# AI visibility MCP server

> See what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers say about your brand, which sources they cite, and whether your site is ready for them. From the agent you already use.

## Connect

One server URL for every client: `https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`, streamable HTTP, with OAuth or an API key as a bearer token. Every workspace starts with 500 free credits and no card.

- [Claude](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/claude): Go to Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector. Paste the URL and sign in.
- [Claude Code](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/claude-code): Run this, then /mcp to sign in. `claude mcp add --transport http manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`
- [ChatGPT](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/chatgpt): Turn on developer mode. Go to Settings, then Apps & Connectors, and choose Create. Paste the URL.
- [Codex](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/codex): Run this, then codex mcp login manifold to sign in. `codex mcp add manifold --url https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`
- [Cursor](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/cursor): One click, or paste the URL in the MCP section of Cursor Settings.
- [Gemini CLI](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/gemini): Run this, then /mcp auth manifold to sign in. `gemini mcp add --transport http manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`
- [Grok](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/grok): Go to Settings, then Connectors, and add a connector. Paste the URL and sign in.
- [Grok Bot](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/grok-bot): Paste this to the bot. It adds Manifold and asks you to sign in. `Add the Manifold MCP server as a plugin: https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp.`
- [OpenCode](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/opencode): Run opencode mcp add, choose Remote and paste the URL.
- [Any other client](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/other): Add it as a remote MCP server in any other client.

## What your agent can check in AI answers

- [`aeo_run_ai_answers`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/aeo#aeo_run_ai_answers): Run AI answers for a prompt. What AI engines answer for a prompt, with the brands they mention and the sources they cite. From 2 credits.
- [`aeo_search_prompts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/aeo#aeo_search_prompts): Search AI prompts. Prompts people ask an AI engine (ChatGPT or Google AI Overview) about a topic or brand, from the provider's index of observed answers. From 30 credits.
- [`aeo_get_site_readiness`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/aeo#aeo_get_site_readiness): Get AI readiness for a site. Whether a site is set up for AI answer engines, from about seventeen live fetches of its origin, free. Free.

Every parameter and return field: [AI answer tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/aeo.md).

## Tracking without another dashboard

AI visibility trackers sell a monthly seat and a dashboard. Manifold runs the same prompts from your agent and charges per answer.

| | AI visibility trackers | Asking by hand | Manifold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly seat | Yes | No | No, pay per call |
| Every engine in one call | Varies by plan | One at a time | Yes |
| Brands named and sources cited | Yes | By hand | Yes |
| The prompts people ask | Some | No | Yes |
| Checks your site is readable | Some | No | Yes, free |
| Inside your agent | Rarely | Yes | Yes |

## Things to ask

- Are we recommended for “best CRM for startups” on ChatGPT and Gemini?
- Which sources do AI answers cite when people ask about expense software?
- What do people ask ChatGPT about our brand?
- Is our site blocking any AI crawlers?
- Compare how often we and our main competitor are named across every engine.
- Which of our pages should we update so AI answers cite us?

## Pay per call

- Run AI answers for a prompt: From 2 credits
- Search AI prompts: From 30 credits
- Get AI readiness for a site: Free
- The same answer again, from the cache: 25% or less

Details: [pricing](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/pricing.md) and [how credits work](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/credits.md).

## Questions about the AI visibility MCP

### Which AI engines does it cover?

ChatGPT and Gemini as their apps answer a person, read live; Claude and Perplexity from their own APIs with web search on; and Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode. [AI answer tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/aeo.md).

### Is this generative engine optimisation (GEO)?

It is the measuring half of it. Your agent sees whether you are named and which pages are cited, then helps you change the pages that matter. GEO, AEO and AI SEO are names for the same job.

### Is the site readiness check free?

Yes. It checks robots.txt for every known AI crawler, firewall rules that turn them away, content that needs JavaScript, structured data and llms.txt, at no cost.

### Which clients does it work with?

Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Grok, OpenCode and any other client that connects to a remote MCP server. Sign in with OAuth, or use an API key from the dashboard for scripts. [Setup guides for every client](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients.md).

### What does it cost?

Each prompt is charged per engine, and a cell that fails costs nothing. Every workspace starts with 500 free credits and no card. [How credits work](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/credits.md).

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