Citevana AI visibility tools
Free MCP tools for AI-search visibility: crawler checks, page audits, and llms.txt generation.
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Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://citevana.com/api/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://citevana.com/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"url": "https://citevana.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://citevana.com/api/mcp{
"servers": {
"mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://citevana.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}4 tools, verified live
check_ai_crawlersread-onlyChecks a website's robots.txt and reports which AI search, assistant and training crawlers (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, GPTBot, Claude-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and others) are allowed or blocked, with a plain-language summary and a ranked to-do list. Fetches only /robots.txt as CitevanaBot. Free; without an API key it counts one check against the same daily allowance a
audit_pageread-onlyFetches one public web page and audits on-page SEO and AI-answer readiness: HTTP status, title and meta description length, H1s, canonical, noindex, JSON-LD structured data, Open Graph and image alt text. Returns a plain-language summary and a ranked, time-boxed to-do list. Free; without an API key it counts one check against the same daily allowance as the Citevana website's free tools, counted p
generate_llms_txtread-onlyBuilds an llms.txt file (llmstxt.org format: H1 site name, optional blockquote summary, H2 sections of '- [title](url): note' links) from the site name, summary and links you provide. Nothing is fetched or published; the user uploads the file to https://their-domain/llms.txt. Free; it fetches nothing, so without an API key it uses no daily check — only a short per-minute burst limit applies.
get_site_audit_summaryread-onlyReturns the latest completed Citevana site audit for one of the user's own sites: health score (0-100), issue counts, top issues, AI readiness and a ranked to-do list. Requires a Citevana API key with the read:audits scope sent as 'Authorization: Bearer cv_live_…' (create one at https://citevana.com/app/settings/api-keys; docs: https://citevana.com/developers). Counts 1 against the workspace's dai
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