# Which pages do AI engines cite for your category? Turn the sources into an outreach to-do list

> Source: <https://dev.to/projectdev/which-pages-do-ai-engines-cite-for-your-category-turn-the-sources-into-an-outreach-to-do-list-1k1o>
> Published: 2026-10-28 09:27:58+00:00

*Disclosure: I built the Apify Actor in this post. Written with AI assistance.*

Knowing whether an AI engine mentions you is the thermometer. The useful part is the list underneath: **the exact pages the engine read to build its answer.** Ask "best CRM for small business" and the sources might be a review site, a Capterra listing, a Reddit thread and two vendor blogs. You cannot edit the model, but you can get onto those pages.

**[AI Brand Monitor on Apify](https://apify.com/highbrow_fame/ai-search-visibility-tracker)** returns, for every answer, the full source list with URL, page title and the quoted snippet. Here is how to turn it into a to-do list.

Cost: 4 queries x 1 engine x 3 samples = 12 records x $0.05 = **$0.60**. That also fits the 12 Perplexity calls per run included on a free Apify plan.

AI answers are not deterministic. A domain cited once in five runs is noise; a domain cited every time is the engine's settled answer. When you set more than one sample, the Actor writes a `stability` record per query and engine, with each domain's `occurrences`, `samples` and `stability` (1.0 means cited every time). The recommended filter: ignore anything below 0.5.

Open the run's dataset and use **Export** to download a CSV, or read the `citations` field of each record. Make one spreadsheet row per stable domain, with the page URL, the title and how many of your queries cite it. Then sort by count and assign an action to each row:

Check the `competitorsCited` field on each record too. It shows which rivals are cited on the same question, so you know who you are being compared with.

Save the input as a task and run it again in a few weeks. Pass the earlier run's dataset ID as `previousRunDatasetId` and the Actor writes a `delta` record with the sources you gained and lost per query.

The source list is the best available lever for getting cited. Your first list is a starting map, and the repeat run shows which moves counted.

**[Get your category's source list](https://apify.com/highbrow_fame/ai-search-visibility-tracker)**: one run, about 60 cents, and a list of pages to get onto.