Cited AI Visibility Check

Name: Cited AI Visibility Check
Author: impowerdlifestyle-code

by impowerdlifestyle-codeversion 0.1.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.impowerdlifestyle-code/cited-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Check whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini recommend a business. By Cited (cited.voreli.ai)

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Search & AI memory
You need to fill in: OPENAI_API_KEY, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: OPENAI_API_KEY, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cited": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cited-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add cited --env OPENAI_API_KEY=your-value --env PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=your-value --env GEMINI_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y cited-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cited": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cited-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "cited": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cited-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

OPENAI_API_KEY secret env
OpenAI key for ChatGPT-style answers with web search
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY secret env
Perplexity key for Sonar answers
GEMINI_API_KEY secret env
Google AI Studio key for Gemini with Google Search grounding

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account impowerdlifestyle-code, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 7283 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 51% of the other 7283 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 7283 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Cited AI Visibility Check safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: OPENAI_API_KEY, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.0) reached the registry 37 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Cited AI Visibility Check (MCP server)

Ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini the questions your customers ask, with live web search on, and see whether they recommend your business. By Cited , the AI visibility tracker from Voreli AI .

cited-mcp is an open-source Model Context Protocol server. Add it to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client, then ask something like:

Check whether AI engines recommend Sunshine Dental (sunshinedental.com) for family dentist questions in Tampa, FL.

For every question and engine it reports:

whether the business was named in the answer
its position if the answer was a list
whether its website was cited as a source
which competitors were named
the source domains the engine leaned on
an estimated cost for the call, from token usage at list prices

Tool

`check_ai_visibility`

Argument	Required	Notes
`business_name`	yes	e.g. `Sunshine Dental & Implants, LLC`
`website`	no	e.g. `sunshinedental.com`. Used to detect citations of your pages.
`questions`	no	1 to 10 buyer questions.
`category`	if no questions	e.g. `family dentist`. Generates 5 generic buyer questions.
`location`	no	e.g. `Tampa, FL`. Used in generated questions.
`engines`	no	Any of `openai`, `perplexity`, `gemini`. Default: every engine with a key.

Name matching ignores case and punctuation, treats & and and as the same, drops legal suffixes such as LLC, Inc and Co, and also counts a mention of your website domain. Website citation matches the domain and its subdomains against every URL the engine cited.

Install

You bring your own API keys and pay each provider directly. Set any one, two or all three; engines without a key are skipped with a note.

Claude Desktop

Edit claude_desktop_config.json (Settings, Developer, Edit Config):

"mcpServers": { "cited": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "cited-mcp"], "env": { "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-...", "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "pplx-...", "GEMINI_API_KEY": "..." } } } }

Claude Code

claude mcp add cited -e OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... -e PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=pplx-... -e GEMINI_API_KEY=... -- npx -y cited-mcp

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

"mcpServers": { "cited": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "cited-mcp"], "env": { "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-...", "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "pplx-...", "GEMINI_API_KEY": "..." } } } }

Any other MCP client works the same way: run npx -y cited-mcp over stdio with the keys in its environment. Node 20 or newer.

Environment variables

Variable	Engine	Default model
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	ChatGPT via the OpenAI Responses API with the `web_search` tool	`gpt-5.4-mini` (override with `OPENAI_MODEL`)
`PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`	Perplexity Sonar (search is built in)	`sonar` (override with `PERPLEXITY_MODEL`)
`GEMINI_API_KEY`	Gemini with Grounding with Google Search	`gemini-3.5-flash-lite` (override with `GEMINI_MODEL`)

The API versions of these engines are close to, but not the same as, the consumer apps. ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini in the browser can use different models, personalization and location signals.

Example output

This is the tool's real output format, run against the sample responses in test/fixtures, which follow each provider's documented response format (the businesses are made up):

# AI visibility check: Sunshine Dental & Implants (sunshinedental.com)

ChatGPT (OpenAI API): named in 1 of 1 answers, website cited in 1
Perplexity: named in 0 of 1 answers, website cited in 0
Gemini: named in 1 of 1 answers, website cited in 1

"What is the best dentist in Tampa, FL?"

