AI Visibility Tracker (via Apify)

io.github.retracnv1.0.0Updated Oct 3, 2026

AI visibility for agents: is a brand mentioned and cited by Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews?

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Overview

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Checks whether AI search engines name and cite a brand, tracking mentions, competitors and citations across prompts and engines.

What it does
Runs a brand's prompts against Google AI Overviews, Gemini with Google Search grounding and Claude with web search, localized to a country. For each answer it records whether the brand is named and its rank, whether the site is cited and at what position, competitors named or cited, sentiment with a one-line summary, every brand mentioned, and the cited URLs. Runs are compared with the previous run, with mentions and citations gained or lost per prompt and engine, an optional client-ready HTML report with a trend, and Slack, Discord or webhook alerts.
When to use it
Use it to measure generative engine optimization: whether AI assistants and AI search features recommend a brand when customers ask about its market, and how that changes week to week. It also surfaces competitors the answers name, including ones not on a tracked list.
Requirements
Remote MCP endpoint at mcp.apify.com, or a local npx setup with the Apify actors MCP server. Needs a free Apify account and an Apify API token sent as the Authorization header in the form Bearer token. The actor runs on the Apify platform and needs network access.
Before you install
The Authorization header carries an Apify API token, which is a billable credential; keep it secret. Runs cost money: $0.05 per answer checked (less on paid plans) plus $0.50 per optional report, so 20 prompts on 3 engines weekly is about $14 a month. Prompts and brand details are sent to Apify and to the queried AI engines.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open AI Visibility Tracker (via Apify) in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-visibility": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automationnation/ai-visibility-tracker"
    }
  }
}

README

AI Visibility Tracker: is your brand mentioned and cited in AI search?

[Run on Apify]

AI Visibility Tracker is an Apify Actor that shows whether AI search engines mention and cite your brand. For each prompt it asks Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Claude the way a customer would. It records whether your brand is named, its position against competitors, how it's described, which sites are cited, every other brand named and what changed since the last run, at $0.05 per answer plus $0.50 for an optional client-ready report.

Price: $0.05 per answer checked ($0.04 on Gold) + $0.50 per optional report · Run it: https://apify.com/automationnation/ai-visibility-tracker · Guide: https://retracn.github.io/automationnation-actors/ai-visibility-tracker/

Quick facts

  • Engines: Google AI Overviews (late-loading overviews read in a real browser), Gemini with Google Search grounding, and Claude with web search, localised to your country.
  • Per answer: whether your brand is named and its position among tracked brands, whether your site is cited and at what position, competitors named or cited, sentiment with a one-line summary, every brand named, and the cited URLs.
  • Hidden competitors: every company or product named in the answers is counted, including ones you don't track.
  • Weekly tracking: each run is compared with the last, with mentions and citations gained or lost per prompt and engine, a client-ready HTML report with a trend over time, and Slack, Discord or webhook alerts.
  • Price: $0.05 per answer checked ($0.045 Silver, $0.04 Gold and above) plus $0.50 per optional report; answers that couldn't be checked are free. 20 prompts on 3 engines weekly costs about $14 a month.

Example input

json
{  "brand": "Notion",  "domain": "notion.so",  "competitors": [    "Obsidian (obsidian.md)",    "Evernote (evernote.com)"  ],  "prompts": [    "What is the best note-taking app for teams?"  ],  "engines": [    "google-ai-overviews",    "gemini",    "claude"  ]}

Run it from code

REST API

bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automationnation~ai-visibility-tracker/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{"brand": "Notion", "domain": "notion.so", "competitors": ["Obsidian (obsidian.md)", "Evernote (evernote.com)"], "prompts": ["What is the best note-taking app for teams?"], "engines": ["google-ai-overviews", "gemini", "claude"]}'

Python — see examples/python_example.py

python
# pip install apify-clientfrom apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")run = client.actor("automationnation/ai-visibility-tracker").call(run_input={  "brand": "Notion",  "domain": "notion.so",  "competitors": [    "Obsidian (obsidian.md)",    "Evernote (evernote.com)"  ],  "prompts": [    "What is the best note-taking app for teams?"  ],  "engines": [    "google-ai-overviews",    "gemini",    "claude"  ]})for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():    print(item.get("engineLabel"), item.get("visibility"), item.get("brandRank"), item.get("prompt"))

JavaScript — see examples/node_example.mjs

js
// npm install apify-clientimport { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });const run = await client.actor('automationnation/ai-visibility-tracker').call({  "brand": "Notion",  "domain": "notion.so",  "competitors": [    "Obsidian (obsidian.md)",    "Evernote (evernote.com)"  ],  "prompts": [    "What is the best note-taking app for teams?"  ],  "engines": [    "google-ai-overviews",    "gemini",    "claude"  ]});const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();for (const item of items) console.log(item.engineLabel, item.visibility, item.brandRank, item.prompt);

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Hosted MCP server URL (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other clients with remote MCP support):

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/ai-visibility-tracker

Local config for Claude Desktop / Cursor — mcp/claude_desktop_config.json:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "ai-visibility-tracker": {      "command": "npx",      "args": [        "-y",        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",        "--tools",        "automationnation/ai-visibility-tracker"      ],      "env": {        "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"      }    }  }}

FAQ

What is AI visibility tracking? Checking whether AI assistants and AI search features name and cite your brand when people ask about your market, and how that changes over time. It's the measurement side of generative engine optimization (GEO).

Which AI engines does it check? Google AI Overviews, Gemini (with Google Search grounding) and Claude (with web search). ChatGPT and Perplexity are planned.

How much does it cost? $0.05 per answer checked ($0.04 on Gold and above), plus $0.50 per run for the optional report. One answer is one prompt on one engine; answers that couldn't be checked are free.

Can it find competitors I don't know about? Yes. Every company or product the answers name is listed, tracked or not, so the brands AI engines recommend instead of you show up in the report.

More from AutomationNation

This repository holds usage examples. The scraper itself runs on the Apify platform; you need a free Apify account and API token. Examples are MIT licensed.

Source: README.md at commit 3983fd8

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  1. v1.0.0LatestOct 3, 2026