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Answer Engine Citation Tracker
The new SEO is being cited by AI. Track whether Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and others link to your pages.
Track Your URL
Where to Check
Enter a URL and query above, then click generate to get direct links to test Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Bing Copilot.
Weekly Citation Log
| Engine | Status | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | — | Search query + inspect Sources | |
| ChatGPT / GPT-4o | — | Browse with Bing may cite sources | |
| Gemini / Google SGE | — | Check AI Overview links | |
| Microsoft Copilot | — | Look for Learn more links | |
| Claude | — | No web citations yet | |
| Perplexity Pages | — | Persistent topic pages with sources |
How to increase citations
- Answer first: Put the direct answer in the first paragraph, then explain.
- Schema.org: Use FAQPage, HowTo, and ItemList structured data.
- Unique data: Original benchmarks, calculators, and comparisons get cited more.
- Keep URLs stable: Changing slugs breaks citations.
Automated monitoring
For now, manual checks are the most reliable. We are building a scheduled scanner that will:
- Run weekly Perplexity queries against your target list.
- Screenshot and log citations in your Obsidian vault.
- Alert you when new citations appear or disappear.
⚡ Use in Hermes Agent
🔒 Subscriber early accessThis tool is available as a Hermes Agent Python script. Public download unlocks Jul 17, 2026; subscribers get it now.
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Unlocks publicly on Jul 17, 2026. Subscribers get the .py file today.
Subscribe to unlock🤖 Use this tool in your agent
✓ Agent-ready codeCopy the snippet below into your agent, newsletter, or script. The tool page at hermesdispatch.dev/tools/answer-engine-citation-tracker/ is the canonical contract: inputs, outputs, and formulas.
python
# Hermes Dispatch Tool — Answer Engine Citation Tracker
# Source: https://hermesdispatch.dev/tools/answer-engine-citation-tracker/
# Description: Generate test links for Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot to check if a page is cited.
# License: MIT (generated by hermesdispatch.dev)
#
# INSTALL:
# 1. Save this file as ~/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/answer_engine_citation_tracker.py
# 2. Restart Hermes or run /reset in a session
#
# MANUAL REGISTRY:
# from tools.answer_engine_citation_tracker import register
# register()
import json
def _ok(result):
return json.dumps({"success": True, "data": result}, indent=2)
def _err(message):
return json.dumps({"success": False, "error": message}, indent=2)
TOOL_NAME = "answer_engine_citation_tracker"
TOOLSET = "seo"
SCHEMA = {
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": TOOL_NAME,
"description": "Generate answer-engine citation test links for a URL and query. Returns Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot URLs an agent can open to verify whether a page is cited.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {"type": "string", "description": "Page URL to monitor for citations."},
"query": {"type": "string", "description": "Query to test on each answer engine."}
},
"required": ["url", "query"]
}
}
}
def citation_test_links(url, query):
from urllib.parse import quote
encoded = quote(query)
return _ok({
"target_url": url,
"query": query,
"test_links": {
"perplexity": f"https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q={encoded}",
"chatgpt": f"https://chat.openai.com/?q={encoded}",
"gemini": f"https://gemini.google.com/app?q={encoded}",
"copilot": f"https://copilot.microsoft.com/?q={encoded}",
},
"note": "Open each link and check whether the target_url appears in the answer sources.",
})
def HANDLER(args):
try:
return citation_test_links(args.get("url", ""), args.get("query", ""))
except Exception as e:
return _err(str(e))
def register():
try:
from tools.registry import registry
registry.register(name=TOOL_NAME, toolset=TOOLSET, schema=SCHEMA, handler=HANDLER)
except ImportError:
print("Hermes registry not found; skipping manual registration.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
print(HANDLER({"url": "https://hermesdispatch.dev", "query": "best GPU for local LLM"}))
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