# Cited: Full LLM Context Generated: 2026-07-09 ## Product Summary Know when AI cites you. Cited is a citation inbox for AI search. It monitors configured prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode (based on your plan) and preserves evidence when a verified domain is cited, mentioned, recommended, or absent beside configured competitors. Cited monitors the AI questions you choose and records when your website becomes part of the answer. Track citations, mentions, recommendations, and missed opportunities in one focused inbox. Cited is the evidence layer. Learn Domains is the action layer for site and content work that may improve future visibility. ## What Cited Does - Monitor the prompts, locations, and AI surfaces you choose (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude by plan) - Record when a verified domain appears as a cited source, mention, recommendation, or missed opportunity - Preserve prompt, response evidence, source, and first-seen history in a focused inbox - Alert via email or Slack when meaningful evidence appears - Export citation evidence for records and internal reports ## What Cited Does Not Do - See every AI conversation in the world - Monitor private AI chats - Guarantee more AI citations or ranking improvements - Control AI provider answers - Replace a full SEO suite, content generator, site crawler, or analytics warehouse - Guarantee uptime, alert delivery, or third-party provider availability ## Core Concepts ### Citation A monitored response includes your verified domain as a source or linked reference. ### Mention A monitored response names your brand or product without an attributable source link to your verified domain. ### Recommendation A monitored response explicitly recommends your product, brand, or domain. ### Competitor Citation A monitored response cites or recommends a competitor domain you configured. ### Missed Opportunity A relevant monitored answer cites a configured competitor while your verified domain is absent. ### Occurrence A single observation of the same citation event during a later monitoring run. ### Citation Evidence The stored snapshot of prompt, response context, and sources from a monitored result. ## Product Pages ### Home URL: https://cited.cc Cited homepage. Product promise, evidence preview, and entry points to scan, demo, pricing, and docs. ### Check a Domain URL: https://cited.cc/scan Free citation check entry point. Tell Cited which domain you want to check and prepare a focused citation snapshot across supported AI surfaces. ### Demo URL: https://cited.cc/demo Interactive fictional demo workspace showing the citation inbox, evidence notes, and alerts without creating an account. ### Pricing URL: https://cited.cc/pricing Public plans for Founder, Growth, and Pro monitoring. Founder starts at $19/month. ### How it works URL: https://cited.cc/how-it-works Explains the monitoring workflow: prompts, surfaces, evidence notes, inbox, and alerts. ### Blog URL: https://cited.cc/blog Research archive for AI citation evidence, AI search citations, and LLM visibility field notes. ### Docs URL: https://cited.cc/docs Product documentation for setup, terminology, monitoring scope, alerts, billing, and exports. ## Documentation ### What Cited monitors URL: https://cited.cc/docs/what-cited-monitors Cited monitors the prompts, AI surfaces, schedules, locations, and verified domains you configure. Learn what is in scope and what is not. Last updated: 2026-07-09 ### Citations vs mentions URL: https://cited.cc/docs/citations-vs-mentions Definitions for citation, mention, recommendation, competitor citation, missed opportunity, and related evidence terms. Last updated: 2026-07-09 ### Monitored prompts URL: https://cited.cc/docs/monitored-prompts How to write buyer-like prompts, avoid prompt stuffing, and keep monitoring focused on questions that matter. Last updated: 2026-07-09 ### Alerts and digests URL: https://cited.cc/docs/alerts-and-digests Instant alerts, weekly digests, monitor issue alerts, preference hierarchy, and unsubscribe behavior. Last updated: 2026-07-09 ### Billing and limits URL: https://cited.cc/docs/billing-and-limits Plan limits, usage meters, Slack availability, history windows, downgrades, cancellations, and failed payments. Last updated: 2026-07-09 ### Cited LLM Files URL: https://cited.cc/docs/llms Cited publishes LLM-readable files to help AI systems and agents understand the product, docs, and public editorial content. Last updated: 2026-07-09 ## Blog Articles ### How to Know If ChatGPT Cites Your Website URL: https://cited.cc/blog/how-to-know-if-chatgpt-cites-your-website # How to Know If ChatGPT Cites Your Website AI answers are becoming a discovery layer. The problem is not that citations are impossible to find. The problem is that most teams have no system for checking the questions that matter and preserving the evidence. ## The short answer You cannot see every private ChatGPT conversation. You can monitor selected buyer-like prompts across supported AI-search surfaces and look for source citations, linked references, brand mentions, and recommendations. If your verified domain appears as a source, that is citation evidence. If your brand is named without a source link, that is a mention. If a competitor is cited and you are absent, that is a missed opportunity. ## What counts as a ChatGPT citation? - **Citation:** the monitored answer includes your verified domain as a source or linked reference. - **Mention:** the answer names your brand or product without an attributable source link to your verified domain. - **Recommendation:** the answer explicitly recommends your product, brand, or domain. - **Non-citation:** the answer does not cite, mention, or recommend you in a way you can attribute. ## What you cannot know Private chats stay private. Answers vary by provider, model, timing, location, and prompt wording. A single screenshot is not a complete picture of how AI search treats your site. ## What you can monitor Configured prompts. Supported AI surfaces. Verified domains and brand aliases. Competitor domains you choose. Scheduled checks that create occurrence history over time. ## The manual way to check 1. Choose buyer-like prompts. 