How to use AICite: step-by-step tutorial
AICite audits your website's visibility in AI search engines like ChatGPT and Claude. This tutorial explains each step of the process and how to interpret the results.
The 6 steps of an AICite audit
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Enter your URL
Paste your page URL into the AICite form. It can be your homepage, a landing page, a blog post, or any public page. AICite accepts any URL accessible over HTTPS.
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AICite ingests your page content and metadata
Our crawler extracts the title, headings, schema.org JSON-LD, meta tags, and visible content from your page. This is exactly what an AI crawler sees when it visits your site. If your content relies on client-side JavaScript, the crawler may not see it.
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15 queries are generated from your content
An LLM analyzes your content and generates 15 questions a real user would ask an AI engine searching for information about your niche. The mix includes informational, commercial, and long-tail queries to cover different types of search intent.
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ChatGPT and Claude are queried in parallel
All 15 queries are launched simultaneously to ChatGPT (with web search enabled) and Claude (with web search). This generates 30 raw responses in approximately 20 seconds, simulating how real users search for information.
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An LLM-judge evaluates citations in each response
Another language model reviews each of the 30 responses and determines whether your site was cited, at what position it appears, in what context it's mentioned, and who was cited instead. It also detects hallucinations where AI engines mention your brand with incorrect information.
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You receive a score + specific fixes
The final result includes a citation score 0-100, breakdown by engine (ChatGPT vs Claude), the literal responses, and between 7-15 actionable fixes with exact suggested text. All in a public, shareable URL.
How to interpret your citation score
The AICite score measures the percentage of query x engine combinations where your site was cited. Here's what each range means:
Your site doesn't appear in ChatGPT or Claude responses. AI engines don't know you exist or don't have enough context to cite you. Most new sites start here.
You appear in some responses but inconsistently. One engine may cite you while the other doesn't, or you only appear for very specific queries. There's a foundation but optimization is needed.
AI engines know you and cite you in a significant portion of queries. You're on the radar but not yet the primary reference in your niche. A key moment to invest in GEO.
Your site is a frequent source in AI responses. Users asking about your niche will likely see your brand. Example: Linear.app scores 57 — a brand with real traction.
Your site is the dominant reference in your niche for AI engines. You appear consistently in both engines and in most queries. Few sites reach this level.
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