CONNECT YOUR AI

Add ako.tools to the AI you already use. You approve access once in your browser, and every new account starts with $5 free credit.

Connect with Claude

Opens Claude with ako.tools already filled in. Check the name and URL, click Add, then approve access when the browser asks.

Open in Claude

In Claude Desktop, or if the link does not open, go to Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector and paste this URL.

https://api.ako.tools/mcp

In Claude Code, run this instead, then type /mcp and choose Authenticate.

claude mcp add --transport http ako-tools https://api.ako.tools/mcp
Connect with ChatGPT

ChatGPT has no link that fills this in for you, so it takes a minute. Open the plugins page and copy the URL below.

Open ChatGPT plugins
https://api.ako.tools/mcp
  1. Click +, then Add custom MCP server.
  2. Name it ako.tools, paste the URL as the server URL and set authentication to OAuth.
  3. Accept the warning and click Create as a plugin.
  4. Open it under your personal plugins, click Install, then Connect, and approve access. In a chat, type @ako.tools and ask it to audit a brand.

Needs a paid ChatGPT plan. On Business, Enterprise and Edu an admin must allow creating plugins with MCPs.

Use another AI? Copy the instructions

Paste this into any agent or assistant. It explains how to connect, whether or not the agent supports OAuth, and how to run your first free preview.

Connect to ako.tools, Ako's MCP tools, and run a free AI visibility preview of my website.
1. If you support remote MCP servers with OAuth, add https://api.ako.tools/mcp and ask me to approve access in the browser.
2. Otherwise connect to https://api.ako.tools/mcp/enroll, call start_user_signup, show me the claimUrl as a link and wait for my approval with get_signup_status (waitSeconds 25). Store the agentToken as a secret and reconnect to https://api.ako.tools/mcp with "Authorization: Bearer <agentToken>".

Then follow these steps:
1. Ask for the website. Ask the person which website to check. Nothing is spent yet.
2. Check the cost. Call estimate_agent_readiness_audit with the website and preview true. It is free. Tell the person the cost: a preview fits the $5 free credit of a new account.
3. Run the preview. Once the person agrees, call run_agent_readiness_audit with the website, preview true and a new idempotencyKey.
4. Wait. Call get_agent_readiness_audit about every 30 seconds until its status is completed, partial or failed.
5. Show the report. Call get_agent_readiness_results. Show the person what it found, the recommended actions, what ako.tools assumed about the business (brand.profile) and dashboardUrl, where they can open the report. Fix a wrong assumption with update_brand_market or update_brand_profile.
6. Offer the full audit. Say what it adds and what it costs (upgrade.fullAudit). Run it only if the person says yes, with run_visibility_audit and generateReport true. If upgrade.fullAudit.canStart is false, call create_credit_top_up and share the link: a person always pays.
Brand, estimate, audit and results responses include nextStep, which says what to do, whether to wait and what the person must approve. Follow it.

Full setup guide: https://www.ako.tools/ai-visibility/llms.txt

One click in Cursor or VS Code. Scripts and scheduled jobs use an API key instead.

Every route is explained in full on the developers page.

For agencies and marketing teams

Does AI recommend your brand, or a competitor?

Your next customer may not be human. ako.tools shows how ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and other assistants find, cite and recommend a brand. Works from any agent over MCP or REST.

See pricing

$5 free credit to start. Pay as you go, no subscription. Prefer it done for you? See the managed service.

Agents: add https://api.ako.tools/mcp, then follow the quickstart.

YOUR AGENT
READYako.tools

I want to track whether Northfold Coffee shows up on AI chatbots.

Happy to. I’ll use ako.tools to ask the main AI chatbots the questions your buyers would ask.

  1. Reading the website
  2. Writing 15 buyer questions
  3. Asking 7 AI assistants
  • 1Ridgeline Roasters71%
  • 2Northfold Coffee48%
  • 3Ember & Oak33%

Ridgeline Roasters comes up ahead of you in 9 of 15 buyer questions.

Works with any AI agent

How it works

Find out what AI says about you. Then fix it.

You approve access once. Your agent runs the audit, and you, your agent or our team act on it.

01

Connect your agent

Add ako.tools to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client and approve access in your browser. Scripts can use an API key instead.

02

Set up a brand

Give your agent a website. It builds a sourced brand profile and the questions your buyers would ask an AI assistant.

03

Run the audit

See the cost first; the estimate is free. Then see how often you are mentioned and recommended, who is cited and which competitors win.

Built for agencies and marketing teams

Reporting your clients can check.

Every number is backed by the question, the assistant, the answer and the citations behind it, so you can show your working.

01

Client reporting

Show each client how ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and others describe and recommend them, with the evidence behind every number.

02

New-business pitches

Audit a prospect before the first call and open with the gaps their competitors already fill.

03

Ongoing monitoring

Ask your agent to re-run audits on a schedule and see whether your changes move mentions, citations and recommendations.

Pricing

Pay for what runs. Nothing else.

Prepaid credit in US dollars, shared by everyone and every agent on your account.

$5free credit

Added to your account the first time you use it. It covers technical audits and a visibility preview: three questions asked of every AI assistant, with recommended actions.

$0.01per page, technical audits

Checks how easily AI agents can read and use a site. If an audit fails, you pay nothing.

About $8full visibility audit

15 questions across seven assistants. The price depends on the assistants and questions you choose, and you see a free estimate before anything runs. Choose fewer to pay less.

No subscription and no seats
You pay only for work that succeeds
The same price from your agent, the API or the website
Top up from $10 to $500 by card

Your agent shows you an estimate before every audit, and it is free. Read the setup guide.

Start in two minutes

Add ako.tools to your agent.

Add the MCP server and approve access in your browser. Works with any MCP client that supports OAuth. Everything else uses REST and an API key.

Set up ako.tools About the API
MCP server
https://api.ako.tools/mcp

Remote MCP server with OAuth. REST is available at https://api.ako.tools/v1.

Rather have it done for you?

Find the gaps, then fix them.

Our managed service uses the same measurements to find where AI assistants cannot find or choose your business, then fixes it with you.

Managed service
Measure how AI sees your business
Prioritise the gaps that cost you recommendations
Make your business easier to buy from
See the managed service

Latest insights

How agentic commerce actually works.

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Questions

Good to know.

Do I need a demo or a sales call?

No. Connect your agent, approve access and run an audit.

Can you run it for me?

Yes. Our managed service finds the gaps and fixes them with you. See /managed.

Which agents can I use?

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any other agent that supports remote MCP servers. If yours does not, or you want to run audits from a script, use the REST API with an API key.

What does it measure?

How AI assistants find, cite and recommend your brand when people ask real buying questions. Each answer is checked for mentions, recommendations, citations, competitors and sentiment, with a model’s read on factual accuracy.

How much does it cost?

$0.01 per page for technical audits, and about $8 for a full visibility audit of 15 questions across seven assistants. Every audit has a free estimate first, so you always know the cost before it starts. New accounts get $5 free, which covers technical audits and a visibility preview of three questions with recommended actions. A full audit usually needs a top-up.

Am I charged when something fails?

No. A failed call, a failed technical audit or an audit that produces no result costs nothing. If you run out of credit mid-audit, it stops and keeps the results so far.