide what to fix.
Yes. Pass a URL when you want to know whether that page is cited for the target query.
Refresh or create pages that answer the prompt better than the cited sources, then rerun the same query to see whether citations move.
No. Backlinks are links between websites. AI citations are sources used inside AI answers; sometimes they overlap, often they do not.
READY WHEN YOU ARE

Give your AI the market data.

Install the MCP server or call the workflow endpoint directly. One call runs every primitive and the per-source results stay visible.

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