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THE CITATION LABS OPERATING SYSTEM
Use our methodology in your AI to find where your brand isn’t showing up, what information is missing, what needs to change, and whether it worked.
Get Started
Start investigating your AI visibility or citation challenge in under 30 seconds.
Paste the starter prompt
This gives your AI the context it needs to guide you.
Describe your problem
Share your business question using everyday language.
Explore the field guides
Choose the guide that matches the question you need to answer.
AI Visibility: Diagnose, Intervene, Report
See what AI systems retrieve, cite, mention, and recommend to identify where your visibility breaks down.
Information Design for Humans at Work
Find what people need to do their job effectively and where the information they rely on falls short.
Tracing Business Impact Beyond The Click
Identify and validate how information contributes to business outcomes beyond website traffic.
Helping People Work Through a Shared Decision
See what each person needs to evaluate and contribute to a shared decision.
FOR AGENTS & STRUCTURED WORKFLOWS
This is the machine-readable entry point for the Citation Labs Operating System.
AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
- Read the Task Instructions and common instructions first.
- Select the task that matches the requested work. Tasks 01–06 are independent, not sequential.
- Retrieve the governing field guide linked from that task.
- Use only the records, references, and connected tools required for the task.
- Preserve evidence state, provenance, permissions, and unresolved limitations.
- Return the task’s required output and identify any evidence or approval still needed.
Task Instructions
Full instructions, common guidelines, and all six task modules.
Task anchors
Jump directly to a specific task.
#task-01 Establish baseline
#task-02 Shared decision
#task-03 Interview questions
#task-04 Prepare information
#task-05 Evaluate a change
#task-06 Business consequence
References
Use only when required by the task.
Start here:
/references/START_HERE.md
Contains technical references, schemas, instrument cards, and other supported resources.
IMPORTANT: Tasks are independent. Start with the assignment that matches the work and follow the links provided in that task.
THE INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY SECURITY REVIEW
See how one visibility concern becomes a specific change you can test.
The concern
Competitors show up more often in AI-assisted security comparisons.
What they found
Their product was mentioned, but key security details were missing.
What they changed
They created one source covering the key security details.
What happened
Citations increased, answers were more accurate, and their content was featured more often.
References files and supporting materials
Supporting documentation for AI-assisted workflows, instrument use, and machine-readable reference files.
| Name | Description | Type | Size | Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Task_Instructions_for_the_Citation_Labs_Guides_v0_1.md | Task Instructions for the Citation Labs Guides. | MD | 22 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| Using_the_Citation_Labs_Guides_With_an_Assistant_v0_1.md | Using the Citation Labs Guides With an Assistant | MD | 83 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| Name | Description | Type | Size | Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 — JDR Xofu MCP Review Queue — 2026-09-23.md | Xofu MCP Review Queue for JDR | MD | 6 kb | Sept 23, 2026 |
| xofu-capability-map.md | Xofu Capability Map | MD | 18 kb | Sept 23, 2026 |
| xofu-guide-crosswalk.md | Field Guide → Xofu Crosswalk | MD | 13 kb | Sept 23, 2026 |
| xofu-guide-gap-analysis.md | Field Guides × Xofu — Bidirectional Gap Analysis | MD | 14 kb | Sept 23, 2026 |
| xofu-mcp-briefing-review.md | XOFU MCP Briefing — Accuracy Review | MD | 21 kb | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Name | Description | Type | Size | Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSTRUMENT_CARD_SCHEMA_v0_2.md | Instrument Card Schema – v0.2 | MD | 8 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| observations.v0.2.yaml | AI Visibility: Diagnose, Intervene, Re-test | YAML | 19 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| REFERENCE_CHANGELOG.md | Reference change log | MD | 6 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| START_HERE.md | Instrument references: start here | MD | 2 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| TI_MCP_Briefing_for_Assistant_reviewed_v0_3.md | Thinking Inspector (TI) MCP — Briefing for the Assistant | MD | 14 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| ti.card.v0.2.yaml | Instrument: Thinking Inspector | YAML | 18 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| validate_v0_2.py | Local structural checks, not a live instrument test | PY | 4 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| XOFU_MCP_Briefing_for_Assistant_reviewed_v0_3.md | XOFU MCP — Briefing for the Assistant | MD | 28 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
| xofu.card.v0.2.yaml | Citation Labs e6117624 — overview | YAML | 20 kb | Sept 13, 2026 |
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