2. Run the same prompt in supported AI surfaces. 3. Record the answer. 4. Check source links. 5. Look for brand mentions. 6. Repeat over time. 7. Compare against competitors. ## Why manual tracking breaks Screenshots drift. Spreadsheets go stale. There is no alerting, no dedupe, no shared inbox, and no clean history of first seen versus last observed. ## What a citation note should preserve Prompt, surface, timestamp, cited URL, evidence excerpt, source title, first seen, last observed, and occurrence history. ## How Cited solves this Cited is the evidence inbox for AI search. Add a domain, choose prompts, monitor supported surfaces, classify citations, mentions, recommendations, and missed opportunities, save evidence, alert via email or Slack, and export or share the record. Cited is the evidence layer. Learn Domains is the action layer for site and content work that may improve future visibility. ## Limitations Cited does not monitor private AI conversations or every possible AI answer. It does not guarantee more citations. Canonical URL: https://cited.cc/blog/how-to-know-if-chatgpt-cites-your-website ### What Is AI Citation Monitoring? URL: https://cited.cc/blog/ai-citation-monitoring # What Is AI Citation Monitoring? AI search is changing discovery. Traditional analytics tell you what happened after someone clicked. AI citation monitoring helps you understand whether selected AI answers are citing you before the click ever happens. ## The definition AI citation monitoring is the practice of checking selected AI-search prompts and preserving evidence when a website is cited, mentioned, recommended, or absent beside competitors. ## Why it matters now AI answers act as discovery surfaces. Buyers research with prompts. Source trust shapes shortlists. Zero-click discovery means the citation itself can matter before traffic appears in analytics. ## What AI citation monitoring tracks Citations, mentions, recommendations, competitor citations, missed opportunities, and occurrences over time. ## What it does not track Every AI conversation. Private chats. Every possible prompt. Guaranteed visibility. Rankings. Traffic attribution by itself. ## Citation monitoring vs SEO analytics SEO analytics covers rankings, traffic, clicks, backlinks, and technical issues. Citation monitoring covers AI answer evidence, source inclusion, prompt-level monitoring, and occurrence history. ## Anatomy of a good system Verified domains. Prompt library. Supported surfaces. Evidence snapshots. Deterministic classification. Alerts. Exportable records. Clear limitations. ## Why screenshots are not enough Screenshots are fragile. Evidence systems need structured records: prompt, surface, source, timestamp, and history. ## How Cited approaches AI citation monitoring Domain verification. Selected prompts. Supported AI-search surfaces. Evidence notes. A citation inbox. Alerts. Notebook. Exports. Cited is the evidence layer. Learn Domains is the action layer. ## Who needs it Founders, SEO leads, content teams, SaaS marketers, agencies, category creators, and teams with high-intent buyer prompts. ## Limitations Cited does not monitor private AI conversations or every possible AI answer. It does not guarantee more citations. Canonical URL: https://cited.cc/blog/ai-citation-monitoring ### How to Run an LLM Visibility Audit URL: https://cited.cc/blog/llm-visibility-audit # How to Run an LLM Visibility Audit Without Guessing Most LLM visibility audits are too vague. They ask a few prompts, take screenshots, and call it strategy. A better audit preserves evidence. ## What an LLM visibility audit is A structured review of selected AI-search prompts to see whether your brand or domain appears, gets cited, gets recommended, or is absent beside competitors. ## What a good audit should answer Are we cited? Are we mentioned? Are competitors cited instead? Which prompts matter? Which pages are cited? Which topics are missing? What evidence should we preserve? ## Steps 1. Choose buyer-like prompts. 2. Define the supported AI surfaces you will check. 3. Verify the domain and aliases. 4. Record citation evidence. 5. Separate citations from mentions. 6. Identify missed opportunities. 7. Repeat the audit on a schedule. 8. Turn evidence into action with content and site work. ## Manual audit template Prompt | Surface | Our domain cited? | Mentioned? | Competitor cited? | Evidence URL | Notes | Next action ## How Cited makes this repeatable Prompt monitoring, evidence inbox, occurrence history, alerts, notebook, and exports. Cited shows the signal. Learn Domains or internal content work can help improve pages, internal links, and topical authority. ## Limitations Cited does not monitor private AI conversations or every possible AI answer. It does not guarantee future visibility. Canonical URL: https://cited.cc/blog/llm-visibility-audit ## Limitations Cited monitors configured prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode based on your plan, plus schedules, locations, and verified domains. Cited does not monitor private AI conversations or every possible AI answer on the internet. AI responses can vary by provider, model, timing, location, and prompt wording. These LLM files help AI systems find and interpret Cited’s public content. They do not guarantee inclusion, ranking, or citation in any AI answer. llms.txt and llms-full.txt are public, curated context files. They exclude private workspace data, customer evidence, API keys, and internal architecture secrets. ## Related Files - [llms.txt](https://cited.cc/llms.txt) - [LLM Docs](https://cited.cc/docs/llms) - [Blog RSS](https://cited.cc/blog/rss.xml)