AI Prompt Research · MCP & API

Find the questions your buyers ask ChatGPT and other AI assistants

AI Prompt Research maps the prompts that matter in your market in one call, using keyword demand, trends, AI answers, citations, Reddit and YouTube. Via MCP or API.

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Step 1: Create your account

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Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Run this in your terminal. Your browser opens to sign in, no API key needed.

Step 1: Create your account

Try your first calls before adding funds.

Start with $1 free

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Opens claude.ai with Cite42 filled in. Confirm, connect, and sign in; the connector then appears in the Claude desktop app too.

Add to Claude

Step 1: Create your account

Try your first calls before adding funds.

Start with $1 free

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Run this in your terminal. Your browser opens to sign in, no API key needed.

Step 1: Create your account

Try your first calls before adding funds.

Start with $1 free

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Enable Developer mode in ChatGPT, then Settings → Plugins → +. Add the MCP URL, choose OAuth, and open Cite42 from Codex → Plugins.

Step 1: Create your account

Try your first calls before adding funds.

Start with $1 free

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Opens Cursor with Cite42 filled in. Confirm the install, then sign in when Cursor asks.

Add to Cursor

Step 1: Create your account

Try your first calls before adding funds.

Start with $1 free

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Opens claude.ai with Cite42 filled in. Confirm, then connect and sign in.

Add to Claude

Step 1: Create your account

Try your first calls before adding funds.

Start with $1 free

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Enable Developer mode, then Settings → Plugins → +. Add the MCP URL, choose OAuth, and use Cite42 in a new Work mode chat.

Step 1: Create your account

Try your first calls before adding funds.

Start with $1 free

Step 2: Call the REST API

No package to install. Replace cite42_live_... with your API key, then send this POST request.

Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

You ask your AIBuild the prompt set Acme CRM should track for “best startup CRM.”

MCP runsAI Prompt Research

Your AI saysGroup prompts into best-tools, alternatives, pricing, setup, and startup-specific questions. Track 18 weekly; 7 already trigger competitor shortlists...

Step 3: Get structured JSON

200 OK · JSON

{
  "status": "workflow_result",
  "workflow": "map_ai_prompts",
  "results": [
    { "endpoint": "/v1/keywords", "ok": true },
    ...
  ]
}

HOW AI PROMPT MAP WORKS

Map the questions buyers ask.

Cite42 turns a broad market into questions you can track, using demand and the conversations people are having.

You ask your AI

Build the prompt set Acme CRM should track for “best startup CRM.”

Cite42 result

Prompts to track

Best tools
Alternatives
Pricing
Setup

Buyer intent

Questions about setup, pricing, and startup needs show where people need help.

Monitoring set

Use the clusters to choose the prompts you monitor each week.

Group buyer questions by theme, such as alternatives, pricing, and setup, so your monitoring set reflects different decisions.

You ask your AI

Build the prompt set Acme CRM should track for “best startup CRM.”

Cite42 result

Prompts to track

Best tools
Alternatives
Pricing
Setup

Buyer intent

Questions about setup, pricing, and startup needs show where people need help.

Monitoring set

Use the clusters to choose the prompts you monitor each week.

See which prompt groups signal comparison or purchase intent and which ones show buyers still learning the basics.

You ask your AI

Build the prompt set Acme CRM should track for “best startup CRM.”

Cite42 result

Prompts to track

Best tools
Alternatives
Pricing
Setup

Buyer intent

Questions about setup, pricing, and startup needs show where people need help.

Monitoring set

Use the clusters to choose the prompts you monitor each week.

Choose a focused set of questions to monitor regularly, keeping related prompts together so changes are easier to interpret.

You ask your AI

Build the prompt set Acme CRM should track for “best startup CRM.”

Cite42 result

Prompts to track

Best tools
Alternatives
Pricing
Setup

Buyer intent

Questions about setup, pricing, and startup needs show where people need help.

Monitoring set

Use the clusters to choose the prompts you monitor each week.

EXAMPLE WORKFLOW PROMPTS

Ask for AI Prompt Research data.

Cite42 runs the workflow and returns its plan alongside the data each tool checked.

AI Prompt Research
You ask your AIBuild the prompt set Acme CRM should track for “best startup CRM.”
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MCP runsAI Prompt Research
Keyword Research
Google Trends
AI Search
AI Citations
Reddit Trends
YouTube Trends
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Your AI saysCite42 returns a AI Prompt Research workflow plan. It lists the tools to run, why they matter, and what your AI should check next...
Which tools to run
You ask your AIWhich Cite42 data should I check for the AI Prompt Research workflow?
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MCP runsAI Prompt Research
Keyword Research
Google Trends
AI Search
AI Citations
Reddit Trends
YouTube Trends
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Your AI saysStart with Keyword Research, Google Trends, AI Search. The plan marks which sources are live, what each tool returns, and how to combine the evidence...

