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The 2026 changelog covers Cited’s documentation launch and the platform changes that followed — the March 2026 and May 2026 Cited Index editions, expanded coverage of Google’s AI surfaces, plan-tier composition updates, and the June 2026 docs refresh aligning the site with current platform state.

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June 2026

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Docs site refresh — June 2026

A full refresh of the Cited documentation site landed in June 2026, aligning every non-signals page with the platform state as of mid-June: expanded platform coverage (Google AI Overviews and AI Mode tracked alongside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Grok), updated plan-tier compositions, current AI Narrative cadence, refreshed dashboard tab structure, and a subscriber-audience voice pass across Get Started, Concepts, Methodology, Playbooks, and Glossary sections.

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May 2026

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Cited Index — May 2026 edition published

The May 2026 Cited Index edition shipped with refreshed category composition. Three categories were marked inactive (Digital Payments, Credit Cards, Online Learning) and three new categories were added (Health & Wellness, Personal Grooming, Conversational AI Platforms). The edition covers 200+ Indian brands across 8 active categories, benchmarked using a refreshed prompt set across the four Index platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude).

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Plan tier composition update — May 17

Anthropic (Claude) and xAI (Grok) repositioned to the Scale plan and above. Pro plan composition is now ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode (5 platforms). Starter retains ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini (3 platforms). Scale and Custom plans continue to cover all 7 platforms including Claude and Grok.

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AI Narrative cadence — May 5

All plans moved to a single weekly AI Narrative refresh cadence (was previously twice-weekly on Pro and above, weekly on Starter). The change simplifies the refresh rhythm and aligns narrative regeneration with the rest of the weekly insight surfaces (Source Intelligence, Tasks, Recommendations).

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April 2026

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Brand Intent editing refinements — April 27

Removed Regenerate button from Brand Intent — positioning is now fully user-controlled after initial AI seeding during onboarding. Added persistent recompute status banner, last-edited timestamp display, and discard changes button. See Configure positioning.

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Target attributes self-serve editing — April 21

Brand owners can now view and edit their target attributes directly in Settings > Brand Intent. Changes trigger automatic recomputation of recommendation Impact Scores. A “Regenerate from AI” button re-extracts attributes from the brand intelligence brief, with a 24-hour cooldown per brand. Target attribute limit raised from 10 to 20. Full guide: Configure positioning

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Brand-relative Impact Scoring (v3.0) — April 20

Impact Score semantics changed from universal to brand-relative. A score of 60 now means “60% of the maximum achievable impact for THIS brand’s current data maturity” rather than a universal 0-100 scale. Changes:
  • Brand-relative denominator ensures meaningful prioritization signal for brands at any data maturity level
  • Defensive Competitive Gap logic: dominant brands scored by proximity-to-vulnerability rather than distance-to-catch-up
  • Strategic alignment multiplier (1.5x) when recommendation matches declared brand positioning
  • Low-query-count safeguard prevents single-query gaps reaching HIGH on strategic boost alone
  • QV floor raised from 1 to 3 — zero-state brands no longer hit a structural ceiling
  • Visibility-based score floor removed (was artificially flattening tier distribution)
What to expect:
  • Existing recommendations recomputed once, no ongoing churn
  • Dominant brands may see most recommendations scored LOW — this reflects genuine low competitive urgency
  • Brands with populated brand_intent.target_attributes see strategic alignment boosts on approximately 75% of recommendations
Full methodology: How we score recommendation impact

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Narrative competitor accuracy — April 19

Your AI Narrative now only references competitors you have explicitly declared in your brand profile. Previously, the AI summary could reference competitors inferred from claim content, occasionally surfacing inaccurate or irrelevant names. The new behavior anchors on your declared competitor list, with a clean fallback when no competitors are declared. We have also added an admin force-refresh capability to regenerate narrative profiles on demand — useful after major claim cleanups or before sales presentations.

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Docs site launch — April 15

Cited’s documentation site launched at docs.getcited.in with 74 pages of substantive content covering five sections: Get Started (5 pages), Concepts (15 pages across Metrics, Foundations, and Platforms), Methodology (8 pages), Playbooks (5 pages), and Glossary (40 terms plus index). The site is built on Mintlify with auto-generated llms.txt and llms-full.txt for AI discoverability. All content passes a 24-check quality assurance process covering citability, docs structure, MDX validity, and voice accuracy.

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FAQ rendering migrated to native Accordion — April 15

All FAQ sections across the docs site were migrated from a custom FAQ MDX component to Mintlify’s native Accordion and AccordionGroup components. This provides proper expand/collapse interactivity and aligns with Mintlify’s supported component patterns.

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March 2026

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Cited Index — March 2026 edition published

The first edition of the Cited Index was published, covering 253 Indian brands across 8 categories (Travel and Luggage, Skincare and Beauty, Audio and Wearables, HR and Payroll, Credit Cards, Online Learning, CRM and Sales, Digital Payments). Benchmarks were computed from 740 LLM responses across 4 platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude) using 185 non-branded category prompts. Key finding: the median Indian brand has an 8% mention rate on non-branded category prompts. Top-quartile brands reach 16%.

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Grok integration — March 2026

Grok was added as the fifth tracked platform via xAI’s Responses API with web_search tool. Grok is tracked on the main Cited platform for pilot brands but is not yet included in the Cited Index pipeline.