For Developers

Foglift API, CLI + MCP for AI Search Monitoring

Foglift is an AI search monitoring tool with a public REST API, CLI, and MCP server, available on Launch, Growth, and Enterprise plans from $49/mo. Foglift tracks, monitors, and responds to how ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overview cite your brand. The same data the dashboard shows is available everywhere you ship code.

Free tier requires no API key. Paid plans start at $49/mo.

What the AI search monitoring API returns

Foglift exposes the answer evidence behind its dashboard. Pass up to 20 custom prompts to /api/v1/ai-visibility with a selected engine set. Omit the prompts field to run every active saved prompt in the workspace. Each result returns the engine, prompt, whether the brand was mentioned, mention position, sentiment, response text, cited URLs, competitor mentions, and an error field.

Developer access starts on Launch at $49/mo with 50 API requests per day, 1,000 per month, and daily monitoring across all five engines. Growth raises the limits to 200 per day and 5,000 per month with twice-daily monitoring.

5-minute integration

One of our paying customers shipped from signup to first scan in 6 minutes: Stripe checkout, API key, CLI install, working integration. Pick the surface that matches where you already work.

curl --get "https://foglift.io/api/v1/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://yourdomain.com" \
  --data-urlencode "format=json"

type ScanResponse = {
  url: string;
  scores: {
    overall: number;
    seo: number;
    aiReadiness: number;
    aiVisibility: number;
    geo: number;
    aeo: number;
    performance: number;
    security: number;
    accessibility: number;
  };
  topIssues: Array<{
    severity: "error" | "warning" | "info";
    category: string;
    title: string;
  }>;
  totalIssues: number;
  scanId: string;
  fullReport: string;
};

npm install -g foglift-scan
foglift scan https://yourdomain.com --json

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "foglift": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["foglift-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

npm install @foglift/sensor@^1.0.0

import { senseAITraffic } from "@foglift/sensor/nextjs";
export const middleware = senseAITraffic({
  siteToken: "YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID",
});

What developers build with Foglift

Three patterns we see most often from teams that wire Foglift in directly.

# .github/workflows/foglift.yml
- run: npx foglift-scan scan https://preview-${{ github.sha }}.example.com --threshold 75

curl -H "X-API-Key: $FOGLIFT_KEY" \
  "https://foglift.io/api/v1/history?brand_id=$BRAND_ID&limit=100" \
  | jq '.results[] | {date, visibility_rate, by_model}'

# In Cursor or Claude Code, with the MCP server installed:
"Scan /pricing on the preview deploy, then add FAQ schema to fix the
top recommendation, then re-scan and report the delta."

API surface at a glance

Nine endpoints cover the full platform. Full reference in /docs.

Authenticate with an X-API-Key header. Generate keys and copy brand UUIDs in Dashboard → Developer.

Pricing for builders

The Launch plan exists for solo founders and small teams who want the full API, MCP, and CLI surface without committing to an agency-tier price.

Free tier (no API key) gets public scan access with per-IP limits. Full plan comparison on /pricing.

Developer FAQ

Short answers for agents and builders deciding whether Foglift has the integration surface they need.

For AI-first founders

A working series on AI search visibility from the operator’s seat. Written for founders shipping AI-native products who care about how their own brand surfaces in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overview.