# Citehound

> Citehound is an end-to-end service for AI readiness: a free scanner, Pro site reports, Fix (we make the technical changes) and Beyond (we write the content). In four steps. Scan: a free 100-point score from 16 checks and 10 AI crawlers, with the fix for each failed check, no signup. Pro report: the whole site page by page, with prioritized fixes, an estimated score after fixing, citation questions in your customers’ words and a citation check (pilot); join the waitlist. Fix (early access): we prepare and apply the technical fixes (schema, robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap, titles and descriptions), rescan, and show the before and after. Beyond (early access): we research the questions your customers ask, read your pages against them and write the content (human-edited); you approve it, we publish or hand it over, and we re-measure every month. Fix and Beyond both include Citehound Pro. The free scan measures readiness: whether assistants can reach and trust your site. Pro adds a citation check: ten buyer-style questions asked to Claude (ChatGPT coming), recording whether your brand is named. A dated sample, one run each; API results can differ from the consumer apps.

## Scanner

- [Scan a domain](https://getcitehound.com/): enter a domain and get the score, the failed checks and a copy-paste fix for each. No email. Your scan result isn't saved.
- [Methodology](https://getcitehound.com/methodology): the three pillars, all 16 checks with their point values, what the scan does not measure, and the changelog.
- [Compare two sites](https://getcitehound.com/compare): scan two domains one after the other and see where the score, checks and crawler access differ.

## Playbooks

- [B2B SaaS](https://getcitehound.com/for-saas): six category playbooks for CRM, MarTech, HRTech, FinTech, Cybersecurity and DevTools.
- [Consumer and e-commerce brands](https://getcitehound.com/for-brands): four playbooks for e-commerce, consumer apps, hospitality and marketplaces.
- [Local and independent professionals](https://getcitehound.com/for-professionals): four playbooks for real estate, legal, health and wellness, and local services.

## Data and research

- [Benchmarks](https://getcitehound.com/benchmarks): scan results for six categories of well-known sites, with the sample size and scan date on every page.
- [Research](https://getcitehound.com/research): reports on what we find when we scan real sites.
- [State of AI Readiness](https://getcitehound.com/research/state-of-ai-readiness): four findings from 219 well-known sites scanned 29 to 31 July 2026, with the full report by email. It measures readiness, not presence in AI answers.
- [Citation tracking](https://getcitehound.com/citation-tracking): in early access through the Pro waitlist on the Pro page. We ask one model the buying questions in a category, repeat each question, and record whether it names a brand.

## Tools

- [Tools](https://getcitehound.com/tools): a robots.txt generator, an llms.txt checker and a schema generator, free, no signup.
- [MCP server](https://getcitehound.com/mcp): thirteen free, read-only tools for Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Endpoint: https://getcitehound.com/api/mcp
- [Claude connector](https://getcitehound.com/claude): how to add the Citehound MCP server to Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code, with example prompts and the 13 read-only tools. Free, no account.
- [API](https://getcitehound.com/api): a free JSON API (OpenAPI 3.1 at https://getcitehound.com/openapi.yaml) to scan a domain for AI readiness and generate llms.txt, robots.txt and schema. Free key by email.
- [Agentic commerce](https://getcitehound.com/agentic-commerce): whether AI shopping agents can find a product and read its price.

## About

- [Pricing](https://getcitehound.com/pricing): early-access pricing, payments open soon. Scan: free, no sign-up. Pro: $39 a month or $390 a year (first month free for the first 10 early-access users). Fix: from $299, a fixed quote after your scan, includes 3 months of Pro. Beyond: $490 a month, 3-month minimum, limited seats, includes Pro.
- [Fix](https://getcitehound.com/fix): early access. We prepare and apply the technical changes the scan asks for (schema, robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap, titles and descriptions), rescan, and show the before and after. Includes Citehound Pro.
- [Beyond](https://getcitehound.com/beyond): early access. We research the questions your customers ask, read your pages against them, write the content (new pages, FAQ and comparison blocks, rewrites; human-edited), you approve it, we publish or hand it over, and we re-measure every month. Includes Citehound Pro.
- [About](https://getcitehound.com/about): who built Citehound and why.
- [Pro](https://getcitehound.com/pro): a full-site crawl, with the whole-site score beside the homepage score, every page listed with what failed, every fix once, an estimated score if the fixes are applied and a printable report. A real sample of our own site is at /sample-report.