DATA PLAN

What tools the workflow uses.

Each card shows the Cite42 tool, its source coverage, why the workflow uses it, and the data it returns.

Keyword Research

Adds search volume, CPC, competition, and related keyword ideas.

Data returned

Search volume, CPC, competition, and related SEO keyword ideas.

Google Trends

Shows whether demand is rising, flat, or fading.

Data returned

Interest over time, trend direction, rising queries, and top related queries.

AI Search

Shows what AI models already say about the topic.

Data returned

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

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.

Reddit Trends

Adds what people discuss on Reddit about the topic.

Data returned

Relevant threads with short summaries, source links, and coverage warnings.

YouTube Trends

Adds video angles, title patterns, and creator-market signals.

Data returned

Rising videos, title patterns, channel examples, creator angles, and format ideas.

WAYS TO USE CITE42

Use Cite42 wherever you already work.

MCP

You ask your AI

Where does Acme CRM rank for “best startup CRM”?

MCP

Cite42 returns

Rankings, citations, and a tracker draft when you need one.

Connect Cite42 to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT. Ask in plain English to run every tool and workflow, create trackers, and retrieve saved reports.

Connect MCP

REST API

curl https://www.cite42.dev/api/v1/rankings \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cite42_live_…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"best startup CRM",
      "terms":["Acme CRM"]}
# structured JSON response

Call the same tools and workflows from your product, scripts, or automations. Send a request and receive structured JSON for your own workflow.

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Dashboard

Account overview

Dashboard

cite42_live_••••••••Active

Trackers

Reports

Request logs

Usage

Billing

Balance

Create API keys, review tracker reports, inspect usage, and manage your balance from one place in the browser.

Open dashboard

WHAT WE QUERY

Sources Cite42 checks.

AI perspectives

One query across five answer engines

ChatGPT
Claude
Perplexity
Gemini
Google AI Overviews

Search & audience data

Keywords, trends, discussions, and video signals

Google Ads
Google Trends
Reddit
YouTube

We use official AI APIs with web search and live Google results for AI Overviews, not scraped chat apps (how we measure).

PRICING

Pay per call for this workflow.

Top up once ($25 minimum). Your balance never expires, and this workflow only charges when it runs. Its Keyword Research step includes related ideas at $0.12 per run.

AI Prompt Research

$0.29 to $0.53

Workflow plan plus 6 live tool calls.

Sources

Tool	Answers	Sources	Per run
AI Prompt Research	Workflow plan plus 6 live tool calls.		$0.29 to $0.53

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KEEP EXPLORING

All workflows

Questions about AI Prompt Research.

AI Prompt Research returns the evidence to build a set of buyer prompts for your market: keyword demand, trend direction, what AI answers today, the pages it cites, and Reddit and YouTube signals. Your agent turns it into prompt clusters worth tracking.

No. Keywords are one input. AI Prompt Research also uses AI answers, trends, citations, Reddit and YouTube, because people phrase AI prompts as full questions, not short keywords.

Yes, if you don't have a prompt list yet. Map the prompts first, then check or track the ones that matter with AI Visibility or AI Competitors.

Yes. Add a brand and competitors when you want prompts tied to your market position, such as comparisons and alternatives, not just general topic questions.

Up to $0.67 per run. You pay only for the tools that succeed and the AI models you select, so a run often costs less.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Give your AI live search and content data.

Install the MCP server or call the workflow tool directly. One call runs every tool and keeps the result from each source visible.

Start with $1 free Install MCP

Find the questions your buyers ask ChatGPT and other AI assistants

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Step 1: Create your account

Step 2: Call the REST API

Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

Step 3: Get structured JSON

Map the questions buyers ask.

Ask for AI Prompt Research data.

AI Prompt Research

Which tools to run

What tools the workflow uses.

Keyword Research

Google Trends

AI Search

AI Citations

Reddit Trends

YouTube Trends

Use Cite42 wherever you already work.

MCP

REST API

Dashboard

Sources Cite42 checks.

Pay per call for this workflow.

All workflows

Content Gap Analysis

AI Prompt Research

Topic Demand

Competitor Content Analysis

AI Citation Gaps

Content Brief

Questions about AI Prompt Research.

Give your AI live search and content data.