AI Citation Gaps · MCP & API

Find the prompts where AI cites your competitors instead of you

AI Citation Gaps finds the questions where AI answers your topic but cites other sites instead of yours, in one call. Via MCP or API.

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Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

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Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

You ask your AIWhy is Acme CRM’s startup CRM guide not cited for “best startup CRM”?
MCP runsAI Citation Gaps
Runs the workflow’s live data sources.
Your AI saysAI answers cite broader CRM guides and competitor glossary pages instead of acme.example. The guide needs setup examples, pricing context, and direct comparisons...
HOW AI CITATION GAPS WORK

See where your page is missing.

Cite42 shows which other pages AI cites, then gives you the related questions and content gaps.

EXAMPLE WORKFLOW PROMPTS

Ask for AI Citation Gaps data.

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

  • AI Citation Gaps

    You ask your AIWhy is Acme CRM’s startup CRM guide not cited for “best startup CRM”?
    MCP runsAI Citation Gaps
    • AI Citations
    • AI Visibility
    • AI Search
    • AI Competitors
    Your AI saysCite42 returns a AI Citation Gaps 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 Citation Gaps workflow?
    MCP runsAI Citation Gaps
    • AI Citations
    • AI Visibility
    • AI Search
    • AI Competitors
    Your AI saysStart with AI Citations, AI Visibility, 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.

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.

AI Visibility

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

Data returned

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

AI Search

Shows what AI models already say about the topic.

Data returned

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

AI Competitors

Compares one brand against competitors in AI answers.

Data returned

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

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.

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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

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Dashboard

Account overview

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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.

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WHAT WE QUERY

Sources Cite42 checks.

AI perspectives

One query across five answer engines

  • ChatGPTOpenAI API
  • ClaudeAnthropic API
  • PerplexityPerplexity API
  • GeminiGoogle Gemini API
  • Google AI OverviewsLive Google results

Search & audience data

Keywords, trends, discussions, and video signals

  • Google dataGoogle Ads
  • Google dataGoogle 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.

AI Citation Gaps
$0.04 to $0.52
Workflow plan plus 4 live tool calls.
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Questions about AI Citation Gaps.

An AI citation gap is a question where AI models answer your topic but cite competitors or other sites instead of your pages. Those are the questions where better or new content can win you citations.
AI Citations lists the pages cited for one question. AI Citation Gaps combines citations with AI Visibility, AI Search and AI Competitors in one call, so your agent can see where you are missing and who is cited instead.
Yes. Add a URL to see whether that page is cited for the question, alongside the pages that are.
No. Backlinks are links between websites. AI citations are the sources an AI model uses in its answer. The two sometimes overlap, but they often differ, so a strong backlink profile does not guarantee AI citations.
Up to $0.80 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.

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