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The Cited MCP server exposes your brand’s AI-visibility data — and, over time, Cited’s execution layer — as tools your own AI client can call. Instead of switching to the Cited dashboard, you ask your assistant (Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude Code) a question and it calls Cited directly. Cited MCP is built on the open Model Context Protocol — the standard for connecting AI applications to external systems.

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Who it’s for

  • Agencies managing many brands — one API key can be granted multiple brands, so an assistant can loop over your whole portfolio (“for each brand, pull this week’s gaps and summarize”).
  • In-house power marketers who live in an AI tool and want programmatic, conversational access to their AI-visibility data alongside their other work.
Cited MCP is an agency / power-user surface. If you just want to look at your numbers, the dashboard is faster and richer. The MCP shines for automation and for composing Cited data with your other tools inside an agent.

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What it is (and isn’t)

Cited MCP is the external, agent-facing face of the Cited platform. It is a thin projection — every tool returns the same data the dashboard shows.
  • Available now: resolver tools (whoami, list_brands, list_dimensions) and read tools (get_ai_shelf_products, get_cited_index). See Capabilities.
  • Coming: conformed metric tools (cube_slice / cube_drill) that return the exact numbers from Cited’s metrics cube, and action tools (generate a content brief, find source targets, create a task) that run Cited’s execution layer.

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How it works

There are two ways to connect, depending on your client:
  • Sign-in (OAuth) — on Claude Desktop, paste one URL (https://api.getcited.in/mcp-oauth) and sign in with your Cited account. No key to manage; your brands are resolved from your verified email.
  • API key — on every other client (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, ChatGPT), authenticate with a Cited API key (Authorization: Bearer cited_sk_…) against https://api.getcited.in/mcp.
Either way, your assistant then calls Cited tools, and each call is scoped to the brands your identity or key is granted. Start with Connect to wire up your client, then see Capabilities and Recipes.
Connecting the MCP sends the Cited data your assistant requests to whatever AI client you connect (e.g. Claude Desktop, ChatGPT). It exposes only data you already have access to in Cited — but that data leaves Cited for your chosen client. Treat your API key like a password.