SEO content brief MCP and REST API for data-backed briefs.

Ask your AI for a brief and Cite42 returns the data: what AI already says, which sources it cites, which SEO keywords have demand, and what questions to answer.

  • $1 free on signup
  • Credits never expire
  • No subscription
  • MCP native
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Step 1: Create your account

Get $1 in test credit to try your first calls.

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Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

Replace cite42_live_... with your key, then run this once.

Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

You ask your AICreate a brief for a page about "AI visibility API for agencies".
MCP runs/v1/workflows/content-brief
Runs the workflow’s live data sources.
Your AI saysBrief the page around client reporting, prompt monitoring, citation gaps, and workflow automation. Include competitor comparisons, keyword targets, and source examples...
WORKFLOW PROMPTS

Run the Content brief workflow.

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

  • Content brief

    You ask your AICreate a brief for a page about "AI visibility API for agencies".
    MCP runs/v1/workflows/content-brief
    Google data
    • /v1/search
    • /v1/citations
    • /v1/keywords
    • /v1/trends
    • /v1/reddit/trends
    • /v1/youtube/trends
    Your AI saysCite42 returns a workflow plan for content brief. 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 content brief?
    MCP runs/v1/workflows/content-brief
    Google data
    • /v1/search
    • /v1/citations
    • /v1/keywords
    • /v1/trends
    • /v1/reddit/trends
    • /v1/youtube/trends
    Your AI saysStart with /v1/search, /v1/citations, /v1/keywords. The plan marks which sources are live, what each endpoint returns, and how to combine the evidence...
WHY THIS WORKFLOW

Brief from market data first.

Use this workflow when a writer or AI agent needs evidence before drafting: AI answers, citations, keywords, trends, Reddit questions, and YouTube angles.

  • Collect the evidence before writing.
  • Keep research sources visible in the brief.
  • Use the same plan for blog posts, pages, and scripts.
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 Content brief workflow.

  • Writers

    Create writer briefs.

    Give writers the questions, sources, keywords, and angles to cover before drafting starts.
  • Agents

    Brief an AI agent.

    Let your AI choose the right data checks before it writes the final document or outline.
  • Agency

    Package deliverables.

    Turn source-backed research into repeatable briefs for clients, editors, and content teams.
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/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/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/keywords

SEO keywords

  • Google data

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

Data returned

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

APIPOST/v1/trends

Google Trends

  • Google data

Shows whether demand is rising, flat, or fading.

Data returned

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

APIPOST/v1/reddit/trends

Reddit trends

Adds repeated questions, pain points, and language from Reddit.

Data returned

Rising threads, repeated questions, pain points, repeated phrases, and source URLs.

APIPOST/v1/youtube/trends

YouTube trends

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

Data returned

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

PRICING

Pay per call for this workflow.

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

Content brief
$0.36-$0.60
Workflow plan plus 6 live primitive calls.
Sources
  • Google data
See all pricing
KEEP EXPLORING

All workflows

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

QUESTIONS

Questions about Content brief.

It returns data for a brief in one call: AI answers, citations, keyword metrics, trend signals, Reddit questions, and YouTube angles, all labeled by source.
The endpoint returns the market evidence, and your AI writes the final brief from it. No extra primitive calls are needed because the data is already in the response.
The agent should know what it checked. Each result keeps the endpoint path, why it ran, and the data it returned visible.
Blog posts, comparison pages, landing pages, YouTube scripts, and client deliverables. The useful part is the source-backed brief structure.
Run it after choosing a topic but before assigning the draft. It gives the writer or AI the evidence to cover and cite.
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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