Citation Intelligence

Use when the user wants to know which URLs AI engines cite for a query, whether their domain is being cited by ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity/Gemini/Google AI Overviews/Bing, what queries their site is cited for, how citation rate changes over time, or how their citation coverage compares to competitors. Self-hosted, BYO API keys, no backend.

Pairs with the @automatelab/citation-intelligence server (12 tools across 6 namespaces). Queries which URLs Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Bing cite for any query — self-hosted, no account, no centralized backend.

Tool namespaces

citations.* — query-level: who cites what

Tool	Use when
citations.provenance	Start here. Fan a query across engines; returns per-URL cross-engine consensus matrix
citations.check	URLs cited by a single engine for a query (cheaper than provenance)
citations.evidence	Extract the cited snippet — why a URL is cited, not just that it is
citations.predict	Citation likelihood from public signals — no LLM fired
citations.trend	Time-series citation rate + per-query gained/lost deltas
citations.freshness	Recency score for pages an engine cites

domain.* — domain-level: am I cited, what for

Tool	Use when
domain.am_i_cited	Fan across all engines for a domain; cross-engine consensus. Default first tool for "is my site cited?"
domain.cited_for	Which queries the domain has been cited for (from local cache)

signals.* — page-level: citation signals

Tool	Use when
signals.ai_overview	Google AI Overview eligibility check for a URL
signals.answer_box	Featured snippet / answer box signals

competitors.*, panel.*, audit.* — tracking and comparison

Tool	Use when
competitors.compare	Compare citation coverage between your domain and a competitor
panel.run	Run a batch of queries and aggregate citation results

Default workflows

"Is my site cited?"

domain.am_i_cited(domain: "example.com", engine: "auto")
→ Per-engine breakdown + consensus. Pin engine= to reduce cost.

"Who ranks for this query?"

citations.provenance(query: "best n8n alternatives")
→ Cross-engine URL matrix with interpretation notes

"Why does ChatGPT cite them and not me?"

citations.evidence(query: "...", url: "competitor.com/page")
→ The cited snippet; compare against your page

Server setup

Claude Code (.claude/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-intelligence": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@automatelab/citation-intelligence"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-intelligence": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@automatelab/citation-intelligence"]
    }
  }
}

Requires Node 20+. Add your API keys as environment variables — each engine you want to query needs its own key (Perplexity, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google). See the README for the full list.

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Developed by AutomateLab. Source: github.com/AutomateLab-tech/citation-intelligence.