ChatGPT (OpenAI API): NAMED, #2 of 3 listed, website cited
Named instead: Bayshore Smiles, Harbor Family Dentistry
Sources: bayshoresmiles.com, yelp.com, sunshinedental.com
Perplexity: not named, website not cited
Named instead: Harbor Family Dentistry, Bayshore Smiles, Westshore Dental Group
Sources: yelp.com, bayshoresmiles.com, healthgrades.com
Gemini: NAMED, #2 of 3 listed, website cited
Named instead: Westshore Dental Group, Bayshore Smiles
Sources: sunshinedental.com, yelp.com

Estimated provider cost: $0.0229. AI answers change from run to run, so treat one check as a snapshot, not a score. Costs are estimates from token usage at list prices; you pay your provider directly.

Track this weekly with Cited: https://cited.voreli.ai

The tool also returns the same data as structured JSON (structuredContent) for clients that use it.

Cost

There is no Cited fee and no account. Each question is one API call per engine, billed to your own provider account at their list prices (checked October 2026):

Engine	What you pay per question
OpenAI `gpt-5.4-mini`	$10 per 1,000 web search calls, plus tokens at $0.75 per 1M input and $4.50 per 1M output. Search results count as input tokens.
Perplexity `sonar`	$5 per 1,000 requests (low search context), plus tokens at $1 per 1M. Perplexity reports the exact cost and the tool uses it.
Gemini `gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	See Google's current Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing). The cost estimate shows $0 for models without a built-in price; check your Google billing for the real figure.

In practice that is a few cents or less per question per engine, so a default check (5 questions on 3 engines, 15 calls) should land well under a dollar. Every result includes an estimate computed from the token counts the provider returned. It does not include Gemini grounding fees past the free daily allowance. Check your provider dashboard for the exact charge. Prices change; see OpenAI, Perplexity and Gemini.

Run one live check

PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=your-key npm run live

Uses whichever of OPENAI_API_KEY, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY and GEMINI_API_KEY are set. Override the target with BUSINESS, WEBSITE, LOCATION and QUESTION. A single check costs a few cents.

Limitations

Answers vary from run to run. In our Tampa Bay AI Search Study 2026, we asked ChatGPT the same 12 questions twice. On average the two answers shared 11% of the businesses they named, and on 6 of the 12 questions they shared none. One check is a snapshot. Trends need repeated checks over time.
API is not the app. Results approximate what people see in the consumer apps; they are not identical.
Competitor names are pulled heuristically from list items, headings and bold text. Expect the odd miss or stray phrase. The answer excerpt is included so your assistant can read it directly.
Name matching is fuzzy, not magic. A nickname or abbreviation the engine uses (for example "SDI" for Sunshine Dental & Implants) will not match unless you pass it as the business name.
Location. The engines infer location from the question text, so put the city in the question.

Tracking it over time

This server answers "are we named today?". Cited runs the same questions every week across engines, stores the history, and shows which competitors and sources are winning so you can see whether your work is moving the number.

Related free tools

llms.txt Generator and Checker: validate a site's /llms.txt against the llmstxt.org spec, or draft one from its sitemap.
Tampa Bay AI Search Study 2026: the open dataset behind the variance numbers above.

Development

npm install

npm test # unit tests against sample responses, no network npm run typecheck npm run build npm run smoke # spawns the server over stdio, lists tools, runs a no-key call

To try it with the MCP Inspector: npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js.

License

MIT. Built by Voreli AI. Questions or ideas: open an issue, or visit cited.voreli.ai.

Cited AI Visibility Check

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

Tool

check_ai_visibility

Install

Claude Desktop

Claude Code

Cursor

Environment variables

Example output

"What is the best dentist in Tampa, FL?"

Cost

Run one live check

Limitations

Tracking it over time

Related free tools

Development

License

`check_ai_visibility`