Use this when someone asks whether an AI answer engine names or cites a brand for a buying question, or which other brands it names. Sends one question to one search-grounded engine through its API and returns whether the brand was named, whether its domain was cited, which of the listed competitors
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"brand": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The brand or product name to look for in the answer."
},
"question": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A question a buyer would actually type, e.g. \"best tool for tracking AI search visibility\". Not a keyword: the engines answer questions."
},
"domain": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The brand's domain. Supplying it enables citation detection, not just name matching."
},
"competitors": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 3,
"description": "Up to 3 competitor names to check for in the same answer."
},
"engine": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"perplexity",
"chatgpt"
],
"description": "Which engine answers: perplexity (the default) or chatgpt."
}
},
"required": [
"brand",
"question"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"title": "check_ai_visibility input",
"description": "Use this when someone asks whether an AI answer engine names or cites a brand for a buying question, or which other brands it names. Sends one question to one search-grounded engine through its API and returns whether the brand was named, whether its domain was cited, which of the listed competitors"
}
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