{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "agency-marketing-ai-citation-strategist",
 "type": "agent",
 "name": "AI citation visibility planner",
 "summary": "Find out if ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity name you or a rival. Get a citation table, lost questions and a ranked fix plan.",
 "headline": "AI citation visibility planner",
 "subhead": "Give it your brand, your site and 2 to 4 rivals. The agent writes 20 to 40 questions your buyers ask AI tools. It records who gets named in each answer you collect, lists the questions you lose and writes a ranked fix plan.",
 "job": {
  "id": "get-found-in-search",
  "name": "Get found in search and AI answers"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-11-03",
 "first_published": "2026-10-26",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "web_page",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Web page",
   "what": "a built or live web page, as a URL or saved HTML"
  },
  {
   "type": "competitor_set",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Competitor set",
   "what": "competitor profiles and the gaps worth owning"
  },
  {
   "type": "audit_report",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Audit report",
   "what": "findings with evidence, severity, missing inputs and next actions"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "audit_report",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Audit report",
   "what": "findings with evidence, severity, missing inputs and next actions"
  },
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  },
  {
   "type": "copy_draft",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Copy draft",
   "what": "a draft of any copy (ad, page, email or script) that a check or edit pass works on"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your brand name, site address and product category.",
  "Two to four main rivals.",
  "Who your buyer is and what they would ask an AI tool.",
  "The answers you collect from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity for each question. The agent gives you the list to run.",
  "Your FAQ, comparison and product pages (optional)."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A list of 20 to 40 buyer questions sorted by type.",
  "A citation table by tool that shows questions tested, times you were named, times a rival was named, your rate and the gap.",
  "A lost-questions table with the question, who is named, why they win and the priority.",
  "A ranked fix plan, such as FAQ markup, comparison pages and brand fixes, each tied to target questions.",
  "Drafts of FAQ blocks, markup and comparison page outlines.",
  "A recheck plan to run the same questions about 14 days later."
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "A buyer tells you \"ChatGPT told me to try your rival.\"",
  "You want to know which questions you lose, and to whom.",
  "You are about to write comparison or FAQ pages and want them aimed at real questions.",
  "You made changes and want to see if AI tools name you more often."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You want a monthly shopper-question check for a store. Use the AI recommendation mention tracker.",
  "You want one page scored on how easy it is to quote. Use the AI citation scorer.",
  "You want the sites AI tools cite for five buyer questions, and who to contact. Use the AI citation source finder.",
  "You want a Google search review or link building. Use the SEO reviewer."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your brand, site and product category",
   "Two to four main rivals",
   "The answers you collect from each AI tool for the question list",
   "Your FAQ and comparison pages (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "Access to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity to run the questions"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Question list",
    "contains": "Twenty to forty questions your buyers ask, grouped by recommend, compare, how to choose and best of."
   },
   {
    "name": "Citation table",
    "contains": "For each AI tool, how often you and your rivals were named, with your rate and the gap."
   },
   {
    "name": "Lost-questions table",
    "contains": "Each question where a rival wins, who is named, why they win and the fix priority."
   },
   {
    "name": "Fix plan",
    "contains": "Ranked fixes with the questions they target, expected gain and implementation steps."
   },
   {
    "name": "Draft assets",
    "contains": "FAQ blocks, markup and outlines for comparison pages, ready for you to edit and publish."
   },
   {
    "name": "Recheck plan",
    "contains": "The same questions to run again in about 14 days and how to compare the results."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "AI CITATION AUDIT: <brand> | <date>\n| Tool | Questions tested | You named | Rival named | Your rate | Gap |\nOverall rate: <n> percent from <N> answers. Top rival rate: <n> percent.\nNote: answers vary run to run, so this is a snapshot.\n\nLOST QUESTIONS\n| Question | Tool | Who is named | Why they win | Priority |\n\nFIX PLAN\nPriority 1: <fix> | Target questions: <list> | Expected gain: <high, medium or low and why> | Steps: <list>\nPriority 2: ...\n\nDRAFTS\n<FAQ block, markup, comparison outline>\n\nRECHECK\n<date, same questions, what to compare>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Add the pack to your AI as a skill. In a plain chat, paste SKILL.md first.",
  "Give your brand, site, category, rivals and buyer. Ask for the question list.",
  "Run each question in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, in a new chat each time. Paste the answers back, labelled by tool and question. If time is short, start with 10 questions.",
  "Say \"Audit these answers.\" Read the citation table, then the lost questions.",
  "Work through the fix plan from the top and publish the changes yourself.",
  "About 14 days later, run the same questions again with the same wording and ask for a comparison."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.",
  "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.",
  "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "AI search visibility tester",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/ai-recommendation-panel-runner",
   "why": "AI search visibility tester"
  },
  {
   "name": "Ahrefs content gap and decay reviewer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/content-gap-and-decay-finder",
   "why": "Ahrefs content gap and decay reviewer"
  },
  {
   "name": "AI search visibility analyst",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/ai-search-visibility-optimiser",
   "why": "AI search visibility analyst"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
  "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents",
  "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/marketing/marketing-ai-citation-strategist.md",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "AI Citation Strategist",
  "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "AI Citation Strategist",
   "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/marketing/marketing-ai-citation-strategist.md",
   "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions. On 2026-10-28 we matched the SKILL.md input note to the brand, site and rival inputs and added a when-not-to-use line."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE",
  "references/source-agent.md",
  "SETUP.md",
  "source.json"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-marketing-ai-citation-strategist",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-marketing-ai-citation-strategist.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-marketing-ai-citation-strategist.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-marketing-ai-citation-strategist/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-marketing-ai-citation-strategist.zip",
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  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-marketing-ai-citation-strategist",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}
