AI Citations

Starter Citation Prompts

A starter set of prompts to track, from your topic, brand, competitors and audience.

Covers the six kinds of question buyers ask an AI assistant: direct_recommendation, comparison, alternatives, feature_specific, use_case and pricing. Built from fixed templates, not a model: the same inputs always return the same list, nothing is fetched, and no AI check is spent. A template that needs an input you didn't send is left out, so with no competitors the comparison prompts are generic.

prompts is the flat list, interleaved across categories, ready to send as prompts to POST /citations/trackers. categories groups them; items flags which ones name your brand or a competitor.

The default is two per category, 12 prompts. Run on the default four engines at three samples that is 144 checks, which fits one run a month on Starter (150 checks).

Works on every plan and is not metered. Treat the list as a first draft: rewrite it in the words your buyers use. To read prompts off a website instead, use GET /citations/prompts/suggest.

get/citations/prompts/starter

Request

  • Base URL: https://seoscoreapi.com (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
  • URL: https://seoscoreapi.com/citations/prompts/starter
  • Auth: none declared. Required headers: X-API-Key

Query parameters

topicstring required

What you sell, as a buyer would type it, singular: SEO audit API, emergency plumber in Grand Rapids, standing desk

brandstring nullable

Your brand name. Adds the reputation and pricing questions that name you

competitorsstring nullable

Comma-separated competitor names (up to 5). Adds X vs Y and alternatives to X

audiencestring nullable

Who buys it, plural: marketing agencies, homeowners

featuresstring nullable

Comma-separated features buyers ask about (up to 6): a free tier, PDF reports

use_casesstring nullable

Comma-separated jobs it is bought for (up to 6): CI/CD checks

per_categoryinteger

Prompts per category (default 2 = 12 prompts; 3 = 18)

limitinteger nullable

Cut the list to this many, keeping the spread across categories (use your plan's tracked-prompt limit)

Headers

X-API-Keystring required

Your API key

Response

Successful Response

unknown required

Changes

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