Citesurf MCP
The Citesurf MCP server lets you monitor and manage your brand's visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity — all from your AI agent.
Brand Management
List, create, update, and delete monitored brands with metadata (type, category, description, prompts)
Get detailed brand info including visibility scores, platform breakdown, competitors, and sentiment
Scan Operations
Trigger new visibility scans across all 4 AI platforms (costs 1 credit each)
List past scans and access full scan details including probes, per-platform results, and citations
View historical trends over 7, 30, or 90 days
Analytics & Insights
Retrieve prompt-level results showing what each AI platform says about your brand
Analyze persona-level results to see how different user types discover your brand
Get AI-generated recommendations for improving visibility, with options to dismiss or mark as completed
Technical Audits
Audit your site for AI crawler accessibility: robots.txt, llms.txt, schema.org, sitemap, and Open Graph
Reporting & Account
Generate comprehensive reports combining scores, platform performance, prompts, sentiment, competitors, trends, audits, and insights in a single call
View account plan, credit balance, and brand limits
Provides visibility monitoring and sentiment analysis for brands as they appear in responses and recommendations on the Perplexity platform.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Citesurf MCPShow me the latest visibility score and insights for my brand"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
@citesurf/mcp
MCP server for Citesurf. AI visibility monitoring.
Check if ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini recommend any brand. Get visibility scores, sentiment, competitor data, and actionable insights, all from your AI agent.
Install
npx -y @citesurf/mcpRelated MCP server: mcp-server-peecai
Requirements
A Citesurf account with an active Plus or Max subscription
An API key (create one in Dashboard > Settings)
Prepaid credits for scan operations
Setup
Add to your MCP client config:
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"citesurf": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@citesurf/mcp"],
"env": {
"CITESURF_API_KEY": "cs_live_..."
}
}
}
}Cursor
.cursor/mcp.json in your project or global settings
{
"mcpServers": {
"citesurf": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@citesurf/mcp"],
"env": {
"CITESURF_API_KEY": "cs_live_..."
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add citesurf -e CITESURF_API_KEY=cs_live_... -- npx -y @citesurf/mcpEnvironment Variables
Variable | Required | Description |
| Yes | Your API key from Dashboard > Settings |
| No | API base URL (default: |
Tools
Brands
Tool | Description | Credits |
| List all monitored brands with latest metrics | 0 |
| Get detailed brand info: score, platforms, competitors | 0 |
| Start monitoring a brand across all 4 AI platforms | 0 |
| Update brand type, category, description, or prompts | 0 |
| Stop monitoring and archive a brand | 0 |
Data
Tool | Description | Credits |
| Paginated scan list for a brand | 0 |
| Full scan detail with probes and citations | 0 |
| Historical scan trends (7, 30, or 90 days) | 0 |
| AI platform probe results grouped by prompt | 0 |
| Probe results grouped by persona | 0 |
| AI generated recommendations for visibility | 0 |
| Dismiss or complete an insight | 0 |
| Technical audit (robots.txt, llms.txt, schema) | 0 |
| Comprehensive report with all data in one call | 0 |
| Plan, credit balance, brand count | 0 |
Scans
Tool | Description | Credits |
| Trigger new scan for existing brand | 1 |
Each scan costs 1 credit and runs across all 4 platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). Reading data never costs credits. Purchase credit packs in the Citesurf dashboard.
Example Usage
> List my monitored brands
> What are the top insights for brand xyz?
> How has my visibility score changed over the last 30 days?
> Show me the latest scan detail for my brand
> What do different personas see when asking about my brand?
> Run a comprehensive report on my brand
> Update my brand's description and monitoring promptsLicense
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