The citation object

A citation is a single link an AI platform included in a response, recorded with the URL, its title and domain, and its position in the citation list.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	integer	The unique ID of the citation.
response_id	integer	The numeric ID of the response this citation came from. You may pass this ID to the `response_id` filter on the list endpoint.
source_url_id	integer	The numeric ID of the classified source URL this citation belongs to.
url	string	The URL that the AI platform cited.
title	string	The title of the cited page, if known.
description	string	A short description of the cited page, if known.
domain	string	The domain of the source that this citation belongs to.
position	integer	The one-indexed order in which the citation appeared in the response. A position of `1` means it was the first citation in the answer.
response	Response	The response this citation came from. Returned when requested via `include=response` or a deeper chain.
source_url	SourceUrl	The classified source URL this citation belongs to. Returned when requested via `include=source_url` or `include=source_url.source`.
created_at	datetime	When the citation was recorded.
updated_at	datetime	When the citation was last updated.

{ "id": 55821, "response_id": 7842, "source_url_id": 3104, "url": "https://example.com/blog/comparison", "title": "Comparison of AI visibility tools", "description": "string", "domain": "example.com", "position": 1, "response": { "id": 7842, "prompt_id": 901, "monitor_id": 271, "prompt_text": "What are the best AI visibility monitoring tools?", "platform": "chatgpt", "model": "gpt-4", "country": "US", "language": "en", "content": "string", "html": "string", "excerpt": "string", "search_queries": [ "string" ], "prompt": { "id": 901, "monitor_id": 271, "prompt": "What are the best AI visibility monitoring tools?", "is_active": true, "monitor": { "id": 271, "project_id": 42, "name": "Brand visibility (US)", "platforms": [ "chatgpt", "perplexity", "claude" ], "country": "US", "language": "en", "is_active": true, "project": { "id": 42, "organization_id": 7, "name": "Acme Marketing", "brand_id": 555, "organization": { "id": 7, "name": "Acme Inc.", "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "monitor": { "id": 271, "project_id": 42, "name": "Brand visibility (US)", "platforms": [ "chatgpt", "perplexity", "claude" ], "country": "US", "language": "en", "is_active": true, "project": { "id": 42, "organization_id": 7, "name": "Acme Marketing", "brand_id": 555, "organization": { "id": 7, "name": "Acme Inc.", "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "project": { "id": 42, "organization_id": 7, "name": "Acme Marketing", "brand_id": 555, "organization": { "id": 7, "name": "Acme Inc.", "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "source_url": { "id": 9912, "source_id": 4421, "url": "https://example.com/article", "title": "Comparison of AI visibility tools", "type": "string", "analyzed_at": "string", "source": { "id": 4096, "project_id": 42, "domain": "example.com", "type": "blog", "playbook": "pitch", "analyzed_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "project": { "id": 42, "organization_id": 7, "name": "Acme Marketing", "brand_id": 555, "organization": { "id": 7, "name": "Acme Inc.", "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }, "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-15T09:11:42+00:00" }