Citation Tracker

Measure and track brand/content citations across 5 AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude.ai…

Measures and tracks whether your brand and content get cited across 5 AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini). It combines three measurement layers: proactive prompt batch testing, analytics referrer attribution, and weekly drift detection, so 'we show up in AI' becomes a concrete, trackable KPI instead of a guess. This is the measurement layer that proves whether your AEO investments actually paid off.

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  • Type Skill
  • Category Search & AEO
  • Delivery Email · instant
  • License One-time
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Do AI engines actually cite you, or does it just feel that way? A versioned 50-query batch across five engines, cross-checked against GA4 referrals, replaces the feeling with weekly numbers and alarms.

  1. Runs a versioned prompt batch (50 queries per language) against the 5 engines, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and records whether your domain appears in each answer.
  2. Logs every hit as a structured citation event: engine, query, mention count, position in the answer, source URL, a sentiment score for the surrounding context, and which competitors were mentioned alongside you.
  3. Cross-checks the proactive tests against reality in GA4: sessions and conversions arriving with chatgpt.com, perplexity.ai and claude.ai referrers, so a citation that never gets clicked is exposed as a vanity metric.
  4. Computes the KPIs: citation rate (cited queries over total queries), share of AI voice (your mentions over all brand mentions in the answers) and sentiment polarity, because being cited negatively is worse than not being cited.
  5. Compares each week against the previous baseline; a drop past the threshold fires an alarm email with a root-cause checklist: llms.txt drift, crawler allowlist regression, content removed, or the engine's index simply lagging.
  6. Starts from the free HubSpot AI Search Grader baseline and self-hosted batch before any paid enterprise tooling enters the picture; the upgrade only happens after the ROI is proven.
Use cases · what happens when you plug it in

One power source. 6 lines out.

citation-tracker · core

core active · 6 lines

  1. Verifying AI bot pickup 7-14 days after a content or blog launch

    ✓ verifying ai bot pickup
  2. Baselining AI visibility across multiple languages before an optimization sprint

    ✓ baselining ai visibility
  3. Tracking citation rate as a real KPI in monthly client reports

    ✓ tracking citation rate as
  4. Investigating a sudden drop in AI citations and finding the root cause

    ✓ investigating a sudden d…
  5. Benchmarking share of AI voice against competitors mentioned in answers

    ✓ benchmarking share of ai
  6. Identifying which exact pages and queries trigger AI citations

    ✓ identifying which exact
Benefits · what you walk away with

Yours to keep.

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Forever

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The rented stack

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Your forge

  1. Turn vague 'AI presence' claims into a measurable citation rate KPI

    license: perpetual
  2. Catch citation drops early with weekly drift alarms before traffic suffers

    license: perpetual
  3. Avoid single-source blind spots by triangulating three measurement methods

    license: perpetual
  4. Start with free baseline tools and only scale spend once ROI is proven

    license: perpetual

subscriptions expire · deeds don't

What's included · the full manifest

Everything in the box.

Pick a piece up. Watch it work.

5-engine tracking matrix with per-engine extraction patterns and referrer signatures

part 01 of 06 · in the box

6 parts · one working system · ships instantly by email

Who it's for

This wasn't forged for everyone.

  • Not for you if you'd rather rent a tool than own one.
  • Not for you if you want someone else to run your stack.
  • Not for you if you're happy guessing.
Still here? Good.

SEO and AEO specialists, content teams, and agencies who need to prove and monitor whether AI search engines actually cite their brand.

then this was forged for you.

Works with

Universal by design: these run in any AI. Delivered in the open Agent Skills + MCP format (native in Claude); ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor and Copilot adapt the same files their own way.

  • Claude Native format
  • ChatGPT Adapts via open standards
  • Gemini Adapts via open standards
  • Cursor Adapts via open standards
  • Copilot Adapts via open standards
Questions · still in the air

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  1. How does it actually check whether ChatGPT or Perplexity cited me?

    It runs batches of real prompts against the five engines and records whether your brand and pages come back as a source. Alongside that it reads referrer data, so a visit arriving from an AI engine is attributed rather than guessed.

  2. AI answers shift every time you ask, so isn't a single check just noise?

    That is why it runs repeated prompt batches and a weekly drift check instead of one snapshot, so you see a citation rate and its trend rather than a lucky hit. A one-off mention and a stable pattern look different on purpose.

  3. Does it get me cited, or only tell me whether I am?

    It measures and tracks citation, it does not rewrite content to win the citation. Use it to baseline and prove pickup, then the optimization work happens in your content, not the tracker.

  4. How is it delivered?

    By email right after purchase: ready to run, downloaded instantly, no setup wait.

  5. One-time or subscription?

    A one-time purchase; no subscription or hidden fees. VAT (20%) is included.

  6. Can I get a refund?

    As a digital product, it can’t be refunded once downloaded. That’s why we show exactly what’s inside and who it’s for, right here.