A kariops MCP connector for Claude
See how AI search describes your business each month, and get the copy fixes you can apply yourself.
When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Gemini which business to use for what you do, the AI gives them an answer. That answer might be your business, your competitor's, or no one at all.
Kariops pulse runs a monthly check across all four engines, drafts the page-copy fixes that would change the answer, and returns them in chat for you to apply yourself.
It lives inside Claude. You install it once, point it at your brand, and it works in every Claude chat from then on. There is no subscription to kariops. You bring your own AI provider keys and pay those providers directly for scans, usually a few dollars a month.
Setup takes a few minutes on a computer. You will need a paid Claude plan (Pro or Max; Claude Pro is $20/mo at claude.ai) and your own API keys for the engines you want scanned.
pulse only reads your own scan history and drafts fixes. It never writes to your website and never reads your Claude conversations.
How the questions get built
Every question is written for your business, not pulled from a generic list.
A question that always includes your name guarantees a hit and tells you nothing. When you add a brand, pulse asks what you do, who you serve, and where you are located, then drafts ten questions shaped the way a real customer would actually ask. At least four of the ten never mention your name at all, so a hit on those means something real.
You see all ten before anything runs. Edit them, approve them, or send pulse back to draft different ones. Nothing scans until you say so.
What a scan checks
Getting cited comes down to two things. Your scan checks both.
The first is the one everyone thinks about: when someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Gemini about what you do, do you come up? Every scan shows you exactly where you are named across the four engines, and where the gaps are.
The second is the one nobody thinks about, and it decides whether the first even has a chance: can those tools reach and read your site at all? Every scan now also checks the technical side, whether the AI search crawlers (the automated readers the engines send out to read the web) are being let in, and whether your pages are set to be found. It also looks at whether the machines can clearly read who you are and what you do, which is lower stakes but still helps. If something is keeping the crawlers out, pulse tells you in plain language and walks you through what to change. There is no point perfecting your copy on a site the AI cannot get into.
Example report
What a scan looks like
An illustrative monthly scan. Each bar is the share of your tested customer questions where that engine named your business.
We tested 15 customer questions on each engine. Each bar shows how often that engine named the bakery.
Top fix drafted
Add a plain service-area line to your homepage: “Serving Portland and the eastside since 2016.” Gemini favors businesses that state their location in clear text.
Technical check
The AI tools can reach and read the site, the search crawlers are welcome, and the pages are set to be found. One optional note: no structured data yet (the labeling that tells AI who you are), worth adding when it is convenient.
Beyond the monthly score
Check in anytime, and see exactly how you compare.
The monthly scan runs on its own, but you do not have to wait for it. Ask for a fresh check whenever you want, right in the same chat, up to once every 24 hours per brand.
Track up to nine competitors alongside your own brand, and pulse lines up citation share for all of you across Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, side by side. If you already know who you are losing to, add them and see the gap directly instead of guessing from your own numbers alone.
Rather not do it yourself?
Let me get you set up.
Drop your name and email and I will get you connected and running your first scan. The message is already filled in, edit it if you like.
Questions before you install
- How do I check if my business shows up in ChatGPT and other AI search tools?
- The fastest check is to ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini the questions your customers ask, and read what each one says about your business. That works once. To track it over time, you need a tool that runs the same set of prompts every month, logs what shows up, and tells you what changed. Kariops pulse runs that check for you across four engines on a monthly cadence so you can see the trend, not just the snapshot.
- Is AI search optimization different from SEO?
- It overlaps. The same fundamentals matter: clear writing, strong reviews, accurate business listings, and structured data on your site (behind-the-scenes labeling that tells AI who you are). Google's official position is that optimizing for AI search is still SEO. What changes is which signals matter most. Large language models pull from sources like Reddit, third-party reviews, and authoritative trade publications more aggressively than Google search ever did, and they care about how directly your page answers a specific question. Kariops pulse looks at what is actually getting your brand cited and tells you which pages need a copy adjustment to close the gap.
- Why does my competitor show up in ChatGPT but my business does not?
- Usually one of four things. They have more recent reviews on the platforms AI tools trust most. They have third-party mentions, a press article, a podcast quote, an industry feature, that the model has learned to cite. Their website has structured data and clear question-and-answer content that the model can extract cleanly. Or they have a Reddit footprint, which currently carries outsized weight in many AI responses. Kariops pulse names which of these is closing your gap and where the highest-leverage fix is for your business.
- Can I see exactly how I compare to specific competitors?
- Yes, once you name them. Add up to nine competitors when you set up your brand, or any time after, and pulse reports their citation share right next to yours across all four engines instead of leaving you to compare results by hand. Once you have three or more brands tracked, pulse brings this comparison up on its own after a scan, and you can also ask for it directly whenever you want.
- What if AI tools can't even find my site?
- It happens more than you'd think, and it's usually a quick settings issue you can fix in a few minutes. A page can tell automated visitors to stay out (in a small file called robots.txt), or ask search engines not to list it, without anyone realizing it's also turning away the AI search crawlers that ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google use to cite you. Every kariops pulse scan now checks this first, because perfect copy does nothing on a page the AI can't reach. If it finds a blocker, pulse explains it in plain language and walks you through the fix.
- How long does it take to show up in AI search after I make changes?
- Faster than most people expect. Perplexity can pick up changes in 24 to 72 hours, and the other engines refresh on their own cadence. Building consistent citation presence across multiple queries usually takes four to eight weeks of steady work. Kariops pulse runs monthly so you can see the lift after each round of fixes without checking every day.
- Should small businesses care about AI search yet?
- If your customers are using ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity to research what they buy, yes. Mission-driven small businesses have an advantage here: distinctive positioning, real reviews, and authentic third-party mentions are exactly what AI models reward. The earlier your business gets into the recommendation set the AI tools draw from, the lower the cost of staying there.